Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

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

Summary

 *  * hosts
 * 1 as United Arab Republic
 * 2 as Congo-Kinshasa
 * 3 as Zaire

Debut of national teams
Teams yet to qualify:, , 🇩🇯 djibouti, 🇪🇷 eritrea, 🇸🇿 swaziland, , 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe, , 🇸🇴 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.

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


 * Legend


 * – Champions
 * – Runners-up
 * – Third place
 * – Fourth place
 * QF – Quarter-finals
 * R16 – Round of 16
 * GS – Group stage


 * Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
 * — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
 * — Did not qualify
 * — Did not enter / Withdrew / Disqualified
 * — Hosts
 * — Not affiliated to CAF

Records
Most titles: 7
 * 🇪🇬 egypt

Teams winning on debut: 3
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (1957)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana (1963)
 * (1996)

Consecutive title wins: 3
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (2006, 2008, 2010)

Most appearances: 26
 * 🇪🇬 egypt

Most consecutive appearances: 16
 * 🇹🇳 tunisia (1994–2023)

Overall top goalscorers
Players in bold are still active at international level.

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 in a 2–1 victory.

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.

Ad-Diba was also the first ever top goalscorer for an Africa Cup of Nations tournament, scoring 5 goals for 🇪🇬 egypt in 1957.

Oldest goalscorer
Hossam Hassan was 39 years and 174 days old when he scored for 🇪🇬 egypt against 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 in a 1–3 defeat on 23 January 2000.

Fastest goals

 * 1st minute, Hassan El-Shazly for 🇪🇬 egypt against 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire in 1974 (2–0 victory).
 * 1st minute, Chérif Fetoui for 🇲🇦 morocco against in 1976 (2–2 draw).
 * 1st minute, Phillip Omondi for 🇺🇬 uganda against in 1978 (3–1 victory).
 * 1st minute, Tueba Menayame for against 🇨🇲 cameroon in 1992 (1–1 draw).
 * 1st minute, Ayman Mansour for 🇪🇬 egypt against 🇬🇦 gabon in 1994 (4–0 victory).
 * 1st minute, Tijani Babangida for 🇳🇬 nigeria against in 2000 (2–0 victory).
 * 1st minute, Soufiane Alloudi for 🇲🇦 morocco against 🇳🇦 namibia in 2008 (5–1 victory).

Latest goal (regulation time)
90+10th minute, Bruno Zita Mbanangoyé for 🇬🇦 gabon against 🇲🇦 morocco in 2012 (3–2 victory).

Latest goals (including extra time)

 * 120th minute, Brighton Sinyangwe for against  in 1974 (2–2 draw).
 * 120th minute, Jaouad Zairi for 🇲🇦 morocco against in 2004 (3–1 victory).
 * 120th minute, Oumar Diakité for 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire against 🇲🇱 mali in 2023 (2–1 victory).

Most goals in a single match
Laurent Pokou scored 5 goals for 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire in a 6–1 victory against 🇪🇹 ethiopia in 1970.

Most goals in a single tournament
Ndaye Mulamba scored 9 goals for in the 1974 tournament.

Goalscoring goalkeeper in the tournament
Kennedy Mweene is the first and only goalkeeper to score a goal (for ) in an Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013.

Most hat-tricks
Hassan El-Shazly scored 2 tournament hat-tricks for the : one in 1963 and one in 1970.

Most tournaments with a goal
Kalusha Bwalya (for ), 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.

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).

Highest goalscorers in a single tournament
The following players finished as top goalscorer with five or more goals in a single tournament.

Top goalscorers in multiple tournaments
The following players finished as the top goalscorer in at least two different tournaments.

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

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 on 23 January 2000.

Most matches played
Rigobert Song (for 🇨🇲 cameroon, between 1998 and 2010) and André Ayew (for, between 2008 and 2023) each played in a record 36 matches at the tournament.

