2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Group C of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 16 to 24 January 2017 in Gabon. The group consisted of defending champions Ivory Coast, Morocco, DR Congo, and Togo. ^[1]

DR Congo and Morocco advanced to the quarterfinals as the top two teams.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	CAF Rankings Points [nb 1]	FIFA Rankings Start of event
C1	Ivory Coast	Group I winners	3 September 2016	22nd	2015	Winners (1992, 2015)	63.5	34
C2	DR Congo	Group B winners	4 September 2016	18th	2015	Winners (1968, 1974)	29.5	49
C3	Morocco	Group F winners	29 March 2016	16th	2013	Winners (1976)	18.5	57
C4	Togo	Group A runners-up	4 September 2016	8th	2013	Quarter-finals (2013)	15.5	90

Notes

1. The CAF rankings were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DR Congo	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Ivory Coast	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Togo	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:

• The group winners, DR Congo, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Ghana.
• The group runners-up, Morocco, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Egypt.

Matches

All times are local, WAT (UTC+1). ^[2]

Ivory Coast vs Togo

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)

17:00

Ivory Coast	0–0	Togo
	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Ivory Coast [3]

Togo [3]

GK 16 Sylvain Gbohouo RB 17 Serge Aurier CB 21 Eric Bailly CB 5 Wilfried Kanon LB 18 Adama Traoré CM 11 Franck Kessié CM 20 Serey Dié (c) CM 6 Jean Seri  66' RW 9 Wilfried Zaha  70' CF 14 Jonathan Kodjia  83' LW 8 Salomon Kalou Substitutions: MF 10 Cheick Doukouré  66' FW 12 Wilfried Bony  70' MF 15 Max Gradel  83' Manager: Michel Dussuyer

GK 16 Kossi Agassa RB 17 Serge Gakpé CB 15 Alaixys Romao CB 13 Sadat Ouro-Akoriko LB 21 Djené Dakonam RM 7 Mathieu Dossevi  88' CM 10 Floyd Ayité CM 18 Lalawélé Atakora LM 22 Ihlas Bebou CF 4 Emmanuel Adebayor (c)  89' CF 19 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba  83' Substitutions: DF 5 Serge Akakpo  83' FW 8 Komlan Agbégniadan  88' MF 12 Razak Boukari  89' Manager: Claude Le Roy

Man of the Match: Lalawélé Atakora (Togo) [4] Assistant referees: Théophile Vinga (Gabon) Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt) Fourth official: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

DR Congo vs Morocco

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)

20:00

DR Congo	1–0	Morocco
Kabananga 55'	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

DR Congo [5]

Morocco [5]

GK 1 Ley Matampi RB 2 Issama Mpeko CB 5 Marcel Tisserand CB 14 Gabriel Zakuani (c) LB 3 Fabrice N'Sakala  48'  65' CM 22 Chancel Mbemba CM 18 Merveille Bokadi CM 15 Rémi Mulumba RW 6 Junior Kabananga  72' CF 17 Cédric Bakambu  77' LW 21 Firmin Ndombe Mubele Substitutions: DF 13 Joyce Lomalisa  74'  81'  65' MF 20 Jacques Maghoma  72' FW 9 Dieumerci Mbokani  77' Manager: Florent Ibengé

GK 12 Munir Mohand RB 17 Nabil Dirar CB 5 Medhi Benatia (c) CB 4 Manuel da Costa  68' LB 2 Hamza Mendyl DM 8 Karim El Ahmadi CM 21 Mehdi Carcela  79' CM 16 Omar El Kaddouri  61' RW 14 Mbark Boussoufa CF 20 Aziz Bouhaddouz LW 6 Romain Saïss  73' Substitutions: FW 7 Youssef En-Nesyri  61' MF 11 Fayçal Fajr  73' FW 9 Youssef El-Arabi  79' Manager: Hervé Renard

Man of the Match: Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) [6] Assistant referees: Arsenio Marengula (Mozambique) Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger) Fourth official: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Ivory Coast vs DR Congo

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)

17:00

Ivory Coast	2–2	DR Congo
Bony 25' Dié 67'	Report	Kebano 10' Kabananga 28'

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Ivory Coast [7]

DR Congo [7]

GK 16 Sylvain Gbohouo RB 17 Serge Aurier CB 21 Eric Bailly CB 5 Wilfried Kanon LB 18 Adama Traoré  46' CM 10 Cheick Doukouré CM 20 Serey Dié (c) CM 11 Franck Kessié  65' RW 9 Wilfried Zaha CF 12 Wilfried Bony LW 15 Max Gradel  77' Substitutions: DF 19 Simon Deli  46' FW 8 Salomon Kalou  77' Manager: Michel Dussuyer

GK 1 Ley Matampi RB 18 Merveille Bokadi CB 2 Issama Mpeko CB 4 Jordan Ikoko  72' LB 5 Marcel Tisserand CM 20 Jacques Maghoma  72' CM 10 Neeskens Kebano CM 22 Chancel Mbemba RW 21 Firmin Ndombe Mubele CF 9 Dieumerci Mbokani (c) LW 6 Junior Kabananga  79' Substitutions: MF 7 Youssouf Mulumbu  72' MF 15 Rémi Mulumba  72' FW 12 Jonathan Bolingi  79' Manager: Florent Ibengé

Man of the Match: Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) [8] Assistant referees: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) Marwa Range (Kenya) Fourth official: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Morocco vs Togo

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)

