2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 1ST MATCHES - SATURDAY'S RESULTS

Congo Brazzaville produced a shock victory in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, beating Nigeria 3:2 in their Group A match in Calabar.

7 Sep 2014

Gabon
AFRICA CUP 2015


GROUP A

 

Nations Cup appearances: 5 
Best result: Quarter-finals (1996, 2012) 
Coach: Jorge Costa (Portugal) 
Key player: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 
Fifa ranking: 62


Gabon were one of four teams to qualify unbeaten (along with South Africa, Cameroon and Tunisia). 

They have won only won one match away from home at a Nations Cup finals - when beating Zaire (now DR Congo) in 1996. 

Gabon co-hosted the finals in 2012 along with Equatorial Guinea.