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The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in the Ivory Coast from 13 January to 11 February 2024. The 24 participating national teams were required to register a squad with a minimum of 23 and a maximum 27 players, an increase of up to four players over the regular number of 23 allowed in the tournament's regulations.
Although the football team for South Africa participated in the Africa Cup of Nations much later than many African countries (the country was scheduled to participate in inaugural 1957 Africa Cup of Nations but was excluded because of apartheid [1]), as they participated for the first time as host of 1996 edition, South Africa has soon established itself as an emerging African power.
Nigeria 1-1 South Africa. 19:21, Ben Fleming. 106 mins: Nigeria start fast in the second half of extra time but Osimhen heads wide from Aina’s cross. HALF-TIME: Nigeria 1-1 South Africa. 19:18 ...
Nigeria has won the cup three times: the first time was in 1980 [1] [2] and they won a second title in the 1994, [3] [4] held in Tunisia. Nigeria won their third African title in 2013 , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] held in South Africa.
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 19 January until 10 February 2013. [1]The Confederation of African Football confirmed 9 January as the deadline for final squad submissions ahead of the tournament.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament that was held in Cameroon from 9 January to 6 February 2022. The 24 national teams involved in the tournament were allowed to register a squad of up to 28 players, including a minimum of three goalkeepers, to allow teams to deal with any COVID-19 cases.
Nigeria team changes. ... During all three of Nigeria’s Afcon triumphs, the Super Eagles played Ivory Coast. ... Feb 7 (Bouake) beat South Africa 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw (Troost-Ekong pen)
A 31-man provisional squad was announced on 23 December 2016. [24] Benik Afobe rejected the call. [25] The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Jonathan Bijimine, Junior Kabananga, Wilson Kamavuaka, Christian Luyindama, Elia Meschak, Vital N'Simba and Ricky Tulengi being left out of the team. [26]