Continental football championships

The six continental confederations

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 America – comprising Northern America, 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

Current

Confederation	Championship	Editions	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
					Team(s)	Title(s)	Team	Edition
AFC	AFC Asian Cup	18	1956	24	Japan	4	Qatar	2023
CAF	Africa Cup of Nations	34	1957	24	Egypt	7	Ivory Coast	2023
	African Nations Championship	7	2009	16	DR Congo Morocco	2	Senegal	2022
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Gold Cup	17	1991	16	Mexico	9	Mexico	2023
	CONCACAF Nations League	3	2019–20	41	United States	3	United States	2023–24
CONMEBOL	Copa América	48	1916	10	Argentina	16	Argentina	2024
OFC	OFC Men's Nations Cup	10	1973	8	New Zealand	6	New Zealand	2024
UEFA	UEFA European Championship	17	1960	24	Spain	4	Spain	2024
	UEFA Nations League	3	2018–19	55	France Portugal Spain	1	Spain	2022–23

Former

Confederation	Championship	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
						Team	Title(s)
AFC	AFC Challenge Cup	5	2006	2014	8–16	North Korea	2
	AFC Solidarity Cup	1	2016		7	Nepal	1
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Championship	10	1963	1989	5–9	Costa Rica Mexico	3
	CONCACAF Cup	1	2015		2	Mexico	1

Men's club championships

Current

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)	Title(s)	Team	Season
AFC	First tier	AFC Champions League Elite	1967	24	Al-Hilal	4	Al Ain	2023–24
	Second tier	AFC Champions League Two	2004	32	Al-Kuwait Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	Central Coast Mariners	2023–24
	Third tier	AFC Challenge League	2005	20	Regar-TadAZ	3	HTTU Asgabat	2014
CAF	First tier	CAF Champions League	1964–65	16	Al-Ahly	12	Al-Ahly	2023–24
	Second tier	CAF Confederation Cup	2004	16	Sfaxien	3	Zamalek	2023–24
	Super Cup	CAF Super Cup	1993	2	Al-Ahly	8	Zamalek	2024
	League	African Football League	2023	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	1	Mamelodi Sundowns	2023
CONCACAF	–	CONCACAF Champions Cup	1962	27	América	7	Pachuca	2024
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	Racing	2024
	Super Cup	Recopa Sudamericana	1989	2	Boca Juniors	4	Fluminense	2024
OFC	–	OFC Champions League	1987	18	Auckland City	12	Auckland City	2024
UEFA	First tier	UEFA Champions League	1955–56	32	Real Madrid	15	Real Madrid	2023–24
	Second tier	UEFA Europa League	1971–72	32	Sevilla	7	Atalanta	2023–24
	Third tier	UEFA Europa Conference League	2021–22	32	Olympiacos Roma West Ham United	1	Olympiacos	2023–24
	Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	1973	2	Real Madrid	6	Real Madrid	2024

Former

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
					Team(s)	Title(s)
AFC	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1990–91	2001–02	17–29	Al-Hilal Yokohama Marinos	2
	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	Title(s)	Team	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

Current

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Team	Most titles		Current champions
				Team(s)	Title(s)	Team	Season
AFC	AFC Women's Champions League	2024–25	21	–	–	–	–
CAF	CAF Women's Champions League	2021	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	TP Mazembe	2024
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Champions Cup	2024–25	10	–	–	–	–
CONMEBOL	Copa Libertadores Femenina	2009	16	Corinthians	5	Corinthians	2024
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	2023–24

Former

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
					Team(s)	Title(s)
AFC	AFC Women's Club Championship	2019	2023	4–8	Amman SC College of Asian Scholars Sogdiana Jizzakh Tokyo Verdy Beleza Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies	1

See also

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