2004 African Cup of Nations - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2004 African Cup of Nations was the 24th edition of the African Cup of Nations

African Cup of Nations

The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations or African Nations Cup, officially CAN , is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football , and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been...

, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

). It was hosted by Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

. Just like in 2002, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Tunisia

Tunisia national football team

The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...

won its first championship, beating Morocco

Morocco national football team

The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...

in the final 2-1.

Host Cities & Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Radès Radès Radès is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated 9 kilometres south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbour installations of Tunis are located in Radès....	Stade 7 Novembre	65,000
Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....	Stade El Menzah Stade El Menzah Stade El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia. Built in 1967, it has a maximum seating capacity of 45,000. It also has other minor complementary athletic facilities...	45,000
Sousse Sousse Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...	Stade Olympique de Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse Stade Olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is currently used by the football team Etoile Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 30,000 people.-External links:*...	30,000
Sfax Sfax Sfax is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the ruins of Taparura and Thaenae, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate , and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has population of 340,000...	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri	30,000
Monastir Monastir, Tunisia -Areas within Monastir:Monastir's north-eastern territories lead into a place called Route de la Falaise, through which you will reach its most notable suburb, Skanes, which is 6 miles from Monastir's town centre...	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet is a multi-use stadium in Monastir, Tunisia. It is currently used by football team US Monastir, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 20,000 people....	20,000
Bizerte Bizerte Bizerte or Benzert , is the capital city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia and the northernmost city in Africa. It has a population of 230,879 .-History:...	Stade 15 Octobre Stade 15 Octobre Stade du 15 Octobre is a multi-use stadium in Bizerte, Tunisia. It is currently used by football team CA Bizertin, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 20,000 people....	20,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 African Cup of Nations (squads)

2004 African Cup of Nations (squads)

- :Head coach: Mick Wadsworth- :Head coach: Michel Dussuyer- :Head coach: Ratomir Dujkovic- :Head coach: Roger Lemerre- :...

Participating teams

(qualified as holders)

(qualified as hosts)

Group stage

Teams highlighted in green progress to the quarter-finals.

All times local : CET
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

(UTC+1
UTC+1
UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...

)

Group A

4
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	2
7
	3	1	2	0	4	3
5
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

----

----

----

----

----

Group B

4
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	7	3
7
	3	1	2	0	4	1
5
	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

----

----

----

----

----

Group C

2
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	1	2	0	6	4
5
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3

----

----

----

----

----

Group D

5
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	1
7
	3	2	0	1	6	2
6
	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

----

----

----

----

----

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

----

----

----

Semi-finals

----

Third place playoff

Final

Scorers

4 goals Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté

Frédéric Kanouté

Frédéric Oumar Kanouté is a French-born Malian footballer who currently plays for Sevilla FC in the Spanish La Liga. On 2 February 2008, Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year and is the first foreign-born player to win it.-Lyon:Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Kanouté's...

Jay-Jay Okocha

Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is known for his stepovers, skill, technique, and being 'so good that they named him twice'...

Francileudo Santos

Francileudo Silva dos Santos , simply known as Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian football player.-Career:He was discovered by Belgian club Standard Liège while playing in Brazil for minor club Sampaio Correa...

Youssef Mokhtari

Youssef Mokhtari, , is a Moroccan footballer who currently plays for FC Metz.- Career :Mokhtari has had previous spells at Jahn Regensburg, Wacker Burghausen, Energie Cottbus, 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Al-Rayyan. On 14 October 2008, he moved to German 2. Bundesliga team FSV Frankfurt and left...

3 goals Aboubacar Titi Camara Youssouf Hadji

Youssouf Hadji

Youssouf Hadji is a Moroccan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, he currently plays for French club Rennes in Ligue 1.- Career :Hadji started his career at Nancy in Ligue 1 under the guidance of Laszlo Bölöni...

Osaze Odemwingie Peter Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean footballer, who plays as a striker.-Coventry City:Ndlovu was originally spotted by John Sillett, prior to his official signing from Highlanders by Terry Butcher in July 1991...

2 goals Hocine Achiou

Hocine Achiou

Hocine Achiou is an Algerian footballer. He is currently playing for ASO Chlef in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Football career:...

