Cameroon will booty on hosts Morocco in the Quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on 9 January 2026, with admission at 20h00 bounded time (19h00 GMT).
This is the fourth affair amid the abandon at the AFCON finals, with Cameroon best adjoin Morocco at AFCON (W2 D1).
It is their aboriginal AFCON affair this aeon and their aboriginal affray at the finals for 39 years, 11 months and 29 days.
Their aboriginal AFCON affair in 1986 concluded 1-1 in the Group Stages, with Abdelkrim Krimau putting Morocco advanced in the 63rd minute afore Roger Milla equalised in the 89th minute. Both teams progressed from Group B.
Cameroon alone hosts Morocco in the 1988 Semi-finals, with Cyril Makanaky scoring the alone ambition in the 78th minute.
They met for a third time at AFCON in 1992, with Cameroon acquisition Morocco 1-0 in their aperture Group B bout as André Kana-Biyik denticulate in the 23rd minute.
Cameroon went best adjoin Morocco through their aboriginal 13 affairs amid 1981 and 2017, acceptable six amateur and cartoon four.
Morocco accept won the aftermost two affairs amid the sides, including a 2-0 achievement in AFCON 2019 accomplishment on 16 November 2018 address of a Hakim Ziyech brace.
Morocco additionally won their best contempo affair at the 2020 CHAN, acquisition Cameroon 4-0 in the Semi-finals en avenue to appropriation the title.
Cameroon accept faced AFCON hosts 13 times previously, recording six wins, bristles draws and two defeats.
Cameroon’s alone losses adjoin AFCON hosts came at the 1970 and 1996 Group Stages, back they absent 2-0 to Sudan and 3-0 to South Africa respectively.
Cameroon are best in their aftermost six matches adjoin AFCON hosts (W3 D3).
Cameroon accept faced hosts in the knockout circuit six times previously, with their alone defeat advancing in the 1986 final adjoin Egypt. They defeated Senegal 1-0 in the 1992 Quarterfinal, Morocco 1-0 in the 1988 Semi-final, Mali 3-0 in the 2002 Semi-final, Ghana 1-0 in the 2008 Semi-final, and defeated Nigeria on penalties in the 2000 final afterwards a 2-2 draw.
Cameroon accept kept nine apple-pie bedding in their 13 AFCON affairs adjoin hosts, including their aftermost three adjoin Mali (2002), Ghana (2008) and Gabon (2017).
Cameroon’s better win adjoin a host was a 3-0 achievement over Mali in the 2002 Semi-final, while their heaviest defeat was a 3-0 accident to South Africa in the 1996 Group Date opener.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Cameroon: P13 W6 D5 L2 GF11 GA9 GD 2 Morocco: P13 W2 D5 L6 GF9 GA11 GD-2
AFCON ONLY Cameroon: P3 W2 D1 L0 GF3 GA1 GD 2 Morocco: P3 W0 D1 L2 GF1 GA3 GD-2
PAST AFCON MEETINGS 1986 – Group B – 11 March 1986 Cameroon 1 (Milla 89’) Morocco 1 (Krimau 63’)
1988 – Semi-finals – 23 March 1988 Morocco 0 Cameroon 1 (Makanaky 78’)
1992 – Group B – 12 January 1992 Cameroon 1 (Kana-Biyik 23’) Morocco 0
Cameroon – Key Statistics
Defeated South Africa 2-1 in the Round of 16 to ability the Quarterfinals Achievement over South Africa was their 49th AFCON win Participating in the Round of 16 for a fourth time and progressed for a additional time (also in 2021); alone at this date in 2019 and 2023 Will affection in their 11th AFCON Quarterfinal; alone Nigeria (12) accept accomplished the aftermost eight added generally Quarterfinal record: P10 W5 D2 L3 Accept won bristles Quarterfinals in accessible comedy (1992, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2021) Won a Quarterfinal on penalties adjoin Senegal in 2017 afterwards a 0-0 draw Absent Quarterfinals to DRC (1998), Nigeria (2004), Egypt (2010), and Côte d’Ivoire on penalties in 2006 Two Quarterfinals went to added time: win vs Tunisia in 2008 (3-2) and accident vs Egypt in 2010 (3-1) Alone antecedent Quarterfinal adjoin a host was a 2-0 win over Senegal in 1992 Achievement would booty them to their 11th Semi-final Accept been complex in nine amends shoot-outs at AFCON (W6 L3) Six of their amends shoot-outs concluded 0-0 Were complex in the longest action in AFCON history in 2006 (lost 12-11 to Côte d’Ivoire) Accept progressed from 22 of 34 AFCON knockout amateur (65%) Had aloof 33.5% control vs South Africa, their everyman back at atomic 2010 Amid Quarterfinalists, their boilerplate control (43.2%) is the everyman Junior Tchamadeu became the aboriginal Cameroonian defender/wing-back to account in an AFCON knockout bout back 2017 Christian Kofane has denticulate in his aftermost two AFCON matches and has attempted 12 shots, the best by a Cameroonian Bryan Mbeumo has created nine chances, the best for Cameroon Passing accurateness of 77% ranks 21st amid teams Completed 192 passes vs South Africa, compared to 442 by South Africa
Morocco – Key Statistics
Accomplished their fifth AFCON Quarterfinal afterwards a 1-0 win over Tanzania Appearing in the Round of 16 for the fourth time, advanced for a additional time (also in 2021) Antecedent Quarterfinal appearances: 1998, 2004, 2017, 2021 Accept won one Quarterfinal (3-1 vs Algeria in 2004 afterwards added time) Absent Quarterfinals in 1998, 2017 and 2021 Two Quarterfinals went to added time (2004 win, 2021 loss) Accept denticulate in three of four Quarterfinals but conceded in all four None of their Quarterfinals accept gone to penalties Aftermost accomplished the Semi-finals in 2004 Accept won three matches at the accepted finals Kept three apple-pie bedding at the accepted finals, analogous their best from 2004 Prior to Tanzania, had conceded in six beeline knockout matches Brahim Diaz has denticulate four goals, a Moroccan almanac for a distinct AFCON Diaz has denticulate in four alternating AFCON matches Morocco accept completed 2,184 passes, the best by any aggregation Had 71% control vs Tanzania Achraf Hakimi registered his aboriginal abetment of the clash Morocco accept denticulate seven goals, with alone the final 15 account yet to crop a ambition