Tanzania at the Africa Cup of Nations

Tanzania has only played in two Africa Cup of Nations in 1980[1] and 2019.[2]

Tanzania is one of Africa's weaker sides and often don't achieve much international honor. This resulted with Tanzania often struggled in qualifying campaign, and outside the first 1980 edition debut, Tanzania had to wait for 39 years before qualified to another AFCON. The national team's records in the tournament is also not impressive, with five defeat and one lone draw dated from their 1980 debut edition, a 1–1 draw to Ivory Coast. The 2019 successful qualification was only the second times Tanzania managed to qualify by their own, although it was mostly helped by lucks thanked for Cape Verde and Lesotho failed to win.

AFCON's records

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Did not enter
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968	Withdrew during qualifying
1970	Did not qualify
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	3	6
1982	Withdrew
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Withdrew during qualifying
1988	Did not qualify
1990
1992
1994	Withdrew during qualifying
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2004	Withdrew during qualifying
2006	Did not qualify
2008
2010
2012
2013
2015
2017
2019	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	2	8
2021	To be determined
2023
2025
Total	Group stage	2/32	6	0	1	5	5	14

Tanzania's AFCON matches

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
Egypt	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
Tanzania	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source:

8 March 1980 Group stage	Nigeria	3–1	Tanzania	Lagos
	Muda Lawal  11' Ifeanyi Onyedika  35' Segun Odegbami  85'	Report	Juma Mkambi  54'	Stadium: Surulere Stadium Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Suleiman El Naim

12 March 1980 Group stage	Egypt	2–1	Tanzania	Lagos
	Hassan Shehata  32' Mussad Nur  38'	Report	Thuwein Waziri  86'	Stadium: Surulere Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Sohan Ramlochun

15 March 1980 Group stage	Ivory Coast	1–1	Tanzania	Lagos
	Kobenan Koma  7'	Report	Thuwein Waziri  59'	Stadium: Surulere Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Diallo Bakaï

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Tanzania	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

23 June 2019 Group stage	Senegal	2–0	Tanzania	Cairo
	Keita Baldé  28' Krépin Diatta  64'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Sadok Selmi

23 June 2019 Group stage	Kenya	3–2	Tanzania	Cairo
	Michael Olunga  39', 80' Johanna Omolo  62'	Report	Simon Msuva  6' Mbwana Samatta  40'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 7,233 Referee: Ahmad Heeralall

1 July 2019 Group stage	Tanzania	0–3	Algeria	Cairo
		Report	Islam Slimani  35' Adam Ounas  39', 45+1'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona

Squads

References

1. "CAF – News Center – News – NewsDetails". www.cafonline.com.
2. "2019 Afcon: Emmanuel Amuneke - Tanzania ready to challenge the best | Goal.com". www.goal.com.

External links

• Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com