Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Summary edit

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top 4
total
  Egypt 7 (1957, 1959*1, 1986*, 1998, 2006*, 2008, 2010) 3 (19621, 2017, 2021) 3 (19631, 19701, 1974*) 3 (1976, 1980, 1984) 16
  Cameroon 5 (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017) 2 (1986, 2008) 2 (1972*, 2021*) 1 (1992) 10
  Ghana 4 (1963*, 1965, 1978*, 1982) 5 (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015) 1 (2008*) 4 (1996, 2012, 2013, 2017) 14
  Nigeria 3 (1980*, 1994, 2013) 5 (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000*, 2023) 8 (1976, 1978, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2019) 16
  Ivory Coast 3 (1992, 2015, 2023*) 2 (2006, 2012) 4 (1965, 1968, 1986, 1994) 2 (1970, 2008) 11
  Algeria 2 (1990*, 2019) 1 (1980) 2 (1984, 1988) 2 (1982, 2010) 7
  DR Congo 2 (19682, 19743) 2 (1998, 2015) 2 (19723, 2023) 6
  Zambia 1 (2012) 2 (1974, 1994) 3 (1982, 1990, 1996) 6
  Tunisia 1 (2004*) 2 (1965*, 1996) 1 (1962) 3 (1978, 2000, 2019) 7
  Sudan 1 (1970*) 2 (1959, 1963) 1 (1957*) 4
  Senegal 1 (2021) 2 (2002, 2019) 3 (1965, 1990, 2006) 6
  South Africa 1 (1996*) 1 (1998) 2 (2000, 2023) 4
  Ethiopia 1 (1962*) 1 (1957) 1 (1959) 2 (1963, 1968*) 5
  Morocco 1 (1976) 1 (2004) 1 (1980) 2 (1986, 1988*) 5
  Congo 1 (1972) 1 (1974) 2
  Mali 1 (1972) 2 (2012, 2013) 3 (1994, 2002*, 2004) 6
  Burkina Faso 1 (2013) 1 (2017) 2 (1998*, 2021) 4
  Uganda 1 (1978) 1 (1962) 2
  Guinea 1 (1976) 1
  Libya 1 (1982*) 1
  Equatorial Guinea 1 (2015*) 1
* hosts
1 as United Arab Republic
2 as Congo-Kinshasa
3 as Zaire

Debut of national teams edit

Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
1957   Egypt,   Ethiopia,   Sudan 3 3
1962   Tunisia,   Uganda 2 5
1963   Ghana,   Nigeria 2 7
1965   Congo-Léopoldville,   Ivory Coast,   Senegal 3 10
1968   Algeria,   Congo-Brazzaville 2 12
1970   Cameroon,   Guinea 2 14
1972   Kenya,   Mali,   Morocco,   Togo 4 18
1974   Mauritius,   Zambia 2 20
1978   Upper Volta 1 21
1980   Tanzania 1 22
1982   Libya 1 23
1984   Malawi 1 24
1986   Mozambique 1 25
1994   Gabon,   Sierra Leone 2 27
1996   Angola,   Liberia,   South Africa 3 30
1998   Namibia 1 31
2004   Benin,   Rwanda,   Zimbabwe 3 34
2012   Botswana,   Equatorial Guinea,   Niger 3 37
2013   Cape Verde 1 38
2015 None 0 38
2017   Guinea-Bissau 1 39
2019   Burundi,   Madagascar,   Mauritania 3 42
2021   Comoros,   Gambia 2 44
2023 None 0 44

Teams yet to qualify:   Central African Republic,   Chad,   Djibouti,   Eritrea,   Eswatini,   Lesotho,   São Tomé and Príncipe,   Seychelles,   Somalia,   South Sudan

Overall team records edit

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]

