2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L
{{Short description|Association football tournament group}}
Group L of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: defending champions Senegal, Benin, Mozambique and Rwanda.{{cite web|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/exciting-paths-as-draw-is-conducted-for-totalenergies-africa-cup-of-nations-cote |title=Exciting paths as draw is conducted for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 |publisher=CAF |date=19 April 2022 |accessdate=6 June 2022}}
The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 2 June 2022 and 9 September 2023.{{cite web|url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/clips3yzxc3eekl5otqj.pdf |title=2023 CAF Draw Fixtures |publisher=CAF |date=19 April 2022 |accessdate=6 June 2022}}
Senegal and Mozambique, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Standings
{{2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification group tables|Group L|only_pld_pts=no|show_matches=yes}}
Matches
{{Football box
|id = MOZ v RWA
|date = {{Start date|2022|6|2|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
|goals1 =
- Ratifo {{goal|67}}
|goals2 =
- Nishimwe {{goal|65}}
|stadium = FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)
|attendance =
|referee = Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/02/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/mozambique/rwanda/3783095/
}}
{{Football box
|id = SEN v BEN
|date = {{Start date|2022|6|4|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
|goals1 =
- Mané {{goal|12|pen.|22||60|pen.}}
|goals2 =
- Olaitan {{goal|88}}
|stadium = Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar
|attendance =
|referee = Alaa Sabry (Egypt)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/04/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/senegal/benin/3783094/
}}
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{{Football box
|id = RWA v SEN
|date = {{Start date|2022|6|7|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Mané {{goal|90+8|pen.}}
|stadium = Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar (Senegal)
|attendance =
|referee = Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/07/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/rwanda/senegal/3783097/
}}
{{Football box
|id = BEN v MOZ
|date = {{Start date|2022|6|8|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Catamo {{goal|38}}
|stadium = Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
|attendance =
|referee = Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/08/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/benin/mozambique/3783096/
}}
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{{Football box
|id = BEN v RWA
|date = {{Start date|2023|3|22|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|17:00|1}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
|goals1 =
- Mounié {{goal|82}}
|goals2 =
- Mugisha {{goal|13}}
|stadium = Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
|attendance =
|referee = Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/22/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/benin/rwanda/3783099/
}}
{{Football box
|id = SEN v MOZ
|date = {{Start date|2023|3|24|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Vilanculos {{goal|48}}
|stadium = Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar
|attendance =
|referee = Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/24/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/senegal/mozambique/3783098/
}}
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{{Football box
|id = MOZ v SEN
|date = {{Start date|2023|3|28|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|18:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Dia {{goal|18}}
|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
|attendance =
|referee = Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/28/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/mozambique/senegal/3783100/
}}
{{Football box
|id = RWA v BEN
|date = {{Start date|2023|3|29|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}
|score = 0–3
Awarded{{refn|CAF awarded Benin a 3–0 win as a result of Rwanda fielding the ineligible player Kevin Muhire, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Muhire failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.|group="note"|name="Rwanda v Benin"}}
|team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
|goals1 =
- Manzi {{goal|71}}
|goals2 =
- Dossou {{goal|57}}
|stadium = Kigali Pelé Stadium, Kigali
|attendance =
|referee = Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/29/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/rwanda/benin/3783101/
}}
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{{Football box
|id = BEN v SEN
|date = {{Start date|2023|6|17|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
|goals1 =
- Moumini {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
- Seck {{goal|43}}
|stadium = Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou
|attendance =
|referee = Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/06/17/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/benin/senegal/3783102/
}}
{{Football box
|id = RWA v MOZ
|date = {{Start date|2023|6|18|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RWA}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|MOZ}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Huye, Butare
|attendance =
|referee = Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/06/18/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/rwanda/mozambique/3783103/
}}
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{{Football box
|id = MOZ v BEN
|date = {{Start date|2023|9|9|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MOZ}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|BEN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo
|attendance =
|referee = Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/09/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/mozambique/benin/3783104/
}}
{{Football box
|id = SEN v RWA
|date = {{Start date|2023|9|9|df=y}}
|time = {{UTZ|21:00|2}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|RWA}}
|goals1 =
- Ma. Camara {{goal|66}}
|goals2 =
- Niyonzima {{goal|90+6}}
|stadium = Stade Huye, Butare (Rwanda)
|attendance =
|referee = Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/09/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/senegal/rwanda/3783105/
}}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|goals=30 |matches=12
|5 goals=
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Sadio Mané
|2 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEN}} Jodel Dossou
- {{fbicon|BEN}} Steve Mounié
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Geny Catamo
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Clésio
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Boulaye Dia
|1 goal=
- {{fbicon|BEN}} Abdoul Rachid Moumini
- {{fbicon|BEN}} Junior Olaitan
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Guima
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Stanley Ratifo
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Gildo Vilanculos
- {{fbicon|MOZ}} Witi
- {{fbicon|RWA}} Thierry Manzi
- {{fbicon|RWA}} Gilbert Mugisha
- {{fbicon|RWA}} Blaise Nishimwe
- {{fbicon|RWA}} Olivier Niyonzima
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Mamadou Camara
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Habib Diallo
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Iliman Ndiaye
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Youssouf Sabaly
- {{fbicon|SEN}} Abdoulaye Seck
}}
Notes
{{Reflist|group=note}}