List of association football club rivalries in Africa

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This list deals with association football rivalries around Africa among clubs. This includes local derbies as well as matches between teams further afield. For rivalries between international teams and club rivalries around the world, see List of association football rivalries .

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Only clubs of federations which are members of CAF are included. The article is alphabetically split into CAF member zones: CECAFA (East), COSAFA (South), UNAF (North), UNIFFAC (Central) and WAFU-UFOA (West).

Clubs in CECAFA

Ethiopia

Kenya

Rwanda

Sudan

Tanzania

Clubs in COSAFA

Angola

Botswana

Eswatini

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Clubs in UNAF

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Tunisia

Clubs in UNIFFAC

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Republic of the Congo

Clubs in WAFU-UFOA

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Mali

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Togo

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