Super Eagles Face Fierce Rivals: Tunisia, Uganda, And Tanzania Await In Group C Showdown

Super Eagles Face Fierce Rivals: Tunisia, Uganda, And Tanzania Await In Group C Showdown

Three-time African champions Nigeria have drawn a challenging group for the 2025 AFCON tournament, set to take place in Morocco. They will compete in Group C alongside Tunisia, as well as co-hosts Uganda and Tanzania for the 2027 edition. The draw took place in Morocco on Monday, with the tournament scheduled from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.

Nigeria is the most successful team in Group C, having won the AFCON title three times and preparing for their 21st tournament appearance. Uganda will be competing in their eighth, while Tanzania has only qualified three times.

Tunisia, the most familiar opponent, previously knocked Nigeria out in the round of 16 during the 2021 tournament in Cameroon. They have claimed the AFCON title once, winning it on home soil in 2024, and have participated in 21 editions of the tournament.

Heading into the 2025 tournament, Nigeria holds the record for the most medals in the competition’s 68-year history, boasting 16 medals from 20 appearances, including three championships (1980, 1994, 2013), five second-place finishes (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2023), and eight bronze medals.

The Super Eagles fell to the Ivory Coast 2-1 in the 2023 final.

Hosts Morocco will compete in Group A against Mali, Zambia, and Comoros. Seven-time champions Egypt have been placed in Group B with South Africa, Angola, and Zimbabwe. Group D consists of Senegal, DR Congo, Benin, and Botswana, while Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, and Sudan make up Group E. Defending champions Ivory Coast will face Cameroon, Gabon, and Mozambique in Group F.

Meanwhile, CAF and the Moroccan Football Federation have confirmed six cities and nine stadiums for the matches. These include Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes, and Tangier.

Rabat will feature four stadiums: Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah (69,500 capacity), Stade Al Barid (18,000), Stade Olympique Annexe Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah (21,000), and Complexe Sportif Prince Héritier Moulay EL Hassan (22,000).

Other venues include the 45,000-capacity Complexe Sportif Mohammed V in Casablanca, Grand Stade d’Agadir (41,144), Grand Stade de Marrakech (41,245), Complexe Sportif de Fès (35,468), and the largest venue, Grand Stade de Tanger, with a 75,000 capacity.

Abiodun Adewale has been reporting on sports for PUNCH for six years, covering various tiers of the Nigerian football league, the national teams, and cricket.

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