Sudan at the Africa Cup of Nations

Sudan is one of the first countries to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, and was also the first host country, when Sudan hosted it in 1957.[1] During 1950s to 1970s, Sudan was one of Africa's best teams, and had won the tournament in the 1970 also held at home just after Gaafar Nimeiry's coup, with its greatest striker being Mustafa Azhari Alawad.[2] However, after 1970, with Mustafa's retirement, the Sudanese team began to suffer a long decline and Sudan would lose status as a major African power to the hand of other African teams. Overall, Sudan had to wait for 32 years after qualifying to the 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 losses.[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 record
Appearances: 10
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
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
1992
1994
1996
1998 Withdrew during qualifying
2000 Did not enter
2002 Did not qualify
2004
2006
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
2017
2019
2021 Group stage 20th 3 0 1 2 1 4
2023 Did not qualify
2025 Qualified
2027 To be determined
Total 1 Title 10/35 27 7 7 13 29 42

Squads

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 Nasr El-Din Abbas (x2)
Ibrahim Yahia El-Kuwarti
Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim
1 December 1963 Accra Final  Ghana 0–3 Edward Aggrey-Fynn
Edward Acquah (x2)
1970 6 February 1970 Khartoum Group stage  Ethiopia 3–0 Ali Gagarin
Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul
Nasr El-Din Abbas
8 February 1970  Ivory Coast 0–1 François Tahi
10 February 1970  Cameroon 2–1 Nasr El-Din Abbas
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
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 Stophira Sunzu
Christopher Katongo
James Chamanga
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

  1. ^ "Afcon 1957, where it all began". January 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "BBC World Service - Africa - Sudan 1970 - Power games in Khartoum". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Africa Cup of Nations: Sudan make history to qualify". January 30, 2012 – via www.bbc.com.
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