COUNTRIES
Most final appearances:
9 Egypt (1957, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2021)
9 Ghana (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2010, 2015)
7 Cameroon (1984, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2017)
7 Nigeria (1980, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2013)
Most successive finals: (Excluding final groups, i.e. 1959 and 1976)
4 Ghana (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
3 Cameroon (1984, 1986, 1988)
3 Egypt (2006, 2008, 2010)
Most Wins (Including penalty shoot-outs):
7 Egypt (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
5 Cameroon (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)
4 Ghana (1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)
3 Nigeria (1980, 1994, 2013)
Most successive final wins:
3 Egypt (2006, 2008, 2010)
2 Ghana (1963, 1965)
2 Cameroon (2000, 2002)
Most defeats (Including penalty shoot-outs)
5 Ghana (1968, 1970, 1992, 2010, 2015)
4 Nigeria (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000)
2 Tunisia (1965, 1996)
2.Cameroon (1986, 2008)
Most Successive final defeats
2 Ghana (1968, 1970)
2 Nigeria (1988, 1990)
Most goals scored:
11 Egypt
9 Ghana
9 Nigeria
8 Cameroon
Most goals conceded:
6 Egypt
6 Ghana
6 Nigeria
5 Cameroon
Biggest wins:
4-0 (Egypt v. Ethiopia, 1957)
3-0 (Ghana v. Sudan, 1963)
3-0 (Nigeria v. Algeria, 1980)
PLAYERS
Most final appearances
4 Ahmed Hassan (Egypt 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
4 Ahmed Fathi (Egypt 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017)
4 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017)
Most titles won
4 Ahmed Hassan (Egypt; 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
4 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Most goals scored
4 Ad-Diba (Egypt)
4 Mulamba N’Daye (DR Congo)
Most Goals in a single final:
4 Ad-Diba (Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia, 1957)
Scored in most finals:
2 Muda Lawal (Nigeria v Algeria 1980 & v. Cameroon 1984)
Fastest final goal:
2 min Hasab El-Rassoul Omer ‘Hasabu El-Saghir (vs. Ghana, 1970)
2 min Segun Odegbami (vs. Algeria, 1980)
2 min Baghdad Bounedjah (vs Senegal, 2019)
Youngest player in final
15 years 7 months 2 days – Baba Ali (Nigeria v. Cameroon 1984)
Oldest Player in final
44 years, 21 days – Essal El-Hadary (Egypt v. Cameroon 2017)
Youngest goalscorer in final:
18 years, 11 months, 3 days –Samuel Eto’o Fils
(Cameroon v Nigeria 2000)
Oldest goalscorer in final:
31 years, 8 moths, 12 days- Emmanuel Jerome Kunde
(Cameroon v. Nigeria 1988)
Only player to win 2 titles 20 years apart:
Hossam Hassan (Egypt 1986, 2006)
COACHES
Most final wins:
3 Charles Kumi Gyamfi (Ghana 1963, 1965, 1982)
3 Hassan Shehata (Egypt 2006, 2008, 2010)
2 Herve Renard (Zambia 2012, Ivory Coast 2015)
Most finals win with multiple countries:
2 Herve Renard (Zanbia 2012, Ivory Coast 2015)
Most successive final wins:
3 Hassan Shehata (Egypt 2006, 2008, 2010)
2 Charles Kumi Gyamfi (Ghana 1963, 1965)
Finals decided in extra-time
Ethiopia 4-2 Egypt (1962)
Ghana 3-2 Tunisia (1965)
Finals decided by penalty shoot-outs
Ghana 1-1 Libya (1982, Ghana won 7-6 on penalties)
Egypt 0-0 Cameroon (1986, Egypt won 5-4 on penalties)
Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (1992, Ivory Coast won 11-10 on penalties)
Cameroon 2-2 Nigeria (2000, Cameroon won 4-3 on penalties)
Cameroon 0-0 Senegal (2002, Cameroon won 3-2 on penalties)
Egypt 0-0 Ivory Coast (2006, Egypt won 4-2 on penalties)
Zambia 0-0 Ivory Coast (2012, Zambia won 8-7 on penalties)
Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (2015, Ivory Coast won 9-8 on penalties)
Finals decided after replay
12 March 1974: Zaire 2-2 Zambia aet
14 March 1974 (Replay) Zaire 2-0 Zambia
Final matches in the month of February
10 February 1957: Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia
16 February 1970: Sudan 1-0 Ghana
3 February 1996: South Africa 2-0 Tunisia
28 February 1998: Egypt 2-0 South Africa
13 February 2000: Cameroon 2-2 Nigeria (Cameroon won 4-3 on penalties)
10 February 2002: Cameroon 0-0 Senegal (Cameroon won 3-2 on penalties)
14 February 2004: Tunisia 2-1 Morocco
10 February 2006: Egypt 0-0 Ivory Coast (Egypt won 4-2 on penalties)
10 February 2008: Egypt 1-0 Cameroon
12 February 2012: Zambia 0-0 Ivory Coast (Zambia won 8-7 on penalties)
10 February 2013: Nigeria 1-0 Burkina Faso
8 February 2015: Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (Ivory Coast won 9-8 on penalties)
5 February 2017: Cameroon 2-1 Egypt
By: George ‘Alan Green’ Mahamah
