AFCON Final Ivory Coast vs Nigeria: Head-to-Head Record and All You Need to Know

Hosts Ivory Coast and former champions Nigeria will lock horns in the AFCON final on Sunday night.

Here’s all you need to know

Ivory Coash vs Nigeria head-to-head at AFCON

• 1980: Nigeria 0 Ivory Coast 0 (Group A)
• 1990: Nigeria 1 Ivory Coast 0 (Group A)
• 1994: Nigeria 2 Ivory Coast 2, Nigeria won 4-2 on penalties (Semi-final)
• 2006: Nigeria 0 Ivory Coast 1 (Semi-final)
• 2008: Nigeria 0 Ivory Coast 1 (Group B)
• 2013: Nigeria 2 Ivory Coast 1 (Quarter-final)
• 2024: Nigeria 1 Ivory Coast 0 (Group A)

Factfile of 2024 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Ivory Coast

Path to final: Group A – Guinea-Bissau 2-0, Nigeria 0-1, Equatorial Guinea 0-4; Last 16 – Senegal 1-1 (5-4 penalties), Quarter-final – Mali 2-1; Semi-final – Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0

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Scorers: 1 – Simon Adingra, Oumar Diakite, Seko Fofana, Sebastien Haller, Franck Kessie, Jean-Philippe Krasso

Rankings: 8 Africa, 49 world

Captain: Serge Aurier

Coach: Emerse Fae

Previous appearances: 24

Best placing: Champions 1992, 2015

Record wins: Ethiopia 6-1 (1970), Guinea 5-0 (2008)

Record loss: Equatorial Guinea 0-4 (2024)

Nickname: Elephants

Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (Angers/FRA), Charles Ayayi (ASEC Mimosas), Badra Ali Sangare (Sekhukhune Utd/RSA)

Defenders: Serge Aurier, Willy Boly (both Nottingham Forest/ENG), Ismael Diallo (Hajduk Split/CRO), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting Lisbon/POR), Ghislain Konan (Al Fayha/KSA), Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Evan Ndicka (Roma/ITA), Wilfried Singo (Monaco/FRA)

Midfielders: Jean Thierry Lazare (Union Saint-Gilloise/BEL), Idrissa Doumbia (Al Ahli/QAT), Seko Fofana (Al Nassr/KSA), Franck Kessie (Al Ahly/KSA), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Jean Michael Seri (Hull/ENG)

Forwards: Simon Adingra (Brighton/ENG), Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo/ESP), Jeremie Boga (Nice/FRA), Oumar Diakite (Reims/FRA), Max Alain Gradel (Gaziantep/TUR), Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Karim Konate (Salzburg/AUT), Christian Kouame (Fiorentina/ITA), Jean Philippe Krasso (Red Star Belgrade/SRB), Nicolas Pepe (Trabzonspor/TUR)

Factfile of 2024 Africa Cup of Nations finalists Nigeria:

Path to final: Group A – Equatorial Guinea 1-1, Ivory Coast 1-0, Guinea-Bissau 1-0; Last 16 – Cameroon 2-0; Quarter-final – Angola 1-0; Semi-final – South Africa 1-1 (4-2 penalties)

Scorers: 3 – Ademola Lookman, 2 – William Troost-Ekong, 1 – Victor Osimhen, own goal – Opa Sangante (GNB)

Rankings: 6 Africa, 42 world

Captain: William Troost-Ekong

Coach: Jose Peseiro (POR)

Previous appearances: 19

Best placing: Champions 1980, 1994, 2013

Record win: South Africa 4-0 (2004)

Record losses: Sudan 0-4 (1963), Algeria 1-5 (1990)

Nickname: Super Eagles

Full Squad

Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabili (Chippa Utd/RSA), Olorunleke Ojo (Enyimba), Francis Uzoho (Omonia/CYP)

Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem, Bruno Onyemaechi (both Boavista/POR), Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Semi Ajayi (West Brom/ENG), Calvin Bassey (Fulham/ENG), Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa/TUR), Bright Osayi-Samuel (Fenerbahce/TUR), Zaidu Sanusi (Porto/POR), William Troost-Ekong (PAOK/GRE)

Midfielders: Joe Aribo (Southampton/ENG), Alex Iwobi (Fulham/ENG), Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge/BEL), Frank Onyeka (Brentford/ENG), Alhaasan Yusuf (Royal Antwerp/BEL)

Forwards: Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan/ITA), Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester/ENG), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/ITA), Terem Moffi (Nice/FRA), Ahmed Musa (Sivasspor/TUR), Victor Osimhen (Napoli/ITA), Moses Simon (Nantes/FRA), Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor/TUR)