Africa 2019 1 Board Chairman Diaa Rashwan Editor-in-Chief 06 stadiums Africa 2019 Abdelmoeti Abuzaid 6 with international standards 4 Governorates hosting Egypt has identified six venues for the tournament: Cairo Internation- 2019 AFCON al Stadium, Al Salam Stadium, 30 June Stadium, Alexandria Stadium, Ismailia Stadium and Suez Stadium. The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Cairo is held in June 2019 with the participation of 24 teams divided into six groups for the first time in the history of the tournament. Cairo International Stadium Editor Cairo Stadium is one of the best 38.000 square meters, a tennis complex stadiums in the world. It hosts AFCON and a squash court that includes a main Nashwa Abdel-Hamid 2019’s quarter-finals, matches of playground and four training grounds. Egyptian national team, The Pharaohs, The Stadium’s secondary sports Cairo is the capital of the Arab Republic passing through the ancient city of Cairo. It alongside the opening, closing and official facilities include four football fields, a of Egypt. It is the largest city in the Arab is also the largest open Islamic museum in ceremonies of the AFCON tournament. swimming pool complex, hockey and world and Africa in terms of population the world. Besides, it is a creative artistic Cairo International Stadium, is an horseback riding stadiums, as well as an (about 10 million people). It is an ancient city center for festivals and artistic and cultural Olympic-standard, The architect of the international cycling stadium currently with a prominent position among the world activities. In addition, it is home to a large capitals. It was built more than a thousand number of streets, buildings and mosques stadium is the German Werner March on underway. years ago, including the Pyramids, the of historical Islamic architectural style. an area of 20.000 square meters. It is A comprehensive development Sphinx, the Cairo Tower, the Citadel of In recent decades, several suburbs have located in Nasr City, 10 km from Cairo process is underway at the Cairo Saladin, the Al-Azhar Mosque, St. Mark’s been built in Cairo, including New Cairo, International Airport and 30 km from Stadium in preparation for hosting the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the Sultan one of the largest new cities, which consists downtown Cairo. 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the most Hassan Mosque, the Babylonian Fortress, of several residential complexes, and Cairo International Stadium facilities important feature of which are the unified the Egyptian Museum, the Islamic Museum features modern facilities, spacious streets, include a multi-use stadium with an all- electronic system of all facilities serving and the Coptic Museum. sophisticated services and green spaces, seated capacity of 75,000, an open the tournament, providing the playground Khan el-Khalili is considered one of the as well as the Sheikh Zayed suburb, which hall equipped to receive meetings, with surveillance cameras in all vital most important neighborhoods and tourist is considered one of the second-generation markets in Cairo. Despite it is 600 years old cities, as it was established in 1995 and conferences, celebrations and sports areas and the renovation of electronic or more, it is famous for the manufacture and the city of 6th of October, named after the Technical Supervision shows. The covered halls complex gates to facilitate the entry and exit of the sale of antiques, handicrafts, souvenirs and victory of the sixth of October 1973, which consists of four halls on an area of masses. jewelry. The street of Al-Moez Ldin Allah is is a successful example of industrial cities 12 the main street established by the Fatimids, in Egypt. 15 Eman Shousha 12 15 Football History in Egypt Egypt has many sports facilities and youth centers and also a number of world- History of Africa Cup of Nations class football playing fields and stadiums, which qualified it to host the FIFA U-19 World Cup in 1997 and five continental championships for the Africa Cup of Nations. Football is the most popular sport in Africa. The CAF Africa Cup of Nations is the main The game of football is the most popular sport in Egypt, and the Egyptian international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation national team is the most superior Arab and African team. The introduction of of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two sports, including football in Egyptian school curricula, was decided by Minister of years. The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition. Education Mohamed Zaki Pasha, marking one of the main turning points in the It is ranked third in the world after the World Cup and the European Nations Cup, and maturation of the sports of football in Egypt. the qualifying teams include African professional players in