Niger at the Africa Cup of Nations

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William N'Gounou, scored Niger's only goal in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Niger has participated in two Africa Cup of Nations, the 2012 and 2013 editions. Historically, Niger has been considered a much weaker side in the strong West African Football Union, and didn't have much success in major tournament's qualification. Until 2010s, Niger had never qualified for any AFCON editions. However, Niger produced a stunning qualifying run in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, overcame giants like Egypt and South Africa to book its final debut,[1] where they lost all three matches.[2] Niger once again participated a year in later in the same edition, obtained one point[3] though unable to prevent early elimination.[4] Since then, Niger haven't qualified for the tournament.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 – United Arab Republic 1959 Part of File:Flag of France.svg France
Ethiopia 1962 – Tunisia 1965 Not affiliated to CAF
Ethiopia 1968 Did not enter
Sudan 1970 – Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify
Egypt 1974 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1976 Did not qualify
Ghana 1978 – Nigeria 1980 Withdrew
Libya 1982 Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986 – Algeria 1990 Did not enter
Senegal 1992 – Tunisia 1994 Did not qualify
South Africa 1996 Withdrew during qualifying
Burkina Faso 1998 Disqualified for withdrawing in 1996
Ghana Nigeria 2000 –
Angola 2010 		Did not qualify
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5
South Africa 2013 15th 3 0 1 2 0 4
Equatorial Guinea 2015 – Ivory Coast 2023 Did not qualify
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
File:Flag placeholder.svg 2029
Total Group stage 2/34 6 0 1 5 1 9

By match

Part Year No.  Stage Date Opponent Result Niger scorers
1 Equatorial GuineaGabon 2012 1 Group stage 23 January 2012 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 0–2 —
2 Group stage 27 January 2012 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–2 N'Gounou File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'
3 Group stage 31 January 2012 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 0–1 —
2 South Africa 2013 4 Group stage 20 January 2013 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 0–1 —
5 Group stage 24 January 2013 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 0–0 —
6 Group stage 28 January 2013 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 0–3 —

Tournaments

2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (H) 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Gabon File:Flag of Gabon.svg2–0File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Aubameyang File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
N'Guéma File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000[5]
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg1–2File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
N'Gounou File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Report Msakni File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Jemâa File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg0–1File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Report Belhanda File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Attendance: 4,000[5]

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg1–0File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Keita File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Report
Attendance: 20,000[6]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg0–0File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
Report
Attendance: 12,000[6]
Niger File:Flag of Niger.svg0–3File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Report Gyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'
Atsu File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Boye File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Attendance: 10,000[6]

Goalscorers

Rank Player 2012 2013 Goals
1 William N'Gounou 1 1
Total 1 1

Squads

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations team profiles: Focus on Niger's AFCON history". www.livesoccertv.com.
  2. ↑ "African Nations Cup: Morocco sink Niger for late pride". January 30, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "African Nations Cup: Niger pick up their first ever point after 0-0 draw with DR Congo". Sky Sports.
  4. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Ghana 3-0 Niger". January 28, 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2012 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named espn 2013 afcon
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