African Cups Semifinal Balance


NB: up to date as of Dec 9, 2010

Country Classification

(according to number of cups won):

               Cups Won    Diff Winners     Finals    Diff Finalists Semis Reached  Diff Semi     SC AA
Country       C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt

Egypt         12  8    20    3  3     4   17  8  1 26    4  3  1  5   26 14  4 44    4  7  4  9    7  3

Tunisia        3  4  7 14    3  3  3  5    9  7 11 27    4  4  3  5   13  9 13 35    4  5  5  6    3  2

Morocco        5  1  4 10    3  1  4  5    6  2  6 14    3  2  5  5    9  4  6 19    3  2  5  5    1  2

Cameroon       5  3     8    3  3     4    6  7  2 15    4  3  2  5   12 10  4 26    6  5  3  8
Algeria        4  1  3  8    3  1  1  3    5  2  4 11    4  2  2  5   10  6  4 20    5  5  2  7       1
Congo-Kinshasa 5  2     7    2  2     3   10  3    13    3  3     5   15  5  2 22    5  4  2  6    1
Nigeria        2  3  2  7    1  3  2  5    7 10  3 20    4  8  3 12   16 14  7 37    7 11  7 17    2

Ivory Coast    2  2  1  5    2  1  1  4    4  5  1 10    3  2  1  4   10  7  4 21    3  3  4  5    2
Guinea         3  1     4    1  1     2    5  1  1  7    1  1  1  3    8  3  1 12    3  1  1  4
Ghana          3     1  4    2     1  2   11  1  2 14    3  1  2  3   17  3  2 22    5  3  2  6    1

South Africa   1  1     2    1  1     2    2  1     3    2  1     3    3  3     6    2  3     4    1

Congo-Brazzav. 1        1    1        1    1        1    1        1    1  2  1  4    1  2  1  3
Sudan             1     1       1     1    2  1  1  4    1  1  1  2    5  3  3 11    1  1  3  3
Zambia            1     1       1     1    1  2     3    1  1     2    7  4  1 12    2  2  1  4
Kenya             1     1       1     1       3     3       2     2    2  5  1  8    2  3  1  3
Mali                 1  1          1  1    2     1  3    2     1  2    3  2  1  6    3  1  1  3

Uganda                                     2     1  3    2     1  2    3     2  5    3     2  4
Togo                                       1  1     2    1  1     2    4  2     6    3  1     4
Zimbabwe                                   1        1    1        1    2  1     3    1  1     2
Angola                                        2  2  4       2  2  4    1  2  3  6    1  2  3  5
Burundi                                       1     1       1     1       2     2       2     2
Gabon                                         1     1       1     1       2     2       2     2
Senegal                                          1  1          1  1    5  1  1  7    3  1  1  3
Tanzania                                         1  1          1  1    1     2  3    1     2  2

Ethiopia                                                               2     1  3    2     1  3
Libya                                                                  1  3  1  5    1  3  1  3
Mozambique                                                                2  1  3       2  1  3
Reunion                                                                   2  1  3       1  1  2
Burkina Faso                                                              2     2       1     1
Benin                                                                     1     1       1     1
Madagascar                                                                1     1       1     1
Rwanda                                                                    1     1       1     1

Totals        46 29 19 94   25 22 13 44                             176 116 66 358  71 77 54 132  16  8
                                          92 58 38 188  44 39 27 77

Notes:
 1.C1=Champions' Cup, C2=Cup Winners' Cup, C3=CAF Cup (Confederation Cup)
 2.SC=Super Cup, AA=Afro-Asian Club Cup.
 3.There were no semifinals in the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Champions' Cup (League);
   finalists are considered to have reached the semifinal stage as well.
 4.There were no semifinals in the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 CAF Confederation
   Cup; finalists are considered to have reached the semifinal stage as well.


Final winning ratios

Congo-Brazzaville 1/ 1   = 1.00
Egypt            20/26   = 0.77
Algeria           8/11   = 0.73
Morocco          10/14   = 0.71
South Africa      2/ 3   = 0.67
Guinea            4/ 7   = 0.57
Congo-Kinshasa    7/13   = 0.54
Cameroon          8/15   = 0.53
Tunisia          13/26   = 0.50  [1 inter-Tunisian final; 14/27   = 0.52]
Ivory Coast       5/10   = 0.50
Nigeria           7/20   = 0.35
Kenya             1/ 3   = 0.33
Mali              1/ 3   = 0.33
Zambia            1/ 3   = 0.33
Ghana             3/12   = 0.25  [1 inter-Ghanaian final;  4/14   = 0.29]
Sudan             1/ 4   = 0.25
Burundi           0/ 1   = 0.00
Gabon             0/ 1   = 0.00
Senegal           0/ 1   = 0.00
Tanzania          0/ 1   = 0.00
Zimbabwe          0/ 1   = 0.00
Togo              0/ 2   = 0.00
Uganda            0/ 3   = 0.00
Angola            0/ 4   = 0.00

Note that among the "top ten", the Arab trio of Morocco, Egypt
and Algeria all have high winning percentages.

