2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group C
# 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Group C

Group C of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 23 June to 1 July 2019. The group consisted of Algeria, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania.

Algeria and Senegal advanced to the round of 16.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Draw position | Team | Zone | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | April 2019 | June 2019 |
| C1 | Senegal | WAFU | Group A winners | 16 October 2018 | 15th | 2017 | Runners-up (2002) | 23 | 22 |
| C2 | Algeria | UNAF | Group D winners | 18 November 2018 | 18th | 2017 | Winners (1990) | 70 | 68 |
| C3 | Kenya | CECAFA | Group F runners-up | 30 November 2018 | 6th | 2004 | Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004) | 108 | 105 |
| C4 | Tanzania | CECAFA | Group L runners-up | 24 March 2019 | 2nd | 1980 | Group stage (1980) | 131 | 131 |

Notes

* ↑ The rankings of April 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

In the round of 16:

* The winners of Group C, Algeria, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group B, Guinea.
* The runners-up of Group C, Senegal, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Uganda.

## Matches

### Senegal vs Tanzania

| Senegal | Tanzania |
| - | - |
| GK | 16 | Edouard Mendy |
| RB | 22 | Moussa Wagué |
| CB | 6 | Salif Sané | | 24' |
| CB | 3 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| LB | 12 | Youssouf Sabaly |
| RM | 18 | Ismaïla Sarr |
| CM | 5 | Idrissa Gueye (c) |
| CM | 17 | Badou Ndiaye | 15' |
| LM | 15 | Krépin Diatta |
| CF | 11 | Keita Baldé | | 73' |
| CF | 9 | M'Baye Niang | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté | | 24' |
| MF | 20 | Sada Thioub | | 73' |
| FW | 7 | Moussa Konaté | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Aliou Cissé ||
| GK | 18 | Aishi Manula |
| RB | 22 | Hassan Kessy | 90+1' |
| CB | 6 | David Mwantika |
| CB | 5 | Kelvin Yondan |
| LB | 2 | Gadiel Kamagi |
| CM | 3 | Feisal Salum | 9' | 44' |
| CM | 23 | Mudathir Yahya | | 84' |
| RW | 7 | Himid Mao | 36' |
| AM | 12 | Simon Msuva | 63' | 66' |
| LW | 14 | Raphael Bocco |
| CF | 10 | Mbwana Samatta (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Faridi Mussa | | 44' |
| FW | 11 | Thomas Ulimwengu | | 66' |
| MF | 8 | Frank Domayo | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Emmanuel Amunike ||

* Man of the Match:
* Krépin Diatta (Senegal)
* Assistant referees:
* Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) Attia Amsaaed (Libya)
* Fourth official:
* Haithem Guirat (Tunisia)

### Algeria vs Kenya

| Algeria | Kenya |
| - | - |
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| RB | 20 | Youcef Atal |
| CB | 2 | Aïssa Mandi |
| CB | 4 | Djamel Benlamri |
| LB | 21 | Ramy Bensebaini |
| RM | 7 | Riyad Mahrez (c) |
| CM | 17 | Adlène Guedioura | 71' |
| CM | 22 | Ismaël Bennacer |
| LM | 8 | Youcef Belaïli | 74' |
| SS | 10 | Sofiane Feghouli |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Mehdi Abeid | 71' |
| MF | 11 | Yacine Brahimi | 74' |
| FW | 15 | Andy Delort | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Djamel Belmadi ||
| GK | 18 | Patrick Matasi |
| RB | 20 | Philemon Otieno | 18' |
| CB | 2 | Joseph Okumu |
| CB | 5 | Musa Mohammed |
| LB | 3 | Aboud Omar | 13' |
| CM | 12 | Victor Wanyama (c) |
| CM | 21 | Dennis Odhiambo | | 89' |
| RW | 7 | Ayub Masika |
| AM | 11 | Francis Kahata | | 46' |
| LW | 10 | Eric Johana Omondi | | 72' |
| CF | 14 | Michael Olunga |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 13 | Erick Ouma Otieno | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Johanna Omolo | | 72' |
| MF | 17 | Ismael Athuman | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Sébastien Migné ||

* Man of the Match:
* Ismaël Bennacer (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Issa Yaya (Chad) Sidiki Sidibé (Guinea)
* Fourth official:
* Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

### Senegal vs Algeria

| Senegal | Algeria |
| - | - |
| GK | 16 | Edouard Mendy |
| RB | 22 | Moussa Wagué |
| CB | 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté (c) | 16' |
| CB | 3 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| LB | 12 | Youssouf Sabaly |
| CM | 13 | Alfred N'Diaye | | 87' |
| CM | 17 | Badou Ndiaye |
| RW | 15 | Krépin Diatta | | 73' |
| LW | 10 | Sadio Mané |
| CF | 11 | Keita Baldé | 39' | 63' |
| CF | 9 | M'Baye Niang |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 20 | Sada Thioub | | 63' |
| FW | 19 | Mbaye Diagne | | 73' |
| MF | 14 | Henri Saivet | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Aliou Cissé ||
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| RB | 20 | Youcef Atal | 24' |
| CB | 2 | Aïssa Mandi |
| CB | 4 | Djamel Benlamri | 21' |
| LB | 21 | Ramy Bensebaini | | 80' |
| RM | 7 | Riyad Mahrez (c) |
| CM | 17 | Adlène Guedioura |
| CM | 22 | Ismaël Bennacer | | 90+2' |
| LM | 8 | Youcef Belaïli | | 86' |
| SS | 10 | Sofiane Feghouli |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 6 | Mohamed Fares | | 80' |
| FW | 15 | Andy Delort | | 86' |
| MF | 19 | Mehdi Abeid | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Djamel Belmadi ||

