Some AFCON Records

•South Africa🇿🇦(2006), Sudan🇸🇩(2008) and Mauritania🇲🇷(2021) are the only teams to exit the AFCON with no win, no draw and no goal.

•Cameroon🇨🇲(2002) and Ivory Coast🇨🇮(2012) have recorded the most clean sheets in a single tournament (6)

•Nigeria🇳🇬 has placed on the podium a record fifteen times at the tournament (three gold medals, four silver medals and eight bronze medals).

•Ghana🇬🇭 (in 1963) and South Africa🇿🇦 (in 1996) are the only teams to have hosted and won the tournament in their debut appearance.

•Egypt🇪🇬 has played the most matches in the tournament finals, with 107

•Egypt🇪🇬 (in 1957), Ghana🇬🇭 (in 1963) and South Africa (in 1996) are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearance.

•Egypt🇪🇬 is the only team to win three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations finals (in 2006, 2008 and 2010).

•Egypt🇪🇬 has appeared in the most final matches of the tournament, with ten appearances and seven wins

•Tunisia🇹🇳 is the team with the most consecutive appearances at the Africa Cup of Nations, with sixteen from 1994 to 2023

•Egypt🇪🇬 has the longest penalty shoot-out winning streak in the tournament's history, with six consecutive victories starting from 1986. However, their streak ended after 35 years when they lost 4-2 on penalties to Senegal on February 6, 2022.

•Highest attendance during a game: 120 000 spectators were in Cairo stadium to watch Egypt🇪🇬 v Cameroon🇨🇲 in 1986

•Most goals scored in one match: Egypt🇪🇬 6-3 Nigeria🇳🇬 in 1963

•Longest penalty session: Ivory Coast🇨🇮 v Cameroon🇨🇲 12-11 (1-1) in 2006

•Highest winning margin: Ivory Coast🇨🇮 6-1 Ethiopia🇪🇹 in 1970

•🇪🇬Most goals in a single tournament: 102 in Egypt 2019, under the 24-team system

•Longest unbeaten streak: Egypt🇪🇬 (24 matches) from 2004 to 2017 finals, where they lost 1-2 to Cameroon.

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