The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the

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, the

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championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in

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, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

at Stade Mohamed V.

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the ...

won its second championship, beating

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in the final 1−0. This tournament has the fewest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Host selection

The original host was

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but after their withdrawal in December 1986 due to financial issues, the

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approached

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which agreed to host the tournament. However, in February 1987 the CAF rescinded this decision following a dispute with Algeria which protested the CAF's decision to order a replay of the first leg match of the 1978 All-Africa Games qualification against

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. CAF had made this decision following Tunisia's protest that

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had fielded two professional players.

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was chosen in the end to host the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations replacing Algeria.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are: * * * * ''(holders)'' * * ''(hosts)'' * *

Squads

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in

and

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Scorers

;2 goals * Lakhdar Belloumi * Roger Milla * Abdoulaye Traoré * Gamal Abdelhamid ;1 goal * Abdelkader Ferhaoui * Rachid Maâtar *

Emmanuel Kundé Emmanuel Jérôme Kundé (born 15 July 1956) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his professional career playing for Canon Yaoundé. He was also a member of the Cameroon national t ...

Cyrille Makanaky Cyrille Thomas Makanaky (born 28 June 1965) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Makanaky was born in Douala. After impressing at amateur level in France, with FC Saint-Leu and Gazélec Ajaccio, ...

Ayman Younes Ayman Younes (Arabic: أيمن يونس) (born 20 February 1964) is an Egyptian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. He played for Zamalek, he scored the fastest goal in Egyptian Premier League on 1990 against Suez SC aft ...

Mustafa El Haddaoui Mustafa El Haddaoui, also spelled Mustapha El-Hadaoui ( ar, مصطفى الحداوي) (born 28 July 1961 in Casablanca) is a retired Moroccan professional footballer. He spent his most of his professional career in France and was also part of ...

* Abdelkrim Merry *

Hassan Nader Hassan Nader ( ar, حسن ناظر; born 8 July 1965) is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 21-year senior career in Portugal – amassing Primeira Liga totals of 219 matches and 94 goals – mainly with ...

* Humphrey Edobor * Ndubuisi Okosieme * Samuel Okwaraji *

Rashidi Yekini Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is all-time top goalscorer for his nation. His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated wi ...

Eugène Kabongo Eugène Kabongo Ngoy (born 3 November 1960) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward for R.F.C. Seraing, RC Paris, Anderlecht, Olympique Lyonnais and Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the de ...

* Lutonadio ;Own goal * Abdelrazak Belgharbi (against Nigeria)

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper *

Joseph-Antoine Bell Joseph-Antoine Bell (born 8 October 1954), sometimes referred to as JoJo Bell, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a 20-year career, he played in his native Cameroon as well as in the Ivory Coast and Eg ...

Defenders * Tijani El Maataoui *

* John Buana *

Stephen Tataw Stephen Tataw Eta (31 March 196331 July 2020) was a Cameroonian football right-back who played club football in his home country and Japan. He captained the Cameroon national team at the 1990 and 1994 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He was the ...

Midfielders * Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo * Emile Mbouh *

Henry Nwosu Henry Onyemanze Nwosu (born 14 June 1963) is a former Nigerian footballer turned manager. Career Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank (NNB) of Benin City and African Continental Bank (ACB) of Lagos. He also played for ASEC Mim ...

* Paul Mfede Forwards * Roger Milla *

Aziz Bouderbala Abdelaziz El Idrissi Bouderbala ( ar, عبد العزيز الإدريسي بودربالة; born December 26, 1960) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 ...

References

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