the best European clubs as well as the best players in the African continent. Technical Production Egypt National Team The origin of the African Nations Cup dates from June 1956, when the creation of the Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress in Participated in the Olympic Games in 1924. Lisbon(through meetings of Egyptians Abdel Aziz Salim, Mohammed Latif, Sudanese Abdel Halim Shaddad, Badawi Mohammed, Abdul Halim Mohammed and South African First African and Arab team to play in the World Cup in 1934. Fred Will). There were immediate plans for a continental tournament to be held and, in Participated in the Olympic Games in 1936. February 1957, the first Africa Cup of Nations was held in Khartoum, Sudan. There was no qualification for this tournament, the field being made up of the four founding nations of Ranked 9th worldwide in 2010 according to FIFA. CAF (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa). Egypt was crowned as the first continental The most winning team in the Africa Cup of Nations, winning champion after defeating host Sudan in the semi-final and Ethiopia in the final. Two years seven titles, most recently in 2010 in Angola, including three later Egypt hosted the second tournament in Cairo with the participation of the same three Rania Samir Wishahy times on the Egyptian soil. teams. Host and defending champions Egypt again won, after defeating Sudan. Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup’s history, winning the tournament a record of seven times (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between Egyptian Football Federation Alexandria Stadium 1958 and 1961). Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament’s history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the First Arab and African federation to join the Oldest stadium in Egypt and Africa, being built first two versions to keep after each of them won a tournament International Football Federation in 1923 in 1929. three times. The current trophy was first awarded in 2002 and with Egypt winning it indefinitely after winning their unprecedented third consecutive title in 2010. Egyptian Football Clubs 4 oldest clubs in the African continent Al-Jazira Club, founded in 1882, is the first Egyptian club Layout & cover Alexandria Sporting Club was founded in 1889 El-Sekka El-Hadid, founded in 1903, established Egypt’s first football club Ayat Mekky Olympic Club, founded in 1905, is the first Egyptian club to participate in CAF Champions League. It is also known and for winning the Egypt Cup twice in 1933 and 1934 18 20 18 20 Printing Supervision Eng. Iman Gaafar 2 Africa 2019 Africa 2019 AFCON 20 Who’s 19Who? A total of 24 teams takes part in the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, which is the first AFCON tournament expanded from 16 to 24 teams. The participating national teams are: Egypt, Senegal, Madagascar, Morocco, Cameroon, Mali, Burundi, Algeria, Benin, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, DR Congo, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Angola, Mauritania, Tunisia, Guinea Bissau, Namibia, Uganda, Tanzania. Three nations will also be making their debut in the continental championship, with Madagascar sealing their first appearance after winning Group A with 10 points, the Burundi team also rose for the first time in their history after topping Group C with 10 points, and Mauritania also secured a historic maiden qualification, guaranteeing a top two finish in Group I. The current edition also witness a comeback by the Tanzania Team, known as The Taifa Stars, following a 39-year absence. Five Arab teams qualified as well, an unprecedented number in the history of the tournament. Meet the 24 national teams that qualified for AFCON 2019. 80 81 30 80 Egypt organizes AFCON tournament for the 5th time 06 6 stadiums with international standards 12 4 Governorates hosting 2019 AFCON 15 Football History in Egypt 18 107 History of Africa Cup of Nations 20 Countries participating in the 2019 AFCON 30 National teams participating in the 2019 AFCON 80 Popular football stars 107 Winners of African Footballer of the Year Award 114 114 3 4 Africa 2019 Introduction With Love We Gathered A group of 24 African sister countries meet on the land of Egypt, eagerly followed not only by all the peoples of the African continent, but also by hundreds of millions of the world’s people. They compete in the spirit of fair play, fraternity and friendly rivalry. They share common pride in belonging to the African continent and a joint willingness to make its voice heard, and portray an image of a civilized creative continent to the entire world. This wonderful image is portrayed by the peoples of Africa during the matches of the Africa Cup of Nations in its 32nd edition, which is held in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July 2019.