RECORDS GALORE AT GHANA 2008

• Sixth title for Egypt after 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998 and 2006. Cameroun and Ghana have won the title four times each.

• A total of 99 goals were recorded, ranking the tournament as the one to have produced the highest number of goals in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations.

• Samuel Eto’o was the top scorer of the tournament with five goals. He has so far scored a total of 16 goals, two more than Ivorian legend Laurent Poku, who held the record previously.

• Cameroun’s Indomitable Lions defender Rigobert Song made history by playing his 33rd match at the Africa Cup of Nations final since making his debut in 1996. Song has also featured a total of 54 hours.

• A total of 100 yellow cards were recorded in the 32 matches played during the tournament, an average of three yellow cards per match.


Goals scored
by teams

Côte d'Ivoire — 16 goals
Egypt — 15 goals
Cameroun — 14 goals
Ghana — 11 goals
Morocco — 7 goals
Tunisia — 7 goals
Angola — 5 goals
Guinea — 5 goals
Zambia — 5 goals
Senegal — 4 goals
South Africa — 3 goals
Nigeria — 3 goals
Namibia — 2 goals
Benin — 1 goal
Mali — 1 goal
Sudan — No goal



Goals conceded
by teams

Mali — 3 goals
Nigeria — 3 goals
Angola — 4 goals
South Africa — 5 goals
Egypt — 5 goals
Ghana — 5 goals
Morocco — 6 goals
Senegal — 6 goals
Tunisia — 6 goals
Zambia — 6 goals
Benin — 7 goals
Namibia — 7 goals
Cameroon — 8 goals
Côte d'Ivoire — 8 goals
Sudan — 9 goals
Guinea — 10 goals


Total Goals Scored

Final — 1 goal
Semi-finals and 3rd place match — 12 goals

• An average of 4 goals per match.

Quarter-final — 16 goals

• An average of 4 goals per match

Group Phase

Group A : 19 goals
Group B : 12 goals
Group C : 23 goals
Group D : 16 goals

Total : 99 goals

• Average of 3 goals per match.


Yellow Cards

A total of 100 yellow cards were recorded, with 81 of them coming in the first round.

Egypt — 10 yellow cards
Senegal — 9 yellow cards
Guinea — 8 yellow cards
Namibia — 8 yellow cards
Tunisia — 8 yellow cards
Ghana — 7 yellow cards
Nigeria — 7 yellow cards
Sudan — 7 yellow cards
Cameroun — 6 yellow cards
Angola — 5 yellow cards
Cote d'Ivoire — 5 yellow cards
Mali — 5 yellow cards
Benin — 4 yellow cards
Morocco — 4 yellow cards
Zambia — 4 yellow cards
South Africa — 3 yellow cards.


Teams
Placing

1. Egypt
2. Cameroun
3. Ghana
4. Côte d'Ivoire
5. Tunisia
6. Angola
7. Nigeria
8. Guinea
9. Zambia
10. Mali
11. Morocco
12. Senegal
13. South Africa
14. Namibia
15. Benin
16. Sudan


TOURNAMENT'S TOP SCORERS

5 — Samuel Eto’o (Cameroun)

4 — Alberto Manucho (Angola)
4 — Hosni Abd Rabou (Egypt)
4 — Mohamed Aboutriaka (Egypt)
4 — Amr Zaki (Egypt)

3 — Salomon Kalou (Cote d’Ivoire)
3 — Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire)
3 — Soufiane Alloudi (Morocco)
3 — Junior Agogo (Ghana)
3 — Sulley Ali Muntari (Ghana)
3 — Abdelkader Keita (Cote d’Ivoire)

2 — Michael Essien (Ghana)
2 — Yakubu Ayigbeni ( Nigeria)
2 — Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia)
2 — Joseph-Desire Job (Cameroun)
2 — Pascal Feindouno (Guinea)
2 — Mohamed Zidan (Egypt)
2 — Brian Brendell (Namibia)
2 — Christopher Katongo (Zambia)
2 — Stephane Mbia (Cameroun)
2 — Chouki Ben Saada (Tunisia)
2 — Geremi Njitap (Cameroun)
2 — Abubacar Sunogo (Cote d’Ivoire)

1 — Katlego Mphela (S. Africa)
1 — Amado Flavio (Angola)
1 — Abdoulaye Faye (Senegal)
1 — Achille Emana (Cameroun)
1 — Razak Omotoyossi (Benin)
1 — Aruna Dindane (Cote d’Ivoire)
1 — Gneri Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire)
1 — Abdeslam Ouaddou (Morocco)
1 — Hicham Aboucherouane (Morocco)
1 — Ismael Bangoura (Guinea)
1 — Elrio Van Heerden (S. Africa)
1 — Mejdi Traoui (Tunisia)
1 — Diomansy Kamara (Senegal)
1 — Moustafa Sall (Senegal)
1 — Issam Jemaa (Tunisia)
1 — Felix Katongo (Zambia)
1 — Jacob Mulenga (Zambia)
1 — James Chamanga (Zambia)
1 — Frederic Kanoute (Mali)
1 — Salomon Kalou (Cote d’Ivoire)
1 — Monsef Zerka (Morocco)
1 — Tarik Sektioui (Morocco)
1 — Oumar Kalabane (Guinea)
1 — Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
1 — Yakubu Alyegbeni (Nigeria)
1 — Jon Mikel Obi (Nigeria)

Own goal — Mohamed Al Khider (Sudan)
against Cameroun


Goals scored in
previous competitions

1998 : 93 goals (72 goals during group stages)
2004 : 88 goals (65 goals during group stages)
2000 : 73 goals (52 goals during stages)
2006 : 72 goals (47 goals during group stages)
2002 : 49 goals (35 goals during first round)

11 penalties, all scored

Cameroun : 3 (Samuel Eto'o)
Egypt : 3 (Hosny Abd Rabou)
Ghana : 1 (Asamoah Gyan)
Guinea : 1 (Pascal Feindouno)
Mali : 1 (Frederic Kanouté)
Morocco : 1 (Tarik Sektioui)
Nigeria : 1 (Yakubu Aiyegbeni)

Ghana - Guinea : Asamoah Gyan (55)
Morocco - Namibia : Tarik Sektioui (40)
Guinea - Morocco : Pascal Feindouno (62)
Mali - Benin : Frederic Kanouté (49)
Egypt - Cameroun : Hosny Abd Rabou (13)
Egypt - Cameroun : Samuel Eto'o (89)
Cameroun - Zambia : Samuel Eto'o (65)
Egypt - Sudan : Hosny Abd Rabou (29)
Cameroun - Sudan : Samuel Eto'o (27)
Ghana - Nigeria : Yakubu Aiyegbeni (34)
Egypt - Angola : Hosni Abd Rabou (23)