Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations
Appearance
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]
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 | ||||||||
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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]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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Report | A. Jallow 10' |
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Gambia | 1–1 | Mali |
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Mu. Barrow 90' (pen.) | Report | Koné 79' (pen.) |
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Round of 16
[edit]Guinea | 0–1 | Gambia |
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Report | Mu. Barrow 71' |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Gambia | 0–2 | Cameroon |
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Report | Toko Ekambi 50', 57' |
Squads
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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]- ^ Kunti, Samindra. "AFCON: How The Gambia was at home among Africa's best". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Gambia upset Tunisia in another Africa Cup of Nations shock". ESPN. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Borg, Simon. "AFCON 2022 group scenarios: How each national team advanced to the Round of 16". Sporting News. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ News Wires. "Gambia continue giant-killing spree with 1-0 victory over Guinea, advance to quarter finals". France 24. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gambia vs Cameroon: Karl Toko Ekambi shine as Indomitable Lions defeat prove Scorpions 2-0 for Afcon quarter final". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Ames, Nick (29 January 2022). "Cameroon progress but sombre day shows Olembé tragedy's cuts run deep". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2022.