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	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

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	Cameroon	2000 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (1), 2006 (5), 2008 (5), 2010 (2)	18
6	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
4	Joel Tiéhi	Ivory Coast	1992 (1), 1994 (4), 1996 (1), 1998 (4)	10
3	Dos Santos	Tunisia	2004 (4), 2006 (4), 2008 (2)	10
3	Frédéric Kanouté	Mali	2004 (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
9	Ndaye Mulamba	Zaire	1974
8	Laurent Pokou	Ivory Coast	1970
7	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	1998
7	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	1998
6	Hassan El-Shazly	Egypt	1963
6	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
	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	2008
	Mohamed Nagy	Egypt	2010
	Odion Ighalo	Nigeria	2019

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 Coast	1968	6
Laurent Pokou	Ivory Coast	1970	8
Segun Odegbami	Nigeria	1978	3
Segun Odegbami	Nigeria	1980	3
Roger Milla	Cameroon	1986	4
Roger Milla	Cameroon	1988	2
Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	1992	4
Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	1994	5
Patrick M'Boma	Cameroon	2002	3
Patrick M'Boma		2004	4
Samuel Eto'o		2006	5
Samuel Eto'o		2008	5

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
8	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
4	Essam El Hadary	Egypt	1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
4	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	1998, 2006, 2008, 2010

Coach

Most championships

3, Charles Gyamfi ( Ghana 1963–1965, 1982)
3, Hassan Shehata ( Egypt 2006–2008-2010)

African Most championships

3, Charles Gyamfi ( Ghana 1963–1965, 1982)
3, Hassan Shehata ( Egypt 2006–2008-2010)

Most consecutive championship

3, Hassan Shehata ( Egypt 2006–2008-2010)

Retained championship

2, Charles Gyamfi ( Ghana 1963–1965)
3, Hassan Shehata ( Egypt 2006–2008-2010)

Most retained championship

3, Hassan Shehata ( Egypt 2006–2008-2010)

Championships with different nations

Hervé Renard , with Zambia in 2012 & Ivory Coast in 2015

Won tournament both as player and coach

Mahmoud El-Gohary, Egypt (1959 as player, 1998 as coach)
Stephen Keshi, Nigeria (1994 as player, 2013 as coach)

Final appearances as both player and head coach

Mahmoud El-Gohary, Egypt (1959 as player, 1998 as coach) won both finals as player and coach
Stephen Keshi, Nigeria (1994 as player, 2013 as coach) won both finals as player and coach
Aliou Cissé, Senegal (2002 as player, 2019 as coach) lost both finals as player and coach

Most nations coached

6, Claude Le Roy ; ( Cameroon 1986–1988, Senegal 1990–1992, Ghana 2008, DR Congo 2006–2013, Congo 2015, Togo 2017)

Most appearances

9, Claude Le Roy ( Cameroon 1986 & 1988, Senegal 1990 & 1992, DR Congo 2006 & 2013, Ghana 2008, Congo 2015, Togo 2017)

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

Hosts	Nation	Year(s)
5 times	Egypt	1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019
4 times	Ghana	1963, 1978, 2000*, 2008
3 times	Ethiopia	1962, 1968, 1976
3 times	Tunisia	1965, 1994, 2004
2 times	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 time
	Libya	1982
	Morocco	1988
	Algeria	1990
	Senegal	1992
	Burkina Faso	1998
	Mali	2002
	Angola	2010
	Guinea	2025**

* 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]	7	24	100	57	17	26	164	88	+76	188	62.7
2	Ghana	4	22	99	54	20	25	130	82	+48	182	61.3
3	Nigeria	3	18	93	51	21	21	132	89	+43	174	62.4
4	Ivory Coast	2	23	95	42	25	28	138	100	+38	151	53.0
5	Cameroon	5	19	84	41	27	16	123	76	+47	150	59.5
6	Algeria	2	18	74	28	21	25	93	85	+8	105	47.3
7	Zambia	1	17	67	26	20	21	81	69	+12	98	48.8
8	Tunisia	1	19	75	23	29	23	94	91	+3	98	43.5
9	Morocco	1	17	65	24	23	18	74	58	+16	95	48.7
10	DR Congo[n 2]	2	19	73	20	24	29	88	102	−14	84	38.3
11	Senegal		15	60	23	14	23	69	54	+15	83	46.1
12	Mali		11	50	17	17	16	61	64	−3	68	45.3
13	South Africa	1	10	42	16	13	14	48	45	+3	61	48.4
14	Guinea		12	43	12	16	15	59	63	−4	52	40.3
15	Burkina Faso[n 3]		11	41	7	13	21	38	62	−24	34	27.6
16	Congo	1	7	26	7	7	12	27	40	−13	28	35.9
17	Sudan	1	8	24	7	6	11	28	38	−10	27	37.5
18	Gabon		7	21	6	7	8	19	26	−7	25	39.7
19	Angola		8	26	4	12	10	30	39	−9	24	30.7
20	Ethiopia	1	10	27	7	3	17	29	61	−32	24	29.6
21	Togo		8	25	3	8	14	19	42	−23	17	22.7
22	Equatorial Guinea		2	10	4	3	3	8	10	−2	15	50.0
23	Uganda		7	23	4	3	16	21	38	−17	15	21.7
24	Libya		3	11	3	5	3	12	13	−1	14	42.4
25	Kenya		6	17	2	4	11	12	31	−20	10	19.6
26	Madagascar		1	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	8	53.3
27	Cape Verde		2	7	1	5	1	4	5	−1	8	38.1
28	Zimbabwe		4	12	2	2	8	13	27	−14	8	22.2
29	Liberia		2	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	5	33.3
30	Benin		4	14	0	5	9	7	24	−17	5	11.9
31	Rwanda		1	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	44.4
32	Malawi		2	6	1	1	4	6	11	−5	4	22.2
33	Sierra Leone		2	5	1	1	3	2	11	−9	4	26.7
34	Mauritania		1	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2	22.2
35	Guinea-Bissau		2	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2	11.1
36	Namibia		3	9	0	2	7	10	24	−14	2	7.4
37	Mozambique		4	12	0	2	10	4	26	−22	2	5.6
38	Niger		2	6	0	1	5	1	9	−8	1	5.6
39	Tanzania		2	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1	5.5
40	Burundi		1	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0	0.0
41	Mauritius		1	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0	0.0
42	Botswana		1	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0	0.0

