2004 African Cup of Nations

كـــأس الأمـــم الأفـــريـــقـــيـــة 2004 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2004
African Cup of Nations 2004 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	24 January – 14 February
Teams	16
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	88 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	553,500 (17,297 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos (4 goals)
← 2002 2006 →

The 2004 African Cup of Nations was the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia won their first title, beating Morocco in the final 2-1.^[1]

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Squads 3 Host Cities & Venues 4 Venues 5 Matches 5.1 Group stage 5.1.1 Group A 5.1.2 Group B 5.1.3 Group C 5.1.4 Group D 5.2 Knockout stage 5.2.1 Quarter-finals 5.2.2 Semi-finals 5.2.3 Third place playoff 5.2.4 Final 6 Winners 7 Goalscorers 8 CAF Team of the Tournament 9 References 10 External links

Qualification

Algeria  Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon (holders)  Congo DR  Egypt  Guinea  Kenya

Mali  Morocco  Nigeria  Rwanda  Senegal  South Africa  Tunisia (hosts)  Zimbabwe

Squads

Host Cities & Venues

Venues

Radès, Tunis	Tunis Sousse Sfax Monastir Bizerte	Tunis
Stade 7 Novembre		Stade El Menzah
Capacity: 65,000		Capacity: 45,000
Sousse		Sfax
Stade Olympique de Sousse		Stade Taïeb El Mhiri
Capacity: 30,000		Capacity: 30,000
Monastir		Bizerte
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet		Stade 15 Octobre
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 20,000

Matches

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local : CET (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Guinea	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Rwanda	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Congo DR	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

24 January 2004 19:30	Tunisia	2 – 1	Rwanda	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
	Jaziri  27' Santos  57'		41' Ntaganda

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25 January 2004 14:00	Congo DR	1 – 2	Guinea	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Masudi  35'		68' T. Camara  81' Feindouno

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28 January 2004 14:00	Rwanda	1 – 1	Guinea	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
	K. Kamanzi  90+3'		49' T. Camara

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28 January 2004 16:15	Tunisia	3 – 0	Congo DR	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Santos  55', 87' Braham  65'

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1 February 2004 14:00	Tunisia	1 – 1	Guinea	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Hailemalek Tessama (Ethiopia)
	Ben Achour  58'		84' T. Camara

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1 February 2004 14:00	Rwanda	1 – 0	Congo DR	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 700 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
	Makasi  74'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Kenya	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Burkina Faso	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

26 January 2004 14:00	Kenya	1 – 3	Mali	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hailemalak Tessema (Ethiopia)
	Rashid  58'		28' Sissoko  63', 81' Kanouté

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26 January 2004 19:00	Senegal	0 – 0	Burkina Faso	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

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30 January 2004 14:00	Senegal	3 – 0	Kenya	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Niang  4', 31' P. B. Diop  19'

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30 January 2004 19:00	Burkina Faso	1 – 3	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Minoungou  50'		34' Kanouté  37' Diarra  78' S. Coulibaly

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2 February 2004 14:00	Senegal	1 – 1	Mali	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 7,550 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
	Beye  45+2'		34' D. Traoré

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2 February 2004 14:00	Burkina Faso	0 – 3	Kenya	Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte Attendance: 4,550 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
			51' Ake  64' Oliech  83' Baraza

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
Algeria	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3

25 January 2004 16:30	Zimbabwe	1 – 2	Egypt	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
	P. Ndlovu  46'		58' T. Abdel Hamid  63' Barakat

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25 January 2004 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 1	Algeria	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	M'Boma  43'		52' Zafour

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29 January 2004 16:30	Cameroon	5 – 3	Zimbabwe	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)
	M'Boma  31', 44', 65' M'Bami  40', 67'		8', 47' (pen.) P. Ndlovu  89' Nyandoro

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29 January 2004 19:00	Algeria	2 – 1	Egypt	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Mamouni  13' Achiou  86'		25' Belal

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3 February 2004 14:00	Cameroon	0 – 0	Egypt	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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3 February 2004 14:00	Algeria	1 – 2	Zimbabwe	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Achiou  73'		65' A. Ndlovu  71' Lupahla

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Benin	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

27 January 2004 14:00	Nigeria	0 – 1	Morocco	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
			77' Hadji

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27 January 2004 18:00	South Africa	2 – 0	Benin	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
	Nomvethe  58', 76'

