en Comoros at the Africa Cup of Nations

Comoros participated in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in the 2021 edition in Cameroon, where the team reached the round of 16.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record										Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France									Part of France
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968
1970
1974
1976	Not a CAF member									Not a CAF member
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004	Did not enter									Did not enter
2006
2008
2010	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	10
2012	Did not qualify									6	0	1	5	2	14
2013	Did not enter									Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	1	2
2017										6	1	0	5	2	7
2019										8	2	3	3	8	10
2021	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	4	7	Squad	6	2	3	1	4	6
2023	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	6	8
2025	To be determined									To be determined
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Round of 16	1/34	4	1	0	3	4	7	—	36	7	9	20	25	57

Tournaments

2021 Africa Cup of Nations

The Comoros are in Group C of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in January and February 2022 in Cameroon. Their first match sees them losing to Gabon 1–0.^[1] The second match also ended with a 2–0 defeat against Morocco,^[2] despite a noteworthy match by goalkeeper Salim Ben Boina, elected man of the match.^[3] The third match opposes the Comorians to Ghana.^[4] This meeting, where Salim Ben Boina is out through injury, ends with a historic victory for the Comorians 3–2, including 2 goals from Ahmed Mogni, eliminating Ghana, and allowing the Cœlacanthes to finish third in the group.

The selection finished fourth best third in the competition and qualified for the round of 16, which pitted them against the host country, Cameroon. Already deprived of Faïz Selemani, suspended, the Comorians have twelve positive cases of COVID-19 in their selection before the match, including all the goalkeepers available. On the same day, Ali Ahamada tested negative, but a same-day protocol change by the Confederation of African Football made him ineligible for the match, angering observers; it is then the defender Chaker Alhadhur who takes place in the goals.^[5] Despite all these adventures and an exclusion from the outset of captain Nadjim Abdou, the Comorians lost by the smallest of margins, by 2–1.^[6]