1988 African Cup of Nations#Group A

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = African Cup of Nations

| year = 1988

| other_titles = كأس أمم إفريقيا 1988
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1988

| image = CAN 1988 (logo).png

| size = 200px

| caption =

| country = Morocco

| dates = 13–27 March

| num_teams = 8

| venues = 2

| cities = 2

| champion = Cameroon

| count = 2

| second = Nigeria

| third = Algeria

| fourth = Morocco

| matches = 16

| goals = 23

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ALG}} Lakhdar Belloumi
{{flagicon|CMR}} Roger Milla
{{flagicon|EGY}} Gamal Abdelhamid
{{flagicon|CIV}} Abdoulaye Traoré
(2 goals each)

| player = {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Roger Milla

| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|CMR}} Joseph-Antoine Bell

| prevseason = 1986

| nextseason = 1990

| updated =

}}

The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football 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.

This tournament has the fewest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Host selection

The original host was Zambia but after their withdrawal in December 1986 due to financial issues, the Confederation of African Football approached Algeria which agreed to host the tournament. However, in February

1987 the CAF rescinded this decision following a dispute with Algeria which protested the CAF's decision to order a replay of the first leg match of the 1987 All-Africa Games qualification against Tunisia. CAF had made this decision following Tunisia's protest that Algeria had fielded two professional players.

Morocco was chosen in the end to host the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations replacing Algeria.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/88a.html |title=African Nations Cup 1988 |work=RSSSF |publisher=E. Boesenberg, K. Stokkermans & F. Mazet |date=May 28, 2015 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afrgames87.html |title=African Games 1987 |work=RSSSF |publisher=Karel Stokkermans |date=January 21, 2016 }}

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! Previous appearances in tournament{{efn\|Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
{{fb\|MAR}}	Hosts		{{sort\|04\|5}} (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986)
{{fb\|EGY}}	Holders	{{dts\|21 March 1986}}	{{sort\|01\|10}} (1957, *1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986*)
{{fb\|ALG}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|14 April 1987}}	{{sort\|04\|5}} (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986)
{{fb\|CMR}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|18 July 1987}}	{{sort\|04\|5}} (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986)
{{fb\|KEN}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|18 July 1987}}	{{sort\|06\|1}} (1972)
{{fb\|NGR}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|18 July 1987}}	{{sort\|03\|6}} (1963, 1976, 1978, *1980*, 1982, 1984)
{{fb\|CIV}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|19 July 1987}}	{{sort\|02\|7}} (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986)
{{fb\|ZAI}}	2nd round winners	{{dts\|19 July 1987}}	{{sort\|03\|6}} (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976)

;Notes

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Casablanca and Rabat.

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0.2em auto;"
Stade Mohamed V
Capacity: 80,000
180px
Rabat
Stade Moulay Abdellah
Capacity: 52,000
180px

Group stage

=Tiebreakers=

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

= Group A =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=standings

|winpoints=2

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|source=

|team_order =MAR, ALG, CIV, ZAI

|update=complete

|name_MAR={{fb|MAR}}

|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}

|name_CIV={{fb|CIV}}

|name_ZAI={{fb|ZAI}}

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to Knockout stage

}}

{{football box

| date = 13 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}

| goals1 = Merry {{goal|43|pen.}}

| goals2 = Lutonadio {{goal|88}}

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:80000}}

| referee = Gebreyesus Tesfaye (Ethiopia)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/morocco-v-zaire-13-march-1988-240967 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 13 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = A. Traoré {{goal|48}}

| goals2 = Belloumi {{goal|16}}

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:40000}}

| referee = Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/algeria-v-ivory-coast-13-march-1988-240968 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 16 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}

| goals1 = A. Traoré {{goal|74}}

| goals2 = Kabongo {{goal|37}}

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:45000}}

| referee = Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/ivory-coast-v-zaire-16-march-1988-240977 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 16 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = El Haddaoui {{goal|52}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:78000}}

| referee = Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/morocco-v-algeria-16-march-1988-240976 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 19 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|ZAI}}

| goals1 = Ferhaoui {{goal|36}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:75000}}

| referee = Hugues Joseph Mongbo (Benin)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/zaire-v-algeria-19-march-1988-240987 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 19 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|CIV}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:80000}}

| referee = Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/morocco-v-ivory-coast-19-march-1988-240988 Report]

}}

Note: Algeria qualified by drawing of lots.{{cite web|url=http://www.fifaworldcup.co.uk/africa/88page.htm|title=MOROCCO 1988|publisher=fifaworldcup.co.uk|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033857/http://www.fifaworldcup.co.uk/africa/88page.htm|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}

= Group B =

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=standings

|winpoints=2

|class_rules=Group stage tiebreakers

|source=

|team_order =NGR, CMR, EGY, KEN

|update=complete

|name_NGR={{fb|NGR}}

|name_CMR={{fb|CMR}}

|name_EGY={{fb|EGY}}

|name_KEN={{fb|KEN}}

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to Knockout stage

}}

{{football box

| date = 14 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|EGY}}

| goals1 = Milla {{goal|5}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:5000}}

| referee = Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/cameroon-v-egypt-14-march-1988-240972 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 14 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NGR}}

| score = 3–0

| team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

| goals1 = Yekini {{goal|6}}
Edobor {{goal|13}}
Okosieme {{goal|33}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:4000}}

| referee = Badara Sène (Senegal)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/nigeria-v-kenya-14-march-1988-240973 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 17 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|NGR}}

| goals1 = Milla {{goal|21}}

| goals2 = Okwaraji {{goal|6}}

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:13000}}

| referee = Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/nigeria-v-cameroon-17-march-1988-240981 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 17 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY}}

| score = 3–0

| team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

| goals1 = Abdelhamid {{goal|2||65}}
Younes {{goal|58}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:12000}}

| referee = Simon Bantsimba (Congo)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/egypt-v-kenya-17-march-1988-240982 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 20 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:25000}}

| referee = Badou Jasseh (Gambia)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/cameroon-v-kenya-20-march-1988-240989 Report]