Semifinal-to-Cup-win ratios

(not adjusted for "internal meetings"):

Morocco          10/19   = 0.53
Egypt            20/44   = 0.45
Tunisia          14/35   = 0.40
Algeria           8/20   = 0.40
Guinea            4/12   = 0.33
South Africa      2/ 6   = 0.33
Congo-Kinshasa    7/22   = 0.32
Cameroon          8/26   = 0.31
Ivory Coast       5/20   = 0.25
Congo-Brazzaville 1/ 4   = 0.25
Nigeria           7/37   = 0.19
Ghana             4/22   = 0.18
Mali              1/ 6   = 0.17
Kenya             1/ 8   = 0.13
Sudan             1/11   = 0.09
Zambia            1/12   = 0.08
Benin             0/ 1   = 0.00
Madagascar        0/ 1   = 0.00
Rwanda            0/ 1   = 0.00
Burkina Faso      0/ 2   = 0.00
Burundi           0/ 2   = 0.00
Gabon             0/ 2   = 0.00
Ethiopia          0/ 3   = 0.00
Mozambique        0/ 3   = 0.00
Reunion           0/ 3   = 0.00
Tanzania          0/ 3   = 0.00
Zimbabwe          0/ 3   = 0.00
Libya             0/ 5   = 0.00
Uganda            0/ 5   = 0.00
Angola            0/ 6   = 0.00
Togo              0/ 6   = 0.00
Senegal           0/ 7   = 0.00


The Club List

                           Cups Won       Finals       Semifinals   Country       SC AA
Club                      C1 C2 C3 Tt   C1 C2 C3 Tt    C1 C2 C3 Tt                17  8

1 [7 or more cups]
Al-Ahly (Cairo)            6  4    10    8  4    12    11  4    15  Egypt 1        4  1

2-5 [5 or 6 cups]
Zamalek (Cairo)            5  1     6    6  1     7     8  2  1 11  Egypt 2        3  2
JS Kabylie (Tizi Ouzou)    2  1  3  6    2  1  3  5     5  1  3  9  Algeria 1             [2]
Etoile Sp. Sahel (Sousse)  1  2  3  6    3  2  6 11     3  2  6 11  Tunisia 1      2
TP Mazembe (Lubumbashi)    4  1     5    6  1     7     8  1     9  Congo-K 1      1      [1]

6-11 [3 or 4 cups]
Canon Yaoundé              3  1     4    3  4     7     5  5  1 11  Cameroon 1
Raja CA Casablanca         3     1  4    4     1  5     5     1  6  Morocco 1      1  1
Hafia FC (Conakry)         3        3    5        5     5        5  Guinea 1
Espérance Sportive (Tunis) 1  1  1  3    4  2  1  7     7  2  1 10  Tunisia 2      1  1
Al-Mokaoulun (Cairo)          3     3       3     3        4     4  Egypt 3               [3]
CS Sfaxien                       3  3    1     4  5     2     4  6  Tunisia 3

12-19 [2 cups]
Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)     2        2    7  1  1  9    10  1  1 12  Ghana 1 
Enyimba (Aba)              2        2    2        2     3        3  Nigeria 1      2
WA Casablanca              1  1     2    1  1  1  3     1  3  1  5  Morocco 2         1
Union Douala               1  1     2    1  1     2     2  1     3  Cameroon 2
Hearts of Oak (Accra)      1     1  2    3     1  4     4  1  1  6  Ghana 2        1
FAR Rabat                  1     1  2    1  1  2  4     3  1  2  6  Morocco 3
Africa Sports                 2     2    1  4     4     1  5  1  6  Ivory Coast 1  1
Shooting Stars (Ibadan)       1  1  2    2  1  1  4     2  2  1  5  Nigeria 2

20-29 [1 CC]
Ismailia SC                1        1    2     1  3     5  1  1  7  Egypt 4
ASEC Mimosas (Abidjan)     1        1    2        2     8  1     9  Ivory Coast 2  1      [8]
AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)    1        1    2        2     3  1  1  5  Congo-K 2
Club Africain (Tunis)      1        1    1  2     3     1  3  1  5  Tunisia 4         1
Entente Sportif Sétif      1        1    1     1  2     1  1  1  3  Algeria 2         1
Orlando Pirates (Soweto)   1        1    1        1     2  1     3  South Africa 1 1
Oryx Douala                1        1    1        1     2        2  Cameroon 3
Stade Abidjan              1        1    1        1     1     1  2  Ivory Coast 3
CARA Brazzaville           1        1    1        1     1        1  Congo-B 1             [4]
MC Alger                   1        1    1        1     1        1  Algeria 3

