Comoros at the Africa Cup of Nations

Comoros participated in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in the 2021 edition in Cameroon.

Summary edit

Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
  1957 Part of   France Part of   France
  1959
  1962
  1963
  1965
  1968
  1970
  1974
  1976 Not a member of CAF Not a member of CAF
  1978
  1980
  1982
  1984
  1986
  1988
  1990
  1992
  1994
  1996
  1998
    2000
  2002
  2004 did not enter did not enter
  2006
  2008
  2010 did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 10
    2012 6 0 1 5 2 14
  2013 did not enter did not enter
  2015 did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
  2017 6 1 0 5 2 7
  2019 8 2 3 3 8 10
  2021 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 4 7 Squad 6 2 3 1 4 6
  2023 to be determined 4 1 0 3 4 7
  2025 to be determined to be determined
      2027 to be determined to be determined
Total Round of 16 1/34 4 1 0 3 4 7 34 6 8 20 23 56

2021 African Cup of Nations edit

 
Comoros against Cameroon at the round of 16.
 
Defender Chaker Alhadhur participated in the round of 16 match against Cameroon as a goalkeeper.

The Comoros are in Group C of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in January and February 2022 in Cameroon. Their first match sees them losing to Gabon 1–0.[1] The second match also ended with a 2–0 defeat against Morocco,[2] despite a noteworthy match by goalkeeper Salim Ben Boina, elected man of the match.[3] The third match opposes the Comorians to Ghana.[4] This meeting, where Salim Ben Boina is out through injury, ends with a historic victory for the Comorians 3–2, including 2 goals from Ahmed Mogni, eliminating Ghana, and allowing the Cœlacanthes to finish third in the group.

The selection finished fourth best third in the competition and qualified for the round of 16, which pitted them against the host country, Cameroon. Already deprived of Faïz Selemani, suspended, the Comorians have twelve positive cases of COVID-19 in their selection before the match, including all the goalkeepers available. On the same day, Ali Ahamada tested negative, but a same-day protocol change by the Confederation of African Football made him ineligible for the match, angering observers; it is then the defender Chaker Alhadhur who takes place in the goals.[5] Despite all these adventures and an exclusion from the outset of captain Nadjim Abdou, the Comorians lost by the smallest of margins, by 2–1.[6]

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Gabon 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3   Comoros 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Ghana 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Comoros  0–1  Gabon
Report Boupendza   16'

Morocco  2–0  Comoros
Report

Ghana  2–3  Comoros
Report

Round of 16 edit

Cameroon  2–1  Comoros
Report Y. M'Changama   81'

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player 2021 Goals
1 Ahmed Mogni 2 2
2 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane 1 1
Youssouf M'Changama 1 1
Total 4 4

Squads edit

References edit

  1. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Gabon's Panthers register win against Comoros in opening match". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  2. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Morocco beat resilient Comoros to book knockout place". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  3. ^ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (January 14, 2022). "Historic Performance Salim Ben Boina earned the TotalEnergies Man of the Match award after his super performance against #TeamMorocco! #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 | #AFCON2021 | #MARCOM | #TeamComoros | @Football2Gether" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Comoros sink Ghana and record historic win". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  5. ^ Dover, Ed (24 January 2022). "Comoros forced to start outfield player in goal against Cameroon in AFCON round of 16". ESPN. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Cameroon beat brave Comoros to clinch a quarter final place". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.