2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group F

Group F 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: Ghana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Kenya, before Sierra Leone's disqualification.^[1]

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

Ghana and Kenya, 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	Ghana	4	3	0	1	8	1	+7	9	Final tournament		—	1–0	5–0	Canc.
2	Kenya	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3	7			1–0	—	3–0	Canc.
3	Ethiopia	4	0	1	3	0	10	−10	1			0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[a]		Canc.	2–1	Canc.	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. On 30 November 2018, the CAF decided to disqualify Sierra Leone from the qualifiers, and all their matches were annulled, due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association on 5 October 2018.^[4]

Matches

Sierra Leone	Annulled (originally 2–1)	Kenya
Wobay 22' Bangura 69' (pen.)	Report	Olunga 75'

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

16:30 UTC+0

National Stadium, Freetown

Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

Ghana	5–0	Ethiopia
Gyan 10' Boye 15' Ofori 35' Dwamena 48', 70'	Report

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11)

15:30 UTC+0

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

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Kenya	1–0	Ghana
Opoku 40' (o.g.)	Report

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

16:00 UTC+3

Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Ethiopia	Annulled (originally 1–0)	Sierra Leone
Kebede 36' (pen.)	Report

9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)

16:00 UTC+3

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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Ethiopia	0–0	Kenya
	Report

10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)

16:00 UTC+3

Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Ghana	Cancelled	Sierra Leone
	Report

Not played^{[note 1]}

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Kenya	3–0	Ethiopia
Olunga 23' Johana 27' Wanyama 67' (pen.)	Report

14 October 2018 (2018-10-14)

16:00 UTC+3

Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Sierra Leone	Cancelled	Ghana
	Report

Not played^{[note 1]}

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Ethiopia	0–2	Ghana
	Report	J. Ayew 3', 24' (pen.)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

16:00 UTC+3

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Kenya	Cancelled	Sierra Leone
	Report

Not played^{[note 2]}

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Ghana	1–0	Kenya
Ekuban 82'	Report

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23)

18:00 UTC+0

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Sierra Leone	Cancelled	Ethiopia
	Report

Not played^{[note 3]}

Goalscorers

Note: Goals scored in annulled matches counted. There were 16 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

• Jordan Ayew
• Raphael Dwamena
• Michael Olunga

1 goal

• Getaneh Kebede
• John Boye
• Caleb Ekuban
• Asamoah Gyan
• Ebenezer Ofori
• Eric Johana Omondi
• Victor Wanyama
• Umaru Bangura
• Julius Wobay

1 own goal

• Nicholas Opoku (against Kenya)

Notes

1. The two qualifying matches between Ghana and Sierra Leone, originally scheduled for 11 October 2018 (16:00 UTC+0 at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi in Ghana) and 14 October 2018 (16:30 UTC+0 at the National Stadium, Freetown in Sierra Leone), were cancelled by the CAF on 9 October 2018 due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association on 5 October 2018.^[5][6][7]
2. The qualifying match between Kenya and Sierra Leone, originally scheduled for 18 November 2018 (16:00 UTC+3 at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani in Kenya), was cancelled by the CAF on 12 November 2018 due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association on 5 October 2018.^[5][8]
3. The qualifying match between Sierra Leone and Ethiopia, originally scheduled for March 2019, was cancelled by the CAF due to the disqualification of Sierra Leone on 30 November 2018.