The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2006 at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt to determine the winner of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of African nations organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Egypt won their fifth-ever AFCON after defeating the Ivory Coast 4–2 on penalties.
By the time of this match, Egypt were 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings (5th in Africa), while the Ivory Coast were ranked 42nd (7th in Africa).
Match details
GK 1 Essam El-HadaryCB 20 Wael Gomaa CB 4 Ibrahim Said CB 5 Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa DM 11 Mohamed ShawkyRM 12 Mohamed BarakatCM 17 Ahmed Hassan (c) CM 22 Mohamed AboutrikaLM 3 Mohamed AbdelwahabCF 10 Emad Moteab CF 19 Amr ZakiSubstitutions:DF 7 Ahmed Fathy MF 6 Hassan Mostafa FW 14 Abdel Halim Ali Manager:Hassan Shehata GK 1 Jean-Jacques Tizié RB 21 Emmanuel Eboué CB 4 Kolo TouréCB 6 Blaise Kouassi LB 3 Arthur BokaDM 5 Didier ZokoraCM 19 Yaya Touré CM 7 Emerse FaéRW 9 Arouna KonéLW 2 Kanga Akalé CF 11 Didier Drogba (c)Substitutions:FW 8 Bonaventure Kalou FW 14 Bakari Koné Manager: Henri Michel Assistant referees: Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) Ibrahim Djezzar (Algeria)
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