}}

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{{football box

| date = 20 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NGR}}

| score = 0–0

| team2 = {{fb|EGY}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:30000}}

| referee = Ali Bangoura (Guinea)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/egypt-v-nigeria-20-march-1988-240990 Report]

}}

Knockout stage

{{Round4-with third

| 23 March – Rabat | {{fb|NGR}} {{pso}} | 1 (9) | {{fb|ALG}} | 1 (8)

| 23 March – Casablanca | {{fb|MAR}} | 0 | {{fb|CMR}} | 1

| 27 March – Casablanca | {{fb|NGR}} | 0 | {{fb|CMR}} | 1

| 26 March – Casablanca | {{fb|ALG}} {{pso}} | 1 (4) | {{fb|MAR}} | 1 (3)

}}

= Semifinals =

{{football box

| date = 23 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NGR}}

| score = 1–1

| aet = yes

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = Belgharbi {{goal|36|o.g.}}

| goals2 = Maâtar {{goal|86}}

| stadium = Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

| attendance = {{formatnum:35000}}

| referee = Badara Sène (Senegal)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/nigeria-v-algeria-23-march-1988-241000 Report]

| penalties1 = Eguavoen {{pengoal}}
Odu {{penmiss}}
Uwe {{pengoal}}
Sofoluwe {{penmiss}}
Yekini {{pengoal}}
Okwaraji {{pengoal}}
Nwosu {{pengoal}}
Omokaro {{pengoal}}
Okafor {{pengoal}}
Rufai {{pengoal}}
Eguavoen {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore = 9–8

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Belloumi
{{penmiss}} Belgherbi
{{penmiss}} Maâtar
{{pengoal}} Yahi
{{pengoal}} Menad
{{pengoal}} Bouafia
{{pengoal}} Medane
{{pengoal}} Chaib
{{pengoal}} Megharia
{{pengoal}} Drid
{{penmiss}} Belloumi

}}

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{{football box

| date = 23 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 0–1

| team2 = {{fb|CMR}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Makanaky {{goal|78}}

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:45000}}

| referee = Eganaden Cadressen (Mauritius)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/morocco-v-cameroon-23-march-1988-241001 Report]

}}

= Third place match =

{{football box

| date = 26 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAR}}

| score = 1–1

| aet = yes

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = Nader {{goal|67}}

| goals2 = Belloumi {{goal|87}}

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:10000}}

| referee = Ally Hafidhi (Tanzania)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/morocco-v-algeria-26-march-1988-241007 Report]

| penalties1 = El Gharef {{penmiss}}
Benabicha {{penmiss}}
Ouadani {{pengoal}}
El Maataoui {{pengoal}}
Timoumi {{pengoal}}
Nader {{penmiss}}

| penaltyscore = 3–4

| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Yahi
{{penmiss}} Djahmoune
{{pengoal}} Merzekane
{{pengoal}} Chaib
{{penmiss}} Megharia
{{pengoal}} Belgherbi

}}

= Final =

{{football box

| date = 27 March 1988

| time =

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}

| score = 1–0

| team2 = {{fb|NGR}}

| goals1 = Kundé {{goal|55|pen.}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

| attendance = {{formatnum:50000}}

| referee = Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

| report = [http://www.11v11.com/matches/cameroon-v-nigeria-27-march-1988-241010 Report]

}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers

|goals=23 |matches=16

|2 goals=

{{fbicon|ALG}} Lakhdar Belloumi
{{fbicon|CMR}} Roger Milla
{{fbicon|CIV}} Abdoulaye Traoré
{{fbicon|EGY}} Gamal Abdelhamid

|1 goal=

{{fbicon|ALG}} Abdelkader Ferhaoui
{{fbicon|ALG}} Rachid Maâtar
{{fbicon|CMR}} Emmanuel Kundé
{{fbicon|CMR}} Cyrille Makanaky
{{fbicon|EGY}} Ayman Younes
{{fbicon|MAR}} Mustafa El Haddaoui
{{fbicon|MAR}} Abdelkrim Merry
{{fbicon|MAR}} Hassan Nader
{{fbicon|NGR}} Humphrey Edobor
{{fbicon|NGR}} Ndubuisi Okosieme
{{fbicon|NGR}} Samuel Okwaraji
{{fbicon|NGR}} Rashidi Yekini
{{fbicon|ZAI}} Eugène Kabongo
{{fbicon|ZAI}} Lutonadio

|1 own goal =

{{fbicon|ALG}} Abderrazak Belgherbi (against Nigeria)

}}

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper

{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Joseph-Antoine Bell

Defenders

{{flagicon|Morocco}} Tijani El Maataoui
{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Emmanuel Kundé
{{flagicon|Zaire}} John Buana
{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Stephen Tataw

Midfielders

{{flagicon|Zaire}} Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Emile Mbouh
{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Henry Nwosu
{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Paul Mfede

Forwards

{{flagicon|Cameroon}} Roger Milla
{{flagicon|Morocco}} Aziz Bouderbala

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20111123053007/http://rsssf.com/tables/88a.html Details at RSSSF]

Category:International association football competitions hosted by Morocco

African Cup Of Nations, 1988

1988

Nations

African Cup of Nations