AFCON history (1): information, statistics and different AFCON records (videos)

From January 13 and, the Eagles of Carthage, like the other major teams of the continent namely Senegal, Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, will also have a look at some records to be broken in this contest born in 1957.

Our colleague Mohamed Ali Taleb has conveyed together some records (video), statistics and information (video) from the African Football Cup of Nations.

RECORDS
– Number of participations: Egypt: 22 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 200 4, 2006, 2008 , 2010)
– Number of titles: Egypt: 7 (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
– Number of finals: Egypt and Ghana with 8 finals
– Number of finals in a row: Ghana with a series of 4 finals (1963, 1965, 1968, 1970);

– Top scorer: Samuel Eto’o (CMR): 18 goals
– Best scorer in a tournament: Pierre Ndaye Mulamba (ex-Zaire): 9 goals in 1974
– Most successful players: 4 titles for Essam al-Hadary (EGY/1998, 2006, 2008, 2010) and Ahmed Hassan (EGY/1998, 2006, 2008, 2010);

– Player who played the most matches: Rigobert Song (CMR): 36 games
– Players who have played the most tournaments: 8 editions for Rigobert Song (CMR/1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
– Most successful coach: Charles Gyamfi with Ghana (1963, 1965 and 1982) and Hassan Shehata with Egypt (2006, 2006, 2010)
– Largest victory: 6-1 (Côte d’Ivoire-Ethiopia, group stage in 1970) and 5-0 (Côte d’Ivoire-Guinea, quarter-final in 2008);

– Most goals in a game: 9 goals (Egypt-Nigeria: 6-3, the group stage in 1963)
– Longest penalty shootout: 12-11 (Côte d’Ivoire-Cameroon, 1-1 AP, quarter-final in 2006)
– Fastest goal: 23rd second by Ayman Mansour for Egypt (4-0 against Gabon, group stage in 1994).