2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B

Group B of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided which teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco.^[1] The group consisted of four teams: finals hosts Morocco, Gabon, Central African Republic and Lesotho.^[2]

The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024.^[3]

Gabon, the group runners-up, joined Morocco, the group winners and tournament hosts, in qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco[a]	6	6	0	0	26	2	+24	18	Final tournament		—	4–1	7–0	5–0
2	Gabon	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10			1–5	—	0–0	2–0
3	Lesotho	6	1	1	4	2	13	−11	4			0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Central African Republic	6	1	0	5	3	14	−11	3			0–4	0–1	3–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Morocco had already qualified for the final tournament as the host nation.

Matches

5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)

16:00 UTC+1

Central African Republic	3–1	Lesotho
Mafouta 1', 24' Koyalipou 62'	Report	Sera 56'

Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco)

Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)

20:00 UTC+1

Morocco	4–1	Gabon
Ziyech 10' (pen.), 26' (pen.) Brahim 59' El Kaabi 82'	Report	Aubameyang 40' (pen.)

Adrar Stadium, Agadir

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

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9 September 2024 (2024-09-09)

19:00 UTC+1

Lesotho	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Brahim 90+3'

Adrar Stadium, Agadir (Morocco)

Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)

17:00 UTC+1

Gabon	2–0	Central African Republic
Aubameyang 11' (pen.) Babicka 39'	Report

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 8,679

Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

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11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)

20:00 UTC+1

Gabon	0–0	Lesotho
	Report

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

12 October 2024 (2024-10-12)

20:00 UTC+1

Morocco	5–0	Central African Republic
Ezzalzouli 18' Ounahi 38', 45+2' Hakimi 45' Rahimi 71' (pen.)	Report

Honor Stadium, Oujda

Attendance: 19,800

Referee: Alhasan Bass (Gambia)

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15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

15:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	0–2	Gabon
	Report	Babicka 55' Effaghe 84'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban (South Africa)

Referee: Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea (Ghana)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)

20:00 UTC+1

Central African Republic	0–4	Morocco
	Report	Ben Seghir 34', 38' En-Nesyri 50' (pen.) Ezzalzouli 66'

Honor Stadium, Oujda (Morocco)

Attendance: 19,920

Referee: Naby Laye Touré (Guinea)

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14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)

14:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	1–0	Central African Republic
Mokhachane 51'	Report

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (South Africa)

Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)

19:00 UTC+1

Gabon	1–5	Morocco
Bouanga 4'	Report	Harkass 17' Brahim 20', 23' En-Nesyri 81' Saibari 90'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 19,360

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

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18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)

19:00 UTC+1

Morocco	7–0	Lesotho
Brahim 5', 15', 42' Rahimi 37', 45+2' (pen.) En-Nesyri 68' Saibari 70'	Report

Honor Stadium, Oujda

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (Congo DR)

18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)

19:00 UTC+1

Central African Republic	0–1	Gabon
	Report	Kanga 74' (pen.)

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

7 goals

• Brahim Díaz

3 goals

• Youssef En-Nesyri
• Soufiane Rahimi

2 goals

• Louis Mafouta
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
• Shavy Babicka
• Eliesse Ben Seghir
• Abde Ezzalzouli
• Azzedine Ounahi
• Ismael Saibari
• Hakim Ziyech

1 goal

• Goduine Koyalipou
• Denis Bouanga
• Rody Effaghe
• Guélor Kanga
• Neo Mokhachane
• Sera Motebang
• Ayoub El Kaabi
• Achraf Hakimi
• Jamal Harkass