Senegal Takes Over, Morocco Seeks to Win Champions' Trophy!
A remarkable situation has been confirmed as Morocco have been awarded the AFCON title over Senegal.
Senegal have been stripped of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and the trophy has been awarded to Morocco, it has been announced by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). A quite remarkable ruling has handed Morocco the title after the final on January, 18 2026 turned into chaos in Rabat, Morocco. Two months on from that unbelievable final, Morocco are officially champions of Africa.
After hosts Morocco we awarded a penalty kick late in normal time the players of Senegal walked off the pitch with the support of their head coach. They eventually went back onto the pitch and Brahim Diaz missed the penalty kick, as the game went to extra time. Senegal would go on to win the game 1-0 and be crowned champions , but Morocco were furious and launched an official appeal against the outcome of the game.
That appeal been successful and CAF have ruled that Senegal was "declared to have forfeited the final" with the result now being recorded as a 3-0 win for Morocco. That means that Morocco are now officially the African champions for the first time since 1976. Here is official ruling from the CAF website , and below is the statement in full.
Statement from Confederation of African Football The CAF Appeal Board decided that in application of Article 84 of the Regulations of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Senegal National Team is declared to have forfeited the Final Match of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 (“the Match”), with the result of the Match being recorded as 3–0 in favour of the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF). The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) Appeal Board decided today that in application of Article 84 of the Regulations of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Senegal National Team is declared to have forfeited the Final Match of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 (“the Match”), with the result of the Match being recorded as 3–0 in favour of the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF). On the appeal by the FRMF regarding the application of Articles 82 and 84 of the Regulations of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the CAF Appeal Board made the following rulings: - “The appeal lodged by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) is declared admissible in form and the appeal is upheld.
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