|1 |1 |2 |- | 1972||Group stage||5th||3||0||3||0||3||3 |4 |2 |0 |2 |9 |6 |- | 1974||colspan=8|Did not enter |colspan=6|Did not enter |-style="background:Gold;" | 1976||Champions||1st||6||4||2||0||11||6 |6 |4 |0 |2 |13 |4 |- | 1978||Group stage||6th||3||1||1||1||2||4 |colspan=6|Qualified as defending champions |- style="background:#c96;" | 1980||Third place||3rd||5||2||1||2||4||3 |4 |2 |1 |1 |14 |5 |- | 1982||colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify |4 |3 |0 |1 |8 |4 |- | 1984 |4 |1 |2 |1 |4 |2 |- style="background:#9acdff;" | 1986||Fourth place||4th||5||1||2||2||4||5|2 |1 |1 |0 |1 |0 |- style="background:#9acdff;" |style="border: 3px solid red"| 1988||Fourth place||4th||5||1||3||1||3||3|colspan=6|Qualified as hosts |- | 1990||colspan=8|Did not qualify |2 |0 |2 |0 |1 |1 |- | 1992||Group stage||9th||2||0||1||1||1||2 |6 |4 |0 |2 |11 |4 |- | 1994||colspan=8 rowspan=2|Did not qualify |6 |2 |2 |2 |5 |4 |- | 1996 |4 |1 |1 |2 |2 |4 |- | 1998||Quarter-finals||6th||4||2||1||1||6||3 |6 |4 |2 |0 |10 |1 |- | 2000 |rowspan=2|Group stage ||11th ||3 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||2 |4 |2 |2 |0 |6 |4 |- | 2002 ||9th ||3 ||1 ||1 ||1 ||3 ||4 |6 |3 |1 |2 |5 |4 |- style="background:silver;" | 2004||Runners-up||2nd||6||4||1||1||14||4|6 |5 |1 |0 |10 |0 |- | 2006 |rowspan=2|Group stage |13th |3 |0 |2 |1 |0 |1 |10 |5 |5 |0 |17 |7 |- | 2008 |11th |3 |1 |0 |2 |7 |6 |4 |3 |1 |0 |6 |1 |- | 2010||colspan=8|Did not qualify |10 |3 |3 |4 |14 |13 |- | 2012 |rowspan=2|Group stage |12th |3 |1 |0 |2 |4 |5 |6 |3 |2 |1 |8 |2 |- | 2013 ||10th||3||0||3||0||3||3 |2 |1 |0 |1 |4 |2 |- | 2015||colspan=8|Disqualified |colspan=6|Originally qualified as hosts, then disqualified |- | 2017||Quarter-finals||7th||4||2||0||2||4||3 |6 |5 |1 |0 |10 |1 |- | 2019||Round of 16||9th||4||3||1||0||4||1 |6 |3 |2 |1 |8 |3 |- | 2021||Quarter-finals||5th||5||3||1||1||8||5 |6 |4 |2 |0 |10 |1 |- | 2023 |colspan=8 rowspan=1|To be determined | colspan="6" rowspan="1" |To be determined |- | 2025 | colspan="8" rowspan="1" |To be determined | colspan="6" rowspan="1" |To be determined |- ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |Total ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |1 Title ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |18/33 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |70 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |27 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |24 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |19 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |82 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |63 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |118 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |63 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |31 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |24 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |182 ! style="background:#E70013; color:white;" |81 |} African Nations Championship Olympic games Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23