AFCON 2025: All to know about Benin
Benin could be one of the surprises of AFCON 2025. Before this competition in Morocco, here is everything you need to know about the team led by Gernot Rohr.
Philemon MBALE · Author profile ·
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The country
Capital: Porto-Novo
Area: 114,763 km2
Population: 14,814,460
Official language: French
Motto: Fraternity, Justice, Work
Inhabitants: Beninese/ Beninese
Nickname of the team: Les Guépards
Benin and the AFCON
Title(s): 0
Final(s): 0
Participations before 2025: 4
Their first appearance dates back to 2004. They then qualified for the 2008, 2010 and 2019 editions.
Host country: 0
Course at the AFCON
2004: eliminated in the first round
2008: eliminated in the first round
2010: eliminated in the first round
2019: eliminated in 1⁄4 of final
Assessment at the AFCON
14 matches played
0 victory
5 nuls
9 defeats
7 goals scored
26 goals conceded
Steve Mounié, the guide
Author of 2 goals in the qualification campaign for this AFCON 2025, Steve Mounié will play his second African Cup, after participating in the historic one in 2019 where Benin had reached the second round for the first time in its history, with an elimination in the quarter-final against Senegal. In 4 matches played, during this tournament held in Egypt, he had not scored. For this edition in Morocco, the 30-year-old striker wishes to unlock his counter in the African Cup.
Furthermore, the captain of the Guépards could take advantage of this CAN 2025 to get closer to the record for goals in the Beninese selection (24), held by Stéphane Sessègnon. Mounié currently has 22 achievements in 63 releases.