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Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

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

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place 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

Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
1957  Egypt,  Ethiopia,  Sudan 3 3
1962  Tunisia,  Uganda 2 5
1963  Ghana,  Nigeria 2 7
1965 Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Léopoldville,  Ivory Coast,  Senegal 3 10
1968  Algeria, Republic of the Congo Congo-Brazzaville 2 12
1970  Cameroon,  Guinea 2 14
1972  Kenya,  Mali,  Morocco,  Togo 4 18
1974  Mauritius,  Zambia 2 20
1978 Republic of Upper Volta 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

Overall team records

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 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
  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

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

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

Team Sudan
1957
(3) 		United Arab Republic
1959
(3) 		Ethiopia
1962
(4) 		Ghana
1963
(6) 		Tunisia
1965
(6) 		Ethiopia
1968
(8) 		Sudan
1970
(8) 		Cameroon
1972
(8) 		Egypt
1974
(8) 		Ethiopia
1976
(8) 		Ghana
1978
(8) 		Nigeria
1980
(8) 		Libya
1982
(8) 		Ivory Coast
1984
(8) 		Egypt
1986
(8) 		Morocco
1988
(8) 		Algeria
1990
(8) 		Senegal
1992
(12) 		Tunisia
1994
(12) 		South Africa
1996
(15) 		Burkina Faso
1998
(16) 		Ghana
Nigeria
2000
(16) 		Mali
2002
(16) 		Tunisia
2004
(16) 		Egypt
2006
(16) 		Ghana
2008
(16) 		Angola
2010
(15) 		Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
2012
(16) 		South Africa
2013
(16) 		Equatorial Guinea
2015
(16) 		Gabon
2017
(16) 		Egypt
2019
(24) 		Cameroon
2021
(24) 		Ivory Coast
2023
(24) 		Morocco
2025
(24) 		Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
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 Q 21
 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 Q 27
 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 Q 22
West Africa Members
 Benin Part of France × × × • × × × • × • • • • • • × • • • GS • GS GS • • • • QF • • Q 5
 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 Q 26
 Liberia × × • × × × • × × • × • • • × • GS • • GS • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Mali Part of France • • • 2nd • • • • • • • • • • 4th • • • 4th 4th • GS GS 3rd 3rd GS GS R16 R16 QF Q 14
 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 Q 21
 Senegal Part of France 4th GS • • • • • × • • GS • 4th QF QF • • QF 2nd QF 4th GS • GS • GS QF 2nd 1st R16 Q 18
 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 Q 22
 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 Q 21
 Equatorial Guinea Part of Spain × • × × × × × • • • • • QF • 4th • • QF R16 Q 5
 Gabon Part of France × • × × • × × • • • • • GS QF • GS • • • • GS QF • GS GS • R16 • Q 9
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 • Q 10
 Tanzania × • • • • • GS × • × • • • × • • • • × • • • • • • • GS • GS Q Q 5
 Uganda 4th × • GS • • GS GS 2nd × × • • • × • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS R16 • • Q Q 9
Southern Africa Members
 Angola Part of Portugal • • × • • • • GS GS • • • GS QF QF GS GS • • GS • QF Q 10
 Botswana Part of the United Kingdom × × × × × × × × • • • • • • • • • GS • • • • • • Q 2
 Comoros Part of France × × × • • • • • • R16 • Q 2
 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 Q 6
 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 Q 12
 Zambia × × • • 2nd • GS • 3rd • GS × 3rd QF 2nd 3rd GS GS GS • GS GS QF 1st GS GS • • • GS Q 19
 Zimbabwe • • • • • • • • • • • GS GS • • • • • GS GS GS × Q 6
Team Sudan
1957
(3) 		United Arab Republic
1959
(3) 		Ethiopia
1962
(4) 		Ghana
1963
(6) 		Tunisia
1965
(6) 		Ethiopia
1968
(8) 		Sudan
1970
(8) 		Cameroon
1972
(8) 		Egypt
1974
(8) 		Ethiopia
1976
(8) 		Ghana
1978
(8) 		Nigeria
1980
(8) 		Libya
1982
(8) 		Ivory Coast
1984
(8) 		Egypt
1986
(8) 		Morocco
1988
(8) 		Algeria
1990
(8) 		Senegal
1992
(12) 		Tunisia
1994
(12) 		South Africa
1996
(15) 		Burkina Faso
1998
(16) 		Ghana
Nigeria
2000
(16) 		Mali
2002
(16) 		Tunisia
2004
(16) 		Egypt
2006
(16) 		Ghana
2008
(16) 		Angola
2010
(15) 		Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
2012
(16) 		South Africa
2013
(16) 		Equatorial Guinea
2015
(16) 		Gabon
2017
(16) 		Egypt
2019
(24) 		Cameroon
2021
(24) 		Ivory Coast
2023
(24) 		Morocco
2025
(24) 		Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
2027
(24) 		Apps.
Legend

Results of host nations

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

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

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

Records

Most titles: 7

Teams winning on debut: 3

Consecutive title wins: 3

Most appearances: 26

Most consecutive appearances: 17

Goalscorers

Overall top goalscorers

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

Landmark goalscorers

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

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.

Fastest goals

Latest goal (regulation time)

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

Latest goals (including extra time)

Most goals in a single match

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

Most goals in a single tournament

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

Goalscoring goalkeeper in the tournament

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main article: List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks

Appearances

Most tournament appearances

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

Player records

Oldest player

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

Most matches played

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]

Most titles won

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

Coaching

Titles won

Most titles won as coach

Most consecutive titles won as coach

Coaches who retained title

Coaches who won titles with multiple teams

Won title as both player and coach

Appearance in final as both player and coach

Most nations coached in tournament

Most tournament appearances as coach

Titles won by foreign coaches

First foreign coach to win tournament

Most titles won as foreign coach

Foreign coaches who also won other major tournaments

Most titles by coaches from a foreign country

Most tournaments hosted

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

  • 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

Consecutive championships

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

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
Republic of Upper Volta 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
2025 None 0

Teams yet to qualify for finals

Ten teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:

References

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  2. ^ "African Nations Cup - Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ @CAF_Online. "Tunisia hasn't missed a single #TotalEnergiesAFCON since 1994!". Twitter. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b (Polish) - Onet sport : Puchar Narodów Afryki, czyli piłkarska fantazja w środku ligowego sezonu, by PAWEŁ BANACZYK (14 January 2017) [1] Archived 26 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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  6. ^ "African Nations Cup 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ "André Ayew and Youssef Msakni make history". CAF Online. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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