2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group D

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Group D of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations ran from 24 January until 1 February. It consisted of Botswana, Ghana, Guinea and Mali. The matches were held in Gabon. Ghana and Mali progressed to the quarterfinals.

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Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 321041+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 32013306
3Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 311173+44
4Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 30032970
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1).

Ghana vs. Botswana

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–0Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
John Mensah Soccerball shade.svg25' Report
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Kit body Ghana12Home.png
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Ghana
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Kit right arm Botswana11Home.png
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Botswana
GK16 Adam Larsen Kwarasey
DF5 John Mensah (c)Red card.svg 66'
DF4 John Paintsil
DF21 John Boye
DF7 Samuel Inkoom
MF11 Sulley Muntari Sub off.svg 72'
MF6 Anthony Annan
MF8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
MF3 Asamoah Gyan
FW10 André Ayew Sub off.svg 88'
FW13 Jordan Ayew Sub off.svg 59'
Substitutions:
DF14 Masahudu Alhassan Sub on.svg 59'
DF19 Jonathan Mensah Sub on.svg 72'
MF23 Mohammed Abu Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Flag of Serbia.svg Goran Stevanović
GK16 Modiri Marumo
DF5 Mompati Thuma (c)Yellow card.svg 77'
DF2 Ndiapo Letsholathebe
DF3 Mosimanegape Ramohibidu
DF22 Tshepo Motlhabankwe
MF18 Mogogi Gabonamong
MF8 Phenyo Mongala
MF6 Ofentse Nato Yellow card.svg 90+2'
MF12 Patrick Motsepe Sub off.svg 65'
FW10 Moemedi Moatlhaping
FW9 Jerome Ramatlhakwane
Substitutions:
MF19 Mogakolodi Ngele Sub on.svg 65'
Manager:
Stanley Tshosane

Assistant referees:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

Mali vs. Guinea

Mali  Flag of Mali.svg1–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
B. Traoré Soccerball shade.svg30' Report
Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Attendance: 10,000 [1]
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
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Mali
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body gui12a.png
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Guinea
GK16 Soumbeyla Diakité
DF5 Cédric Kanté (c)
DF3 Adama Tamboura
DF21 Mahamadou N'Diaye Yellow card.svg 68'
DF14 Drissa Diakité Sub off.svg 85'
MF12 Seydou Keita
MF7 Abdou Traoré
MF15 Bakaye Traoré
MF20 Samba Diakité Yellow card.svg 67'Sub off.svg 73'
FW10 Modibo Maïga
FW9 Cheick Diabaté Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
FW11 Garra Dembélé Sub on.svg 64'
MF18 Samba Sow Sub on.svg 73'
DF23 Ousmane Coulibaly Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Alain Giresse
GK1 Naby Yattara
DF5 Bobo Baldé
DF6 Kamil Zayatte (c)
DF18 Ibrahima Diallo Yellow card.svg 38'
DF20 Habib Baldé Sub off.svg 79'
MF2 Pascal Feindouno
MF17 Thierno Bah
MF4 Mamadou Bah Yellow card.svg 12'
MF8 Ibrahima Traoré
MF10 Ismaël Bangoura Sub off.svg 61'
FW19 Alhassane Bangoura Sub off.svg 58'
Substitutions:
FW7 Abdoul Camara Sub on.svg 58'
FW21 Ousmane Barry Sub on.svg 61'
FW9 Sadio Diallo Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Michel Dussuyer

Assistant referees:
Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Felicien Kabanda (Rwanda)
Fourth official:
Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Botswana vs. Guinea

Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–6Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Selolwane Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.) Report S. Diallo Soccerball shade.svg15', 27'
A. R. Camara Soccerball shade.svg42'
Traoré Soccerball shade.svg45'
M. Bah Soccerball shade.svg83'
Soumah Soccerball shade.svg86'
Kit left arm Botswana11Home.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body Botswana11Home.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm Botswana11Home.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts Botswana11Home.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks Botswana11Home.png
Kit socks long.svg
Botswana
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body gui12h.png
Kit body.svg
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Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Guinea
GK16 Modiri Marumo
DF5 Mompati Thuma (c)
DF2 Ndiapo Letsholathebe
DF4 Mmusa Ohilwe Yellow card.svg 51'
DF22 Tshepo Motlhabankwe Yellow card.svg 28'
MF11 Dipsy Selolwane
MF18 Mogogi Gabonamong
MF8 Phenyo Mongala Sub off.svg 72'
MF6 Ofentse Nato Sub off.svg 38'
FW9 Jerome Ramatlhakwane
FW7 Pontsho Moloi Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
MF12 Patrick Motsepe Red card.svg 45'Sub on.svg 38'
MF13 Boitumelo Mafoko Sub on.svg 46'
MF19 Mogakolodi Ngele Sub on.svg 72'
Manager:
Stanley Tshosane
GK1 Naby Yattara Yellow card.svg 21'
DF5 Bobo Baldé
DF6 Kamil Zayatte (c)Yellow card.svg 22'
DF18 Ibrahima Diallo
MF2 Pascal Feindouno Sub off.svg 63'
MF17 Thierno Bah
MF4 Mamadou Bah
MF8 Ibrahima Traoré Sub off.svg 68'
FW10 Ismaël Bangoura
FW7 Abdoul Camara
FW9 Sadio Diallo Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
MF12 Ibrahima Conte Sub on.svg 63'
FW19 Alhassane Bangoura Sub on.svg 68'
MF14 Naby Soumah Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Michel Dussuyer


Assistant referees:
Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Theophile Vinga (Gabon)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Ghana vs. Mali

