- The first AFCON tournament took place in Sudan, 1957.
- Only 3 countries, Sudan (host), Egypt and Ethiopia, took part in the 1st tournament in February 1957 and there was no qualifiers.
- AFCON2023 is the 34th edition of the tournament since its founding in 1957.
- Egypt are the only team to have 2 players score a hattrick in the same game.
Hassan El-Shazly and Mohammed Morsi Hussein, in their 6-3 win over Nigeria in a 1963, group stage.
- Samuel Eto’o is the holding highest goal scorer with 18 goals in 6 tournaments between 2000 and 2010.
- Egypt goalkeeper Essam el Hadar is the oldest player at 44 years and 21 days to feature in AFCON when he faced Cameroon in the 2017 final.
- Egypt and Ghana have both reached 9 AFCON Finals.
Egypt have won 7, Ghana have won 4.
Cameroon have played in 7 finals, winning 5.
While Nigeria have played in 8 finals, winning 3.
- Cote d’Ivoire have now played in 5 AFCON Finals in 1992, 2006, 2012 , 2015 and 2023.
They have won 3… 1992, 2015 and 2023.
- The last host nation to reach the AFCON Finals was Egypt who won the title in 2006 over ivory coast.
Congratulations to the new champions of Africa, ivory coast. ??
A well deserved victory…
