2009 African Nations Championship final

Football match held in Ivory Coast January 2020 2009 African Nations Championship final StadeFHB.jpg The FHB Stadium hosts the final 2009 African Nations Championship Ghana GHA 30px 0 DR Congo COD 30px 2 8 March 2009 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Abidjan Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) 35,000 2011 The 2009 African Nations Championship final was a football match held on 8 March 2009, and was the culmination of the inaugural tournament organised by CAF, aimed at players playing in their domestic leagues. The final was contested by DR Congo and Ghana, who had met earlier in the group stage, where Ghana ran out 3–0 winners. However, this was not to be the case, as DR Congo comfortably won 2–0 to record their first triumph in a continental competition since the 1974 African Nations Cup, where, as Zaire, they defeated Zambia 2–0 in the replayDR Congo lift CHAN trophy, BBC Sport, 7 March 2009 Match details 8 March 2009 16:00 GHA 0–2 (Report) COD 46 Kaluyituka74 Bedi Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 35,000 Ivory Coast Noumandiez DouéOfficials for final match CAF Online, 8 March 2009. Accessed 17 May 2009. Archived 11 June 2009. Lineups Match Report: Ghana 0–2 DR Congo CAF Online, 8 March 2009 GHA 100pxGHANA: GK 1 Philemon MacCarthyRB 2Samuel Inkoom 33CB 5 Ofosu AppiahCB 21Harrison AffulLB 3 Daniel Nana YeboahCM 14 Charles Asampong Taylor 79CM 18Edmund Owusu AnsahRM 7Jordan Opoku 83LM 8Ibrahim AyewCF 9Yaw Antwi 71CF 23 Godwin Osei BonsuSubstitutes:FW 17 Francis Coffie 71FW 10Kwadwo Poku 79FW 15Stephen Manu 83Manager:SER Milovan RajevacCOD 100pxDR CONGO: GK 1Muteba KidiabaCB 12Bawaka MabeleCB 18Gladys Bokese 63CB 15 Joël KimwakiCM 6 Kazembe MihayoCM 13 Matondu Salakiaku 88RM 7Ngandu KasonguLM 10Mbenza BediCF 8 Mabi MputuCF 14Bongelli Lofo (c) 66CF 19 Dioko KaluyitukaSubstitutes:FW 22Luyeye Mvete 88Manager:COD Mutumbile Santos Man of the Match: COD Mabi Mputu Assistant referees: NIG Peter Edibe TUN Chokri Saadallah Fourth official: TOG Koko DjaoupéMatch rules: 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if scores level Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Of 12 substitutes named, 3 may be used References 2009 Final Category:Ghana national football team matches Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo national football team matches Category:March 2009 sports events in Africa Category:Football matches in Abidjan Category:21st century in Abidjan