Comoros at the Africa Cup of Nations

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Comoros participated in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in the 2021 edition in Cameroon.

Summary[edit]

Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Part of  France Part of  France
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962
Ghana 1963
Tunisia 1965
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970
Egypt 1974
Ethiopia 1976 Not a member of CAF Not a member of CAF
Ghana 1978
Nigeria 1980
Libya 1982
Ivory Coast 1984
Egypt 1986
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996
Burkina Faso 1998
Ghana Nigeria 2000
Mali 2002
Tunisia 2004 did not enter did not enter
Egypt 2006
Ghana 2008
Angola 2010 did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 10
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 6 0 1 5 2 14
South Africa 2013 did not enter did not enter
Equatorial Guinea 2015 did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Gabon 2017 6 1 0 5 2 7
Egypt 2019 8 2 3 3 8 10
Cameroon 2021 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 4 7 Squad 6 2 3 1 4 6
Ivory Coast 2023 to be determined 4 1 0 3 4 7
Morocco 2025 to be determined to be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027 to be determined to be determined
Total Round of 16 1/34 4 1 0 3 4 7 — 34 6 8 20 23 56

2021 African Cup of Nations[edit]

Comoros against Cameroon at the round of 16.
Defender Chaker Alhadhur participated in the round of 16 match against Cameroon as a goalkeeper.

The Comoros are in Group C of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in January and February 2022 in Cameroon. Their first match sees them losing to Gabon 1–0.[1] The second match also ended with a 2–0 defeat against Morocco,[2] despite a noteworthy match by goalkeeper Salim Ben Boina, elected man of the match.[3] The third match opposes the Comorians to Ghana.[4] This meeting, where Salim Ben Boina is out through injury, ends with a historic victory for the Comorians 3–2, including 2 goals from Ahmed Mogni, eliminating Ghana, and allowing the Cœlacanthes to finish third in the group.

The selection finished fourth best third in the competition and qualified for the round of 16, which pitted them against the host country, Cameroon. Already deprived of Faïz Selemani, suspended, the Comorians have twelve positive cases of COVID-19 in their selection before the match, including all the goalkeepers available. On the same day, Ali Ahamada tested negative, but a same-day protocol change by the Confederation of African Football made him ineligible for the match, angering observers; it is then the defender Chaker Alhadhur who takes place in the goals.[5] Despite all these adventures and an exclusion from the outset of captain Nadjim Abdou, the Comorians lost by the smallest of margins, by 2–1.[6]

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Gabon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Comoros 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Ghana 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Comoros 0–1 Gabon
Report Boupendza 16'
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Morocco 2–0 Comoros
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Ghana 2–3 Comoros
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

Round of 16[edit]

Cameroon 2–1 Comoros
 Report Y. M'Changama 81'

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player 2021 Goals
1 Ahmed Mogni 2 2
2 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane 1 1
Youssouf M'Changama 1 1
Total 4 4

Squads[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Gabon's Panthers register win against Comoros in opening match". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  2. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco beat resilient Comoros to book knockout place". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  3. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 14, 2022). "Historic Performance Salim Ben Boina earned the TotalEnergies Man of the Match award after his super performance against #TeamMorocco! #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 | #AFCON2021 | #MARCOM | #TeamComoros | @Football2Gether" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Comoros sink Ghana and record historic win". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  5. ^ Dover, Ed (24 January 2022). "Comoros forced to start outfield player in goal against Cameroon in AFCON round of 16". ESPN. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Cameroon beat brave Comoros to clinch a quarter final place". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
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