As of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
1   Egypt[n 1] 26 111 60 24 27 175 97 +78 204
2   Nigeria 20 104 57 24 23 146 95 +50 195
3   Ghana 24 105 54 23 28 138 93 +45 185
4   Ivory Coast 25 106 48 30 28 152 111 +41 174
5   Cameroon 21 95 46 31 18 142 90 +52 169
6   Morocco 19 74 29 25 20 87 65 +22 112
7   Senegal 17 71 30 18 23 87 58 +29 108
8   Algeria 20 80 28 24 28 97 93 +4 108
9   Tunisia 21 83 25 30 27 99 97 +2 105
10   Zambia 18 69 27 19 23 83 70 +13 100
11   DR Congo[n 2] 20 80 21 29 30 94 107 −13 92
12   Mali 13 59 21 21 17 71 69 +2 84
13   South Africa 11 50 18 16 16 55 48 +7 70
14   Guinea 14 52 15 18 19 65 72 −7 63
15   Burkina Faso[n 3] 13 52 10 17 25 51 78 −27 47
16   Angola 9 31 7 13 11 39 43 −4 34
17   Gabon 8 25 7 10 8 24 27 −3 31
18   Equatorial Guinea 4 19 8 5 6 20 18 +2 29
19   Congo 7 26 7 7 12 27 37 −10 28
20   Sudan 9 27 7 7 13 29 42 −13 28
21   Ethiopia 11 30 7 4 19 31 67 −36 25
22   Cape Verde 4 16 5 8 3 15 12 +3 21
23   Togo 8 25 3 8 14 18 39 −21 17
24   Uganda 7 23 4 3 16 21 38 −17 15
25   Libya 3 11 3 5 3 12 13 −1 14
26   Zimbabwe 5 15 3 2 10 16 31 −15 11
27   Gambia 2 8 3 1 4 6 10 -4 10
28   Kenya 6 17 2 4 11 11 31 −20 10
29   Madagascar 1 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 8
30   Malawi 3 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 8
31   Sierra Leone 3 8 1 3 4 4 14 −10 6
32   Namibia 4 13 1 3 9 11 31 −20 6
33   Liberia 2 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
34   Mauritania 3 10 1 2 7 4 16 −12 5
35   Benin 4 14 0 5 9 7 24 −17 5
36   Rwanda 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
37   Mozambique 5 15 0 4 11 8 33 −25 4
38   Comoros 1 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3
39   Tanzania 3 9 0 3 6 6 18 −12 3
40   Guinea-Bissau 4 12 0 3 9 4 19 −15 3
41   Niger 2 6 0 1 5 1 9 −8 1
42   Burundi 1 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
43   Mauritius 1 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
44   Botswana 1 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
  1. ^ Including one appearance as "United Arab Republic" representing a political union between Egypt and Syria, and another three appearances representing just Egypt but still under the name "United Arab Republic".
  2. ^ Including seven appearances as Zaire.
  3. ^ Including one appearance as Upper Volta.

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt73313
2  Cameroon5229
3  Ghana45110
4  Nigeria35816
5  Ivory Coast3249
6  Algeria2125
7  DR Congo2024
8  Zambia1236
9  Sudan1214
  Tunisia1214
11  Senegal1203
12  South Africa1124
13  Ethiopia1113
  Morocco1113
15  Congo1001
16  Mali0123
17  Burkina Faso0112
18  Guinea0101
  Libya0101
  Uganda0101
Totals (20 entries)343434102

Comprehensive team results by tournament edit

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team  
1957
(3)
 
1959
(3)
 
1962
(4)
 
1963
(6)
 
1965
(6)
 
1968
(8)
 
1970
(8)
 
1972
(8)
 
1974
(8)
 
1976
(8)
 
1978
(8)
 
1980
(8)
 
1982
(8)
 
1984
(8)
 
1986
(8)
 
1988
(8)
 
1990
(8)
 
1992
(12)
 
1994
(12)
 
1996
(15)
 
1998
(16)
 
 
2000
(16)
 
2002
(16)
 
2004
(16)
 
2006
(16)
 
2008
(16)
 
2010
(15)
 
 
2012
(16)
 
2013
(16)
 
2015
(16)
 
2017
(16)
 
2019
(24)
 
2021
(24)
 
2023
(24)
 
2025
(24)
 
 
 
