West African Football Union

The West African Football Union (Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; 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)
 * 🇳🇬 Amos Adamu (2008–2010)
 * 🇬🇭 Kwesi Nyantakyi (2011–2018)
 * 🇬🇭 Kurt Okraku (2019–present)

Member associations
WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but got spilt into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."
 * Zone A (Niger)
 * Zone B (Volta Niger)

Mauritania is the only WAFU member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

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

Men's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Last updated 4 April 2024

Top-ranked men's national football teams