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31 January 2004 14:00	Nigeria	4 – 0	South Africa	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Yobo  4' Okocha  64' (pen.) Odemwingie  81', 83'

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31 January 2004 18:00	Morocco	4 – 0	Benin	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Chamakh  17' Mokhtari  73' Ouaddou  75' El Karkouri  80'

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4 February 2004 18:00	Morocco	1 – 1	South Africa	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
	Safri  38' (pen.)		29' Mayo

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4 February 2004 18:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Benin	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Lawal  35' Utaka  76'		90' Latoundji

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 February – Radès
	Tunisia	1
					11 February – Radès
	Senegal	0
					Tunisia (p)	1 (5)
	8 February – Monastir
					Nigeria	1 (3)
	Cameroon	1
									14 February – Radès
	Nigeria	2
									Tunisia	2
	8 February – Sfax
									Morocco	1
	Morocco (aet)	3
					11 February – Sousse
	Algeria	1
					Morocco	4			Third place
	7 February – Tunis
					Mali	0
	Mali	2							Nigeria	2
	Guinea	1							Mali	1
									13 February – Monastir

Quarter-finals

7 February 2004 14:00	Mali	2 – 1	Guinea	Stade El Menzah, Tunis Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
	Kanouté  45' Diarra  90'		15' Feindouno

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7 February 2004 17:00	Tunisia	1 – 0	Senegal	Stade 7 Novembre, Rades Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Mnari  65'

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8 February 2004 14:00	Cameroon	1 – 2	Nigeria	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 14,750 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Eto'o  42'		45' Okocha  73' Utaka

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8 February 2004 17:00	Morocco	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Chamakh  90' Hadji  113' Zairi  120'		84' Cherrad

Semi-finals

11 February 2004 16:00	Tunisia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Badra  82'		67' Okocha
		Penalties
	Badra Santos Mhedhebi Ben Achour Haggui	5 – 3	Utaka Odemwingie Yobo Udeze

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11 February 2004 19:00	Morocco	4 – 0	Mali	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Abubakar Sharaf (Côte d'Ivoire)
	Mokhtari  44', 58' Hadji  80' Baha  90+1'

Third place playoff

13 February 2004 20:00	Nigeria	2 – 1	Mali	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
	Okocha  16' Odemwingie  52'		70' Abouta

Final

14 February 2004 14:30	Tunisia	2 – 1	Morocco	Stade 7 Novembre, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
	Santos  5' Jaziri  52'		38' Mokhtari

Winners

2004 African Cup of Nations Champions
Tunisia 1st title

Goalscorers

4 goals

Patrick M'Boma Frédéric Kanouté

Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos

Youssef Mokhtari

3 goals

Aboubacar Titi Camara Youssouf Hadji

Osaze Odemwingie

Peter Ndlovu

2 goals

Hocine Achiou Modeste M'Bami Mahamadou Diarra

Marouane Chamakh John Utaka Mamadou Niang

Siyabonga Nomvete Ziad Jaziri Pascal Feindouno

1 goal

Abdelmalek Cherrad Mamar Mamouni Brahim Zafour Moussa Latoundji Dieudonné Minoungou Samuel Eto'o Alain Masudi Tamer Abdel Hamid Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Belal Mohamed Rashid John Braza Emmanuel Ake

Dennis Oliech Sedonoude Abouta Soumaïla Coulibaly Mohamed Sissoko Dramane Traoré Nabil Baha Talal El Karkouri Abdeslam Ouaddou Youssef Safri Jawad Zairi Garba Lawal Joseph Yobo Joao Henriette Elias

Karim Kamanzi Saïd Abed Makasi Habib Beye Papa Bouba Diop Patrick Mayo Khaled Badra Selim Ben Achour Najeh Braham Jawhar Mnari Joel Lupahla Adam Ndlovu Esrom Nyandoro

Own goal

• Anicet Adjamossi (against Morocco) ¹

¹Possibly 2nd goal Anicet Adjamossi 73og against Morocco

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

• Vincent Enyeama

Defenders

• Hoalid Regragui
• Khaled Badra
• Abdeslam Ouaddou
• Timothée Atouba

Midfielders

• Karim Ziani
• Riadh Bouazizi
• Jay-Jay Okocha
• John Utaka

Forwards

• Frédéric Kanouté
• Youssef Hadji

References

External links

• Details at RSSSF