2027
(24)
Apps.
North Africa Members
  Algeria Part of France × GS 2nd 4th 3rd GS 3rd 1st GS •• QF GS QF GS QF 4th GS QF GS 1st GS GS 20
  Egypt 1st 1st 2nd 3rd × × 3rd 3rd 4th 4th × 4th 1st GS GS GS QF QF 1st QF QF GS 1st 1st 1st 2nd R16 2nd R16 26
  Libya × × × × × 2nd × × × × × × GS GS 3
  Morocco × × × GS × 1st GS 3rd 4th 4th GS QF GS GS 2nd GS GS GS GS •• QF R16 QF R16 Q 20
  Tunisia Prot. of France 3rd GS 2nd × × × 4th × GS GS 2nd QF 4th GS 1st QF QF GS QF GS QF QF 4th QF GS 21
West Africa Members
  Benin Part of France × × × × × × × × GS GS GS QF 4
  Burkina Faso Part of France × × × × GS × × × × × GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS 2nd GS 3rd 4th R16 13
  Cape Verde Part of Portugal × QF GS R16 QF 4
  Gambia Part of the United Kingdom × × × × × × × × × × × QF GS 2
  Ghana UK 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st GS 1st GS 2nd QF 4th GS QF QF GS 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th R16 GS GS 24
  Guinea FRA •• GS GS 2nd GS GS GS × QF QF QF GS QF R16 R16 QF 14
  Guinea-Bissau Part of Portugal × × × × × × × × × GS GS GS GS 4
  Ivory Coast Part of France 3rd 3rd 4th GS •• GS × GS 3rd GS GS 1st 3rd GS QF GS GS 2nd 4th QF 2nd QF 1st GS QF R16 1st 25
  Liberia × × × × × × × × × GS GS 2
  Mali Part of France 2nd 4th 4th 4th GS GS 3rd 3rd GS GS R16 R16 QF 13
  Mauritania Part of France × × × × × × × × × GS GS R16 3
  Niger Part of France × × × × × × × × × × GS GS 2
  Nigeria × GS × × 3rd 3rd 1st GS 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st •• × 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd QF 3rd 1st 3rd R16 2nd 20
  Senegal Part of France 4th GS × GS 4th QF QF QF 2nd QF 4th GS GS GS QF 2nd 1st R16 17
  Sierra Leone Part of the UK × × × × × × × GS GS × × × GS 3
  Togo Part of France × GS × GS × × GS GS GS GS •• QF GS 8
Central Africa Members
  Cameroon Part of France × GS 3rd GS 1st 2nd 1st GS 4th GS QF 1st 1st QF QF 2nd QF GS 1st R16 3rd R16 21
  Congo Part of France GS × 1st 4th GS × QF GS QF 7
  DR Congo Part of Belgium GS 1st GS 4th 1st GS × × GS QF QF QF 3rd GS QF GS QF GS 3rd QF R16 4th 20
  Equatorial Guinea Part of Spain × × × × × × QF 4th QF R16 4
  Gabon Part of France × × × × × GS QF GS GS QF GS GS R16 8
East Africa Members
  Burundi Part of Belgium × × × × × × × × × × × GS 1
  Ethiopia 2nd 3rd 1st 4th GS 4th GS GS GS × × × × × GS GS 11
  Kenya GS × GS GS GS × GS GS × Q 7
  Rwanda Part of Belgium × × × × × × × × × GS × 1
  Sudan 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st GS GS × × × × × GS QF GS 9
  Tanzania × GS × × × × GS GS Q 4
  Uganda 4th × GS GS GS 2nd × × × GS R16 Q 8
Southern Africa Members
  Angola Part of Portugal × GS GS GS QF QF GS GS GS QF 9
  Botswana Part of the United Kingdom × × × × × × × × GS 1
  Comoros Part of France × × × R16 1
  Madagascar Part of France × × × × × × × × × QF 1
  Malawi Part of the United Kingdom × GS GS R16 3
  Mauritius GS × × 1
  Mozambique Part of Portugal × GS GS GS GS GS 5
  Namibia Part of South Africa × × GS GS GS R16 4
  South Africa •• Banned because of apartheid 1st 2nd 3rd QF GS GS GS QF GS QF 3rd 11
  Zambia × × 2nd GS 3rd GS × 3rd QF 2nd 3rd GS GS GS GS GS QF 1st GS GS GS 18
  Zimbabwe GS GS GS GS GS × 5
Team  
1957
(3)
 
1959
(3)
 
1962
(4)
 
1963
(6)
 
1965
(6)
 
1968
(8)
 
1970
(8)
 
1972
(8)
 
1974
(8)
 
1976
(8)
 
1978
(8)
 
1980
(8)
 
1982
(8)
 
1984
(8)
 
1986
(8)
 
1988
(8)
 
1990
(8)
 
1992
(12)
 
1994
(12)
 
1996
(15)
 
1998
(16)
 
 
2000
(16)
 
2002
(16)
 
2004
(16)
 
2006
(16)
 
2008
(16)
 
2010
(15)
 
 
2012
(16)
 
2013
(16)
 
2015
(16)
 
2017
(16)
 
2019
(24)
 
2021
(24)
 
2023
(24)
 
2025
(24)
 
 
 
2027
(24)
Apps.
Legend

Results of host nations edit

Year Host nation Result
1957   Sudan Third place
1959   United Arab Republic Champions
1962   Ethiopia Champions
1963   Ghana Champions
1965   Tunisia Runners-up
1968   Ethiopia Fourth place
1970   Sudan Champions
1972   Cameroon Third place
1974   Egypt Third place
1976   Ethiopia Group stage
1978   Ghana Champions
1980   Nigeria Champions
1982   Libya Runners-up
1984   Ivory Coast Group stage
1986   Egypt Champions
1988   Morocco Fourth place
1990   Algeria Champions
1992   Senegal Quarter-finals
1994   Tunisia Group stage
1996   South Africa Champions
1998   Burkina Faso Fourth place
2000   Ghana Quarter-finals
  Nigeria Runners-up
2002   Mali Fourth place
2004   Tunisia Champions
2006   Egypt Champions
2008   Ghana Third place
2010   Angola Quarter-finals
2012   Equatorial Guinea Quarter-finals
  Gabon Quarter-finals
2013   South Africa Quarter-finals
2015   Equatorial Guinea Fourth place
2017   Gabon Group stage
2019   Egypt Round of 16
2021   Cameroon Third place
2023   Ivory Coast Champions
2025   Morocco To be determined
2027   Kenya To be determined
  Tanzania
  Uganda

