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Egypt hosted the 32nd edition of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations from 21 June to 19 July, which was sponsored by Total.
This was the first AFCON that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) expanded from 16 to 24 teams.
Though Cameroon was supposed to have hosted the competition, but because of the delays in the delivery of infrastructure, the Boko Haram insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis, Egypt was chosen.
Another adjustment that was done to the tournament was moving the original dates of 15 June – 13 July to 21 June – 19 July because of Ramadan.
Algeria beat Senegal 1–0 in the final to win their second title and first since 1990.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles came third after defeating Tunisia 1–0 in the third-place play-off match.
The host nation (Egypt) were stopped in the round of 16 after losing 0–1 to South Africa.
Meanwhile, the original host (Cameroon), who were the defending champions, were also knocked out in the round of 16 by Gernot Rohr-led Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Nigeria Squad For AFCON 2019
| Player | Club | Date Of Birth |
| Ikechukwu Ezenwa (GK) | Enyimba Aba (Nigeria) | 16 October 1988 |
| Daniel Akpeyi (GK) | Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) | 3 August 1986 |
| Francis Uzoho (GK) | Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) | 28 October 1998 |
| Ola Aina (DF) | Torino (Italy) | 8 October 1996 |
| Jamilu Collins (DF) | SC Paderborn (Germany) | 5 August 1994 |
| William Troost-Ekong (DF) | Udinese (Italy) | 1 September 1993 |
| Leon Balogun (DF) | Brighton & Hove Albion (England) | 28 June 1988 |
| Shehu Abdullahi (DF) | Bursaspor (Turkey) | 12 March 1993 |
| Chidozie Awaziem (DF) | Çaykur Rizespor(Turkey) | 1 January 1997 |
| Kenneth Omeruo (DF) | Leganés (Spain) | 17 October 1993 |
| Wilfred Ndidi (MF) | Leicester City (England) | 16 December 1996 |
| Peter Etebo (MF) | Stoke City (England) | 9 November 1995 |
| John Obi Mikel (MF) C | Middlesbrough (England) | 22 April 1987 |
| Henry Onyekuru (MF) | Galatasaray (Turkey) | 5 June 1997 |
| Samuel Kalu (MF) | Bordeaux (France) | 26 August 1997 |
| John Ogu (MF) | Hapoel Be’er Sheva (Israel) | 20 April 1988 |
| Ahmed Musa (FW) | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | 14 October 1992 |
| Odion Ighalo (FW) | Shanghai Shenhua (China) | 16 June 1989 |
| Samuel Chukwueze (FW) | Villarreal (Spain) | 22 May 1999 |
| Paul Onuachu (FW) | Midtjylland (Denmark) | 28 May 1994 |
| Moses Simon (FW) | Levante (Spain) | 12 July 1995 |
| Alex Iwobi (FW) | Arsenal (England) | 3 May 1996 |
| Victor Osimhen (FW) | Sporting Charleroi (Belgium) | 29 December 1998 |