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Gyan Soccerball shade.svg64'
A. Ayew Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body Ghana12Home.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks blacktop.png
Kit socks long.svg
Ghana
Kit left arm Mali12Kit.png
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Kit body Mali12Kit.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm Mali12Kit.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Mali
GK16 Adam Larsen Kwarasey
DF4 John Paintsil (c)Yellow card.svg 48'
DF21 John Boye
DF19 Jonathan Mensah Yellow card.svg 36'
DF14 Masahudu Alhassan
MF11 Sulley Muntari Sub off.svg 59'
MF6 Anthony Annan Sub off.svg 90+4'
MF20 Kwadwo Asamoah Sub off.svg 88'
MF8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
FW3 Asamoah Gyan
FW10 André Ayew
Substitutions:
MF18 Charles Takyi Sub on.svg 59'
DF7 Samuel Inkoom Sub on.svg 88'
MF9 Derek Boateng Sub on.svg 90+4'
Manager:
Flag of Serbia.svg Goran Stevanović
GK16 Soumbeïla Diakité
DF5 Cédric Kanté (c)
DF3 Adama Tamboura
DF4 Ousmane Berthé
DF14 Drissa Diakité
MF12 Seydou Keita Yellow card.svg 40'
MF7 Abdou Traoré Sub off.svg 85'
MF15 Bakaye Traoré Yellow card.svg 62'
MF20 Samba Diakité Yellow card.svg 52'
FW10 Modibo Maïga Sub off.svg 71'
FW9 Cheick Diabaté Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
FW11 Garra Dembélé Sub on.svg 64'
FW6 Mustapha Yatabaré Sub on.svg 71'
MF18 Samba Sow Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Alain Giresse


Assistant referees:
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Yanoussa Moussa (Cameroon)
Fourth official:
Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)


Botswana vs. Mali

Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg1–2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Ngele Soccerball shade.svg50' Report Dembélé Soccerball shade.svg56'
Keita Soccerball shade.svg75'
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville
Attendance: 20,000 [1]
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
Kit left arm Botswana11Home.png
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Kit body Botswana11Home.png
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Kit right arm Botswana11Home.png
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Kit socks Botswana11Home.png
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Botswana
Kit left arm Mali12Kit.png
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Kit body Mali12Kit.png
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Kit right arm Mali12Kit.png
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Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Mali
GK16 Modiri Marumo
DF5 Mompati Thuma (c)
DF2 Ndiapo Letsholathebe
DF4 Mmusa Ohilwe
DF22 Tshepo Motlhabankwe Yellow card.svg 71'
MF18 Mogogi Gabonamong
MF13 Boitumelo Mafoko
MF19 Mogakolodi Ngele Sub off.svg 87'
MF21 Lemponye Tshireletso Sub off.svg 81'
FW10 Moemedi Moatlhaping
FW9 Jerome Ramatlhakwane Sub off.svg 87'
Substitutions:
MF8 Phenyo Mongala Sub on.svg 81'
FW14 Onalethata Thekiso Sub on.svg 87'
MF11 Dipsy Selolwane Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Stanley Tshosane
GK1 Oumar Sissoko
DF5 Cédric Kanté (c)
DF3 Adama Tamboura
DF4 Ousmane Berthé
DF14 Drissa Diakité Sub off.svg 59'
MF12 Seydou Keita
MF7 Abdou Traoré Sub off.svg 87'
MF15 Bakaye Traoré
MF18 Samba Sow Yellow card.svg 63'
FW10 Modibo Maïga
FW11 Garra Dembélé Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutions:
DF23 Ousmane Coulibaly Sub on.svg 59'
FW9 Cheick Diabaté Sub on.svg 73'
FW6 Mustapha Yatabaré Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Alain Giresse


Assistant referees:
Moffat Champiti (Malawi)
Balkrishna Bootun (Mauritius)
Fourth official:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Ghana vs. Guinea

Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg1–1Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Agyemang-Badu Soccerball shade.svg27' Report A. R. Camara Soccerball shade.svg45'
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body Ghana12Home.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks blacktop.png
Kit socks long.svg
Ghana
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body gui12h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Guinea
GK16 Adam Larsen Kwarasey
DF4 John Paintsil (c)
DF15 Isaac Vorsah
DF21 John Boye
DF14 Masahudu Alhassan Yellow card.svg 2'
DF7 Samuel Inkoom
MF6 Anthony Annan Sub off.svg 75'
MF20 Kwadwo Asamoah
MF8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
FW3 Asamoah Gyan Sub off.svg 74'
FW10 André Ayew Sub off.svg 86'
Substitutions:
FW12 Prince Tagoe Sub on.svg 74'
MF9 Derek Boateng Sub on.svg 75'
MF18 Charles Takyi Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Flag of Serbia.svg Goran Stevanović
GK1 Naby Yattara
DF5 Bobo Baldé
DF6 Kamil Zayatte (c)Yellow card.svg 90'
DF18 Ibrahima Diallo
MF2 Pascal Feindouno Yellow card.svg 20'Sub off.svg 75'
MF17 Thierno Bah
MF4 Mamadou Bah Yellow card.svg 49' Yellow-red card.svg 69'
MF8 Ibrahima Traoré Sub off.svg 76'
FW10 Ismaël Bangoura Sub off.svg 83'
FW7 Abdoul Camara
FW9 Sadio Diallo
Substitutions:
DF20 Habib Baldé Sub on.svg 75'
FW19 Alhassane Bangoura Sub on.svg 76'
MF14 Naby Soumah Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Michel Dussuyer


Assistant referees:
Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Bakary Gassama (Gambia)


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