Results of defending champions edit

Year Defending champions Result
1959   United Arab Republic Champions
1962   United Arab Republic Runners-up
1963   Ethiopia Fourth place
1965   Ghana Champions
1968   Ghana Runners-up
1970   Congo-Kinshasa Group stage
1972   Sudan Group stage
1974   Congo Fourth place
1976   Zaire Group stage
1978   Morocco Group stage
1980   Ghana Group stage
1982   Nigeria Group stage
1984   Ghana Group stage
1986   Cameroon Runners-up
1988   Egypt Group stage
1990   Cameroon Group stage
1992   Algeria Group stage
1994   Ivory Coast Third place
1996   Nigeria Withdrew
1998   South Africa Runners-up
2000   Egypt Quarter-finals
2002   Cameroon Champions
2004   Cameroon Quarter-finals
2006   Tunisia Quarter-finals
2008   Egypt Champions
2010   Egypt Champions
2012   Egypt Did not qualify
2013   Zambia Group stage
2015   Nigeria Did not qualify
2017   Ivory Coast Group stage
2019   Cameroon Round of 16
2021   Algeria Group stage
2023   Senegal Round of 16
2025   Ivory Coast To be determined

General statistics by tournament edit

Year Hosts Champions (titles) Winning coach[2] Top scorer(s) (goals)[citation needed] Most valuable player[citation needed]
1957   Sudan   Egypt (1)   Mourad Fahmy   Ad-Diba (5)   Ad-Diba
1959   United Arab Republic   United Arab Republic (2)   Pál Titkos   Mahmoud El-Gohary (3)   Mahmoud El-Gohary
1962   Ethiopia   Ethiopia (1)   Ydnekatchew Tessema   Mengistu Worku (3)
  Badawi Abdel Fattah (3)
  Mengistu Worku
1963   Ghana   Ghana (1)   Charles Gyamfi   Hassan El-Shazly (6)   Hassan El-Shazly
1965   Tunisia   Ghana (2)   Charles Gyamfi   Ben Acheampong (3)
  Osei Kofi (3)
  Eustache Manglé (3)
  Osei Kofi
1968   Ethiopia   Congo-Kinshasa (1)   Ferenc Csanádi   Laurent Pokou (6)   Kazadi Mwamba
1970   Sudan   Sudan (1)   Jiří Starosta   Laurent Pokou (8)   Laurent Pokou
1972   Cameroon   Congo (1)   Adolphe Bibanzoulou   Salif Keïta (5)   François M'Pelé
1974   Egypt   Zaire (2)   Blagoje Vidinić   Ndaye Mulamba (9)   Ndaye Mulamba
1976   Ethiopia   Morocco (1)   Virgil Mărdărescu   Mamadou Aliou Keïta (4)   Ahmed Faras
1978   Ghana   Ghana (3)   Fred Osam-Duodu   Phillip Omondi (3)
  Opoku Afriyie (3)
  Segun Odegbami (3)
  Karim Abdul Razak
1980   Nigeria   Nigeria (1)   Otto Glória   Khalid Labied (3)
  Segun Odegbami (3)
  Christian Chukwu
1982   Libya   Ghana (4)   Charles Gyamfi   George Alhassan (4)   Fawzi Al-Issawi
1984   Ivory Coast   Cameroon (1)   Radivoje Ognjanović   Taher Abouzaid (4)   Théophile Abega
1986   Egypt   Egypt (3)   Mike Smith   Roger Milla (4)   Roger Milla
1988   Morocco   Cameroon (2)   Claude Le Roy   Lakhdar Belloumi (2)
  Roger Milla (2)
  Abdoulaye Traoré (2)
  Gamal Abdelhamid (2)
  Aziz Bouderbala
1990   Algeria   Algeria (1)   Abdelhamid Kermali   Djamel Menad (4)   Rabah Madjer
1992   Senegal   Ivory Coast (1)   Yeo Martial   Rashidi Yekini (4)   Abedi Pele
1994   Tunisia   Nigeria (2)   Clemens Westerhof   Rashidi Yekini (5)   Rashidi Yekini
1996   South Africa   South Africa (1)   Clive Barker   Kalusha Bwalya (5)   Kalusha Bwalya
1998   Burkina Faso   Egypt (4)   Mahmoud El-Gohary   Hossam Hassan (7)
  Benni McCarthy (7)
  Benni McCarthy
2000   Ghana
  Nigeria
  Cameroon (3)   Pierre Lechantre   Shaun Bartlett (5)   Lauren
2002   Mali   Cameroon (4)   Winfried Schäfer   Patrick Mboma (3)
  Salomon Olembé (3)
  Julius Aghahowa (3)
  Rigobert Song
2004   Tunisia   Tunisia (1)   Roger Lemerre   Patrick Mboma (4)
  Frédéric Kanouté (4)
  Youssef Mokhtari (4)
  Jay-Jay Okocha (4)
  Francileudo Santos (4)
  Jay-Jay Okocha
2006   Egypt   Egypt (5)   Hassan Shehata   Samuel Eto'o (5)   Ahmed Hassan
2008   Ghana   Egypt (6)   Hassan Shehata   Samuel Eto'o (5)   Hosny Abd Rabo
2010   Angola   Egypt (7)   Hassan Shehata   Mohamed Nagy (5)   Ahmed Hassan
2012   Gabon
  Equatorial Guinea
  Zambia (1)   Hervé Renard   Manucho (3)
  Didier Drogba (3)
  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (3)
  Cheick Diabaté (3)
  Houssine Kharja (3)
  Christopher Katongo (3)
  Emmanuel Mayuka (3)
  Christopher Katongo
2013   South Africa   Nigeria (3)   Stephen Keshi   Mubarak Wakaso (4)
  Emmanuel Emenike (4)
  Jonathan Pitroipa
2015   Equatorial Guinea   Ivory Coast (2)   Hervé Renard   Thievy Bifouma (3)
  Dieumerci Mbokani (3)
  Javier Balboa (3)
  André Ayew (3)
  Ahmed Akaïchi (3)
  Christian Atsu
2017   Gabon   Cameroon (5)   Hugo Broos   Junior Kabananga (3)   Christian Bassogog
2019   Egypt   Algeria (2)   Djamel Belmadi   Odion Ighalo (5)   Ismaël Bennacer
2021   Cameroon   Senegal (1)   Aliou Cissé   Vincent Aboubakar (8)   Sadio Mané
2023   Ivory Coast   Ivory Coast (3)   Emerse Faé   Emilio Nsue (5)   William Troost-Ekong

