. 4 cities 🌇

. 6 stadiums 🏟

. 24 teams ⚽

. 52 matches 🆚

  • 1 host, Egypt 🇪🇬

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2019

READY FOR KICK-OFF


RECORDS 🏆

Egypt 🥇 is the most successful team with seven trophies. Cameroon🥈 are five-time African champions, while Ghana🥉 have won the competition four times.

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THEY'RE BACK 🙌

  • Nigeria, with 14 podium-finishes and three championships, return after having missed the last two editions
  • Tanzania are back after a 39-year absence

THE DEBUTANTS 👏

  • Mauritania, 103rd in the FIFA Ranking
  • Madagascar, 108th
  • Burundi, 134th
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GOALSCORERS ⚽

Ghanaians Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan are the top active goalscorers in the competition with eight goals. The all-time goalscoring record in the competition is held by Samuel Eto’o, who scored 18 goals.
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DID YOU KNOW? 🦊

Current Morocco head coach, Frenchman Herve Renard, is the only coach to have won the competition with two different nations: Zambia in 2012 and Côte d'Ivoire in 2015.
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STARS 📸

Playing on home soil, Mohamed Salah will be the biggest star at AFCON 2019. But there are plenty of other top players who are ready to shine...

8 STARS TO WATCH AT AFCON