Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

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This is a list of records and statistics of clubs and players who have taken part in the Africa Cup of Nations, a football tournament sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

General statistics by tournament[]

Year Hosts Champions (titles) Winning coach[1] 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 (3)
Ghana Osei Kofi
1968  Ethiopia  Congo-Kinshasa (1) Hungary Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou (6) Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Mwamba
1970  Sudan  Sudan (1) Czechoslovakia Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou (8) Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
1972  Cameroon  Congo (1) Republic of the Congo 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 Mohamed Timoumi
1976  Ethiopia  Morocco (1) Romania Gheorghe 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 (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 dos 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

Records[]

Most titles: 7

Teams winning on debut: 3

Successive title wins: 3

  •  Egypt (2006, 2008, 2010)

Most appearances: 24

Most consecutive appearances: 15

  •  Tunisia (19942021)

Goalscorers[]

Overall top goalscorers[]

[citation needed]

As of the conclusion of the 2019 tournament.

Player(s) Goals
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 18
Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou 14
Nigeria Rashidi Yekini 13
Egypt Hassan El-Shazly 12
Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Egypt Hossam Hassan
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
11
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ndaye Mulamba
Ivory Coast Joel Tiéhi
Ethiopia Mengistu Worku
Tunisia Dos Santos
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya
10
Angola Manucho
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Traoré
Ghana André Ayew
9
Egypt Ahmed Hassan
Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Guinea Pascal Feindouno
Mali Seydou Keita
8
Angola Flávio
Cameroon Roger Milla
Egypt Taher Abouzaid
Egypt Ali Abo Gresha
Ghana Osei Kofi
Ghana Abedi Pele
Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
South Africa Benni McCarthy
Zambia Christopher Katongo
7
Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Riyad Mahrez
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mayanga Maku
Ivory Coast Gervinho
Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Ghana George Alhassan
Ghana Wilberforce Mfum
Morocco Ahmed Faras
Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
South Africa Shaun Bartlett
Tunisia Youssef Msakni
6
Algeria Djamel Menad
Republic of the Congo Jean-Michel M'Bono
Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani
Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony
Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou
Egypt Hosny Abd Rabo
Egypt Ad-Diba
Egypt Mohamed Nagy
Egypt Amr Zaki
Egypt Emad Moteab
Ghana Mubarak Wakaso
Mali Fantamady Keita
Nigeria Odion Ighalo
Nigeria Muda Lawal
Nigeria Peter Odemwingie
Senegal Henri Camara
South Africa Siyabonga Nomvethe
5

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.[2]

Ad-Diba was the first ever player to score a hat-trick in an Africa Cup of Nations match; he scored three for  Egypt in a 4–0 victory against  Ethiopia on 16 February 1957, the final match of the inaugural tournament.[2][3]

Ad-Diba was also the first ever top goalscorer for an Africa Cup of Nations tournament, scoring 5 goals for  Egypt in 1957.[4]

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.

Youngest goalscorer[]

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[]

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.

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) and Asamoah Gyan (for  Ghana) each scored at least one goal in a record six different tournaments each.

No. of tournaments Player(s) Nation(s) 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
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
André Ayew  Ghana 2010 (1), 2012 (2), 2015 (3), 2017 (2), 2019 (1) 9
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
Seydou Keita  Mali 2002 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (3) 8
Christopher Katongo  Zambia 2006 (1), 2008 (2), 2010 (1), 2012 (3) 7
Gervinho  Ivory Coast 2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (3) 6
Youssef Msakni  Tunisia 2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (2) 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(s) Nation(s) 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 Dos 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(s) Nation(s) Year
9 Ndaye Mulamba  Zaire 1974
8 Laurent Pokou  Ivory Coast 1970
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

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 Nation 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[]

Appearances[]

Most tournament appearances[]

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

No. of tournaments Player(s) Nation(s) Years
8 Rigobert Song  Cameroon 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan  Egypt 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
7
Geremi Njitap  Cameroon 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Boubacar Barry  Ivory Coast 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
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
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
Andre Ayew  Ghana 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019
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.

Youngest player[]

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 titles won[]

No. of titles Player(s) Nation(s) 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[]

  • France Roger Lemerre (won 2004 AFCON as manager of  Tunisia, and won 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and 2001 Confederations Cup as assistant manager of  France)

Most titles by coaches from a foreign country[]

  • 5 managers,  France

Most tournaments hosted[]

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

Other team records[]

  • Eight 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.
  •  Egypt is the first ever team to win 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 100.
  •  Egypt has participated in the most tournaments, with 25.
  •  Tunisia is the most country to appear at Africa Cup of Nations in 15 consecutive appearances (19942021).
  •  Egypt has the most points from matches played at the tournament finals, with 188.
  •  Egypt is the only team to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations finals (in 2006, 2008 and 2010).
  •  Nigeria has placed on the podium a record fifteen times at the tournament (three gold medals, four 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  Eswatini (as 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

Teams yet to qualify for finals[]

Ten teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:

References[]

  1. ^ "African Nations Cup - Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b (Polish) - Onet sport : Puchar Narodów Afryki, czyli piłkarska fantazja w środku ligowego sezonu, by PAWEŁ BANACZYK (14 January 2017) [1]
  3. ^ FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 February 2017) [2]
  4. ^ "African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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