Senegal vs Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Final

Senegal

94': Pape Gueye

FT - After Extra Time
1 - 0

Morocco

AFCON final marred by controversy but Senegal claim title

An astonishing, emotional AFCON final between Senegal and Morocco was marred by controversy and supporter violence on Sunday, as Pape Gueye fired Senegal to the title in extra time.

Match Commentary

24': Lamine Camara (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77': Substitution, Senegal. Abdoulaye Seck replaces Antoine Mendy.
77': Substitution, Senegal. Ismaïla Sarr replaces Lamine Camara.
77': Substitution, Senegal. Ibrahim Mbaye replaces Iliman Ndiaye.
80': Substitution, Morocco. Youssef En-Nesyri replaces Ayoub El Kaabi.
80': Substitution, Morocco. Oussama Targhalline replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
89': Substitution, Morocco. Jawad El Yamiq replaces Adam Masina because of an injury.
90'+3': Substitution, Senegal. Cherif Ndiaye replaces Nicolas Jackson.
90'+4': Substitution, Morocco. Anass Salah-Eddine replaces Ismael Saibari.
90'+9': Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal) is shown the yellow card.
90'+10': El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+21': Anass Salah-Eddine (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
90'+21': Édouard Mendy (Senegal) is shown the yellow card.
90'+24': Penalty saved. Brahim Díaz (Morocco) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal by Édouard Mendy (Senegal).
90'+24': Second Half ends, Senegal 0, Morocco 0.
94': Goal! Senegal 1, Morocco 0. Pape Gueye (Senegal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Idrissa Gueye following a fast break.
98': Substitution, Morocco. Ilias Akhomach replaces Brahim Díaz.
98': Substitution, Morocco. Hamza Igamane replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
105'+2': First Half Extra Time ends, Senegal 1, Morocco 0.
105': Substitution, Senegal. Ismail Jakobs replaces El Hadji Malick Diouf.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins Senegal 1, Morocco 0.
112': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
113': Mamadou Sarr (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah
Location: Rabat, Morocco

Statistics

MAR		SEN
17	Fouls	25
2	Yellow Cards	5
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
10	Corner Kicks	8
6	Saves	4
49.9	Possession	50.1
21	SHOTS	14
4	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
374	Accurate Passes	386
463	Passes	478
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
9	Accurate Crosses	4
31	Crosses	17
0.3	Cross %	0.2
63	Long Balls	69
26	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
11	Blocked Shots	3
18	Effective Tackles	17
31	Tackles	23
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
8	Interceptions	5
37	Effective Clearances	26
37	Clearances	26

Line-Ups

Senegal (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Édouard Mendy (GK)
19	Moussa Niakhaté
2	Mamadou Sarr
25	El Hadji Malick Diouf
24	Antoine Mendy
5	Idrissa Gueye
26	Pape Gueye
8	Lamine Camara
11	Nicolas Jackson
10	Sadio Mané
13	Iliman Ndiaye

Substitutes:

Ibrahim Mbaye, Pape Matar Sarr, Cheick Sabaly, Habib Diallo, Mamadou Lamine Camara, Mory Diaw, Abdoulaye Seck, Ousseynou Niang, Pathé Ciss, Boulaye Dia, Ismail Jakobs, Ismaïla Sarr, Yehvann Diouf, Cherif Ndiaye.

Morocco (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
25	Adam Masina
5	Nayef Aguerd
24	Neil El Aynaoui
3	Noussair Mazraoui
2	Achraf Hakimi
11	Ismael Saibari
23	Bilal El Khannouss
17	Abde Ezzalzouli
10	Brahim Díaz
20	Ayoub El Kaabi

Substitutes:

Sofyan Amrabat, Youssef Belammari, Oussama Targhaline, Mohamed Chibi, Ilias Akhomach, Munir El Kajoui, Chemsdine Talbi, Soufiane Rahimi, Youssef En-Nesyri, Jawad El Yamiq, Romain Saïss, Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal, Anass Salah-Eddine, Mehdi Harrar, Hamza Igmane.