فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
With the approaching start of the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, which Morocco will host from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, observers are reviewing the history of the continent’s most prestigious tournament, which was first launched in 1957 in Sudan.
Below are the most notable records registered across the previous 34 editions:
Most Championship Titles
7 titles – Egypt (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Most Titles Won by a Player
4 titles – Ahmed Hassan and Essam El-Hadary (Egypt) in 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Most Titles Won by a Coach
3 titles – Charles Gyamfi (Ghana) 1963, 1965, 1982
Hassan Shehata (Egypt) 2006, 2008, 2010
Most Finals Appearances
10 times – Egypt (1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2021)
Most Tournament Participations
27 participations – Egypt (from 1957 to 2025)
Most Matches Played in Finals
111 matches – Egypt
Most Wins
60 victories – Egypt
Most Goals Scored
175 goals – Egypt
Longest Winning Streak
9 victories – Egypt (2008-2010)
Longest Unbeaten Streak
24 matches – Egypt (2010-2017)
Most Consecutive Participations
17 consecutive editions – Tunisia (1994-2025)
Most Tournament Appearances by a Player
8 appearances each:
- Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
- Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
- André Ayew (Ghana)
- Youssef Msakni (Tunisia)
Most Matches Played by a Player
36 matches – Rigobert Song (Cameroon) and André Ayew (Ghana)
Most Final Match Appearances by a Player
4 finals – Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
All-Time Top Scorer
18 goals – Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
Most Goals Scored by a Player in One Match
9 goals – Mulamba Ndaye (Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1974
5 goals – Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast 6-1 Ethiopia) in 1970
Fastest Goal in Tournament History
23 seconds – Ayman Mansour (Egypt 4-0 Gabon) in 1994
Most Participations by a Coach
9 editions – Claude Le Roy (with 7 different national teams)
Most Matches Coached
38 matches – Claude Le Roy
Most Goals in a Single Match
9 goals – Egypt 6-3 Nigeria in 1963
Biggest Goal Margin in a Single Match
5 goals (on three occasions):
- Ivory Coast 6-1 Ethiopia (1970)
- Guinea 6-1 Botswana (2012)
- Ivory Coast 5-0 Guinea (2008)
Winners as Both Player and Coach
- Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt): Player 1959, Coach 1998
- Stephen Keshi (Nigeria): Player 1994, Coach 2013
Most Times Hosting the Tournament
5 times – Egypt (1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019)
It should be noted that the Moroccan national team won the title only once in 1976 in Ethiopia, and in the upcoming edition on home soil, they seek to add a second title after an absence of 49 years.
The upcoming tournament will be an opportunity to write new pages in the record of these historical statistics.
