2004 African Cup of Nations Final

Event	2004 African Cup of Nations
Tunisia Morocco 2 1
Date	14 February 2004
Venue	Stade 7 November, Radès
Referee	Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Attendance	60,000
Weather	Clear 19 °C (66 °F)[1]
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The 2004 African Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 14 February 2004 at the Stade 7 November in Radès, Tunisia, to determine the winner of the 2004 African Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Tunisia won the title for the first time by beating Morocco 2–1.^[2][3]

Road to the final

Tunisia		Round	Morocco
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Rwanda	2–1	Match 1	Nigeria	1–0
DR Congo	3–0	Match 2	Benin	4–0
Guinea	1–1	Match 3	South Africa	1–1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Tunisia 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4  Guinea 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1  Rwanda 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0  DR Congo 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5		Final standing	Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Morocco 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5  Nigeria 6 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4  South Africa 4 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2  Benin 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Senegal	1–0	Quarterfinals	Algeria	3–1 (a.e.t)
Nigeria	1–1 (5–3 pen.)	Semifinals	Mali	4–0

Match details

Summary

In the final on 14 February 2004 at the Stade 7 November in Radès, in front of 70,000 supporters,^[4] Tunisia got off to a good start with a lead 1–0 after four minutes thanks to Mehdi Nafti centered on Francileudo Santos, who scored his fourth goal of the tournament. At the end of the first half, Morocco came back to score with a goal from Youssouf Hadji on a lift from Youssef Mokhtari.

Seven minutes passed in the second half before another Tunisian striker, Ziad Jaziri, gave his country the lead.^[5] The match finally ends with the score of 2–1, giving Tunisia their first Africa Cup of Nations.^[6] Khaled Badra and Riadh Bouazizi lift the cup after receiving it from President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.^[7] The Carthage Eagles are the 13th selection in history to be crowned African champions.

Roger Lemerre also becomes the first coach to win two different continental tournaments.^[8] The national team also won the African National Team of the Year award from the Confederation of African Football. The victory gave rise to the team's nickname, the "Eagles of Carthage" and, as a result, the team's badge was changed to incorporate an eagle.

Details

14 February 2004

14:30

Tunisia	2–1	Morocco
Santos 5' Jaziri 52'	Report	Mokhtari 38'

Stade 7 November, Radès

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Tunisia

Morocco

GK 1 Ali Boumnijel RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi CB 3 Karim Haggui LB 20 José Clayton RM 14 Adel Chedli CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi CM 18 Selim Ben Achour  57' LM 8 Mehdi Nafti  46' CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  60'  70' CF 11 Francileudo Santos Substitutions: MF 12 Jawhar Mnari  46' MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane  57' FW 7 Imed Mhedhebi  70' Manager: Roger Lemerre

GK 1 Khalid Fouhami RB 2 Walid Regragui  90' CB 3 Akram Roumani  22'  70' CB 4 Abdeslam Ouaddou LB 5 Talal El Karkouri CM 6 Noureddine Naybet  77' CM 8 Abdelkarim Kissi RW 15 Youssef Safri  63' AM 16 Youssef Mokhtari LW 17 Marouane Chamakh CF 20 Youssef Hadji  86' Substitutions: FW 11 Moha El Yaagoubi  63' FW 7 Jaouad Zaïri  70' FW 9 Nabil Baha  86' Manager: Badou Ezzaki