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This is a list of records and statistics of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Year | Debuting teams | ||
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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 |
2017 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 39 |
2019 | Burundi, Madagascar, Mauritania | 3 | 42 |
2021 | Comoros, Gambia | 2 | 44 |
Teams yet to qualify: Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Lesotho, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan
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]
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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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 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 21 |
23 | Togo | 8 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
2 | Cameroon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Ghana | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
4 | Nigeria | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
5 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
6 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
7 | DR Congo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Zambia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Sudan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Tunisia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
11 | Senegal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
12 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
13 | Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
15 | Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Mali | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
17 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Libya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |
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. |
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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 | Q | 14 | ||||
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. |
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Year | Host nation | Result |
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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 |
Year | Defending champions | Result |
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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 |
Most titles: 7
Teams winning on debut: 3
Consecutive title wins: 3
Most appearances: 26
Most consecutive appearances: 16
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Rank | Player | Team | Goals scored | Matches played | Goals per match | Tournament(s) |
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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) |
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]
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.
90+10th minute, Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé for Gabon against Morocco in 2012 (3–2 victory).
Laurent Pokou scored 5 goals for Ivory Coast in a 6–1 victory against Ethiopia in 1970.
Ndaye Mulamba scored 9 goals for Zaire in the 1974 tournament.
Kennedy Mweene is the first and only goalkeeper to score a goal (for Zambia) in an Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013.
Hassan El-Shazly scored 2 tournament hat-tricks for the United Arab Republic: one in 1963 and one in 1970.
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.
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 |
The following players finished as top goalscorer with five or more goals in a single tournament.
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 |
The following players appeared in at least six different AFCON tournaments:[7]
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 |
Essam El Hadary was 44 years and 21 days old when he played for Egypt in the final against Cameroon on 5 February 2017.
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.[8]
No. of titles | Player | Country | Years |
---|---|---|---|
4 | Essam El Hadary | Egypt | 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
Ahmed Hassan |
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 |
No. | Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 3 February 2004 | Cameroon | 0–0 | Draw |
2. | 20 January 2006 | Libya | 3–0 | Win |
3. | 24 January 2006 | Morocco | 0–0 | Draw |
4. | 28 January 2006 | Ivory Coast | 3–1 | Win |
5. | 3 February 2006 | DR Congo | 4–1 | Win |
6. | 7 February 2006 | Senegal | 2–1 | Win |
7. | 10 February 2006 | Ivory Coast | 0–0 (4–2 p) | Draw |
8. | 22 January 2008 | Cameroon | 4–2 | Win |
9. | 26 January 2008 | Sudan | 3–0 | Win |
10. | 30 January 2008 | Zambia | 1–1 | Draw |
11. | 4 February 2008 | Angola | 2–1 | Win |
12. | 7 February 2008 | Ivory Coast | 4–1 | Win |
13. | 10 February 2008 | Cameroon | 1–0 | Win |
14. | 12 January 2010 | Nigeria | 3–1 | Win |
15. | 16 January 2010 | Mozambique | 2–0 | Win |
16. | 20 January 2010 | Benin | 2–0 | Win |
17. | 25 January 2010 | Cameroon | 3–1 | Win |
18. | 28 January 2010 | Algeria | 4–0 | Win |
19. | 31 January 2010 | Ghana | 1–0 | Win |
20. | 17 January 2017 | Mali | 0–0 | Draw |
21. | 21 January 2017 | Uganda | 1–0 | Win |
22. | 25 January 2017 | Ghana | 1–0 | Win |
23. | 29 January 2017 | Morocco | 1–0 | Win |
24. | 1 February 2017 | Burkina Faso | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Draw |
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) | — |
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 |
Ten teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals: