2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Group J of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco.^[1] The group consisted of four teams: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya and Zimbabwe.^[2]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.^[3]

Cameroon and Zimbabwe, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	14	Final tournament		—	2–1	4–1	1–0
2	Zimbabwe	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9			0–0	—	1–1	3–1
3	Kenya	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6			0–1	0–0	—	0–0
4	Namibia	6	0	2	4	2	7	−5	2			0–0	0–1	1–2	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

16:00 UTC+3

Kenya	0–0	Zimbabwe
	Report

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala (Uganda)

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

7 September 2024 (2024-09-07)

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–0	Namibia
Aboubakar 65'	Report

Japoma Stadium, Douala

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

19:00 UTC+3

Zimbabwe	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala (Uganda)

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

18:00 UTC+2

Namibia	1–2	Kenya
Hotto 90+5'	Report	Avire 58' Abuya 76'

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

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10 October 2024 (2024-10-10)

15:00 UTC+2

Namibia	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Billiat 34' (pen.)

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	4–1	Kenya
Aboubakar 8' (pen.) Hongla 39' Mbeumo 43' Bassogog 55'	Report	Olunga 41'

Japoma Stadium, Douala

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

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14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)

16:00 UTC+3

Kenya	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Enow 63'

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala (Uganda)

Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)

18:00 UTC+2

Zimbabwe	3–1	Namibia
Musona 50', 61' (pen.) Dube 89'	Report	Eiseb 90'

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Yannick Malala (Congo DR)

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13 November 2024 (2024-11-13)

15:00 UTC+2

Namibia	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)

17:00 UTC+2

Zimbabwe	1–1	Kenya
Maswanhise 32'	Report	Ayunga 52'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane (South Africa)

Referee: Messie Jessie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

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19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

14:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–1	Zimbabwe
Aboubakar 18' Nkoudou 23'	Report	Dzvukamanja 73'

Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)

16:00 UTC+3

Kenya	0–0	Namibia
	Report

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane (South Africa)

Referee: Pierre Jean Nguiene (Congo)

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

3 goals

• Vincent Aboubakar

2 goals

• Walter Musona

1 goal

• Christian Bassogog
• Boris Enow
• Martin Hongla
• Bryan Mbeumo
• Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
• Duke Abuya
• John Avire
• Jonah Ayunga
• Michael Olunga
• Godwin Eiseb
• Deon Hotto
• Khama Billiat
• Prince Dube
• Terrence Dzvukamanja
• Tawanda Maswanhise

References

1. "Morocco to host 2025 Africa Cup of Nations". CAFOnline.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. "Qualifying groups for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 revealed". CAF. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
3. Oyebola, Mike (25 December 2023). "CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 10 April 2024.