The 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men’s football championship will take place in Egypt.
The competition will be held from 21 June to 19 July 2019. We look at the previous record that have been set before.
here are the stats as per Ahram Online
Most titles won: 7 by Egypt in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Most tournament appearances: 23 by Egypt
1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017.
Most appearances in a final: 9 times
Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017.
Ghana: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2010, 2015.
Most goals in a single tournament:
54 in Egypt 1974, under the old eight-team system
99 in Ghana 2008, under the 16-team system
Longest penalty session: Ivory Coast v Cameroon 12-11 (1-1) in 2006
Highest attendance during a game: 120 000 spectators were in Cairo stadium to watch Egypt v Cameroon in 1986
Highest attendance in a tournament: 735000 spectators in 1980 (avg. 46000 spectators per game)
*Most matches played in the finals: 90 by Egypt
*Most wins: 54 by Egypt
*Most goals scored: 154 by Egypt
Most goals scored in one match: Egypt 6-3 Nigeria in 1963
Highest winning margin: Ivory Coast 6-1 Ethiopia in 1970
Longest unbeaten run: 25 matches for Egypt since their 2-1 defeat against Algeria in 2004 until their final defeat against Cameroon 2-1 in 2017.
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
All time scorer: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) 18 goals
Most goals scored in a final game: 4 by Mohamed Attar “El-Diba” (Egypt) against Ethiopia in 1957
Most goals scored in a single tournament: 9 by Mulumba N’Daye (Zaire) in 1974
Most goals scored in one match: 5 by Laurent Pokou in Ivory Coast win against Ethiopia 6-1 in 1970.
Fastest goal: Ayman Mansour (Egypt) after 23 seconds against Mozambique in 1994
Most Tournament Appearances: 8 by Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) and Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
Most matches Played by a player: 33 by Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
Most appearances in the final: 4 by Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) in 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Youngest ever player: Chiva Star Nzighou (Gabon), 16 years, 2 months, 30 days in 2000.
Oldest scorer in African Cup History: Hossam Hassan (Egypt), 39 years, 5 months, 24 days against DR Congo in 2006.
Oldest player in African Cup History: Essam El-Hadary (Egypt), 44 years, 2 days against Mali in 2017.
Longest run without conceding a goal: keeper Essam El-Hadary (Egypt), 675 minutes.
Clean sheets: Cote d’Ivoire’s Alain Guamene and Cameroon’s Alioum Boukar are the only keepers who won the titles in 1992 and 2002 without conceding a goal.
Title winner as player and coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary of Egypt in 1959 and 1998. Stephen Keshi of Nigeria in 1994 and 2013.
Most titles won by a player: 4 titles for Ahmed Hassan and Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)
Only Player to participate in 2 Tournaments 20 years apart: Hossam Hassan (Egypt) in 1986 and 2006
Only Player to win 2 Titles 20 years apart: Hossam Hassan (Egypt) in 1986 and 2006
Only Coach to win 2 titles with 2 different teams: Frenchman Herve Renard in 2012 with Zambia and 2015 with Ivory Coast.
Most Titles won by a coach: 3 by Hassan Shehata (Egypt) in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and Charles Gyamfi (Ghana) in 1963, 1965 and 1982
Most performances by a referee in the finals: 6 by Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia/Eritrea) in 1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986