20:00

Morocco	3–1	Togo
Bouhaddouz 14' Saïss 21' En-Nesyri 72'	Report	Dossevi 5'

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Morocco [9]

Togo [9]

GK 12 Munir Mohand CB 5 Medhi Benatia (c) CB 4 Manuel da Costa CB 6 Romain Saïss RWB 17 Nabil Dirar LWB 2 Hamza Mendyl CM 8 Karim El Ahmadi CM 14 Mbark Boussoufa  56' CM 16 Omar El Kaddouri  61' CF 11 Fayçal Fajr  81' CF 20 Aziz Bouhaddouz  90' Substitutions: FW 7 Youssef En-Nesyri  61' MF 15 Youssef Aït Bennasser  81' FW 23 Rachid Alioui  90' Manager: Hervé Renard

GK 16 Kossi Agassa RB 17 Serge Gakpé CB 15 Alaixys Romao CB 13 Sadat Ouro-Akoriko LB 21 Djené Dakonam RM 7 Mathieu Dossevi  84' CM 18 Lalawélé Atakora  89' CM 10 Floyd Ayité  83' LM 22 Ihlas Bebou CF 19 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba  73' CF 4 Emmanuel Adebayor (c) Substitutions: MF 12 Razak Boukari  73' MF 14 Prince Segbefia  84' FW 8 Komlan Agbégniadan  89' Manager: Claude Le Roy

Man of the Match: Fayçal Fajr (Morocco) [10] Assistant referees: Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea) Fourth official: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Morocco vs Ivory Coast

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

20:00

Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast
Alioui 64'	Report

Stade d'Oyem, Oyem

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Morocco [11]

Ivory Coast [11]

GK 12 Munir Mohand  87' RB 17 Nabil Dirar CB 5 Medhi Benatia (c)  30' CB 4 Manuel da Costa LB 2 Hamza Mendyl CM 8 Karim El Ahmadi  82' CM 6 Romain Saïss AM 14 Mbark Boussoufa RW 11 Fayçal Fajr  83' LW 7 Youssef En-Nesyri CF 20 Aziz Bouhaddouz  42' Substitutions: FW 23 Rachid Alioui  42' 90+2' MF 19 Mounir Obbadi  83' FW 13 Khalid Boutaïb  90+2' Manager: Hervé Renard

GK 16 Sylvain Gbohouo RB 17 Serge Aurier CB 21 Eric Bailly  58' CB 19 Simon Deli LB 5 Wilfried Kanon CM 10 Cheick Doukouré  52' CM 20 Serey Dié (c) CM 11 Franck Kessié  85' RF 9 Wilfried Zaha  70'  75' CF 12 Wilfried Bony LF 8 Salomon Kalou Substitutions: MF 6 Jean Seri  52' FW 14 Jonathan Kodjia  75' MF 15 Max Gradel  85' Manager: Michel Dussuyer

Man of the Match: Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) [12] Assistant referees: Ali Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon) Fourth official: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Togo vs DR Congo

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

20:00

Togo	1–3	DR Congo
Laba 69'	Report	Kabananga 29' Mubele 54' M'Poku 80'

Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Togo [13]

DR Congo [13]

GK 23 Baba Tchagouni  24' RB 21 Djené Dakonam CB 5 Serge Akakpo CB 13 Sadat Ouro-Akoriko LB 17 Serge Gakpé CM 18 Lalawélé Atakora CM 10 Floyd Ayité RW 7 Mathieu Dossevi  67' AM 12 Razak Boukari  78' LW 22 Ihlas Bebou CF 4 Emmanuel Adebayor (c) Substitutions: GK 1 Cédric Mensah  24' FW 19 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba  67' MF 15 Alaixys Romao  78' Manager: Claude Le Roy

GK 1 Ley Matampi  90+4' RB 2 Issama Mpeko CB 18 Merveille Bokadi CB 5 Marcel Tisserand LB 13 Joyce Lomalisa CM 7 Youssouf Mulumbu (c) CM 22 Chancel Mbemba AM 10 Neeskens Kebano  60' RW 21 Firmin Ndombe Mubele  68' LW 6 Junior Kabananga  83' CF 12 Jonathan Bolingi Substitutions: MF 8 Paul-José M'Poku  60' MF 11 Jordan Botaka  68' FW 19 Jeremy Bokila  83' Manager: Florent Ibengé

Man of the Match: Junior Kabananga (DR Congo) [14] Assistant referees: Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) Fourth official: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

References

1. "Results of the draw". 19 October 2016.
2. "Fixtures of the Final Tournament" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Tactical start list: Côte D'Ivoire - Togo" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
4. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (16 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is A. Lalawelé! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 January 2017– via Twitter.
5. "Tactical start list: Congo DR - Morocco" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
6. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (16 January 2017). "M. Boussoufa has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 January 2017– via Twitter.
7. "Tactical start list: Côte D'Ivoire - Congo DR" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
8. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (20 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is S.Dié! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 January 2017– via Twitter.
9. "Media start list: Morocco - Togo" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
10. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (20 January 2017). "F. Fajr has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 January 2017– via Twitter.
11. "Tactical start list: Morocco - Côte D'Ivoire" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
12. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (24 January 2017). "More The Total Man of the Match is S. KALOU! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 January 2017– via Twitter.
13. "Tactical start list: Togo - Congo DR" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
14. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (24 January 2017). "Junior Kabananga has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 January 2017– via Twitter.

External links

• 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com