The NPL has been ranked as the 5th strongest league in Africa for 2012 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
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IFFHS is a Germany-based organisation founded in 1984 to chronicle the history and records of association football.
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The world ranking for strongest national leagues is determined by IFFHS on the basis of all national (championship) and (inter) continental (confederation and FIFA club competitions) results of the club.
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According to IFFHS, the Sudanese Premier league emerged the best in Africa and three clubs made it to the group stage of the CAF confederations cup.