Records edit

Most titles: 7

Teams winning on debut: 3

Consecutive title wins: 3

Most appearances: 26

Most consecutive appearances: 16

Goalscorers edit

Overall top goalscorers edit

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Rank Player Team Goals scored Matches played Goals per match Tournament(s)
1 Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 18 29 0.62 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
2 Laurent Pokou   Ivory Coast 14 12 1.17 4 (1968, 1970, 1974, 1980)
3 Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 13 20 0.65 4 (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994)
4 Hassan El-Shazly   Egypt 12 8 1.50 3 (1963, 1970, 1974)
5 Patrick Mboma   Cameroon 11 17 0.65 4 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Hossam Hassan   Egypt 11 21 0.52 7 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast 11 24 0.45 5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
8 Ndaye Mulamba   DR Congo 10 10 1.00 2 (1974, 1976)
Francileudo Santos   Tunisia 10 12 0.83 3 (2004, 2006, 2008)
Joel Tiéhi   Ivory Coast 10 15 0.67 4 (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Mengistu Worku   Ethiopia 10 17 0.59 6 (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
Kalusha Bwalya   Zambia 10 23 0.43 6 (1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
André Ayew   Ghana 10 36 0.28 8 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
14 Manucho   Angola 9 14 0.64 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Vincent Aboubakar   Cameroon 9 16 0.56 4 (2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)
Sadio Mané   Senegal 9 22 0.41 5 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Abdoulaye Traoré   Ivory Coast 9 22 0.41 6 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
18 Pascal Feindouno   Guinea 8 13 0.61 4 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012)
Ahmed Hassan   Egypt 8 31 0.26 8 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Seydou Keita   Mali 8 31 0.26 7 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Asamoah Gyan   Ghana 8 31 0.26 7 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
22 Osei Kofi   Ghana 7 8 0.87 3 (1963, 1965, 1968)
Ali Abo Gresha   Egypt 7 9 0.78 2 (1970, 1974)
Taher Abouzeid   Egypt 7 10 0.70 2 (1984, 1986)
Frédéric Kanouté   Mali 7 11 0.64 3 (2004, 2008, 2010)
Flávio   Angola 7 12 0.58 4 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Benni McCarthy   South Africa 7 12 0.58 3 (1998, 2002, 2006)
Christopher Katongo   Zambia 7 17 0.41 5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Roger Milla   Cameroon 7 18 0.39 4 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
Abedi Pele   Ghana 7 18 0.39 5 (1982, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Mohamed Salah   Egypt 7 19 0.37 4 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Jay-Jay Okocha   Nigeria 7 22 0.32 5 (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Youssef Msakni   Tunisia 7 29 0.24 8 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
34 George Alhassan   Ghana 6 7 0.86 3 (1978, 1982, 1984)
Wilberforce Mfum   Ghana 6 8 0.75 2 (1963, 1968)
Ahmed Faras   Morocco 6 9 0.67 3 (1972, 1976, 1978)
Mayanga Maku   DR Congo 6 10 0.60 3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
Segun Odegbami   Nigeria 6 10 0.60 2 (1978, 1980)
Mohamed Aboutrika   Egypt 6 11 0.54 2 (2006, 2008)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang   Gabon 6 13 0.46 4 (2010, 2012, 2015, 2017)
Shaun Bartlett   South Africa 6 14 0.43 4 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004)
Emilio Nsue   Equatorial Guinea 6 14 0.43 3 (2015, 2021, 2023)
Julius Aghahowa   Nigeria 6 15 0.40 4 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Gervinho   Ivory Coast 6 17 0.35 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Lakhdar Belloumi   Algeria 6 18 0.33 4 (1980, 1982, 1984, 1988)
Karl Toko Ekambi   Cameroon 6 18 0.33 4 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Riyad Mahrez   Algeria 6 20 0.30 5 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Jordan Ayew   Ghana 6 25 0.24 6 (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Yaya Touré   Ivory Coast 6 29 0.20 6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)