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".
Including seven appearances as Zaire.
Including one appearance as Upper Volta.

Other records

There are eight nations that have hosted and won the tournament:
3x Egypt (1959), (1986), (2006); 2x Ghana (1963), (1978); Algeria (1990); Ethiopia (1962); Nigeria (1980); South Africa (1996); Sudan (1970); Tunisia (2004)
Egypt (1957), Ghana (1963), and South Africa (1996) are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearance.
Egypt is holding the record of matches played, with 100.
Egypt is holding the record of most appearance, with 24.
Egypt is holding the record of most points, with 188.
Egypt is the only team to have won three consecutive finals of Africa Cup of Nations (2006; 2008; and 2010).
Nigeria is the most decorated team in the Africa Cup of Nations history, with 15 medals (three gold, four silver and eight bronze)
Egypt set a new record in February 2017, of not being defeated for 24 consecutive African Cup of Nations matches, since their last match at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Egypt also won their 9th consecutive match in the AFCON, beating Ghana in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final match, and becoming the first team to win three consecutive AFCON titles. On 5 February 2017 in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final the 24 game unbeaten run came to an end after Cameroon defeated Egypt 2–1.

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
3 February 2004	Cameroon	0–0	Draw
20 January 2006	Libya	3–0	Win
24 January 2006	Morocco	0–0	Draw
28 January 2006	Ivory Coast	3–1	Win
3 February 2006	DR Congo	4–1	Win
7 February 2006	Senegal	2–1	Win
10 February 2006	Ivory Coast	0–0 (4–2 penalties)	Win
22 January 2008	Cameroon	4–2	Win
26 January 2008	Sudan	3–0	Win
30 January 2008	Zambia	1–1	Draw
4 February 2008	Angola	2–1	Win
7 February 2008	Ivory Coast	4–1	Win
10 February 2008	Cameroon	1–0	Win
12 January 2010	Nigeria	3–1	Win
16 January 2010	Mozambique	2–0	Win
20 January 2010	Benin	2–0	Win
25 January 2010	Cameroon	3–1	Win
28 January 2010	Algeria	4–0	Win
31 January 2010	Ghana	1–0	Win
17 January 2017	Mali	0–0	Draw
21 January 2017	Uganda	1–0	Win
25 January 2017	Ghana	1–0	Win
29 January 2017	Morocco	1–0	Win
1 February 2017	Burkina Faso	1–1 (4–3 penalties)	Win

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	None	0
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	None	0
1978	Burkina Faso (as Upper Volta)	1
1980	Tanzania	1
1982	Libya	1
1984	Malawi	1
1986	Mozambique	1
1988	None	0
1990	None	0
1992	None	0
1994	Gabon Sierra Leone	2
1996	Angola Liberia South Africa	3
1998	Namibia	1
2000	None	0
2002	None	0
2004	Benin Rwanda Zimbabwe	3
2006	None	0
2008	None	0
2010	None	0
2012	Botswana Equatorial Guinea Niger	3
2013	Cape Verde	1
2015	None	0
2017	Guinea-Bissau	1
2019	Burundi Madagascar Mauritania	3
Total		42

Teams yet to qualify for finals

12 teams are yet to qualify for AFCON finals:

References

"African Nations Cup - Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
(Polish) - Onet sport : Puchar Narodów Afryki, czyli piłkarska fantazja w środku ligowego sezonu, by PAWEŁ BANACZYK (14 January 2017)
FIFA : The day it all started for Ad-Diba and the Pharaohs (16 Feb 2017)
"African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.

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[5] 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".

[6] Including seven appearances as Zaire.

[7] Including one appearance as Upper Volta.

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Africa Cup of Nations
Tournaments	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2022 Ivory Coast 2023 Guinea 2025
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019
Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics Goalscorers Hat-tricks Penalty shoot-outs Own goals Red cards
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.