FACTBOX on Africa Cup of Nations records ahead of Saturday’s kick off of the 34th edition of the continental championship first played in 1957.
MOST TITLES WON
7- Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST APPEARANCES IN A FINAL
10 – Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2021
MOST APPEARANCES AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
26 – Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
MOST GAMES PLAYED AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
107 – Egypt
MOST WINS AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
60 – Egypt
MOST GOALS AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
168 – Egypt
MOST SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCES AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
16 – Tunisia (1994-2023)
MOST TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
8 – Rigobert Song (Cameroon) – 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) – 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Dede Ayew (Ghana) – 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) – 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
MOST MATCHES PLAYED AT THE FINALS TOURNAMENT
36 – Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
MOST APPEARANCES IN A FINAL MATCH
4- Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) – 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST TOURNAMENT GOALS
17 – Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SINGLE TOURNAMENT
9 – Mulumba Ndaye (Zaire) 1974
MOST GOALS SCORED IN A MATCH
5 – Laurent Pokou (Cote d’Ivoire 6 Ethiopia 1, 1970)
FASTEST GOAL SCORED
23 seconds – Ayman Mansour (Egypt 4 Gabon 0, 1994)
MOST GOALS IN A MATCH
9 – Egypt 6 Nigeria 3, 1963
HIGHEST WINNING MARGIN
5 – Ivory Coast 6 Ethiopia 1, 1970
Guinea 6 Botswana 1, 2012
MOST EXPERIENCED REFEREE
8 tournaments – Komlan Coulibaly (Mali) 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
WINNER AS A PLAYER AND COACH
Mahmoud Al Gohari (Egypt) – 1957 and 1998
Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) – 1994 and 2013
COACH WITH MOST TITLES
Charles Gyamfi (Ghana) – 1963, 1965, 1982
Hassan Shehata (Egypt) – 2006, 2008, 2010
COACH WITH MOST TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
9 – Claude LeRoy (Cameroon 1986, 1988, Senegal 1990, 1992, DR Congo 2006, Ghana 2008, DR Congo 2013, Congo 2015, Togo 2017)
*Note: his 38 matches is also a record
MOST TOURNAMENTS HOSTED
4 – Egypt – 1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019