Goalscoring records edit

Landmark goalscorers edit

Raafat Attia scored the first ever goal at the Africa Cup of Nations; in the first match of the inaugural tournament on 10 February 1957, he got the opening goal for   Egypt against hosts   Sudan in a 2–1 victory.[4]

Ad-Diba was the first ever player to score a hat-trick in an Africa Cup of Nations match; he scored four for   Egypt in a 4–0 victory against   Ethiopia on 16 February 1957, the final match of the inaugural tournament.[4][5]

Ad-Diba was also the first ever top goalscorer for an Africa Cup of Nations tournament, scoring 5 goals for   Egypt in 1957.[6]

Oldest goalscorer edit

Hossam Hassan was 39 years and 174 days old when he scored for   Egypt against   DR Congo in a 4–1 victory on 3 February 2006.

Youngest goalscorer edit

Shiva N'Zigou was 16 years and 93 days old when he scored for   Gabon against   South Africa in a 1–3 defeat on 23 January 2000.

Fastest goals edit

Latest goal (regulation time) edit

90+10th minute, Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé for   Gabon against   Morocco in 2012 (3–2 victory).

Latest goals (including extra time) edit

Most goals in a single match edit

Laurent Pokou scored 5 goals for   Ivory Coast in a 6–1 victory against   Ethiopia in 1970.

Most goals in a single tournament edit

Ndaye Mulamba scored 9 goals for   Zaire in the 1974 tournament.

Goalscoring goalkeeper in the tournament edit

Kennedy Mweene is the first and only goalkeeper to score a goal (for   Zambia) in an Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013.

Most hat-tricks edit

Hassan El-Shazly scored 2 tournament hat-tricks for the   United Arab Republic: one in 1963 and one in 1970.

Most tournaments with a goal edit

Kalusha Bwalya (for   Zambia), Samuel Eto'o (for   Cameroon), Asamoah Gyan and André Ayew (both for   Ghana) each scored at least one goal in a record six different tournaments.

No. of tournaments Player Country Years (No. of goals scored) Total goals
6 Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 2000 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (5), 2008 (5), 2010 (2) 18
André Ayew   Ghana 2010 (1), 2012 (2), 2015 (3), 2017 (2), 2019 (1), 2021 (1) 10
Kalusha Bwalya   Zambia 1986 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (5), 1998 (1), 2000 (1) 10
Asamoah Gyan   Ghana 2008 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (1), 2017 (1) 8
5 Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast 2006 (3), 2008 (3), 2010 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (1) 11
Abdoulaye Traoré   Ivory Coast 1986 (3), 1988 (2), 1990 (2), 1992 (1), 1994 (1) 9
Youssef Msakni   Tunisia 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (2), 2021 (1) 7
Yaya Touré   Ivory Coast 2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2015 (1) 6
4 Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 1988 (1), 1990 (3), 1992 (4), 1994 (5) 13
Mengistu Worku   Ethiopia 1962 (3), 1963 (2), 1968 (2), 1970 (3) 10
Joel Tiéhi   Ivory Coast 1992 (1), 1994 (4), 1996 (1), 1998 (4) 10
Sadio Mané   Senegal 2017 (2), 2019 (3), 2021 (3), 2023 (1) 9
Seydou Keita   Mali 2002 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (3) 8
Mohamed Salah   Egypt 2017 (2), 2019 (2), 2021 (2), 2023 (1) 7
Christopher Katongo   Zambia 2006 (1), 2008 (2), 2010 (1), 2012 (3) 7
Jordan Ayew   Ghana 2015 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (2), 2023 (2) 6
Gervinho   Ivory Coast 2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (3) 6
Wilfried Bony   Ivory Coast 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (2), 2017 (1) 5

Goalscorers in all tournament appearances edit

The following are all the former international players who scored at least once in all of their tournament appearances (at least three appearances).

