1959 African Cup of Nations

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox international football competition The 1959 African Cup of Nations was the second edition of the Africa Cup of Nations,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> the football championship between the national teams of Africa, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted and won by the United Arab Republic, a sovereign union between Egypt and Syria. Only three teams participated: host team United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Ethiopia.<ref name=":0" /> All three matches took place in Cairo.Template:Cn

Overview

With only three teams, the format changed into a round robin group, but the results were the same, the United Arab Republic won over Ethiopia 4−0 and over Sudan 2−1. The Sudanese finished second, defeating Ethiopia 1−0.

Essam Baheeg scored the two winning goals for Egypt in the final

Mahmoud El-Gohary, who would later become manager of the Egyptian team between 1988 and 2002, would be the top scorer of this edition of the tournament.

Participating teams

Participating nations

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn
Template:Fb	Hosts	1957	Template:Sort (1957)
Template:Fb	Invitee	1957	Template:Sort (1957)
Template:Fb	Invitee	1957	Template:Sort (1957)

Notes

Squads

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Venues

Cairo	Template:Image label begin
Prince Farouk Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Final tournament

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Scorers

3 goals

• Template:Flagicon Mahmoud El-Gohary

2 goals

• Template:Flagicon Essam Baheeg

1 goal

• Template:Flagicon Mimi El-Sherbini
• Template:Flagicon Abdelmutaleb Nasir
• Template:Flagicon Siddiq Manzul

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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