Most titles won: 7
Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Most appearances at the finals: Egypt (23)
1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
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Most appearances in a final: Ghana and Egypt (both 8)
Ghana: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2010, 2015
Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010
Most matches played in the finals: Egypt (90)
Most wins in the finals: Egypt (51)
Most goals in the finals: Egypt (153)
Most Nations Cup appearances by a player: 8 times achieved by 2 players
Rigobert Song - Cameroon
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
Ahmed Hassan-Egypt
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
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Most appearances in the final: 3
Ali El Fanageeli - Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962
Cecil Jones Attaquayefio - Ghana: 1965, 1968, 1970
Charles Addo Odametey - Ghana: 1963, 1965, 1968
Roger Milla - Cameroon: 1984, 1986, 1988
Rigobert Song-Cameroon-2000, 2002, 2008
Ahmed Hassan-Egypt-2006, 2008, 2010
Samuel Eto'o-Cameroon-2000, 2002, 2008
Most goals in the finals:
Samuel Eto'o has scored 18 goals in six tournaments between 2000 and 2010, Laurent Pokou of the Ivory Coast scored 14 in two tournaments - 1968 & 1970
Most goals scored in a single tournament:
Mulumba Ndaye of Zaire scored 9 goals in 1974
Most goals scored by an individual in one match:
Laurent Pokou with five goals as the Ivory Coast beat Ethiopia 6-1 in the 1970 edition
Fastest ever goal: Ayman Mansour, Egypt (23 seconds)
Most goals scored in one match: 9
Egypt 6-3 Nigeria, 1963
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Most goals in a single tournament:
54 in Egypt 1974, under the old eight-team system
99 in Ghana 2008, under the 16-team system
Highest winning margin: 5
Ivory Coast 6-1 Ethiopia 1970
Youngest ever player: Chiva Star Nzighou (Gabon)
16 years, two months, 30 days at the 2000 finals
Most performances by a referee in the finals: 6
Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia/Eritrea)
1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986
Nations Cup winner as player and coach:
Mahmoud El-Gohary of Egypt in 1959 and 1998
Stephen Keshi of Nigeria (1994 and 2013).
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Most Nations Cup wins by a coach: 3
Charles Gyamfi of Ghana won in 1963, 1965 & 1982
Hassan Shehata of Egypt won in 2006, 2008, 2010