West African Football Union

West African Football Union
Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football
União das Federações Oeste Africanas
	Logo used between 2017 and 2020
	Zone A Zone B
Formation	1975; 51 years ago
Type	Sports governing body; Football administration;
Region served	West Africa
Membership	Zone A – 8 members Cape Verde ; Gambia ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Liberia ; Mali ; Senegal ; Sierra Leone; Zone B – 7 members Benin ; Burkina Faso ; Ghana ; Ivory Coast ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Togo;
Official language	English, French and Portuguese
Affiliations	CAF, FIFA
Website	WAFU Zone A; WAFU Zone B;

The West African Football Union (French: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; Portuguese: União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.

Presidents

K. Tandoh (1975–1977)
Seyi Memene (1977–1984)
Abdoulaye Fofana (1984–1988)
Jonathan Boytie Ogufere (1988–1994)
Dieng Ousseynou (1994–1999)
Abdulmumini Aminu (1999–2002)
El Hadji Malick Sy (2002–2004)
Jacques Anouma (2004–2008)^[1]
Amos Adamu (2008–2010)
Kwesi Nyantakyi (2011–2018)^[2]
Kurt Okraku (2019–present)

WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but is split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."^[3]

Country	Zone	Governing body
Cape Verde	Zone A	Cape Verdean Football Federation
Gambia		Gambia Football Association
Guinea		Guinean Football Federation
Guinea-Bissau		Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau
Liberia		Liberia Football Association
Mali		Malian Football Federation
Senegal		Senegalese Football Federation
Sierra Leone		Sierra Leone Football Association
Benin	Zone B	Benin Football Federation
Burkina Faso		Burkinabé Football Federation
Ghana		Ghana Football Association
Ivory Coast		Ivorian Football Federation
Niger		Nigerien Football Federation
Nigeria		Nigeria Football Federation
Togo		Togolese Football Federation

In December 2025, Mauritania left the West African Football Union to join the UNAF.^[4]

WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.

National teams (men)
Competition	Year	Champions	Rank/Score	Runners-up	Next edition	Dates
WAFU Nations Cup	2019	Senegal	1st	Ghana	TBD	TBD
WAFU Zone A Nations Cup					TBD	TBD
Zone A U-20 Championship	2024	Senegal	3st	Sierra Leone	TBD	TBD
Zone B U-20 Championship	2025	Ivory Coast		Nigeria
Zone A U-17 Championship	2024	Senegal		Mali	2025	18 October - 1 November
Zone B U-17 Championship	2025	Ivory Coast	0–0 (4-3 P)	Ghana
Zone A U-15 Championship	2022	Senegal	3–0^[5]	Liberia	TBD	TBD
Zone A Schools Championship	2022	CS Ben Sekou Sylla	1st	New Yundum	TBD	TBD
Zone B Schools Championship	2022	CEG Sainte Rita	1st	CS Venus Saioua	TBD	TBD
WAFU Zone A Beach Soccer					TBD	TBD
National teams (women)
Zone A Women's Cup	2025	Sierra Leone	1st	Senegal	TBD	TBD
Zone B Women's Cup	2019	Nigeria	1st	Ivory Coast	2025	3–16 Nov 2025
WAFU Zone A U20 Women's Cup	2024	Senegal		Guinea-Bissau	TBD	TBD
WAFU Zone A U-17 Girls Tournament	2025	Sierra Leone	1st	Senegal	TBD	TBD
WAFU Zone B U20 Women's Cup	2023	Ghana	1st	Nigeria	2025	November 3–10.
WAFU Zone B U17 Women's Cup	2024	Ghana		Nigeria	TBD	TBD
Zone A Girls Schools Championship	2022	Scan Aid	1st	Ecole Congresso De Cassaca	TBD	TBD
Zone B Girls Schools Championship	2022	CEG Colby	1st	Ecole Chanvigny B	TBD	TBD
Clubs (women)
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone A)	2025	USFAS Bamako		Aigles de la Médina	2026	TBD
CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone B)	2025	ASEC Mimosas		Bayelsa Queens	2026	TBD

Competition	Duration
CEDEAO Cup	1977–1991
West African Club Championship	1977–2011
Amílcar Cabral Cup	1979–2007
West African Nations Cup	1982–1987
UEMOA Tournament	2007–2016
WAFU U20 Women's Cup	Proposed for 2022 but never happened ^[6]^[7]^[8]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[9]

WAFU	Zone	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−
1	A	17	Senegal	1624.73
2	B	30	Nigeria	1520.27
3	B	38	Ivory Coast	1498.8	1
4	A	44	Mali	1477.9	1
5	B	62	Burkina Faso	1390.38
6	A	65	Cape Verde	1425.64	1
7	B	68	Ghana	1358.77	1
8	A	76	Guinea	1324.65	1
9	B	97	Benin	1225.68
10	B	113	Togo	1170.34	6
11	A	113	Guinea-Bissau	1163.44	1
12	A	126	Sierra Leone	1137.36	2
13	B	129	Niger	1125.5	1
14	A	130	Gambia	1114.8	1
15	A	152	Liberia	1029.58

Top-ranked men's national football teams