Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon… Full list of AFCON winners since 1957

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is the most prestigious international men’s football competition in Africa and it is contested by the member nations of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The tournament started in 1957 with just three nations (Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia) participating in the inaugural edition, since then, the competition has turned to be the biggest football event in Africa and now has 24 countries in the main draw and 52 in the qualifiers.

AFCON has been held 33 times and 14 different countries have lifted the title till now. Egypt is the first AFCON winners after beating Ethiopia 4-0 in the final of the first edition and they are also the most successful nation in the competition with seven titles followed by Cameroon that have won the championship five times. After 16 trials, Senegal finally won their first AFCON by beating Egypt 1-0 in the last edition of the competition hosted by Cameroon in 2021.
Here are the winners of every Africa Cup of Nations tournament since it’s inception:
Year – Winner
1957 – Egypt
1959 – United Arab Republic
1962 – Ethiopia
1963 – Ghana
1965 – Ghana
1968 – DR Congo
1970 – Sudan
1972 – Congo
1974 – DR Congo
1976 – Morocco
1978 – Ghana
1980 – Nigeria
1982 – Ghana
1984 – Cameroon
1986 – Egypt
1988 – Cameroon
1990 – Algeria
1992 – Ivory Coast
1994 – Nigeria
1996 – South Africa
1998 – Egypt
2000 – Cameroon
2002 – Cameroon
2004 – Tunisia
2006 – Egypt
2008 – Egypt
2010 – Egypt
2012 – Zambia
2013 – Nigeria
2015 – Ivory Coast
2017 – Cameroon
2019 – Algeria
2021 – Senegal

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