2006 Africa Cup of Nations final
# 2006 Africa Cup of Nations final

The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2006 at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt to determine the winner of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of African nations organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Egypt won their fifth-ever AFCON after defeating the Ivory Coast 4–2 on penalties.

By the time of this match, Egypt were 32nd in the FIFA World Rankings (5th in Africa), while the Ivory Coast were ranked 42nd (7th in Africa).

| Egypt | Ivory Coast |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Essam El-Hadary |
| CB | 20 | Wael Gomaa | | 21' |
| CB | 4 | Ibrahim Said | | 113' |
| CB | 5 | Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa | 75' |
| DM | 11 | Mohamed Shawky |
| RM | 12 | Mohamed Barakat |
| CM | 22 | Mohamed Aboutrika |
| CM | 17 | Ahmed Hassan (c) | 56' |
| LM | 3 | Mohamed Abdelwahab |
| CF | 10 | Emad Moteab | | 81' |
| CF | 19 | Amr Zaki |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 7 | Ahmed Fathy | | 21' |
| MF | 6 | Hassan Mostafa | | 81' |
| FW | 14 | Abdel Halim Ali | | 113' |
| Manager: ||
| Hassan Shehata ||
| GK | 1 | Jean-Jacques Tizié | 119' |
| RB | 21 | Emmanuel Eboué | 53' |
| CB | 4 | Kolo Touré |
| CB | 6 | Blaise Kouassi | 43' |
| LB | 3 | Arthur Boka |
| DM | 5 | Didier Zokora |
| RM | 19 | Yaya Touré | | 91' |
| LM | 7 | Emerse Faé |
| AM | 2 | Kanga Akalé | 2' | 60' |
| CF | 9 | Arouna Koné |
| CF | 11 | Didier Drogba (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 8 | Bonaventure Kalou | | 60' |
| FW | 14 | Bakari Koné | | 91' |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||

* Assistant referees:
* Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
* Ibrahim Djezzar (Algeria)
