TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals records
The final draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 will be staged in Rabat on January 27, and that means it is time to brush up on the facts and figures around the continental showpiece event.
We look at the records set by teams, players and coaches since the inaugural tournament in 1957.
MOST TITLES WON
7 – Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST TITLES WON AS A PLAYER
4 – Ahmed Hassan, Essam El Hadary (both Egypt) – 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST TITLES WON AS A COACH
3 – Charles Gyamfi (Ghana) – 1963, 1965, 1982; Hassan Shehata (Egypt) – 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
27 – 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, 2025
MOST GAMES PLAYED AT THE FINALS
111 – Egypt
MOST WINS AT THE FINALS
60 – Egypt
MOST GOALS AT THE FINALS
175 – Egypt
MOST WINS IN A ROW AT THE FINALS
9 – Egypt (2008-2010)
LONGEST UNBEATEN RUN AT THE FINALS
24 – Egypt (2010-2017)
MOST SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCES AT THE FINALS
17 – Tunisia (1994-2025)
MOST FINALS APPEARANCES
8 – Rigobert Song (Cameroon) – 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010; Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) – 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010; Andre 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
36 – Rigobert Song (Cameroon), Adrew Ayew (Ghana)
MOST APPEARANCES IN A FINAL MATCH
4 – Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) – 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
MOST FINALS GOALS
18 – Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
MOST GOALS SCORED IN A SINGLE FINALS
9 – Mulamba 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)
BEST GOALS-TO-GAME RATIO (MINIMUM 10 SCORED)
1.50 – Hassan El-Shazly (Egypt), 12 goals in 8 games
MOST FINALS AS A COACH
9 – Claude Le Roy (Cameroon 1986, 1988; Senegal 1990, 1992; Ghana 2008; DR Congo 2006, 2013; Congo 2015; Togo 2017)
MOST MATCHES AS A COACH
38 – Claude Le Roy
MOST GOALS IN A MATCH
9 – Egypt 6 Nigeria 3, 1963
HIGHEST WINNING MARGIN
5 – Cote d’Ivoire 6 Ethiopia 1, 1970; Guinea 6 Botswana 1, 2012; Cote d’Ivoire 5 Guinea 0, 2008
WINNER AS A PLAYER AND COACH
Mahmoud Al Gohari (Egypt) – 1957 and 1998
Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) – 1994 and 2013
MOST FINALS HOSTED
5 – Egypt: 1959, 1974, 1986, 2006, 2019