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	Final tournament	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

9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)

22:00 UTC+2

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

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

Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

17:00 UTC+1

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

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

16:30 UTC+4

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

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–0	Libya
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

15:00 UTC+2

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

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

16:00 UTC+1

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

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

17:30 UTC+4

Seychelles	0–0	South Africa
	Report

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

19:00 UTC+1

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

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

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

16:30 UTC+4

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

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

15:00 UTC+2

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

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)

16:00 UTC+1

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

Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba

Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

18:00 UTC+1

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

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

3 goals

Ahmad Benali

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Nigel Hoareau (against South Africa)
Buhle Mkhwanazi (against Nigeria)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Libya played their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.

References

^ "Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon: Draw results and fixtures". CAF. 13 January 2017.
^ "New Dates of the Qualifiers of AFCON, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAF.
^ "Draw Procedure of the Qualifiers of the 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2019" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.