The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 is days away from commencing.
In its thirty fourth yr, the earlier 33 editions have been storied, laden with quite a few information.
ONE
The Teranga Lions of Senegal broke their long-standing jinx in 2022 to win their first Africa Cup of Nations trophy in Cameroon following a disappointing yr in 2019.
TWO
Côte d’Ivoire have gained the Africa Cup of Nations two instances of their historical past. They achieved this feat in 1992 and 2015. On each events, they defeated Ghana on penalties.
THREE
Three international locations, hosts Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, took half within the first match in February 1957 and there was no qualifying competitors.
FOUR
Ghana have gained the Africa Cup of Nations FOUR instances of their historical past. Their final triumph got here in 1982 in Libya.
FIVE
Nigerian Worldwide, Odion Ighalo scored 5 objectives to emerge as the highest scorer within the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
SIX
4 gamers Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, Ghanaian duo Asamoah Gyan in addition to Andre Ayew and Zambia’s Kalusha Bwalya have scored in SIX completely different AFCON Tournaments. No gamers have scored in additional editions of the competitors than them.
SEVEN
Egypt are probably the most profitable nation within the historical past of the Africa Cup of Nations with seven tittles. They gained it in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
EIGHT
Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan and Cameroon’s Rigobert Music maintain the report for probably the most variety of AFCON participations, with every participant having featured in eight finals tournaments in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010. This report might be tied by Ghana’s Andre Ayew at Côte d’Ivoire.
NINE
Egypt and Ghana have each reached 9 AFCON Finals. Whereas Egypt have gained seven, Ghana have 4 wins.
TEN
Kalusha Bwayla Joel Tiehi, Santos, Ndaye Mulamba and Andre Ayew have all scored ten objectives within the Africa Cup of Nations.
