The 1998 African Cup of Nations in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana t ...

was the 21st edition of the

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(ACN), the national

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championship of Africa, administered by the

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(CAF). Just like in

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, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four.

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won its fourth ACN championship, beating

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in the final 2–0.

Qualification

Participating teams

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Teams excluded

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was banned from entering the 1998 African Cup of Nations qualifying because of withdrawing from the 1996 Cup after having already qualified for the finals, while the other teams were banned for withdrawing during qualification for the 1996 Cup.

Squads

Venues

First round

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Quarter Finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Scorers

;7 goals *

Hossam Hassan Hossam Hassan Hussein ( ar, حسام حسن حسين; born 10 August 1966) is an Egyptian professional football coach and former player who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, he is Egypt's all-time top scorer with 83 goals in 176 appea ...

* Benni McCarthy ;4 goals * Jerry Tondelua *

Joël Tiéhi Joël Tiéhi (born 12 June 1964) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Tiéhi played in the French Ligue 1 and for the Ivory Coast national team. With his national team, he played at the 1992, 1994, 1996 ...

;3 goals * Alphonse Tchami *

Souleymane Oularé Souleymane Oularé (born 16 October 1972) is a Guinean retired professional footballer who played as a forward. His son Obbi is also a professional footballer. Career Oularé was elected Footballer of the Year in Belgium in 1999, when he won ...

;2 goals * Paulo Silva *

Kassoum Ouédraogo Kassoum Ouédraogo (born 12 April 1966), sometimes spelled as Kassoum Quedraogo, is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played internationally for the Burkina Faso national team and at the club level with Ge ...

Lokenge Mungongo Lokenge Mungongo (born 8 October 1978) is a Congolese footballer. He played in seven matches for the DR Congo national football team from 1997 to 1999. He was also named in the DR Congo's squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 Afr ...

Ibrahima Bakayoko Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 31 December 1976) is a retired Ivorian footballer who played as a striker. Club career Playing in France with Montpellier, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by Everton manager Walter Smith that Smith was willing to pay ...

Tchiressoua Guel Tchiressoua Guel (born 27 December 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Guel played for various clubs in France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, including Olympique de Marseille, AS Saint-Étienne and FC Lorient ...

Saïd Chiba Saïd Chiba ( ar, سعيد شيبا – born 28 September 1970, Rabat) is a retired Moroccan football defensive midfielder and currently the manager of CR Al Hoceima. He played for several clubs, including Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), SD Composte ...

Eliphas Shivute Eliphas "Safile" Shivute (born 27 September 1974) is a Namibian retired international footballer. He retired from football due to a knee injury in 2002 after a career spent in Chinese and European football, as well as domestically. Shivute became ...

Gervatius Uri Khob Gervatius Uri-Khob (born 3 April 1972) is a retired Namibian footballer. Club career Uri-Khob grew up in the Tsumeb neighborhood of Nomtsoub. A free-kick specialist, the bow-legged forward made his senior debut for local side Chief Santos aged 13 ...

Mehdi Ben Slimane Mahdi Ben Slimane ( ar, مهدي بن سليمان; born 1 January 1974) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Having begun his career at AS Marsa in his native country he moved to France in 1996 to play for Oly ...

Hassen Gabsi Hassen Gabsi ( ar, حسان القابسي) (born 23 February 1974) is a retired Tunisian Association football, football right winger and current manager. Career Born in Tunis, Gabsi played club football for local side Espérance Sportive de Tu ...

* Ziad Tlemçani ;1 goal *

Billel Dziri Billel Dziri (born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager and former player. After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Arde ...

Moussa Saïb Moussa Saïb (born 6 March 1969) is an Algerian football manager and former player. He is currently unattached, after last managing JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Club career Saïb started his football career with a club f ...

* Lázaro * Miguel Pereira * Quinzinho *

Oumar Barro Oumar Barro (born 3 June 1974) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer. A midfielder, Barro gained 29 caps for the Burkina Faso national team, and had a three-year stint with Brøndby IF of the Danish Superliga between 1999 and 2002. Fo ...

