Football: Factbox-Soccer-Africa Cup of Nations records

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – 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 MARGAIN

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

(Compiled by Mark Gleeson)