Three-time African champions, Nigeria, face a challenging group stage draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. Drawn into Group C, they will contend with Tunisia, as well as Uganda and Tanzania, two nations set to co-host the 2027 tournament. The draw ceremony took place on Monday in Morocco, with the competition scheduled to run from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
Nigeria, the most accomplished team in Group C, boast three AFCON titles and will be making their 21st tournament appearance. Uganda, meanwhile, will be participating for the eighth time, while Tanzania is making only their third showing. Tunisia, a familiar rival that eliminated Nigeria in the round of 16 at the 2021 edition in Cameroon, has one AFCON title, won on home soil in 2004, across their 21 appearances.
The Super Eagles enter the 2025 edition as the tournament’s record medalists in its 68-year history. They have amassed an impressive tally of 16 medals from 20 appearances, including three titles (1980, 1994, and 2013), five runner-up finishes (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, and 2023), and eight bronze medals. Nigeria narrowly missed a fourth title in the 2023 final, losing 2-1 to hosts Ivory Coast.
Hosts Morocco are drawn in Group A alongside Mali, Zambia, and Comoros. Seven-time champions Egypt feature in Group B with South Africa, Angola, and Zimbabwe. Group D consists of Senegal, DR Congo, Benin, and Botswana, while Group E includes Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, and Sudan. Defending champions Ivory Coast are placed in Group F with Cameroon, Gabon, and Mozambique.
CAF and the Moroccan Football Federation have also revealed six cities and nine stadiums set to host matches during the tournament. These cities include Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes, and Tangier. Rabat will feature four stadiums: the 69,500-seat Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, Stade Al Barid (18,000 capacity), Stade Olympique Annexe Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah (21,000 capacity), and Complexe Sportif Prince Héritier Moulay El Hassan (22,000 capacity).
Other venues include the Complexe Sportif Mohammed V in Casablanca, which accommodates 45,000 spectators; the Grand Stade d’Agadir (41,144 capacity); the Grand Stade de Marrakech (41,245 capacity); the Complexe Sportif de Fès (35,468 capacity); and the largest venue, the 75,000-capacity Grand Stade de Tanger.
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