1988 African Cup of Nations

1988 African Cup of Nations
Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football 1988
Tournament details
Host country  Morocco
Dates 13 March - 27 March
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Cameroon (2nd title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Algeria
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 23 (1.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lakhdar Belloumi
Roger Milla
Gamal Abdelhamid
Abdoulaye Traoré (2 goals)
Best player Aziz Bouderbala
1986
1990

The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohamed V. Cameroon won its second championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1-0.

Contents

Squads

Qualification

Qualified teams

First round

Group A

All matches played at Stade Mohamed V (55, 000), Casablanca.

M W D L GF GA Pts
 Morocco 3 1 2 0 2 1 4
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 2 2 3
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 3 0 2 2 3
 Zaire 3 0 2 1 2 3 2
13 March 1988
Morocco  1 – 1  Zaire Casablanca
Attendance: 49, 051
Abdelkrim Merry 43’ Vita Lutonadia 88’

13 March 1988
Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 1  Algeria Casablanca
Attendance: 15, 230
Abdoulaye Traore 48’ Lakhdar Belloumi 16’

16 March 1988
Côte d'Ivoire  1 – 1  Zaire Casablanca
Attendance: 9, 410
Abdoulaye Traore 74’ Eugène Kabongo 37’

16 March 1988
Morocco  1 – 0  Algeria Casablanca
Attendance: 43, 712
Mustafa El Haddaoui 52’

19 March 1988
Algeria  1 – 0  Zaire Casablanca
Attendance: 18, 563
Abdelkader Ferhaoui 36’

19 March 1988
Morocco  0 – 0  Côte d'Ivoire Casablanca
Attendance: 45, 742

Group B

All matches played at Stade Moulay Abdellah (40, 000), Rabat.

M W D L GF GA Pts
 Nigeria 3 1 2 0 4 1 4
 Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 1 4
 Egypt 3 1 1 1 3 1 3
 Kenya 3 0 1 2 0 6 1
14 March 1988
Cameroon  1 – 0  Egypt Rabat
Attendance: 29, 003
Roger Milla 5’

14 March 1988
Nigeria  3 – 0  Kenya Rabat
Attendance: 16, 567
Rashidi Yekini 6’
Humphrey Edobor 13’
Okosieme 33’

17 March 1988
Cameroon  1 – 1  Nigeria Rabat
Attendance: 24, 839
Roger Milla 21’ Samuel Okwaraji 2’

17 March 1988
Egypt  3 – 0  Kenya Rabat
Attendance: 18, 756
Gamal Abdelhamid 2’, 65'
Ayman Younes 58’

20 March 1988
Cameroon  0 – 0  Kenya Rabat
Attendance: 18, 768

20 March 1988
Nigeria  0 – 0  Egypt Rabat
Attendance: 11, 874

Semi-Finals

23 March 1988
Nigeria  1 – 1
(p.k. 9-8)
 Algeria Rabat
Attendance: 33, 788
Abdelrazak Belgharbi 36’ (own goal) Rachid Maatar 86'

23 March 1988
Morocco  0 – 1  Cameroon Casablanca
Attendance: 54, 023
Cyrille Makanaky 78’

3rd/4th places

26 March 1988
Morocco  1 – 1
(p.k. 3-4)
 Algeria Casablanca
Attendance: 40, 677
Hassen Nadir 67’ Lakhdar Belloumi 87'

Final

27 March 1988
Cameroon  1 – 0  Nigeria Casablanca
Attendance: 37, 647
Emmanuel Kundé 55’ (pen)

 African Cup of Nations 1988 Champions 

Cameroon
2nd title

Top scorers

2 goals

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links