Latest CAF Club Rankings: Sundowns and Congolese giants represent Sub-Saharan Africa in top 10

North Africans giants remain firmly and literally at the pinnacle of the continent as this season’s CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup finals approach, BSNSports.com.ng reports. According to FootballDataBase’s quarterly ranking report, record seven-time champions Al Ahly top the standings ahead of fellow Egyptian rivals Esperance. Five-time champions league and two-time Confederation Cup Congolese winners, TP Mazembe, proudly hold a third-post rating, while 2016 champions Sundowns sit sixth. With the exception of Congo's AS Vita and the above two, the top 10 features seven clubs from North Africa. Top 20 standing:

1. Al Ahly
2. Esperance de Tunis
3. TP Mazembe
4. El Zamalek
5. Al-Merreikh
6. Mamelodi Sundowns FC
7. Al Hilal Omdurman
8. Etoile du Sahel
9. CS Sfaxien
10. Vita Club
11. Wydad Casablanca
12. Dynamos
13. 1º de Agosto
14. RCA Raja Casablanca Athletic
15. Stade Malien Bamako
16. Orlando Pirates
17. Djoliba AC
18. Coton Sport
19. Kaizer Chiefs
20. Atletico Petro Luanda.

Meanwhile, Al Ahly will face Zamalek in the 2020 CAFCL final on 28 November.