* Man of the Match:
* Ismaël Bennacer (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)
* Berhe O'Michael (Eritrea)
* Fourth official:
* Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

### Kenya vs Tanzania

| Kenya | Tanzania |
| - | - |
| GK | 18 | Patrick Matasi |
| RB | 15 | David Owino | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Musa Mohammed |
| CB | 2 | Joseph Okumu |
| LB | 3 | Aboud Omar | | 68' |
| CM | 8 | Johanna Omolo | 24' |
| CM | 12 | Victor Wanyama (c) | 56' |
| RW | 7 | Ayub Masika |
| AM | 11 | Francis Kahata | | 33' |
| LW | 13 | Erick Ouma Otieno |
| CF | 14 | Michael Olunga |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | John Avire | | 33' |
| DF | 6 | Bernard Ochieng | | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Eric Johana Omondi | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Sébastien Migné ||
| GK | 18 | Aishi Manula |
| RB | 22 | Hassan Kessy |
| CB | 6 | David Mwantika | 29' |
| CB | 4 | Erasto Nyoni | | 80' |
| CB | 5 | Kelvin Yondan |
| LB | 2 | Gadiel Kamagi |
| CM | 11 | Thomas Ulimwengu | | 70' |
| CM | 23 | Mudathir Yahya | 49' | 52' |
| CM | 17 | Faridi Mussa |
| CF | 10 | Mbwana Samatta (c) |
| CF | 12 | Simon Msuva |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Himid Mao | | 52' |
| FW | 14 | Raphael Bocco | | 70' |
| MF | 8 | Frank Domayo | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Emmanuel Amunike ||

* Man of the Match:
* Michael Olunga (Kenya)
* Assistant referees:
* Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)
* Mahamadou Gado (Niger)
* Fourth official:
* Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

### Kenya vs Senegal

| Kenya | Senegal |
| - | - |
| GK | 18 | Patrick Matasi |
| RB | 20 | Philemon Otieno | 10' 76' |
| CB | 5 | Musa Mohammed |
| CB | 2 | Joseph Okumu | 68' |
| LB | 3 | Aboud Omar |
| CM | 8 | Johanna Omolo |
| CM | 12 | Victor Wanyama (c) |
| CM | 21 | Dennis Odhiambo | | 75' |
| RF | 7 | Ayub Masika | 57' | 81' |
| CF | 14 | Michael Olunga |
| LF | 13 | Erick Ouma Otieno |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | John Avire | | 75' |
| DF | 6 | Bernard Ochieng | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Sébastien Migné ||
| GK | 23 | Alfred Gomis |
| RB | 21 | Lamine Gassama |
| CB | 8 | Cheikhou Kouyaté |
| CB | 3 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| LB | 2 | Saliou Ciss |
| CM | 17 | Badou Ndiaye |
| CM | 5 | Idrissa Gueye | | 80' |
| RW | 18 | Ismaïla Sarr |
| AM | 14 | Henri Saivet |
| LW | 10 | Sadio Mané (c) | 60' |
| CF | 9 | M'Baye Niang | | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Moussa Konaté | | 74' |
| MF | 15 | Krépin Diatta | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Aliou Cissé ||

* Man of the Match:
* Sadio Mané (Senegal)
* Assistant referees:
* Abouelregal Mahmoud (Egypt)
* Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
* Fourth official:
* Amin Omar (Egypt)

### Tanzania vs Algeria

| Tanzania | Algeria |
| - | - |
| GK | 13 | Metacha Mnata |
| CB | 6 | David Mwantika | | 52' |
| CB | 4 | Erasto Nyoni |
| CB | 20 | Ally Mtoni |
| RWB | 22 | Hassan Kessy |
| LWB | 15 | Mohamed Husseini |
| CM | 3 | Feisal Salum | | 85' |
| CM | 23 | Mudathir Yahya |
| AM | 17 | Faridi Mussa | | 46' |
| CF | 12 | Simon Msuva |
| CF | 10 | Mbwana Samatta (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Adi Yussuf | 47' | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Himid Mao | | 52' |
| FW | 14 | Raphael Bocco | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Emmanuel Amunike ||
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| CB | 18 | Mehdi Zeffane |
| CB | 3 | Mehdi Tahrat |
| CB | 5 | Rafik Halliche | 77' |
| RM | 14 | Hicham Boudaoui | 74' |
| CM | 22 | Ismaël Bennacer | | 57' |
| CM | 19 | Mehdi Abeid | | 79' |
| LM | 6 | Mohamed Fares |
| AM | 12 | Adam Ounas | | 74' |
| CF | 13 | Islam Slimani |
| CF | 15 | Andy Delort |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Adlène Guedioura | | 57' |
| MF | 7 | Riyad Mahrez | | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Djamel Belmadi ||

* Man of the Match:
* Adam Ounas (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Mahamadou Yahaya (Niger)
* Lionel Andrianantenaiana (Madagascar)
* Fourth official:
* Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