No. of tournaments Player Country Years (No. of goals scored) Total goals
6 Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 2000 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (5), 2008 (5), 2010 (2) 18
Kalusha Bwalya   Zambia 1986 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (5), 1998 (1), 2000 (1) 10
5 Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast 2006 (3), 2008 (3), 2010 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (1) 11
4 Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 1988 (1), 1990 (3), 1992 (4), 1994 (5) 13
Joel Tiéhi   Ivory Coast 1992 (1), 1994 (4), 1996 (1), 1998 (4) 10
3 Francileudo Santos   Tunisia 2004 (4), 2006 (4), 2008 (2) 10
Frédéric Kanouté   Mali 2004 (4), 2008 (1), 2010 (2) 7

Highest goalscorers in a single tournament edit

The following players finished as top goalscorer with five or more goals in a single tournament.

Goals Player Country Year
9 Ndaye Mulamba   Zaire 1974
8 Laurent Pokou   Ivory Coast 1970
Vincent Aboubakar   Cameroon 2021
7 Hossam Hassan   Egypt 1998
Benni McCarthy   South Africa
6 Hassan El-Shazly   Egypt 1963
Laurent Pokou   Ivory Coast 1968
5 Ad-Diba   Egypt 1957
Salif Keïta   Mali 1972
Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 1994
Kalusha Bwalya   Zambia 1996
Shaun Bartlett   South Africa 2000
Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 2006
2008
Mohamed Nagy   Egypt 2010
Odion Ighalo   Nigeria 2019
Emilio Nsue   Equatorial Guinea 2023

Top goalscorers in multiple tournaments edit

The following players finished as the top goalscorer in at least two different tournaments.

Indicates the top goalscorer was shared with other players.
Player Country Years Goals
Laurent Pokou   Ivory Coast 1968 6
1970 8
Segun Odegbami   Nigeria 1978 3
1980
Roger Milla   Cameroon 1986 4
1988 2
Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 1992 4
1994 5
Patrick M'Boma   Cameroon 2002 3
2004 4
Samuel Eto'o 2006 5
2008

Hat-tricks edit

Appearances edit

Most tournament appearances edit

The following players appeared in at least six different AFCON tournaments:

No. of tournaments Player Country Years
8 Rigobert Song   Cameroon 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan   Egypt 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
André Ayew   Ghana 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Youssef Msakni   Tunisia 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
7 Geremi Njitap   Cameroon 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Boubacar Barry   Ivory Coast 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Max Gradel 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Siaka Tiéné 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Kolo Touré 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Essam El Hadary   Egypt 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017
Hossam Hassan 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006
Asamoah Gyan   Ghana 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Seidou Keita   Mali 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
6 Rabah Madjer   Algeria 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992
Mahieddine Meftah 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Islam Slimani 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Salomon Kalou   Ivory Coast 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Yaya Touré 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Didier Zokora 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013
Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa   Egypt 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010
Hany Ramzy 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Jordan Ayew   Ghana 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Soumbeïla Diakité   Mali 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Noureddine Naybet   Morocco 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Nwankwo Kanu   Nigeria 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Riadh Bouazizi   Tunisia 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Kaies Ghodhbane 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Aymen Mathlouthi 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Kalusha Bwalya   Zambia 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000

Player records edit

Oldest player edit

Essam El Hadary was 44 years and 21 days old when he played for   Egypt in the final against   Cameroon on 5 February 2017.

Youngest player edit

Shiva N'Zigou was 16 years and 93 days old when he played for   Gabon in a group stage match against   South Africa on 23 January 2000.

Most matches played edit

Rigobert Song (for   Cameroon, between 1998 and 2010) and André Ayew (for   Ghana, between 2008 and 2023) each played in a record 36 matches at the tournament.[7]

Most titles won edit

No. of titles Player Country Years
4 Essam El Hadary   Egypt 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan

Coaching edit

Titles won edit

Most titles won as coach edit

Most consecutive titles won as coach edit

Coaches who retained title edit

Coaches who won titles with multiple teams edit

Won title as both player and coach edit

Appearance in final as both player and coach edit

Most nations coached in tournament edit

Most tournament appearances as coach edit

Titles won by foreign coaches edit

First foreign coach to win tournament edit

Most titles won as foreign coach edit

Foreign coaches who also won other major tournaments edit

Most titles by coaches from a foreign country edit

Most tournaments hosted edit

No. of times hosted Country Year(s) Wins as host
5   Egypt 1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019 3/5
4   Ghana 1963, 1978, 2000*, 2008 2/4
3   Ethiopia 1962, 1968, 1976 1/3
  Tunisia 1965, 1994, 2004 1/3
2   Sudan 1957, 1970 1/2
  Cameroon 1972, 2021 0/2
  Nigeria 1980, 2000* 1/2
  Ivory Coast 1984, 2023 1/2
  South Africa 1996, 2013 1/2
  Equatorial Guinea 2012*, 2015 0/2
  Gabon 2012*, 2017 0/2
  Morocco 1988, 2025** 0/1
1
  Libya 1982 0/1
  Algeria 1990 1/1
  Senegal 1992 0/1
  Burkina Faso 1998 0/1
  Mali 2002 0/1
  Angola 2010 0/1
  Kenya 2027* 0/1
  Tanzania 2027* 0/1
  Uganda 2027* 0/1
* Co-hosts
** Upcoming tournament