Most titles won as coach

 * 3, Charles Gyamfi (as manager of 🇬🇭 ghana in 1963, 1965 and 1982)
 * 3, Hassan Shehata (as manager of 🇪🇬 egypt in 2006, 2008 and 2010)

Most consecutive titles won as coach

 * 3, Hassan Shehata (as manager of 🇪🇬 egypt in 2006, 2008 and 2010)

Coaches who retained title

 * 2 times, Hassan Shehata (as manager of 🇪🇬 egypt in 2008 and 2010)
 * 1 time, Charles Gyamfi (as manager of 🇬🇭 ghana in 1965)

Coaches who won titles with multiple teams

 * 🇫🇷 Hervé Renard (as manager of in 2012 and 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire in 2015)

Won title as both player and coach

 * Mahmoud El-Gohary (in 1959 as a player and 1998 as a manager, both with 🇪🇬 egypt)
 * Stephen Keshi (in 1994 as a player and in 2013 as a manager, both with 🇳🇬 nigeria)

Appearance in final as both player and coach

 * Emerse Faé (lost 2006 final as a player, won 2023 final as a manager, both with 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire)
 * Aliou Cissé (lost 2002 final as a player, lost 2019 final and won 2021 final as a manager, all with 🇸🇳 senegal)
 * Mahmoud El-Gohary (won 1959 final as a player and won 1998 final as a manager, both with 🇪🇬 egypt)
 * Stephen Keshi (lost both 1984 final and 1988 final as a player; and won 2013 final as a manager, all with )

Most nations coached in tournament

 * 6, 🇫🇷 Claude Le Roy (managed 🇨🇲 cameroon in 1986 and 1988, 🇸🇳 senegal in 1990 and 1992, 🇬🇭 ghana in 2008, in 2006 and 2013,  in 2015 and  in 2017)

Most tournament appearances as coach

 * 9, 🇫🇷 Claude Le Roy (as manager of 🇨🇲 cameroon in 1986 and 1988, 🇸🇳 senegal in 1990 and 1992, 🇬🇭 ghana in 2008, in 2006 and 2013,  in 2015 and  in 2017)

First foreign coach to win tournament

 * 🇭🇺 Pál Titkos (as manager of 🇪🇬 egypt in 1959)

Most titles won as foreign coach

 * 2, 🇫🇷 Hervé Renard (as manager of in 2012 and 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire in 2015)

Foreign coaches who also won other major tournaments

 * 🇫🇷 Roger Lemerre (won 2004 AFCON as manager of 🇹🇳 tunisia, and won Euro 2000 and 2001 Confederations Cup as manager of 🇫🇷 france)

Most titles by coaches from a foreign country

 * 5 managers, 🇫🇷 France

Most tournaments hosted

 * * Co-hosts
 * ** Upcoming tournament

Other team records

 * Nine nations have won the tournament as hosts:
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (1959, 1986 and 2006)
 * 🇬🇭 ghana (1963 and 1978)
 * 🇪🇹 ethiopia (1962)
 * 🇸🇩 sudan (1970)
 * 🇳🇬 nigeria (1980)
 * (1990)
 * (1996)
 * 🇹🇳 tunisia (2004)
 * 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire (2023)
 * 🇪🇬 egypt (in 1957), 🇬🇭 ghana (in 1963) and (in 1996) are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearance.
 * 🇸🇩 sudan (in 1957), 🇬🇭 ghana (in 1963), 🇱🇾 libya (in 1982), (in 1996) and  (in 2012) are the five teams to have hosted the tournament in their debut appearance.
 * 🇬🇭 ghana (in 1963) and (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 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire (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.

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).
 * * indicate tournament hosts

Teams yet to qualify for finals
Ten teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:


 * 🇩🇯 djibouti
 * 🇪🇷 eritrea
 * 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 🇸🇴 somalia
 * 🇸🇸 south sudan
 * 🇸🇹 sao tome and principe
 * 🇸🇴 somalia
 * 🇸🇸 south sudan
 * 🇸🇴 somalia
 * 🇸🇸 south sudan