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50 victories for visitors - AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS
The African Cup of Nations qualifiers concluded on Tuesday evening
(November 19) by the victory of the Senegal team against the Burundi team
on the score (2-0) thanks to a double from Habib Diarra in the 35th and 51st minutes.
The total number of goals scored during the qualifiers for the 35th edition stands at 332
goals in 151 matches played, not counting the Nigerian team's penal victory
against the Libyan team.
This is the seventh best goal total in playoff history
Including 15 goals in 8 matches played in the preliminary round (March 2024)
The second group, which included the teams of Morocco, Gabon, Lesotho
and Central Africa, remains the one who has scored the most goals among all
groups (12): 38 goals.
While the sixth group, which included the teams of Angola, Sudan,
Niger and Ghana, scored 21 goals.
The final phase, which will be held in Morocco at the end of next year, will see the
participation of 24 teams having already participated at least once in the Cup
of African nations.
Including the Egyptian team, which maintained its record in number of attendances:
27 times
He is pursued by the Ivory Coast national team (26 times)
As for the Tunisian team, it continues its record for the number of participations
consecutive finals: 17 times.
While the Comoros team records its second qualification for the phase
final, after having attended the previous edition.
The Botswana team returns to the African Cup of Nations after an absence
of 6 editions (the first participation in 2012).
The start of the qualifiers took place on Wednesday March 20, 2024, with the victory of
the Eswatini team over its host, the Somali team, with a score of (3-0) during a
match which took place in El Jadida, a Moroccan city on the first leg of the tour
preliminary which brought together 8 teams.
Striker Justice Figuareido scored the first goal of the qualifiers in the 33rd
minute
These qualifiers saw 50 victories for the visitors, including 25 victories in
matches played in neutral stadiums.
This is the most wins for visiting teams in history
qualifications, exceeding the number of the 2010 edition, whose qualifiers were
recorded 49 visitors' victories.
The Moroccan team dominated its group ranking with a full score (18
points in 6 matches), recording the highest score for a northern team
of the continent in the history of the qualifiers and equaling the number of teams
Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Senegal n previous qualifications, including
The last one was during the qualifications of the 2017 edition.
The Moroccan team also topped the list of all teams in
number of goals (26), achieving the highest score in a group comprising 4
teams in the history of the qualifiers, surpassing the record of the Algerian team
(25 goals) that she scored. during the 2017 playoffs.
Note that the Egyptian team scored 26 goals during the 2006 qualifiers
in a group which included 6 teams.
The Moroccan team recorded the biggest victory during the qualifiers of the
CAN of 2025, at the expense of the Lesotho team with a score of (7-0) during a
match which took place in the town of Oujda, thus equaling his largest victory
in the history of continental qualifiers after 45 years: June 1979, victory in
at the expense of the Togolese team with the same score.
The Moroccan team also achieved the largest goal difference in the
playoff history groups: +24.
The current qualifiers have seen 3 hat-tricks:
On October 12, Guinean Serhou Guirassy scored against the Ethiopian team
On November 18, Moroccan Brahim Diaz scored against the Lesotho team
On November 19, Malian Dorgeles Nene scored against the Eswatini team
Moroccan Brahim Diaz leads the scorers rankings with 7 goals,
in front of the Guinean Serhou Guirassy.
This is the highest total achieved by a Moroccan player in a single edition
in playoff history.
His 7 goals were detailed as follows:
3 right-footed goals
4 left-footed goals
2 goals in the goal area
5 goals in the remaining penalty area
2 goals in the right camp
5 goals in the left camp
2 goals in the second half
5 goals in the first half
On the other hand, the Liberian William Gibson is the youngest player to participate in the
playoffs in progress, at the age of 16 years and 116 days, during the match of the team
his country against the Djibouti team, which took place on March 20.
He is also the youngest scorer in this qualifier at the age of 16 and
289 days, against the Togolese team on September 6.
As for the Mozambican Elias Gaspar Pelembe “Domingues”, he was the player
oldest to have participated in the current qualifiers at the age of 41 years and 6 days during
of his country's team's match against the Malian team, played on September 6.
He is also the oldest scorer in this qualifier, at the age of 40.
and 336 days, against the Eswatini team on October 14.