Africa Cup of Nations 2021

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Algeria aim to defend their title under talismanic captain Riyad Mahrez but Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Franck Kessié – Cote d’Ivoire’s influential midfielder, will also be targeting silverware in Cameroon, which hosts
the 33rd edition of the tournament


WINNERS AND FINALISTS
Egypt are seven-time African champions, most successful of 14 nations to have lifted trophy at least once

WINNERS: Since 1957
Egypt 		7 wins 9 finals
Cameroon 	5 7
Appearances in Final
Ghana 		4 9
Nigeria 	3 7
Cote d’Ivoire 	2 4
Algeria		2 3
DR Congo	2 2
Zambia: 	1 3 
Tunisia: 	1 3 
Sudan: 		1 3 
Ethiopia: 	1 2 
Morocco: 	1 2 
South Africa: 	1 2
Congo: 		1 1
Senegal		  2
Five teams with one final berth 5


RECENT FINALS
	Winner					Runner-up
2012 	Zambia		0-0 (Penalties 8-7) 	Cote d’Ivoire
2013 	Nigeria		1-0 			Burkina Faso
2015 	Cote d’Ivoire 	0-0 (Pens 9-8)		Ghana
2017 	Cameroon 	2-1 			Egypt
2019 	Algeria		1-0			Senegal


Riyad Mahrez Algeria

Attacking talent with English Premier League leaders Manchester City

Algeria are unbeaten in 33 matches and could break Italy’s 37-game world record at tournament


Format expanded in 2019 to 24 teams. Two debutants here take total of competing nations to 44

 
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TEAM RECORDS
2021 teams only		Win-Draw-Loss
1 Egypt (Rank 45*) 	56 18 26 
2 Ghana (52) 		54 20 25
3 Nigeria (36)		51 21 21
4 Cote d’Ivoire (56) 	42 25 28 
5 Cameroon (50)		41 28 15 
6 Algeria (29)		28 21 25
7 Morocco (28)		24 23 18 
8 Tunisia (30)		23 28 24 
9 Senegal (20)		23 14 23 
10 Mali (53)		17 17 16 
11 Guinea (81)		12 16 15
12 Ethiopia (137)	 8  3 17 
13 Burkina Faso (60) 	 7 13 21 
14 Sudan (125)		 7  6 11 
15 Gabon (89)		 6  7  8 
16 Eq. Guinea (114) 	 4  3  3
17 Zimbabwe (121) 	 2  2  8 
18 Cape Verde (73) 	 1  5  1 
19 Malawi (129)		 1  1  4 
20 S. Leone (108) 	 1  1  3 
21 Mauritania (103) 	 0  2  1 
22 G-Bissau (106) 	 0  2  4
23 Comoros (132) 	Debut
24 Gambia (150)		Debut


*FIFA ranking Dec 2021


Sources: AFCON, Transfermarkt, FIFA
Picture: Getty Images
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