30-39 [1 CWC]
Enugu Rangers International   1     1    1  1     2     4  1  1  6  Nigeria 3
Tonnerre Kalara (Yaoundé)     1     1       2  1  3     1  2  1  4  Cameroon 4
GOR Mahia (Nairobi)           1     1       2     2        3     3  Kenya 1               [5]
BCC Lions (Gboko)             1     1       2     2        2     2  Nigeria 4             [6]
Power Dynamos (Kitwe-Nkana)   1     1       2     2        2     2  Zambia 1
Al-Merreikh SC (Omdurman)     1     1       1  1  2        3  1  4  Sudan 1
DC Motema Pembe (Kinshasa)    1     1       1     1     1  2  1  4  Congo-K 3             [7]
Horoya AC (Conakry)           1     1       1     1        3     3  Guinea 2
CA Bizertin                   1     1       1     1        1  1  2  Tunisia 5
Kaizer Chiefs                 1     1       1     1        1     1  South Africa 2

40-44 [1 CAF]
Stade Malien (Bamako)            1  1    1     1  2     1     1  2  Mali 1
Stella Abidjan                   1  1       1  1  2        1  1  2  Ivory Coast 4
Bendel Insurance (Benin City)    1  1          1  1     1  1  1  3  Nigeria 5
FUS Rabat                        1  1          1  1           1  1  Morocco 4
Kawkab AC Marrakesh              1  1          1  1           1  1  Morocco 5

45-50 [2 or more finals]
Al-Hilal (Omdurman)                      2        2     5     1  6  Sudan 2
Heartland (Owerri)                       2        2     4     1  5  Nigeria 7            [15]
AS Bilima (Kinshasa)                     2        2     2        2  Congo-K 4            [14]
Cotonsport Garoua                        1     1  2     1     2  3  Cameroon 5
Nakivubo Sp. Villa (Kampala)             1     1  2     1     1  2  Uganda 1
Julius Berger (Lagos)                       2     2        2     2  Nigeria 6

51-59 [1 CC final]
Nkana Red Devils (Kitwe)                 1        1     6        6  Zambia 2
Dynamos (Harare)                         1        1     2        2  Zimbabwe 1
Al-Mehalla (Al-Kubra)                    1        1     2        2  Egypt 5
MC Oran                                  1        1     2        2  Algeria 4
Etoile Filante (Lomé)                    1        1     1        1  Togo 1
Mamelodi Sundowns (Pretoria)             1        1     1        1  South Africa 3
Obuasi Goldfields                        1        1     1        1  Ghana 3
AS Réal Bamako                           1        1     1        1  Mali 2
Simba FC (Kampala)                       1        1     1        1  Uganda 2

60-71 [1 CWC final]
Kenya Breweries (Nairobi)                   1     1     1  1  1  3  Kenya 2
Stationery Stores (Lagos)                   1     1     1  1     2  Nigeria 8
Agaza Lomé                                  1     1        2     2  Togo 2
NA Hussein-Dey                              1     1        2     2  Algeria 5
Bendel United (Benin City)                  1     1        1     1  Nigeria 9
Inter (Luanda)                              1     1        1     1  Angola 1
Leventis United (Ibadan)                    1     1        1     1  Nigeria 10          [9]
Primeiro de Agosto (Luanda)                 1     1        1     1  Angola 2
Ranchers Bees DIC (Kaduna)                  1     1        1     1  Nigeria 11
AC Sodigraf (Kinshasa)                      1     1        1     1  Congo-K 5
AS Sogara (Port Gentil)                     1     1        1     1  Gabon 1
Vital'O SC (Bujumbura)                      1     1        1     1  Burundi 1

72-77 [1 CAF final]
AC Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar)                        1  1     2  1  1  4  Senegal 1
AS Kaloum Stars (Conakry)                      1  1     2     1  3  Guinea 3
Petro Atlético (Luanda)                        1  1     1     1  2  Angola 3
Simba SC (Dar-es-Salaam)                       1  1     1     1  2  Tanzania 1
Dolphin FC (Port Harcourt)                     1  1           1  1  Nigeria 12
Primeiro de Maio (Benguela)                    1  1           1  1  Angola 4

