Sudan is one of the first countries to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, and was also the first host country, when Sudan hosted it in 1957. During 1950s to 1970s, Sudan was one of Africa's best teams, and had won the tournament in the 1970 also held at home just after Gaafar Nimeiry's coup, with its greatest striker being Mustafa Azhari Alawad. However, after 1970, with Mustafa's retirement, the Sudanese team began to suffer a long decline and Sudan would lose status as a major African power to the hand of other African teams. Overall, Sudan had to wait for 32 years after qualifying to the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations to make its return in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, where it finished bottom with three straight 0–3 losses. Sudan would soon manage its best performance up to date in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, reaching the quarter-finals in modern era, before suffers tremendous crisis that continue to hinder the growth of Sudanese football.
Overall record Africa Cup of Nations recordAppearances: 10YearRoundPosition 1957Third place3rd100112 1959Runners-up2nd210122 1962Did not qualify 1963Runners-up2nd311165 1965Did not qualify 1968 1970Champions1st540183 1972Group stage7th302146 1974Did not qualify 1976Group stage7th302134 1978Withdrew 1980Did not qualify 1982Did not enter 1984Did not qualify 1986Withdrew 1988Did not qualify 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998Withdrew during qualifying 2000Did not enter 2002Did not qualify 2004 2006 2008Group stage16th300309 2010Did not qualify 2012Quarter-finals8th411247 2013Did not qualify 2015 2017 2019 2021Group stage20th301214 2023Did not qualify 2025Qualified 2027To be determinedTotal1 Title10/352777132942
Squads
Tournaments AFCON editionDateLocationStageOpponentResultSudan scorersOpponent scorers 1957 10 February 1957 Khartoum Semi-finals 1–2 Boraî Bashir Raafat AttiaAd-Diba 1959 25 May 1959 Cairo Final tournament 1–0 Abdul Muttalib Naser 29 May 1959 1–2 Siddiq Manzul Essam Baheeg (x2) 1963 26 November 1963 Kumasi Group stage 2–2 Nasr El-Din Abbas (x2) Hassan El-ShazlyMohamed Morsi Hussein 28 November 1963 4–0 Nasr El-Din Abbas (x2)Ibrahim Yahia El-KuwartiAbdel-Aziz Ibrahim 1 December 1963 Accra Final 0–3 Edward Aggrey-FynnEdward Acquah (x2) 1970 6 February 1970 Khartoum Group stage 3–0 Ali GagarinOmar Ali Hasab El-RasoulNasr El-Din Abbas 8 February 1970 0–1 François Tahi 10 February 1970 2–1 Nasr El-Din AbbasOmar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul Jean-Marie Tsébo 14 February 1970 Semi-finals 2–1 Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir (x2) Hassan El-Shazly 16 February 1970 Final 1–0 Omar Ali Hasab El-Rasoul 1972 25 February 1972 Douala Group stage 1–1 Hasab El-Rasoul Omar Mayanga Maku 27 February 1972 1–1 Bushara Abdel-Nadief Ahmed Faras 29 February 1972 2–4 Kamal Abdel WahabAhmed Bushara Wahba Jean-Michel M'Bono (x2)François M'PeléJonas Bahamboula 1976 1 March 1976 Dire Dawa Group stage 2–2 Ali Gagarin (x2) Mustapha FetouiAhmed Abouali 4 March 1976 0–1 Thompson Usiyan 6 March 1976 1–1 Ali Gagarin Ndaye Mulamba 2008 22 January 2008 Kumasi Group stage 0–3 James ChamangaJacob MulengaFelix Katongo 26 January 2008 0–3 Hosny Abd RaboMohamed Aboutrika (x2) 30 January 2008 Tamale 0–3 Samuel Eto'o (x2) Mohammed Ali El Khider 2012 22 January 2012 Malabo Group stage 0–1 Didier Drogba 26 January 2012 2–2 Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (x2) Manucho (x2) 30 January 2012 Bata 2–1 Mudather El Tahir (x2) Issiaka Ouédraogo 30 January 2012 Quarter-finals 0–3 Stophira SunzuChristopher KatongoJames Chamanga 2021 11 January 2022 Garoua Group stage 0–0 15 January 2022 1–3 Walieldin Khedr Samuel ChukwuezeTaiwo AwoniyiMoses Simon 15 January 2022 Yaoundé 0–1 Mohamed Abdelmonem
References
External links Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com