Benin at the Africa Cup of Nations
Benin national football team is a weaker side in the Africa Cup of Nations, and only managed four appearances in the tournament. Benin first appeared in 2004,[1] before qualified again in 2008, 2010 and 2019. While Benin has not been unable to join the top two highest ranked team in AFCON history, nor even win a single match in the competition, Benin managed its best performance in the tournament, during the 2019 AFCON when Benin came to quarter-finals, including a shock win over Morocco after penalty shootout.[2] This means Benin is the first team to reach the quarter-finals of AFCON without ever winning a single competitive match in their participation history.
List of performances
| Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1957 | Part of  France | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1959 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1962 | Not affiliated to CAF | |||||||
 1963 | ||||||||
 1965 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1972 | Did not qualify | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1974 | Withdrew | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1976 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1980 | Did not qualify | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1982 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1984 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1986 | ||||||||
 1988 | ||||||||
 1990 | ||||||||
 1992 | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
 1996 | Withdrew | |||||||
 1998 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||
 2002 | ||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2008 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
 2010 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
  2012 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 2021 | To be determined | |||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 4/32 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
Squads
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Participation history
2004 Tunisia
- Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| South Africa |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| Benin |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| South Africa | 2–0 | Benin |
|---|---|---|
Nomvethe  58', 76' |
2008 Ghana
- Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Mali |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Benin |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 4–1 | Benin |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba 40' Y. Touré 44' Keïta 53' Dindane 63' |
Report | Omotoyossi 90' |
2010 Angola
- Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| Benin |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
 Mozambique |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| Mozambique | 2–2 | Benin |
|---|---|---|
| Miro 29' Fumo 54' |
Report | Omotoyossi 14' (pen.) Khan 20' (o.g.) |
| Egypt | 2–0 | Benin |
|---|---|---|
| Elmohamady 7' Moteab 23' |
Report |
2019 Egypt
- Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Benin |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Guinea-Bissau |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Source: CAF
- Round of sixteen
- Quarter-finals
References
- https://www.football365.fr/bnin-la-slection-pour-la-can-2004-1525625.html
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48795602
- Kick-off delayed by 15 minutes due to floodlight failure
- "Ghana vs. Benin". ESPN. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "Benin vs. Guinea-Bissau". ESPN. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "Benin vs. Cameroon". ESPN. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Morocco vs. Benin". ESPN. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- "Senegal vs. Benin". ESPN. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
- Africa Cup of Nations - Archives competitions - cafonline.com
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