1988 African Cup of Nations

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1988 African Cup of Nations
كـــأس الأمـــم الأفـــريـــقـــيـــة 1988
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1988
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates 13 March - 27 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon (2nd title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Algeria
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 23 (1.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Roger Milla
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Traoré
Egypt Gamal Abdelhamid
(2 goals)
Best player Morocco Aziz Bouderbala
← 1986
1990 →

The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohamed V. Cameroon won its second championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1-0.

Contents

Qualified teams [edit]

Main article: 1988 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Squads [edit]

Main article: 1988 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues [edit]

Casablanca
Locations of the 1990 African Cup of Nations venues
 Rabat
Stade Mohamed V Stade Moulay Abdellah
Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 52,000
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Group stage [edit]

Group A [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Ivory Coast 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
 Zaire 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
13 March 1988
 Morocco  1 – 1  Zaire Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)
Merry Goal 43' (pen.) Report Goal 88' Muntubila
13 March 1988
 Ivory Coast  1 – 1  Algeria Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
A. Traoré Goal 48' Report Goal 16' Belloumi
16 March 1988
 Ivory Coast  1 – 1  Zaire Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)
A. Traoré Goal 74' Report Goal 37' Kabongo
16 March 1988
 Morocco  1 – 0  Algeria Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
El Haddaoui Goal 52' Report
19 March 1988
 Algeria  1 – 0  Zaire Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Hugues Joseph Mongbo (Benin)
Ferhaoui Goal 36' Report
19 March 1988
 Morocco  0 – 0  Ivory Coast Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
Report

Group B [edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 4
 Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 3
 Kenya 3 0 1 2 0 6 -6 1
14 March 1988
 Cameroon  1 – 0  Egypt Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
Milla Goal 5' Report
14 March 1988
 Nigeria  3 – 0  Kenya Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
Yekini Goal 6'
Edobor Goal 13'
Okosieme Goal 33'		 Report
17 March 1988
 Cameroon  1 – 1  Nigeria Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)
Milla Goal 21' Report Okwaraji Goal 2'
17 March 1988
 Egypt  3 – 0  Kenya Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba (Congo)
Abdelhamid Goal 2', 65'
Younes Goal 58'		 Report
20 March 1988
 Cameroon  0 – 0  Kenya Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Badou Jasseh (Gambia)
Report
20 March 1988
 Nigeria  0 – 0  Egypt Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ali Bangoura (Guinea)
Report

Knockout stage [edit]

  Semi-finals Final
23 March – Rabat
  Nigeria (p)  1 (9)  
  Algeria  1 (8)  
 
27 March – Casablanca
      Cameroon  1
    Nigeria  0
Third place
23 March – Casablanca 26 March – Casablanca
  Morocco  0   Morocco  1 (3)
  Cameroon  1     Algeria (p)  1 (4)

Semi-Finals [edit]

23 March 1988
 Nigeria  1 – 1  Algeria Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
Belgharbi Goal 36' (o.g.) Report Goal 86' Maâtar
  Penalties  
Eguavoen Penalty scored
Adeshina Penalty missed
Uwe Penalty scored
Sofoluwe Penalty missed
Yekini Penalty scored
Okwaraji Penalty scored
Nwosu Penalty scored
Omokaro Penalty scored
Okafor Penalty scored
Rufai Penalty scored
Eguavoen Penalty scored		 9 – 8 Penalty scored Belloumi
Penalty missed Belgherbi
Penalty missed Maâtar
Penalty scored Yahi
Penalty scored Menad
Penalty scored Bouafia
Penalty scored Medane
Penalty scored Chaib
Penalty scored Megharia
Penalty scored Drid
Penalty missed Belloumi
23 March 1988
 Morocco  0 – 1  Cameroon Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)
Report Goal 78' Makanaky

3rd place match [edit]

26 March 1988
 Morocco  1 – 1  Algeria Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)
Nader Goal 67' Report Goal 87' Belloumi
  Penalties  
El Gharef Penalty missed
Benabicha Penalty missed
Ouadani Penalty scored
El Maataoui Penalty scored
Timoumi Penalty scored
Nader Penalty missed		 3 – 4 Penalty scored Yahi
Penalty missed Djahmoune
Penalty scored Merzekane
Penalty scored Chaib
Penalty missed Megharia
Penalty scored Belgherbi

Final [edit]

27 March 1988
 Cameroon  1 – 0  Nigeria Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Kundé Goal 55' (pen.) Report

Winners [edit]

 African Cup of Nations 1988 Champions 

Cameroon
2nd title

Top scorers [edit]

2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the Tournament [edit]

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links [edit]
Tournaments
Qualification
Finals
Squads
Statistics
No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only.
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