2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E
# 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E

Group E of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, South Africa, Libya, and Seychelles.

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.

Nigeria and South Africa, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Final tournament | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | South Africa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Final tournament | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Libya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 5–1 |
| 4 | Seychelles | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 1 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–8 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

7 goals

* Odion Ighalo

4 goals

* Anis Saltou
* Percy Tau

3 goals

* Ahmad Benali

2 goals

* Hamdou Elhouni
* Mohamed Zubya
* Ahmed Musa
* Lebo Mothiba

1 goal

* Rabi Al-Shadi
* Muaid Ellafi
* Salem Elmslaty
* Khaled Majdi
* Motasem Sabbou
* Chidozie Awaziem
* Samuel Kalu
* Henry Onyekuru
* Moses Simon
* Leroy Coralie
* Rody Melanie
* Perry Monnaie
* Thulani Hlatshwayo
* Teboho Mokoena
* Dino Ndlovu
* Tokelo Rantie

1 own goal

* Nigel Hoareau (against South Africa)
* Buhle Mkhwanazi (against Nigeria)
