FACTBOX-Soccer-Africa Cup of Nations final – Ivory Coast v Nigeria

Feb 2013 Nigeria beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in Rustenburg, South Africa in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final. Jan 2008 Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 1-0 in Sekondi in the group phase of the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.

Factbox on Ivory Coast and Nigeria, who contest Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final at Abidjan’s Alassane Ouattara Olympic Stadium: IVORY COAST

Africa Cup of Nations record: Previous appearances in finals: (24) 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

Best performance: Winners 1992, 2015 FIFA world ranking Dec 2023: 49

Road to the final Group A

Jan 13 (Abidjan) beat Guinea Bissau 2-0 (Seko Fofana, Jean-Philippe Krasso) Jan 18 (Abidjan) lost to Nigeria 0-1

Jan 22 (Abidjan) lost to Equatorial Guinea 0-4 Last 16

Jan 29 (Yamoussoukro) beat Senegal 5-4 on penalties after 1-1 draw (Franck Kessie pen) Quarter-final

Feb 3 (Bouake) beat Mali 2-1 after extra time (Simon Adingra, Oumar Diakite) Semi-final

Feb 7 (Abidjan) beat DR Congo 1-0 (Sebastien Haller) Expected line-up: Yahia Fofana, Wilfried Singo, Willy Boly, Evan Ndicka, Ghislain Konan, Jean Michael Seri, Franck Kessie, Seko Fofana, Max Alain Gradel, Simon Adingra, Sebastien Haller.

- - - NIGERIA

Africa Cup of Nations record: Previous appearances in finals: (19) 1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2021

Best performance: Winners 1980, 1994, 2013 FIFA world ranking Dec 2023: 42

Road to the final Group C

Jan 14 (Abidjan) drew 1-1 with Equatorial Guinea (Victor Osimhen) Jan 18 (Abidjan) beat Ivory Coast 1-0 (William Troost-Ekong pen)

Jan 22 (Abidjan) beat Guinea Bissau 1-0 (Opa Sangante own goal) Last 16

Jan 27 (Abidjan) beat Cameroon 2-0 (Ademola Lookman 2) Quarter-final

Feb 2 (Abidjan) beat Angola 1-0 (Lookman) Semi-final

Feb 7 (Bouake) beat South Africa 4-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw (Troost-Ekong pen) Expected line-up: Stanley Nwabili, Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi, William Troost-Ekong, Calvin Bassey, Zaidu Sanusi, Frank Onyeka, Alex Iwobi, Moses Simon, Ademola Lookman, Victor Osimhen.

--- RECENT PAST MEETINGS

Jan 2024 Nigeria beat Ivory Coast 1-0 in Abidjan in the group phase of the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast. Feb 2013 Nigeria beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in Rustenburg, South Africa in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.

Jan 2008 Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 1-0 in Sekondi in the group phase of the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana. Feb 2006 Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 1-0 in Alexandria, Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final.

Jan 2002 Drew 1-1 in a friendly international in Bouake 

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