Lobi Stars of Makurdi 4 other Nigerian clubs make CAF top 50 of the decade

Lobi Stars Football Club and four other Nigerian Football Clubs made The CAF top 50 Africa Clubs of the decade, precisely from 2009-2019.

In a recent release by CAF, Lobi Stars were ranked 40th, while Enyimba Int’l, and Kano Pillars are ranked 24th and 35th ahead of Lobi Stars, Plateau United and Akwa United are ranked 43rd and 49th respectively.

The ranking placed Lobi Stars football Club as overall remarkable 3rd best in Nigeria, having participated only once in the continent in the last 10 years with such rating speaks volumes.

It could be recalled that, Nigeria lost her second slot in the CAF Champions League but the slot has been restored as a result of the quality performance of Lobi Stars in the competition.

Here is the official classification of top 50 best African clubs from 2009 to 2019, According to their performances in The CAF inter-club competitions;

1. Esperance de Tunis
2. Al Ahly
3. TP Mazembe
4. Al-Merreikh
5. Al Hilal Omdurman
6. Etoile du Sahel
7. Wydad Casablanca
8. Vita Club
9. Mamelodi Sundowns
10. El Zamalek
11. 1º of Agosto
12. CS Sfaxien
13. Dynamos
14. Raja Casablanca
15. Sport Cotton
16. Stade Malien Bamako
17. Kaizer Chiefs
18. African Club
19. Recreativo do Libolo
20. Djoliba AC
21. Bidvest Wits
22. Orlando Pirates
23. Motema Pembe
24. Enyimba
25. Atletico Petro Luanda
26. ASEC Mimosas (CIV)
27. USM Algiers
28. Al Masry
29. Highlanders
30. Asante Kotoko (GHA)
31. RSB Berkane
32. ES Setif
33. Saint-Eloi Lupopo
34. Bamako Olympic
35. Kano Pillars
36. Difaâ El Jadida
37. Loum UMS
38. AS Réal Bamako
39. Kabuscorp SCP
40. Lobi Stars
41. Gunners
42. ZESCO United
43. United Plateau
44. JS Kabylie
45. Ashanti Gold FC
46. Pyramids FC
47. FUS Rabat
48. CR Belouizdad
49. Akwa United
50. Chicken Inn FC