* Romeo Kambou * Sidi Napon * Alassane Ouédraogo * Ibrahima Tallé *

Seydou Traoré Seydou Traoré (born September 17, 1970 in Grand Lahou) is a former Burkinabé footballer. Career He played as a forward for FC Bressuire, Qatar SC, Al-Ain and Al-Qadisiya. International career Traoré has played for the Burkina Faso nation ...

Joseph-Désiré Job Joseph-Désiré Job (born 1 December 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-winger or attacking midfielder. Born in France, Job represented the Cameroon national team. After starting his career in France, Job moved to ...

* Pierre Womé * Eddy Bembuana-Keve * Jean-Kasongo Banza * Okitankoyi Kimoto * Mundaba Kisombe * Lassina Diabaté * Ahmed Ouattara * Ahmed Hassan *

Tarek Mostafa Tarek Mostafa ( ar, طارق مصطفى; born 1 April 1971) is an Egyptian football manager and a retired footballer. Career Mostafa started his career in Division II club Eastern Tobacco, notably played for Zamalek SC for a period of four succ ...

Yasser Radwan Radwan Yasser or Yasser Radwan (born 22 April 1972) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was a member of the Egypt national football team in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002, winning ...

* Mohammed Gargo *

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* Alex Nyarko *

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* Ali Elkhattabi *

Youssef Fertout Youssef Fertout (born 7 July 1970) is a retired Moroccan footballer. He played for several clubs, including Wydad Casablanca, CF Belenenses and AZ Alkmaar. Fertout played for the Morocco national football team and was a participant at the 1998 ...

Mustapha Hadji Mustapha Hadji (born 16 November 1971) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He was named the 50th greatest African player of all time by the African football expert Ed Dove. Early life Hadji was born in Ifrane Atlas-Saghir, Morocco. ...

* Avelino *

Ricardo Mannetti Ricardo Mannetti (born 24 April 1975) is a Namibian retired association football, footballer who now works as a coach. He has managed coached the Namibia national football team, Namibia national team. Playing career Club Nicknamed ''Bucksy'', M ...

Robert Nauseb Robert Cosmo Nauseb (born 23 August 1974 in Otjiwarongo) is a Namibian football midfielder who last played for Ikapa Sporting in South Africa. He was part of the Namibia national football team, Namibian 1998 African Nations Cup team, who finished ...

* Simon Uutoni *

Helman Mkhalele Helman Nkosiyethu Mkhalele (born 20 October 1969) is a South African former soccer player who played as a midfielder. He was the part of the Orlando Pirates squad that won the 1994 National Soccer League and 1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs ...

David Nyathi David Sibusiso Nyathi (born 22 March 1969) is a retired South African soccer player, who is currently the assistant coach at Ajax Cape Town, and previously coached their under-19 team. Career Nyathi started playing professional football for ...

* Komlan Assignon * Franck Doté *

Massamasso Tchangai Komi Massamasso Tchangai (8 August 1978 – 8 August 2010) was a Togolese professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Tchangai signed to the Italian club Udinese Calcio in 1998 after appearing for Togo at the 1998 African Cup ...

* Mohamed Coubadja Touré *

Kalusha Bwalya Kalusha Bwalya (born 16 August 1963) is a Zambian former international footballer. He is Zambia's eighth-most capped player and third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named African Fo ...

* Tenant Chilumba * Rotson Kilambe *

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CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper *

Nader El-Sayed Nader El Sayed ( ar, نادر السيد; born 31 December 1972) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He was widely recognized for the first time as goalkeeper for notable Egyptian club El Zamale ...

Defenders * Mark Fish *

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Noureddine Naybet Noureddine Naybet ( ar, نور الدين نيبت; born 10 February 1970) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He played in Spain (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Portugal for Sporting CP and England for To ...

* Mohamed Emara Midfielders * Charles Akonnor *

* Didier Ekanza Simba Forwards *

* Benni McCarthy

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