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.^[1]

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.^[2]

Nigeria and South Africa, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.^[3]

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			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	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Libya	5–1	Seychelles
Saltou 22' Benali 26' (pen.) Elhouni 45+1' Zubya 65' Ellafi 82'	Report	Coralie 90'

9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)

22:00 UTC+2

Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

Nigeria	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Rantie 54' Tau 81'

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

17:00 UTC+1

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

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Seychelles	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Musa 14' Awaziem 33' Ighalo 57' (pen.)

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

16:30 UTC+4

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

South Africa	0–0	Libya
	Report

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

15:00 UTC+2

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

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South Africa	6–0	Seychelles
Hoareau 22' (o.g.) Hlatshwayo 24' Mothiba 26' Tau 73' Ndlovu 80' Mokoena 90+2'	Report

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

15:00 UTC+2

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

Nigeria	4–0	Libya
Ighalo 4' (pen.), 57', 68' Kalu 89'	Report

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

16:00 UTC+1

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

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Seychelles	0–0	South Africa
	Report

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

17:30 UTC+4

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

Libya	2–3	Nigeria
Zubya 34' Benali 73'	Report	Ighalo 13', 80' Musa 16'

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

19:00 UTC+1

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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Seychelles	1–8	Libya
Monnaie 71'	Report	Sabbou 2' Saltou 20', 31', 62' Majdi 55' Elmslaty 58' Al-Shadi 85' Elhouni 90+2'

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

16:30 UTC+4

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

South Africa	1–1	Nigeria
Mothiba 25'	Report	Mkhwanazi 9' (o.g.)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

15:00 UTC+2

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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Nigeria	3–1	Seychelles
Ighalo 35' (pen.) Onyekuru 50' Simon 90+1'	Report	Melanie 41'

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)

16:00 UTC+1

Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba

Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

Libya	1–2	South Africa
Benali 66' (pen.)	Report	Tau 50', 69'

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

18:00 UTC+1

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

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)

Notes

1. Libya played their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.