Sudan at the Africa Cup of Nations
1976 Africa Cup of Nations to make its return in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, where it finished bottom with three straight 0–3 loss.[3] Sudan would soon manage its best performance up to date in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, reaching the quarter-finals in modern era, before suffers tremendous crisis that continue to hinder the growth of Sudanese football.[3]
Overall record
| Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 9 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1957 |
Third place | 3rd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1959 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1962 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1963 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
1965 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1968
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1970 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
1972 |
Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
1974 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1976 |
Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
1978 |
Withdrew | |||||||
1980 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1982 |
Did not enter | |||||||
1984 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1986 |
Withdrew | |||||||
1988 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
1990
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1992
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1994
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1996
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1998 |
Withdrew during qualifying | |||||||
2000 |
Did not enter | |||||||
2002 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
2004
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 2006
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 2008 |
Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
 2010 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
  2012 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
 2013 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2015
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| 2017
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| 2019
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 2021 |
Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 2023 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 |
To be determined | |||||||
   2027
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| Total | 1 Title | 9/36 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 42 |
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Tournaments
| AFCON edition | Date | Location | Stage | Opponent | Result | Sudan scorers | Opponent scorers |
1957 |
10 February 1957 | Khartoum | Semi-finals |  Egypt |
1–2 | Boraî Bashir | Raafat Attia Ad-Diba |
1959 |
25 May 1959 | Cairo | Final tournament |  Ethiopia |
1–0 | Abdul Muttalib Naser | |
| 29 May 1959 |  United Arab Republic |
1–2 | Siddiq Manzul | Essam Baheeg (x2) | |||
1963 |
26 November 1963 | Kumasi | Group stage | United Arab Republic |
2–2 | Nasr El-Din Abbas (x2) |
Hassan El-Shazly Mohamed Morsi Hussein |
| 28 November 1963 |  Nigeria |
4–0 | |||||
| 1 December 1963 | Accra | Final | Ghana |
0–3 | Edward Aggrey-Fynn Edward Acquah (x2) | ||
1970 |
6 February 1970 | Khartoum | Group stage | Ethiopia |
3–0 | Nasr El-Din Abbas |
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| 8 February 1970 | Ivory Coast |
0–1 | François Tahi | ||||
| 10 February 1970 |  Cameroon |
2–1 | Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul |
Jean-Marie Tsébo | |||
| 14 February 1970 | Semi-finals | United Arab Republic |
2–1 ( a.e.t. ) |
Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir (x2) | Hassan El-Shazly | ||
| 16 February 1970 | Final | Ghana |
1–0 | Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul |
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1972 |
25 February 1972 | Douala | Group stage |  Zaire |
1–1 | Hasab El-Rasoul Omar | Mayanga Maku |
| 27 February 1972 | Morocco |
1–1 | Bushara Abdel-Nadief | Ahmed Faras | |||
| 29 February 1972 |  Congo |
2–4 | Kamal Abdel Wahab Ahmed Bushara Wahba |
Jean-Michel M'Bono (x2) François M'Pelé Jonas Bahamboula | |||
1976 |
1 March 1976 | Dire Dawa | Group stage | Morocco |
2–2 | Ali Gagarin (x2) (p) | Mustapha Fetoui Ahmed Abouali |
| 4 March 1976 | Nigeria |
0–1 | Thompson Usiyan | ||||
| 6 March 1976 | Zaire |
1–1 | Ali Gagarin | Ndaye Mulamba | |||
| 2008 |
22 January 2008 | Kumasi | Group stage |  Zambia |
0–3 | James Chamanga Jacob Mulenga Felix Katongo | |
| 26 January 2008 | Egypt |
0–3 | Hosny Abd Rabo Mohamed Aboutrika (x2) | ||||
| 30 January 2008 | Tamale | Cameroon |
0–3 | Samuel Eto'o (x2) (p) Mohammed Ali El Khider (o.g.) | |||
| 2012 |
22 January 2012 | Malabo | Group stage | Ivory Coast |
0–1 | Didier Drogba | |
| 26 January 2012 | Angola |
2–2 | Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (x2) | Manucho (x2) (p) | |||
| 30 January 2012 | Bata |  Burkina Faso |
2–1 | Mudather El Tahir (x2) | Issiaka Ouédraogo | ||
| 30 January 2012 | Quarter-finals | Zambia |
0–3 | ||||
| 2021 |
11 January 2022 | Garoua | Group stage |  Guinea-Bissau |
0–0 | ||
| 15 January 2022 | Nigeria |
1–3 | Walieldin Khedr (p) | Samuel Chukwueze Taiwo Awoniyi Moses Simon | |||
| 15 January 2022 | Yaoundé | Egypt |
0–1 | Mohamed Abdelmonem |
References
- ^ "Afcon 1957, where it all began". January 15, 2017.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Africa - Sudan 1970 - Power games in Khartoum". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Africa Cup of Nations: Sudan make history to qualify". January 30, 2012 – via www.bbc.com.
External links
- Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com