Modeste M'bami

Modeste M'Bami

Modeste M'bami is a Cameroonian football player .-Club career:M'Bami started his career in his home country by playing for Dynamo Douala but was quickly spotted by foreign clubs. He joined CS Sedan Ardennes during the summer of 2000...

Mahamadou Diarra

Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Mali national team. He is captain of the national team.-Early career:Diarra started his career with Greek side OFI Crete...

Marouane Chamakh

Marouane Chamakh is a French-Moroccan footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the Moroccan national team as a striker. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability".Chamakh started his career...

John Utaka

John Chukwudi Utaka is a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker for Montpellier of the Ligue 1. He is the older brother of Peter Utaka, who plays for OB in Denmark.- Club career :...

Mamadou Niang

Mamadou Niang is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Qatar club Al Sadd in the Qatar National First Division. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He wears the number 7 jersey...

Siyabonga Nomvete Ziad Jaziri Joel Lupahla

Joel Lupahla

Joel Luphahla is a Zimbabwean football midfielder.Luphahla has been capped for the Zimbabwean national team.He played for the team that won the 2000 COSAFA Cup, and was in the Zimbabwean squad for the 2006 African Cup of Nations...

Pascal Feindouno

Pascal Feindouno is a Guinean international footballer, who currently plays for Swiss side FC Sion as a winger.- Early career :...

Own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

s Anicet Adjamonsi

Anicet Adjamonsi

Anicet Kayodé Adjamonsi is a Beninese football player who is currently playing for Mogas 90 FC.-International career:...

(1)

1 goal Abdelmalek Cherrad

Abdelmalek Cherrad

Abdelmalek Cherrad is an Algerian international football player of CS Marítimo.-Biography:Cherrad started off his playing career with OGC Nice's reserve team in 1998. He played his first game for the first team in the 1999–2000 season, making 5 appearances. He stayed with the club until 2003,...

Mamar Mamouni Brahim Zafour

Brahim Zafour

Brahim Zafour is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for JSM Béjaïa in the Algerian Championnat National....

Moussa Latoundji

Moussa Latoundji is a Beninese footballer.-Career:Latoundji played in more than 100 league matches for FC Energie Cottbus.-International career:...

Dieudonné Minoungou

Dieudonné "Dieudo" Minoungou is a Burkinabé football player who, as of 2008, was playing for F.C. Ryūkyū.- Career :After the African Nations Cup Finals, he was transferred to Stade Brest 29 and one season later to FC Rouen...

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...

Alain Masudi

Alain Masudi is a Congolese football player who currently plays in Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon.He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals...

Tamer Abdel Hamid

Tamer Abdel Hamid تامر عبد الحميد is an Egyptian football player. He is one of the remarkable Zamalek International Midfielder, and has 27 international caps and 2 goals.-Milestones:...

Mohamed Barakat

Mohamed Barakat is an Egyptian footballer. Barakat plays the offensive right wing for Egypt's Al-Ahly and the Egyptian National Team. He is a right-footed attacking midfielder and playmaker. He is considered by many as one of the most talented players in Africa nowadays...

Ahmed Belal Mohamed Rashid John Braza Emmanuel Ake

Emmanuel Ake

Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango is a Kenyan footballer of Seychellois ancestry. Ake plays as an amateur forward for Danish 1. Division club Næstved Boldklub...

Dennis Oliech

Dennis Oliech is a Kenyan professional football forward currently playing for Auxerre.- Club career :Dennis Oliech started playing football for Dagoretti Santos in his earlier years, then Mathare United....

Sedonoude Abouta

Sedonoude Abouta is a Malian football player who last played for USM Alger in the Algerian league. He has previously played for Djoliba AC as well....

Soumaïla Coulibaly

Soumaila Coulibaly

Soumaila Coulibaly is a Malian football player who currently plays for Chinese club Yanbian FC.- Career :On 8 July 2009, he signed a one year contract for FSV Frankfurt after being released by Borussia Mönchengladbach...

