Niger at the Africa Cup of Nations

Niger has participated in two Africa Cup of Nations, the 2012 and 2013 editions. Historically, Niger has been considered a much weaker side in the strong West African Football Union, and didn't have much success in major tournament's qualification. Until 2010s, Niger had never qualified for any AFCON editions. However, Niger produced a stunning qualifying run in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, overcame giants like Egypt and South Africa to book its final debut,[1] where they lost all three matches.[2] Niger once again participated a year in later in the same edition, obtained one point[3] though unable to prevent early elimination.[4] Since then, Niger haven't qualified for the tournament.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1957 – 1959 Part of  France
1962 – 1965 Not affiliated to CAF
1968 Did not enter
1970 – 1972 Did not qualify
1974 Withdrew
1976 Did not qualify
1978 – 1980 Withdrew
1982 Did not enter
1984 Did not qualify
1986 – 1990 Did not enter
1992 – 1994 Did not qualify
1996 Withdrew during qualifying
1998 Disqualified for withdrawing in 1996
2000 –
2010 		Did not qualify
2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 5
2013 15th 3 0 1 2 0 4
2015 – 2025 Did not qualify
2027 To be determined
2029
Total Group stage 2/35 6 0 1 5 1 9

By match

Part Year No.  Stage Date Opponent Result Niger scorers
1 2012 1 Group stage 23 January 2012  Gabon 0–2 —
2 Group stage 27 January 2012  Tunisia 1–2 N'Gounou 9'
3 Group stage 31 January 2012  Morocco 0–1 —
2 2013 4 Group stage 20 January 2013  Mali 0–1 —
5 Group stage 24 January 2013  DR Congo 0–0 —
6 Group stage 28 January 2013  Ghana 0–3 —

Tournaments

2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Gabon (H) 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tunisia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Morocco 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Niger 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Hosts
Gabon 2–0 Niger
Aubameyang 31'
N'Guéma 42'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000[5]
Niger 1–2 Tunisia
N'Gounou 9' Report Msakni 4'
Jemâa 89'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Niger 0–1 Morocco
Report Belhanda 78'
Attendance: 4,000[5]

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mali 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  DR Congo 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Niger 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Mali 1–0 Niger
Keita 84' Report
Attendance: 20,000[6]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Niger 0–0 DR Congo
Report
Attendance: 12,000[6]
Niger 0–3 Ghana
Report Gyan 6'
Atsu 23'
Boye 49'
Attendance: 10,000[6]

Goalscorers

Rank Player 2012 2013 Goals
1 William N'Gounou 1 1
Total 1 1

Squads

References

  1. ^ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations team profiles: Focus on Niger's AFCON history". www.livesoccertv.com.
  2. ^ "African Nations Cup: Morocco sink Niger for late pride". January 30, 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ "African Nations Cup: Niger pick up their first ever point after 0-0 draw with DR Congo". Sky Sports.
  4. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Ghana 3-0 Niger". January 28, 2013 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ a b "2012 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference espn 2013 afcon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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