West African Football Union

• 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 is split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU." • Zone A (Niger) • Zone B (Volta Niger) In December 2025, Mauritania left the West African Football Union to join the UNAF. ==Competitions==

WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth. Current title holders Defunct competitions ==FIFA World Rankings==

Men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA. Last updated 1 April 2026 Top-ranked men's national football teams ImageSize = width:150 height:700 PlotArea = left:40 right:0 bottom:5 top:10 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/2009 till:01/04/2026 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:2009 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical format:yyyy Colors = id:NGA value:blue id:CIV value:yellow id:GHA value:magenta id:CPV value:green id:SEN value:red PlotData = bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from:01/01/2009 till:01/07/2009 shift:(20,-3) text:"Nigeria" color:NGA from:01/07/2009 till:03/02/2010 shift:(20,-12) text:"Ivory Coast" color:CIV from:03/02/2010 till:14/07/2010 shift:(20,-4) text:"Nigeria" color:NGA from:14/07/2010 till:29/06/2011 shift:(20,-4) text:"Ghana" color:GHA from:29/06/2011 till:03/03/2016 shift:(20,-4) text:"Ivory Coast" color:CIV from:03/03/2016 till:07/04/2016 shift:(20,-11) text:"Cape Verde" color:CPV from:07/04/2016 till:11/08/2016 shift:(20,-11) text:"Ivory Coast" color:CIV from:11/08/2016 till:15/09/2016 shift:(20,-4) text:"Ghana" color:GHA from:15/09/2016 till:24/11/2016 shift:(20,-4) text:"Ivory Coast" color:CIV from:24/11/2016 till: end shift:(20,-4) text:"Senegal" color:SEN ==See also==