Mohamed Sissoko

Mohamed Lamine Sissoko Gillan is a French-born Malian footballer who is currently playing for the French Ligue 1 team Paris-Saint Germain and the Malian national team. Although he could have elected to play for France internationally, he chose to play for the country of his descent, Mali...

Dramane Traoré

Dramane Traoré is a Malian footballer player who plays as a striker for Ukrainian club FC Metalurh Donetsk.- International :...

Nabil Baha

Nabil Baha is a Moroccan footballer who plays for CE Sabadell FC in Spain, as a striker.Both his parents come from Douar Guerzine, near Fes.-Club career:...

Talal El Karkouri Abdeslam Ouaddou

Abdeslam Ouaddou

Abdeslam Ouaddou is a Moroccan football defender. He currently plays for Qatar SC.-Career:He started his footballing career quite late, at the age of 21. On December 7, 2006 Ouaddou asked Olympiacos to release him free because he felt homesick and had some family problems...

Youssef Safri

Youssef Safri is a Moroccan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar SC in the Qatari League.-Career:Safri had played for Coventry City from 2001 to 2004 where he made his name in the English game after a transfer from Raja Casablanca of Morocco. This time was not without controversy however...

Jawad Zairi Garba Lawal

Garba Lawal

Garba Lawal is a football midfielder from Nigeria. He is currently a contracted player-assistant manager with Lobi Stars F.C..-Career:...

Joseph Yobo

Joseph Yobo is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a centre back for Fenerbahçe, on loan from Everton. He is also an international for the Nigerian national team, for which he has 81 caps and currently captains....

Joao Henriette Elias Karim Kamanzi Saïd Abed Makasi Habib Beye

Habib Beye

Habib Beye is a French born Senegalese footballer who plays for Doncaster Rovers on loan from Aston Villa and for the Senegal national team...

Papa Bouba Diop

Pape "Papa" Bouba Diop is a Senegalese footballer who plays for West Ham United in the Football League Championship and the Senegal national team. His preferred position is defensive midfield but can also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens...

Patrick Mayo

Patrick Mayo is a South African football player that has been used as a defender, midfielder and striker for Bay United in the South African Premier Soccer League and South Africa....

Khaled Badra

Khaled Badra is a retired Tunisian footballer, who recently retired from international football, he last played for Tunisian League side Espérance of Tunis...

Selim Ben Achour

Selim Benachour is a Tunisian footballer, who was born in France. He is a midfielder who currently plays for the Primeira Liga side C.S. Marítimo. He had once played in Portugal with Vitoria SC, enjoying one successful season at the club. He is multilingual...

Najeh Braham

Najeh Braham is a Tunisian footballer.-Playing career:Braham began his playing career with Tunisian side US Monastir. His first club in Germany was SC Göttingen 05. In 2001 Braham moved to Regionalliga Süd side SV Eintracht Trier 05, but only played in 6 matches in his first season...

Jawhar Mnari Esrom Nyandoro

Esrom Nyandoro

Esrom Nyandoro is a Zimbabwean football midfielder. In his native Zimbabwe, Nyandoro is nicknamed "Yellowman".-Club career:...

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama

Vincent Enyeama

Vincent Enyeama is a Nigerian football goalkeeper. Since 2002, he has played for the national team of Nigeria. He currently plays for Lille, who he signed for in June 2011.-Club career:...

Defenders Hoalid Regragui Khaled Badra

Khaled Badra

Khaled Badra is a retired Tunisian footballer, who recently retired from international football, he last played for Tunisian League side Espérance of Tunis...

Abdeslam Ouaddou

Timothée Atouba

Midfielders Karim Ziani

Karim Ziani

Karim Koceila Yanis Ziani is an Algerian professional footballer. He currently plays as a creative midfielder for the Qatari club Al-Jaish on loan from German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, and for the Algerian national team...

Riadh Bouazizi Jay-Jay Okocha

Jay-Jay Okocha

John Utaka

John Chukwudi Utaka is a Nigerian footballer who played as a striker for Montpellier of the Ligue 1. He is the older brother of Peter Utaka, who plays for OB in Denmark.- Club career :...

Forwards Frédéric Kanouté

Frédéric Kanouté

Youssef Hadji

External links

Details at RSSSF

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.