Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of clubs and players who have taken part in the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.

General statistics by tournament

Year Host Champion (titles) Winning coach[1] Top scorer (goals) Most valuable player
1957  Sudan  Egypt (1) Mourad Fahmy Ad-Diba (5) El Deeba
1959  Egypt  Egypt (2) Pál Titkos Mahmoud El Gohary (3) 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 Keita (5) François M'Pelé
1974  Egypt  Zaire (2) Blagoje Vidinić Ndaye Mulamba (9) Mohamed Timoumi
1976  Ethiopia  Morocco (1) Gheorghe Mărdărescu Aliou Mamadou Keita (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 Khaled 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)
René 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 dos 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

Overall top goalscorers

As of 19 January 2019

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

First ever goalscoring

Raafat Attia of  Egypt is the first ever player to score in Africa Cup of Nations; at the first match of the tournament inauguration with an opening goal, in 1957 February 10 against the host  Sudan in a 2–1 victory.[2]

Ad-Diba of  Egypt is the first ever player to score a hat-trick in Africa Cup of Nations in 1957 February 16 against  Ethiopia in a 4–0 victory; at the final match of the tournament inauguration.[2][3]

Ad-Diba of  Egypt is the first ever top goalscorer in Africa Cup of Nations with 5 goals in 1957.[4]

Oldest goal scorer

Hossam Hassan of  Egypt in 2006 February 3, 39 years and 174 days old; against  DR Congo in a 4–1 victory.

Youngest goal scorer

Shiva N'Zigou of  Gabon in 2000 January 23, 16 years and 93 days old; against  South Africa in a 3–1 defeat.

The fastest goal

1st minute, Hassan El-Shazly of  Egypt against  Ivory Coast in 1974, in a 2–0 victory.

1st minute, Chérif Fetoui of  Morocco against  Congo in 1976, in a 2–2 draw.

1st minute, Phillip Omondi of  Uganda against  Congo in 1978, in a 3–1 victory.

1st minute, Tueba Menayame of  Zaire against  Cameroon in 1992, in a 1–1 draw.

1st minute, Ayman Mansour of  Egypt against  Gabon in 1994, in a 4–0 victory.

1st minute, Tijani Babangida of  Nigeria against  South Africa in 2000, in a 2–0 victory.

1st minute, Soufiane Alloudi of  Morocco against  Namibia in 2008, in a 5–1 victory.

The later goal without extra time

90+10th minute, Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé of  Gabon against  Morocco in 2012, in a 3–2 victory.

The later goal with extra time

120th minute, Brighton Sinyangwe of  Zambia against  Zaire in 1974, in a 2–2 draw.

120th minute, Jaouad Zairi of  Morocco against  Algeria in 2004, in a 3–1 victory.

Most top goal scorer of single match

5, Laurent Pokou of  Ivory Coast against  Ethiopia in 1970 in 6–1 victory.

Most top goal scorer of single tournament

9, Ndaye Mulamba of  Zaire in 1974.

Most hat-tricks

2, Hassan El-Shazly of  United Arab Republic in 1963 and 1970.

Player scored in most tournaments

Kalusha Bwalya, ; Samuel Eto'o, and Asamoah Gyan, have scored in most occasions, with 6 tournaments each.

No. of occasions Players Representing Years (No. of Goals scored) Total
6 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon2000 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (5), 2008 (5), 2010 (2)18
Kalusha Bwalya Zambia1986 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (5), 1998 (1), 2000 (1)10
Asamoah Gyan Ghana2008 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (1), 2017 (1)8
5 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast2006 (3), 2008 (3), 2010 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (1)11
Abdoulaye Traoré Ivory Coast1986 (3), 1988 (2), 1990 (2), 1992 (1), 1994 (1)9
André Ayew Ghana2010 (1), 2012 (2), 2015 (3), 2017 (2), 2019 (1)9
Yaya Touré Ivory Coast2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (2), 2015 (1)6
4 Rashidi Yekini Nigeria1988 (1), 1990 (3), 1992 (4), 1994 (5)13
Mengistu Worku Ethiopia1962 (3), 1963 (2), 1968 (2), 1970 (3)10
Joel Tiéhi Ivory Coast1992 (1), 1994 (4), 1996 (1), 1998 (4)10
Seydou Keita Mali2002 (1), 2010 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (3)8
Christopher Katongo Zambia2006 (1), 2008 (2), 2010 (1), 2012 (3)7
Gervinho Ivory Coast2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (3)6
Youssef Msakni Tunisia2012 (2), 2013 (1), 2017 (1), 2019 (2)6
Wilfried Bony Ivory Coast2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2015 (2), 2017 (1)5