78-95 [CC semifinalists]
US Gorée (Dakar)                                        2        2  Senegal 2
Lomé I                                                  2        2  Togo 3
Djoliba AC (Bamako)                                     1  2     3  Mali 3
Mufulira Wanderers                                      1  2     3  Zambia 3
Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)                                    1  1  1  3  Libya 1
AFC Leopards (Nairobi)                                  1  1     2  Kenya 3            [10]
USM Alger                                               1  1     2  Algeria 6
Cotton Factory (Dire Dawa)                              1        1  Ethiopia 1
ASC Diaraf (Dakar)                                      1        1  Senegal 3
Express Red Eagles (Kampala)                            1        1  Uganda 3
Great Olympics (Accra)                                  1        1  Ghana 4
Kakimbo FC (Conakry)                                    1        1  Guinea 4           [11]
Kano Pillars                                            1        1  Nigeria 13
Léopard Douala                                          1        1  Cameroon 6
FC Lupopo (Lubumbashi)                                  1        1  Congo-K 6
Real Republicans (Accra)                                1        1  Ghana 5             [9]
Saint George's (Addis Abeba)                            1        1  Ethiopia 2
Semassi Sokodé AC                                       1        1  Togo 4

96-120 [CWC semifinalists]
RC Kadiogo (Ouagadougou)                                   2     2  Burkina Faso 1     [12]
SS Saint Louisienne                                        2     2  Reunion 1
Inter Club (Brazzaville)                                   1  1  2  Congo-B 2
Al-Masry (Port Said)                                       1  1  2  Egypt 6
Abiola Babes (Mashood)                                     1     1  Nigeria 14          [9]
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)                                          1     1  Libya 2
APR FC (Kigali)                                            1     1  Rwanda 1
CR Belouizdad (Alger)                                      1     1  Algeria 7
BFV FC (Mahajunga)                                         1     1  Madagascar 1       [13]
Blackpool (Harare)                                         1     1  Zimbabwe 2
Diamant Yaoundé                                            1     1  Cameroon 7
AS Dragons l'Ouémé (Porto Novo)                            1     1  Benin 1
El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri)                             1     1  Nigeria 15
Gruppo Desportivo Maputo                                   1     1  Mozambique 1              
CS Hammam Lif (Hammamet)                                   1     1  Tunisia 6
International Stars (Bujumbura)                            1     1  Burundi 2
Ittihad (Alexandria)                                       1     1  Egypt 7
Jomo Cosmos (Johannesburg)                                 1     1  South Africa 4
Kumbo Strikers                                             1     1  Cameroon 8
Mansoura                                                   1     1  Egypt 8
CD Maxaquene (Maputo)                                      1     1  Mozambique 2
Mbilinga (Port Gentil)                                     1     1  Gabon 2
Al-Nasr (Benghazi)                                         1     1  Libya 3
AS Police (Brazzaville)                                    1     1  Congo-B 3
Sekondi Hasaacas (Sekondi Takoradi)                        1     1  Ghana 6

121-132 [CAF semifinalists]
GD Atlético Sport Aviação (Luanda)                            1  1  Angola 5
Bayelsa United (Yenagoa)                                      1  1  Nigeria 16
ENPPI                                                         1  1  Egypt 9
Eth. Insurance Coop. (Addis Abeba)                            1  1  Ethiopia 3
Ferrioviário Maputo                                           1  1  Mozambique 3
Jasper United (Onitsha)                                       1  1  Nigeria 17
Kampala City Council                                          1  1  Uganda 4
Malindi SC (Zanzibar)                                         1  1  Tanzania 2
Al-Mourada (Omdurman)                                         1  1  Sudan 3
Nchanga Rangers                                               1  1  Zambia 4
CS Saint Denis                                                1  1  Reunion 2
Satellite FC (Abidjan)                                        1  1  Ivory Coast 5

Notes:
[ 1] Tout Puissant Mazembe were previously known as Tout Puissant Englebert.
[ 2] JS Kabylie were previously known as JE Tizi Ouzou.
[ 3] Al-Mokaoulun are also known as Arab Contractors.
[ 4] CARA abbreviates Club Athlétique Renaissance Aiglons.
[ 5] GOR abbreviates Golf Olympic Rangers.
[ 6] BCC abbreviates Benue Cement Club.
[ 7] Daring Club Motema Pembe were previously known as CS Imana.
[ 8] ASEC abbreviates Association Sportive d'Employés Commercials.
[ 9] now disbanded.
[10] AFC Leopards also known as Abaluhya FC.
[11] Kakimbo were previously known as Conakry II.
[12] disbanded but later reformed.
[13] BFV abbreviates Bankin Fampandrosuo NY Vareta.
[14] AS Bilima are now known as AS Dragons.
[15] Heartland were previously known as Iwuanyanwu Nationale.

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