2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group A

Group A of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 14 to 22 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of hosts Gabon, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Guinea-Bissau.^[1]

Burkina Faso and Cameroon advanced to the round of 16 as the top two teams.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	CAF Rankings Points[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings Start of event
A1	Gabon	Hosts	8 April 2015	7th	2015	Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)	22	108
A2	Burkina Faso	Group D winners	4 September 2016	11th	2015	Runners-up (2013)	33.5	53
A3	Cameroon	Group M winners	3 June 2016	18th	2015	Winners (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)	29	62
A4	Guinea-Bissau	Group E winners	5 June 2016	1st	none	Debut	8.5	68

Notes

1. The CAF rankings were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Gabon (H)	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Guinea-Bissau	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the quarter-finals:

• The group winners, Burkina Faso, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Tunisia.
• The group runners-up, Cameroon, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Senegal.

Matches

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1).^[2]

Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)

17:00

Gabon	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
Aubameyang 52'	Report	Juary 90+1'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Attendance: 39,230^[3]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Gabon[4]

Guinea-Bissau[4]

GK 1 Didier Ovono RB 8 Lloyd Palun CB 2 Aaron Appindangoyé CB 5 Bruno Ecuele Manga LB 6 Johann Obiang  66' CM 4 Merlin Tandjigora  84' CM 22 Didier Ibrahim N'Dong RW 7 Malick Evouna  88' AM 10 Mario Lemina  73' LW 20 Denis Bouanga CF 9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c) Substitutions: MF 12 Guélor Kanga  73' MF 17 André Biyogo Poko  84' FW 14 Serge Kevyn  88' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

GK 1 Jonas Mendes RB 4 Tomás Dabó CB 5 Rudinilson Silva CB 14 Juary Soares LB 16 Agostinho Soares  76' CM 11 Nani Soares CM 8 Francisco Júnior  74' RW 15 Toni Silva AM 7 Zezinho (c) LW 19 João Mário  61' CF 9 Abel Camará  66' Substitutions: MF 18 Piqueti  61' FW 13 Frédéric Mendy  66' FW 21 Aldair Baldé  74' Manager: Baciro Candé

Man of the Match: Zezinho (Guinea-Bissau)[5] Assistant referees: Redouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Fourth official: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)

20:00

Burkina Faso	1–1	Cameroon
Dayo 75'	Report	Moukandjo 35'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Burkina Faso[6]

Cameroon[6]

GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi RB 5 Patrick Malo CB 14 Issoufou Dayo CB 4 Bakary Koné LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c) CM 8 Abdou Razack Traoré  74' RW 7 Préjuce Nakoulma AM 11 Jonathan Pitroipa  86' LW 10 Alain Traoré CF 19 Bertrand Traoré  61' Substitutions: FW 9 Banou Diawara  86'  61' MF 17 Jonathan Zongo  74' FW 15 Aristide Bancé  86' Manager: Paulo Duarte

GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa RB 2 Ernest Mabouka  14' CB 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui  88' CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo RM 7 Clinton N'Jie  77' CM 14 Georges Mandjeck  62' CM 15 Sébastien Siani LM 13 Christian Bassogog  84' CF 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c)  56' CF 9 Jacques Zoua Substitutions: MF 11 Edgar Salli  77' FW 20 Karl Toko Ekambi  84' Manager: Hugo Broos

Man of the Match: Alain Traoré (Burkina Faso)[7] Assistant referees: Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) Marwa Range (Kenya) Fourth official: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Gabon vs Burkina Faso

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)

17:00

Gabon	1–1	Burkina Faso
Aubameyang 38' (pen.)	Report	Nakoulma 23'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Gabon[8]

Burkina Faso[8]

GK 1 Didier Ovono RB 8 Lloyd Palun CB 5 Bruno Ecuele Manga CB 2 Aaron Appindangoyé LB 6 Johann Obiang  34' CM 22 Didier Ibrahim N'Dong CM 4 Merlin Tandjigora  66' RW 17 André Biyogo Poko  75' LW 20 Denis Bouanga CF 7 Malick Evouna CF 9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c) Substitutions: DF 19 Benjamin Zé Ondo  34' MF 18 Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali  66' FW 14 Serge Kevyn  75' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi  37' RB 5 Patrick Malo CB 14 Issoufou Dayo CB 4 Bakary Koné LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c) CM 8 Abdou Razack Traoré RW 17 Jonathan Zongo  54' AM 11 Jonathan Pitroipa  11' LW 10 Alain Traoré  77' CF 9 Banou Diawara Substitutions: MF 7 Préjuce Nakoulma  11' MF 19 Bertrand Traoré  54' MF 6 Bakary Saré  77' Manager: Paulo Duarte

Man of the Match: Denis Bouanga (Gabon)[9] Assistant referees: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt) Fourth official: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau

18 January 2017 (2017-01-18)

20:00

Cameroon	2–1	Guinea-Bissau
Siani 61' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 78'	Report	Piqueti 13'

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Cameroon[10]

Guinea-Bissau[10]

GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa RB 19 Collins Fai CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu CB 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo CM 14 Georges Mandjeck  22'  65' CM 15 Sébastien Siani RW 13 Christian Bassogog AM 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c) LW 7 Clinton N'Jie  46' CF 10 Vincent Aboubakar  65' Substitutions: FW 20 Karl Toko Ekambi  46' DF 3 Nicolas Nkoulou  65' FW 18 Robert Ndip Tambe  65' Manager: Hugo Broos

GK 1 Jonas Mendes RB 4 Tomás Dabó CB 5 Rudinilson Silva CB 14 Juary Soares  30' LB 22 Mamadu Candé CM 11 Nani Soares CM 8 Francisco Júnior AM 7 Zezinho (c) RF 15 Toni Silva  68' CF 13 Frédéric Mendy  81' LF 18 Piqueti  50' Substitutions: MF 20 Idrissa Camará  50' FW 17 Leocísio Sami  68' FW 9 Abel Camará  81' Manager: Baciro Candé

Man of the Match: Christian Bassogog (Cameroon)[11] Assistant referees: Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger) Fourth official: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

Cameroon vs Gabon

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)

20:00

Cameroon	0–0	Gabon
	Report

Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Cameroon[12]

Gabon[12]

GK 1 Fabrice Ondoa RB 19 Collins Fai CB 4 Adolphe Teikeu CB 3 Nicolas Nkoulou LB 6 Ambroise Oyongo CM 15 Sébastien Siani  18' CM 5 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui AM 8 Benjamin Moukandjo (c) RF 13 Christian Bassogog  83' CF 18 Robert Ndip Tambe  83' LF 11 Edgar Salli  76' Substitutions: FW 9 Jacques Zoua  76' FW 10 Vincent Aboubakar  83' FW 20 Karl Toko Ekambi  83' Manager: Hugo Broos

GK 1 Didier Ovono RB 8 Lloyd Palun  73' CB 2 Aaron Appindangoyé CB 5 Bruno Ecuele Manga LB 19 Benjamin Zé Ondo  57' RM 17 André Biyogo Poko CM 22 Didier Ibrahim N'Dong CM 18 Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali LM 20 Denis Bouanga CF 9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c) CF 7 Malick Evouna  78' Substitutions: DF 21 Yoann Wachter  57' MF 13 Samson Mbingui  73' FW 14 Serge Kevyn  78' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match: Denis Bouanga (Gabon)[13] Assistant referees: Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea) Fourth official: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Guinea-Bissau vs Burkina Faso

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)

20:00

Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Rudinilson 12' (o.g.) B. Traoré 58'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Guinea-Bissau[14]

Burkina Faso[14]

GK 1 Jonas Mendes RB 4 Tomás Dabó CB 14 Juary Soares  80' CB 5 Rudinilson Silva LB 22 Mamadu Candé CM 11 Nani Soares  63' CM 8 Francisco Júnior  76' AM 7 Zezinho (c) RF 15 Toni Silva CF 13 Frédéric Mendy LF 18 Piqueti  65' Substitutions: MF 3 Lassana Camará  63' FW 9 Abel Camará  65' FW 21 Aldair Baldé  76' Manager: Baciro Candé

GK 16 Kouakou Hervé Koffi RB 2 Steeve Yago CB 14 Issoufou Dayo CB 4 Bakary Koné LB 20 Yacouba Coulibaly CM 18 Charles Kaboré (c)  45+1' CM 8 Abdou Razack Traoré  7' RW 19 Bertrand Traoré  78' AM 10 Alain Traoré  67' LW 7 Préjuce Nakoulma CF 15 Aristide Bancé  59' Substitutions: FW 21 Cyrille Bayala  59' MF 22 Blati Touré  67' MF 6 Bakary Saré  78' Manager: Paulo Duarte

Man of the Match: Préjuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso)[15] Assistant referees: Abel Baba (Nigeria) Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan) Fourth official: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

References

1. "Results of the draw". 19 October 2016.
2. "Fixtures of the Final Tournament" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Africa Cup of Nations - Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics".
4. "Media start list: Gabon - Guinea-Bissau" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
5. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (14 January 2017). "J.L. Mendes Lopes is the first Total Man of the Match of the competition! Congratulations!" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2017 – via Twitter.
6. "Tactical start list: Burkina Faso - Cameroon" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
7. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (14 January 2017). "A. TRAORE has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 January 2017 – via Twitter.
8. "Tactical start list: Gabon - Burkina Faso" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
9. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (18 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is D. BOUANGA! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 January 2017 – via Twitter.
10. "Tactical start list: Cameroon - Guinea-Bissau" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
11. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (18 January 2017). "C. BASSOGOG has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 January 2017 – via Twitter.
12. "Tactical start list: Cameroon - Gabon" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
13. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (22 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is D. Bouanga! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via Twitter.
14. "Tactical start list: Guinea-Bissau - Burkina Faso" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
15. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (22 January 2017). "P. NAKOULMA has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via Twitter.

External links

• 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com