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Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Gambia joined the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as the lowest-ranked team of the tournament as well as the lowest-ranked team ever to participate in AFCON.[1] They debuted with a 1–0 win over Mauritania followed by a 1–1 draw to Mali. Gambia qualified for the round of 16 with a game to spare and on 20 January defeated Tunisia 1–0 in their final group match.[2] They finished with the same points as Mali, which, however, won the group due to a better overall goal difference.[3]

Gambian fans at Japoma Stadium in Douala at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Gambia continued to impress in the round of 16, defeating Guinea 1–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament.[4][5] After a goalless first half, Gambia lost 2–0 to host Cameroon in the quarter-final in Douala.[6]

Records edit

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1957 to   1963 Part of United Kingdom
  1965 Not affiliated to CAF
  1968 to   1974 Did not enter
  1976 Did not qualify
  1978 Did not enter
  1980 to   1988 Did not qualify
  1990 Withdrew
  1992 Did not qualify
  1994 Did not enter
  1996 Withdrew during qualifying
  1998 Banned for withdrawing in 1996
    2000 Withdrew
  2002 to   2013 Did not qualify
  2015 Banned
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019
  2021 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 4 3
  2023 Qualified
  2025 To be determined
      2027
Total Quarter-finals 1/35 5 3 1 1 4 3

2021 Africa Cup of Nations edit

Group stage edit

Main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mali 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Gambia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3   Tunisia 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 3
4   Mauritania 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: CAF
Mauritania  0–1  Gambia
Report A. Jallow   10'
Gambia  1–1  Mali
Mu. Barrow   90' (pen.) Report Koné   79' (pen.)
Gambia  1–0  Tunisia
A. Jallow   90+3' Report

Round of 16 edit

Guinea  0–1  Gambia
Report Mu. Barrow   71'
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Quarter-finals edit

Gambia  0–2  Cameroon
Report Toko Ekambi   50', 57'
Attendance: 36,259[7]

Squads edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Mauritania v Gambia match was originally scheduled to kick-off at 17:00, but was delayed to 17:45 due to timing issues in the Tunisia v Mali match.

References edit

  1. ^ Kunti, Samindra. "AFCON: How The Gambia was at home among Africa's best". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Gambia upset Tunisia in another Africa Cup of Nations shock". ESPN. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ Borg, Simon. "AFCON 2022 group scenarios: How each national team advanced to the Round of 16". Sporting News. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ^ News Wires. "Gambia continue giant-killing spree with 1-0 victory over Guinea, advance to quarter finals". France 24. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. ^ Thornton, Tim. "Tom Saintfiet exclusive: Gambia head coach on the meteoric rise of the Scorpions at Africa Cup of Nations". Sky Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Gambia vs Cameroon: Karl Toko Ekambi shine as Indomitable Lions defeat prove Scorpions 2-0 for Afcon quarter final". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ^ Ames, Nick (29 January 2022). "Cameroon progress but sombre day shows Olembé tragedy's cuts run deep". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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