TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations

TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, CAF is the governing body of African football and was founded in 1957. The founding members are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. With a membership of 54 Member Associations, the secretariat is based in Egypt.

At the FIFA Congress in 1954 held in Berne, Switzerland, it was voted to recognize Africa as a Confederation. This gave the continent the right to appoint its first representative to the FIFA Executive Committee and the member was Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem of Egypt.

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The wheels that led to the birth of CAF were actually set in motion outside Africa, in Lisbon, Portugal in June 1956. The Portuguese capital was playing host to the FIFA Congress, and it was the four African nations in attendance (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa) who carried the African confederation to the baptismal font by taking advantage of that gathering to discuss matters of common interest.

The four nations agreed to meet again in Khartoum, Sudan, in February 1957 after the FIFA Congress in Lisbon to prepare laws and discuss the organization of the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations. At a momentous conference conducted on February 8th, 1957 at the Grand Hotel in Khartoum, CAF was formally established.

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Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem of Egypt was unanimously elected president after the confederation’s laws were adopted, making him the organization’s first president.

Following the first CAF General Assembly, the Africa Cup of Nations was established on February 10, 1957, in the capital of Sudan, which was won by Egypt.

With several wonderful experiences along the road to help establish the qualities and aspects associated with African football, it would turn out to be the beginning of an exciting journey that continues to this day.

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