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.

Records

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 to Ethiopia 1968 Did not enter
Sudan 1970 Did not qualify
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1976 Did not qualify
Ghana 1978 Withdrew
Nigeria 1980
Libya 1982 Did not enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify
Egypt 1986 Did not enter
Morocco 1988
Algeria 1990
Senegal 1992 Did not qualify
Tunisia 1994
South Africa 1996 Withdrew during qualifying
Burkina Faso 1998 Disqualified for withdrawing in 1996
Ghana Nigeria 2000 to
Angola 2010		 Did not qualify
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Group stage15th300315
South Africa 2013 15th301204
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Did not qualify
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019
Cameroon 2021
Ivory Coast 2023
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
TotalGroup stage2/36601519

Matches

2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Group A
Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Gabon 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
 Tunisia 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Morocco 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Niger 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:
AFCON editions Date Location Opponents Results Niger scorers Opponent scorers
Equatorial GuineaGabon 201223 January 2012Gabon Libreville Gabon0–2Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 31'
Stéphane N'Guéma 42'
27 January 2012 Tunisia1–2William N'Gounou 9'Youssef Msakni 4'
Issam Jemâa 89'
31 January 2012 Morocco0–1Younès Belhanda 78'

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana (A) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Mali (A) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 DR Congo 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Niger 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source:
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals
AFCON editions Date Location Opponents Results Niger scorers Opponent scorers
South Africa 201320 January 2013South Africa Port Elizabeth Mali0–1Seydou Keita 84'
24 January 2013 DR Congo0–0
28 January 2013 Ghana0–3Asamoah Gyan 6'
Christian Atsu 23'
John Boye 49'

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.
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