Scorers of all appearance tournaments

These are all retired players who have scored in all of their tournament appearances, at least three and more occasions.

No. of occasions Players Representing Years (No. of Goals scored) Total
6 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon2000 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (5), 2008 (5), 2010 (2)18
Kalusha Bwalya Zambia1986 (1), 1992 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (5), 1998 (1), 2000 (1)10
5 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast2006 (3), 2008 (3), 2010 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (1)11
4 Rashidi Yekini Nigeria1988 (1), 1990 (3), 1992 (4), 1994 (5)13
Joel Tiéhi Ivory Coast1992 (1), 1994 (4), 1996 (1), 1998 (4)10
3 Dos Santos Tunisia2004 (4), 2006 (4), 2008 (2)10
Frédéric Kanouté Mali2004 (4), 2008 (1), 2010 (2)7

Top goalscorers of single tournament

A player with at least 5 or more goals of the tournament

Goals Players Representing Years
9Ndaye Mulamba Zaire1974
8Laurent Pokou Ivory Coast1970
7Hossam Hassan Egypt1998
Benni McCarthy South Africa
6Hassan El-Shazly Egypt1963
Laurent Pokou Ivory Coast1968
5Ad-Diba Egypt1957
Salif Keïta Mali1972
Rashidi Yekini Nigeria1994
Kalusha Bwalya Zambia1996
Shaun Bartlett South Africa2000
Samuel Eto'o Cameroon2006
2008
Mohamed Nagy Egypt2010
Odion Ighalo Nigeria2019

Top goalscorers of more than one tournament

6 players with 2 tournaments each player

Indicates the top goalscorer was joint top goalscorer.
Player Representing Years Goals
Laurent Pokou Ivory Coast19686
19708
Segun Odegbami Nigeria19783
1980
Roger Milla Cameroon19864
19882
Rashidi Yekini Nigeria19924
19945
Patrick M'Boma Cameroon20023
20044
Samuel Eto'o20065
2008

Hat-tricks

Most tournament appearances

Tabulated below is the list of players who have appeared in three or more AFCON tournaments:

Played Name Tournaments
8 Rigobert Song 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
7
Geremi Njitap 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Boubacar Barry 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 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017
Hossam Hassan 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006
Asamoah Gyan 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Seidou Keita 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
6 Rabah Madjer 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992
Mahieddine Meftah 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Samuel Eto'o 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Salomon Kalou 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 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010
Hany Ramzy 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Andre Ayew 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019
Soumbeïla Diakité 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Noureddine Naybet 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Nwankwo Kanu 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Riadh Bouazizi 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Kaies Ghodhbane 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
Aymen Mathlouthi 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Kalusha Bwalya 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000

Oldest player

44 years, 21 days, Essam El Hadary,  Egypt vs  Cameroon 5 February 2017 Final

Youngest player

16 years, 93 days, Shiva N'Zigou,  Gabon vs  South Africa 23 January 2000

Most tournaments championship

Times Players Representing Years
4Essam El Hadary Egypt1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan

Coach

Most championships

African Most championships

Most consecutive championship

Retained championship

Most retained championship

Championships with different nations

Won tournament both as player and coach

Final appearances as both player and head coach

Most nations coached

Most appearances

First foreign coach to win tournament

Most foreign coach championships

Foreign championship coach win other major tournament

Number of foreign coaches to win tournament

16 Foreign coaches won tournament

Most number foreign coaches to win tournament by country

France with 5coaches

Most tournaments hosted

HostsNationYear(s)
5 times Egypt1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019
4 times Ghana1963, 1978, 2000*, 2008
3 times Ethiopia1962, 1968, 1976
 Tunisia1965, 1994, 2004
2 times  Sudan1957, 1970
 Cameroon1972, 2021**
 Nigeria1980, 2000*
 Ivory Coast1984, 2023**
 South Africa1996, 2013
 Equatorial Guinea2012*, 2015
 Gabon2012*, 2017
1 time
 Libya1982
 Morocco1988
 Algeria1990
 Senegal1992
 Burkina Faso1998
 Mali2002
 Angola2010
 Guinea2025**
* Co-hosts
** Not held yet

All-time table

Legend
Team has won the African Cup of Nations

Up to and including the 2019 tournament.

Rank Team Titles Part's Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pts%
1  Egypt[n 1] 72410057172616488+7618862.7
2  Ghana 4229954202513082+4818261.3
3  Nigeria 3189351212113289+4317462.4
4  Ivory Coast 22395422528138100+3815153.0
5  Cameroon 5198441271612376+4715059.5
6  Algeria 218742821259385+810547.3
7  Zambia 117672620218169+129848.8
8  Tunisia 119752329239491+39843.5
9  Morocco 117652423187458+169548.7
10  DR Congo[n 2] 2197320242988102−148438.3
11  Senegal 15602314236954+158346.1
12  Mali 11501717166164−36845.3
13  South Africa 110421613144845+36148.4
14  Guinea 12431216155963−45240.3
15  Burkina Faso[n 3] 1141713213862−243427.6
16  Congo 172677122740−132835.9
17  Sudan 182476112838−102737.5
18  Gabon 7216781926−72539.7
19  Angola 826412103039−92430.7
20  Ethiopia 1102773172961−322429.6
21  Togo 82538141942−231722.7
22  Equatorial Guinea 210433810−21550.0
23  Uganda 72343162138−171521.7
24  Libya 3113531213−11442.4
25  Kenya 61724111231−201019.6
26  Madagascar 15221770853.3
27  Cape Verde 2715145−1838.1
28  Zimbabwe 4122281327−14822.2
29  Liberia 2512257−2533.3
30  Benin 414059724−17511.9
31  Rwanda 13111330444.4
32  Malawi 26114611−5422.2
33  Sierra Leone 25113211−9426.7
34  Mauritania 1302114−3222.2
35  Guinea-Bissau 2602429−7211.1
36  Namibia 390271024−1427.4
37  Mozambique 4120210426−2225.6
38  Niger 2601519−815.6
39  Tanzania 26015514−915.5
40  Burundi 1300304−400.0
41  Mauritius 1300328−600.0
42  Botswana 1300329−700.0
  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.

Other records

Debut of teams in qualification

Year Debutants in qualifications 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

Debut of teams in final tournament

Year Debutants Total
1957  Egypt
 Ethiopia
 South Africa
 Sudan
3
1959 None0
1962  Tunisia
 Uganda
2
1963  Ghana
 Nigeria
2
1965  DR Congo (as Congo-Léopoldville)
 Ivory Coast
 Senegal
3
1968  Algeria
 Congo (as Congo-Brazzaville)
2
1970  Cameroon
 Guinea
2
1972  Kenya
 Mali
 Morocco
 Togo
4
1974  Mauritius
 Zambia
2
1976 None0
1978 Burkina Faso (as Upper Volta)1
1980  Tanzania1
1982  Libya1
1984  Malawi1
1986  Mozambique1
1988 None0
1990 None0
1992 None0
1994  Gabon
 Sierra Leone
2
1996  Angola
 Liberia
 South Africa
3
1998  Namibia1
2000 None0
2002 None0
2004  Benin
 Rwanda
 Zimbabwe
3
2006 None0
2008 None0
2010 None0
2012  Botswana
 Equatorial Guinea
 Niger
3
2013  Cape Verde1
2015 None0
2017  Guinea-Bissau1
2019  Burundi
 Madagascar
 Mauritania
3
Total42

Teams yet to qualify for finals

12 teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:

References

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