The Africa Cup of Nations was inaugurated in 1957.
Here is the roll of honour of the Africa Cup of Nations since it was inaugurated in 1957 in Sudan as a unifying force for Africa.
Year Winner Score Runner-up Host
1957 Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia Sudan
1959 Egypt 2-1 Sudan Egypt
1962 Ethiopia4-2 Egypt Ethiopia
1963 Ghana 3-0 Sudan Ghana
1965 Ghana 3-2 Tunisia Tunisia
1968 DR Congo 1-0Ghana Ethiopia
1970 Sudan 1-0 Ghana Sudan
1972 Congo 3-2 Mali Cameroon
1974 Zaire 2-0 Zambia Egypt
1976 Morocco Guinea Ethiopia
1978 Ghana 2-0 Uganda Ghana
1980 Nigeria 3-0 Algeria Nigeria
1982 Ghana 1-1 LibyaLibya
1984 Cameroon 3-1 Nigeria Cote d’Ivoire
1986 Egypt 0-0 Cameroon Egypt
1988 Cameroon 1-0 Nigeria Morocco
1990 Algeria 1-0 Nigeria Algeria
1992 Cote d’Ivoire 0-0 Ghana Senegal
1994 Nigeria 2-1 Zambia Tunisia
1996 South Africa 2-0 Tunisia South Africa
1998 Egypt 2-0 South Africa Burkina Faso
2000 Cameroon 2-2 Nigeria Ghana/Nigeria
2002 Cameroon 0-0 Senegal Mali
2004 Tunisia 2-1 Morocco Tunisia
2006 Egypt 0-0 Cote d’Ivoire Egypt
2008 Egypt 1-0 Cameroon Ghana
2010 Egypt 1-0 Ghana Angola
2012 Zambia 0-0 Cote d’Ivoire Eq.Guinea/Gabon
2013 Nigeria ? Burkina Faso ? South Africa
1976: Morocco crowned champions as the finals were on league basis
1982: Ghana won 7-6 on penalties
1986: Egypt won 5-4 on penalties
1992: Cote d’Ivoire won 11-10 on penalties
2000: Cameroon won 4-3 on penalties
2002: Cameroon won 3-2 on penalties
2006: Egypt won 4-2 on penalties
2012: Zambia won 8-7 on penalties
CUP WINNERS IN NUMBERS
7-Egypt
4 -Ghana
4 -Cameroon
2 -Nigeria
2 -Congo DR
1 -Tunisia
1 -Sudan
1 –Cote d’Ivoire
1 -Algeria
1 -Morocco
1 -Ethiopia
1- South Africa
1 -Congo
1 -Zambia
THE WINNING COACHES
1957 – Mourad Fahmy (Egypt)
1959 – Josef Titkos (Hungary)
1962 – Milosevic (Yugoslavia)
1963 – Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1965 – Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1968 – Ferenc Csandai (Hungary)
1970 – Jiri Starosta (Czechoslovakia)
1972 – Amoyan Bibanzulu (Congo)
1974 – Blagoje Vidinic (Yugoslavia)
1976 – Gheorghe Mardarescu (Romania)
1978 – Fred Osam Doudou (Ghana)
1980 – Otto Gloria (Brazil)
1982 – Charles Gyamfi (Ghana)
1984 – Rade Ognanovic (Yugoslavia)
1986 – Mike Smith (Wales)
1988 – Claude LeRoy (France)
1990 – Abdelhamid Kermali (Algeria)
1992 – Yeo Martial (Cote d’Ivoire)
1994 – Clemens Westerhorf (Netherlands)
1996 – Clive Barker (South Africa)
1998 – Mahmoud el-Gohari (Egypt)
2000 – Pierre Lechantre (France)
2002 – Winfried Schaefer (Germany)
2004 – Roger Lemerre (France)
2006 – Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
2008 – Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
2010 – Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
2012 – Herve Renard (France)
2013 – Stephen Keshi or Paul Put?
ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS
16 – Samuel Eto’O (Cameroon)
14 – Laurent Pokou (Cote d’Ivoire)
13 – Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)
12 – Hassan el-Chazly (Egypt)
11 – Hossan Hassan (Egypt); Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)
10 – Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia); Ndaye Mulamba (DR Congo); Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia); Joel Tiehi (Cote d’Ivoire); Mengistu Worku (Ethiopia)
9 – Abdoulaye Traore (Cote d’Ivoire)
8 – Pascal Feindouno (Guinea); Wilberforce Mfum (Ghana)
7 – Taher Abou Zeid (Egypt); Ali Abu Greisha (Egypt); Benni McCarthy (South Africa); Roger Milla (Cameroon); Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
TOP SCORERS OF THE CUP FINALS
1957 – Mohamed El-Sattar ‘Ad-Diba’ (Egypt) – 5
1959 – Mahmoud el-Gohari (Egypt ) – 3
1962 – Abdelfatah Bedawi (Egypt); Mengistu Worku (Ethiopia) – 3
1963 – Hassan el-Chazly (Egypt) – 6
1965 – Ben Acheampong, Osei Kofi (Ghana); E. Mangle (CIV) – 3
1968 – Laurent Pokou (Cote d’Ivoire) – 6
1970 – Laurent Pokou (Cote d’Ivoire) – 8
1972 – Salif Keita (Mali) – 5
1974 – Ndaye Mulamba (DR Congo) – 9
1976 – Mamadou Njo Lea (Guinea) – 4
1978 – Opoku Afriyie (Ghana); Segun Odegbami (Nigeria); Philip Omondi (Uganda) – 3
1980 – Khaled al-Abyad (Morocco); Segun Odegbami (Nigeria) – 3
1982 – George Alhassan (Ghana) – 4
1984 – Taher Abou Zeid (Egypt) – 4
1986 – Roger Milla (Cameroon) – 4
1988 – Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria); Roger Milla (Cameroon); Gamal Abdelhamid (Egypt); Abdoulaye Traore (Cote d’Ivoire) – 2
1990 – Djamel Menad (Algeria) – 4
1992 – Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria) – 4
1994 – Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria) – 5
1996 – Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia); Mark Williams (South Africa) – 5
1998 – Hossam Hassan (Egypt); Benni McCarthy (South Africa) – 7
2000 – Shaun Bartlett (South Africa) – 5
2002 – Patrick Mboma (Cameroon); Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria); Salomon Olembe (Cameroon) – 3
2004 – Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria); Frederic Kanoute (Mali); Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia); Youssef Mokhtari (Morocco); Patrick Mboma (Cam) – 4
2006 – Samuel Eto’O (Cameroon) – 5
2008 – Samuel Eto’O (Cameroon) – 5
2010 –
2012 – Manucho (Angola); Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire); Houssine Kharja (Morocco); Christopher Katongo (Zambia); Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon); Cheick Diabate (Mali); Emmanuel Mayuka (Zambia) – 3
2013 – Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria)?
FINAL MATCH STATISTICS @ A GLANCE
1957: 16 FEBRUARY
Egypt 4 – 0 Ethiopia -Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssef Mohamed (Sudan)
1959: 29 MAY
Egypt 2 – 1 Sudan -Al Ahly Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zivko Bajic (Yugoslavia)
1962: 21 JANUARY
Ethiopia 4 – 2 Egypt -Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wilson Brooks (Uganda)
1963: 1 DECEMBER
Ghana 3 – 0 Sudan -Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: Hédi Ben Abdelkader (Tunisia)
1965: 21 NOVEMBER
Ghana 3 – 2 Tunisia (aet.) -Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Abdelaziz Chekaïmi (Algeria)
1968: 21 JANUARY
Congo 1 – 0 Ghana -Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Mohamed Diab Al-Attar (Egypt)
1970: 16 FEBRUARY
Sudan 1 – 0 Ghana -Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
1972: 5 MARCH
Congo 3 – 2 Mali -Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
1974: 14 MARCH
Congo DR 2 – 0 Zambia -Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
1976: 14 MARCH
Guinea 1 – 1 Morocco -Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)
1978: 16 MARCH
Ghana 2 – 0 Uganda -Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Youssef El Ghoul (Libya)
1980: 22 MARCH
Nigeria 3 – 0 Algeria -Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
1982: 19 MARCH
Ghana 1 – 1 Libya (7 – 6 on Pens)-11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sohan Ramlochun (Mauritius)
1984: 18 MARCH
Cameroon 3 – 1 Nigeria -Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 27,456
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)
1986: 21 MARCH
Egypt 0 – 0 Cameroon (5-4 on pens)-Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)
1988: 27 MARCH
Cameroon 1 – 0 Nigeria -Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
1990: 16 MARCH
Algeria 1 – 0 Nigeria -Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)
1992: 26 JANUARY
Côte d’Ivoire 0 – 0 Ghana( 11-10 on pens ) –Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Badara Sène(Senegal)
1994: 10 APRIL
Nigeria 2-1 Zambia -Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
1996: 3 FEBRUARY
South Africa 2 – 0 Tunisia -Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Charles Masembe (Uganda)
1998: 28 FEBRUARY
South Africa 0 – 2 Egypt -Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
2000: 13 FEBRUARY
Nigeria 2-2 Cameroon (3-4 on pens) -National Stadium, Lagos
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
2002: 13 FEBRUARY
Senegal 0-0 Cameroon(2-3 on pen) -Stade 26 mars, Bamako
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
2004: 14 FEBRUARY
Tunisia 2 – 1 Morocco -Stade 7 Novembre, Radès
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Falla N’Doye (Senegal)
2006: 10 FEBRUARY
Egypt 0 – 0 Côte d’Ivoire (4 – 2 on pens) -Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
2008: 10 FEBRUARY
Cameroon 0 – 1 Egypt -Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
2010: 31 JANUARY
Ghana 0–1 Egypt -Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
2012: 12 FEBRUARY
Zambia 0 – 0 Côte d’Ivoire(8 – 7 on pens)- Libreville
Attendance: 40, 000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
2013: 10 FEBRUARY
Nigeria ? Burkina Faso- National Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 90, 000
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