Continental football championships

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This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.

The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe).

The numbers of participating teams presented in this article only account for teams appearing in the competitions proper, and do not include those entering preliminary or qualifying rounds.

Men's national team championships

Ongoing

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
				Team(s)	Titles	Team(s)	Edition
AFC	AFC Asian Cup	1956	24	Japan	4	Qatar	2023
CAF	Africa Cup of Nations	1957	24	Egypt	7	Ivory Coast	2023
	African Nations Championship	2009	16	DR Congo  Morocco	2	Senegal	2022
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Gold Cup	1963	16	Mexico	12	Mexico	2023
	CONCACAF Nations League	2019–20	41	United States	3	United States	2023–24
CONMEBOL	Copa América	1916	10	Argentina  Uruguay	15	Argentina	2021
OFC	OFC Nations Cup	1973	8	New Zealand	5	New Zealand	2016
UEFA	UEFA European Championship	1960	24	Germany  Spain	3	Italy	2020
	UEFA Nations League	2018–19	55	France  Portugal  Spain	1	Spain	2022–23

Abolished

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
					Team(s)	Titles
AFC	AFC Challenge Cup	2006	2014	8–16	North Korea	2
	AFC Solidarity Cup	2016		7	Nepal	1
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Cup	2015		2	Mexico	1

Men's club championships

Ongoing

The champions of the respective first-tier championships qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

Confederation	Tier	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
					Team(s)	Titles	Team(s)	Season
AFC	First-tier	AFC Champions League	1967	40	Al-Hilal	4	Urawa Red Diamonds	2022
	Second-tier	AFC Cup	2004	40	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Kuwait	3	Al-Seeb	2022
CAF	First-tier	CAF Champions League	1964–65	16	Al-Ahly	11	Al-Ahly	2022–23
	Second-tier	CAF Confederation Cup	2004	16	Sfaxien	3	USM Alger	2022–23
	Super Cup	CAF Super Cup	1993	2	Al-Ahly	8	USM Alger	2023
	League	African Football League	2023	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	1	Mamelodi Sundowns	2023
CONCACAF	First-tier	CONCACAF Champions Cup	1962	27	América	7	León	2023
CONMEBOL	First-tier	Copa Libertadores	1960	32	Independiente	7	Fluminense	2023
	Second-tier	Copa Sudamericana	2002	32	Athletico Paranaense Boca Juniors Independiente Independiente del Valle LDU Quito	2	LDU Quito	2023
	Super Cup	Recopa Sudamericana	1989	2	Boca Juniors	4	Fluminense	2024
OFC	First-tier	OFC Champions League	1987	18	Auckland City	11	Auckland City	2023
UEFA	First-tier	UEFA Champions League	1955–56	32	Real Madrid	14	Manchester City	2022–23
	Second-tier	UEFA Europa League	1971–72	32	Sevilla	7	Sevilla	2022–23
	Third-tier	UEFA Europa Conference League	2021–22	32	Roma West Ham United	1	West Ham United	2022–23
	Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	1973	2	Barcelona Milan Real Madrid	5	Manchester City	2023

Abolished

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
					Team(s)	Titles
AFC	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1990–91	2001–02	17–29	Al-Hilal Yokohama Marinos	2
	AFC President's Cup	2005	2014	12	Regar TadAZ	3
	Asian Super Cup	1995	2002	2	Al-Hilal Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2
CAF	African Cup Winners' Cup	1975	2003	15–41	Al-Ahly	4
	CAF Cup	1992	2003	31–37	JS Kabylie	3
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup	1991	1998	4–11	América Atlético Marte Monterrey Necaxa Tecos	1
	CONCACAF Giants Cup	2001		12	América	1
	CONCACAF League	2017	2022	22	Olimpia	2
CONMEBOL	Copa Ganadores de Copa	1970		8	Mariscal Santa Cruz	1
	Supercopa Libertadores	1988	1997	13–17	Cruzeiro Independiente	2
	Copa Master de Supercopa	1992	1995	2–4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro	1
	Copa CONMEBOL	1992	1999	16	Atlético Mineiro	2
	Copa de Oro	1993	1996	4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro Flamengo	1
	Copa Master de CONMEBOL	1996		4	São Paulo	1
OFC	Oceania Cup Winners' Cup	1987		2	Sydney City	1
	OFC President's Cup	2014		6	Auckland City	1
UEFA	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1960–61	1998–99	32	Barcelona	4
	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1995	2008	50	VfB Stuttgart	3

Women's national team championships

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
				Team(s)	Titles	Team(s)	Year
AFC	AFC Women's Asian Cup	1975	12	China	9	China	2022
CAF	Women's Africa Cup of Nations	1991	12	Nigeria	11	South Africa	2022
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Gold Cup	2024	12	United States	1	United States	2024
	CONCACAF W Championship	1991	8	United States	9	United States	2022
CONMEBOL	Copa América Femenina	1991	10	Brazil	8	Brazil	2022
OFC	OFC Women's Nations Cup	1983	9	New Zealand	6	Papua New Guinea	2022
UEFA	UEFA Women's Championship	1984	16	Germany	8	England	2022
	UEFA Women's Nations League	2023–24	51	Spain	1	Spain	2023–24

Women's club championships

Confederation	Club championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
				Team(s)	Titles	Team(s)	Season
AFC	AFC Women's Club Championship	2019	12	Tokyo Verdy Beleza Amman SC College of Asian Scholars Sogdiana Jizzakh Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Urawa Red Diamonds	1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Urawa Red Diamonds	2023
CAF	CAF Women's Champions League	2021	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	Mamelodi Sundowns	2023
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Champions Cup	2024–25	10	–	–	–	–
CONMEBOL	Copa Libertadores Femenina	2009	16	Corinthians	4	Corinthians	2023
OFC	OFC Women's Champions League	2023	8	AS Academy Auckland United	1	Auckland United	2024
UEFA	UEFA Women's Champions League	2001–02	16	Lyon	8	Barcelona	2022–23

See also

• Sub-continental football championships in Asia
• Domestic football champions
• Timeline of association football

References