Other team records edit

  • Nine nations have won the tournament as hosts:
  •   Egypt (in 1957),   Ghana (in 1963) and   South Africa (in 1996) are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearance.
  •   Sudan (in 1957),   Ghana (in 1963),   Libya (in 1982),   South Africa (in 1996) and   Equatorial Guinea (in 2012) are the five teams to have hosted the tournament in their debut appearance.
  •   Ghana (in 1963) and   South Africa (in 1996) are the only teams to have hosted and won the tournament in their debut appearance.
  •   Egypt became the first ever team to win the Africa Cup of Nations finals in 1957, and also the first team to retain the title in 1959.
  •   Egypt has played the most matches in the tournament finals, with 111.
  •   Egypt has participated in the most tournaments, with 26.
  •   Egypt has the most points from matches played at the tournament finals, with 204.
  •   Egypt is the only team to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations finals (in 2006, 2008 and 2010).
  •   Egypt has appeared in the most final matches of the tournament, with ten appearances and seven wins.
  •   Egypt had a penalty shoot-out winning streak of six, winning every shoot-out since their 5–4 win to   Cameroon in the 1986 final. This streak ended on 6 February 2022, when Egypt lost 4–2 on penalties 35 years later to   Senegal.
  •   Tunisia is the team with the most consecutive appearances at the Africa Cup of Nations, with sixteen from 1994 to 2023.
  •   Cameroon (in 2002) and   Ivory Coast (in 2012) share the record for most clean sheets in a single tournament, with six each; they are also the only sides to reach the final of the tournament and not concede a single goal.
  •   Nigeria has placed on the podium a record sixteen times at the tournament (three gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals).
  • In 2017,   Egypt set a new record of 24 consecutive Africa Cup of Nations matches played without defeat, dating back to their last tournament appearance in 2010. During this run, Egypt also reached a record nine consecutive wins in AFCON matches after beating   Ghana in the 2010 final, while becoming the first team to win three consecutive AFCON titles. The unbeaten run came to an end on 5 February 2017, after Egypt lost 1–2 to   Cameroon in the 2017 final.

Egypt's run edit

Consecutive championships edit

Teams that have won the Africa Cup of Nations consecutively and have become two-time champions (two consecutive titles) or three-time champions (three consecutive titles).

Team Two championships Three championships
  Egypt 1: (1957, 1959*) 1: (2006*, 2008, 2010)
  Ghana 1: (1963*, 1965)
  Cameroon 1: (2000, 2002)
* indicate tournament hosts

Debut of teams in qualification edit

Year Debutants in qualification Total
1957 No qualification round 0
1959 No qualification round 0
1962   Ethiopia
  Ghana
  Morocco
  Nigeria
  Kenya
  Tunisia
  Uganda
  Zanzibar
8
1963   Egypt (as United Arab Republic)
  Guinea
  Sudan
3
1965   DR Congo (as Congo-Léopoldville)
  Ivory Coast
  Mali
  Senegal
4
1968   Algeria
  Burkina Faso (as Upper Volta)
  Cameroon
  Congo (as Congo-Brazzaville)
  Liberia
  Libya
  Mauritius
  Tanzania
  Togo
9
1970   Niger
  Sierra Leone
  Somalia
  Zambia
4
1972   Benin (as Dahomey)
  Gabon
  Madagascar
3
1974   Central African Republic
  Lesotho
2
1976   Burundi
  Gambia
  Malawi
3
1978 None 0
1980   Mauritania 1
1982   Angola
  Equatorial Guinea
  Mozambique
  Rwanda
  Zimbabwe
5
1984   Swaziland 1
1986 None 0
1988 None 0
1990   Seychelles 1
1992   Chad 1
1994   Botswana
  Cape Verde
  Guinea-Bissau
  South Africa
4
1996   Namibia 1
1998 None 0
2000   Djibouti
  Eritrea
  São Tomé and Príncipe
3
2002 None 0
2004 None 0
2006 None 0
2008 None 0
2010   Comoros 1
2012 None 0
2013 None 0
2015   South Sudan 1
2017 None 0
2019 None 0
2021 None 0
2023 None 0

Teams yet to qualify for finals edit

Ten teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:

References edit

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