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	Edition(s)	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	10	Mexico	2025
	CONCACAF Nations League	4	2019–20	41	United States	3	Mexico	2024–25
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	4	2018–19	55	Portugal	2	Portugal	2024–25

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	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
						Team(s)	Title(s)	Team	Season
AFC	First tier	AFC Champions League Elite	43	1967	24	Al-Hilal	4	Al-Ahli	2024–25
	Second tier	AFC Champions League Two	21	2004	32	Al-Kuwait Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3	Sharjah	2024–25
	Third tier	AFC Challenge League	11	2005	20	Regar-TadAZ	3	Arkadag	2024–25
CAF	First tier	CAF Champions League	61	1964–65	16	Al-Ahly	12	Pyramids	2024–25
	Second tier	CAF Confederation Cup	22	2004	16	CS Sfaxien RS Berkane	3	RS Berkane	2024–25
	Super Cup	CAF Super Cup	33	1993	2	Al-Ahly	8	Zamalek	2024
CONCACAF	–	CONCACAF Champions Cup	60	1962	27	América Cruz Azul	7	Cruz Azul	2025
CONMEBOL	First tier	Copa Libertadores	65	1960	32	Independiente	7	Botafogo	2024
	Second tier	Copa Sudamericana	23	2002	32	Athletico Paranaense Boca Juniors Independiente Independiente del Valle LDU Quito	2	Racing	2024
	Super Cup	Recopa Sudamericana	33	1989	2	Boca Juniors	4	Racing	2025
OFC	–	OFC Men's Champions League	24	1987	18	Auckland City	13	Auckland City	2025
UEFA	First tier	UEFA Champions League	70	1955–56	36	Real Madrid	15	Paris Saint-Germain	2024–25
	Second tier	UEFA Europa League	54	1971–72	36	Sevilla	7	Tottenham Hotspur	2024–25
	Third tier	UEFA Conference League	4	2021–22	36	Chelsea Olympiacos Roma West Ham United	1	Chelsea	2024–25
	Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	49	1973	2	Real Madrid	6	Real Madrid	2024

Former

Confederation	Championship	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
						Team(s)	Title(s)
AFC	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	12	1990–91	2001–02	17–29	Al-Hilal Yokohama Marinos	2
	Asian Super Cup	8	1995	2002	2	Al-Hilal Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2
CAF	African Cup Winners' Cup	29	1975	2003	15–41	Al-Ahly	4
	CAF Cup	12	1992	2003	31–37	JS Kabylie	3
	African Football League	1	2023		8	Mamelodi Sundowns	1
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup	7	1991	1998	4–11	América Atlético Marte Monterrey Necaxa Tecos	1
	CONCACAF Giants Cup	1	2001		12	América	1
	CONCACAF League	6	2017	2022	22	Olimpia	2
CONMEBOL	Copa Ganadores de Copa	1	1970		8	Mariscal Santa Cruz	1
	Supercopa Libertadores	10	1988	1997	13–17	Cruzeiro Independiente	2
	Copa Master de Supercopa	2	1992	1995	2–4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro	1
	Copa CONMEBOL	8	1992	1999	16	Atlético Mineiro	2
	Copa de Oro	3	1993	1996	4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro Flamengo	1
	Copa Master de CONMEBOL	1	1996		4	São Paulo	1
OFC	Oceania Cup Winners' Cup	1	1987		2	Sydney City	1
	OFC President's Cup	1	2014		6	Auckland City	1
UEFA	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	39	1960–61	1998–99	32	Barcelona	4
	UEFA Intertoto Cup	14	1995	2008	50	VfB Stuttgart	3

Women's national team championships

Confederation	Championship	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
					Team	Title(s)	Team	Year
AFC	AFC Women's Asian Cup	20	1975	12	China	9	China	2022
CAF	Women's Africa Cup of Nations	15	1991	12	Nigeria	10	Nigeria	2024
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Gold Cup	1	2024	12	United States	1	United States	2024
	CONCACAF W Championship	11	1991	8	United States	9	United States	2022
CONMEBOL	Copa América Femenina	10	1991	10	Brazil	9	Brazil	2025
OFC	OFC Women's Nations Cup	13	1983	9	New Zealand	11	Solomon Islands	2025
UEFA	UEFA Women's Championship	14	1984	16	Germany	8	England	2025
	UEFA Women's Nations League	1	2023–24	51	Spain	1	Spain	2023–24

Women's club championships

Current

Confederation	Championship	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
					Team(s)	Title(s)	Team	Season
AFC	AFC Women's Champions League	1	2024–25	21	Wuhan Jiangda	1	Wuhan Jiangda	2024–25
CAF	CAF Women's Champions League	4	2021	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	TP Mazembe	2024
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Champions Cup	1	2024–25	10	Gotham FC	1	Gotham FC	2024–25
CONMEBOL	Copa Libertadores Femenina	16	2009	16	Corinthians	5	Corinthians	2024
OFC	OFC Women's Champions League	3	2023	8	Auckland United	2	Auckland United	2025
UEFA	UEFA Women's Champions League	24	2001–02	16	Lyon	8	Arsenal	2024–25

Former

Confederation	Championship	Edition(s)	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
						Team(s)	Title(s)
AFC	AFC Women's Club Championship	4	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