2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group K

2025 AFCON qualifying group K

Group K of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was one of twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament in Morocco. The group consisted of four teams: South Africa, Uganda, Congo and South Sudan.

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

South Africa and Uganda, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	6	4	2	0	16	5	+11	14	Final tournament	—	2–2	5–0	3–0
2	Uganda	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13	Final tournament	0–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Congo	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4		1–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	South Sudan	6	1	0	5	6	12	−6	3		2–3	1–2	3–2	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

5 September 2024 (2024-09-05)17:00 UTC+1

Congo	1–0	South Sudan
Massanga 12'	Report

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique) 6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)18:00 UTC+2

South Africa	2–2	Uganda
Foster 14' Mbatha 90+5'	Report	Omedi 51' Mato 53'

Orlando Stadium, JohannesburgReferee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

9 September 2024 (2024-09-09)19:00 UTC+3

Uganda	2–0	Congo
Kayondo 21' Ssemugabi 85'	Report

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Mehrez Malki (Tunisia) 10 September 2024 (2024-09-10)15:00 UTC+2

South Sudan	2–3	South Africa
Okello 15' (pen.) Yuel 57'	Report	Appollis 17', 45+2' Mbatha 90+5'

Juba Stadium, JubaReferee: Joseph Ogabor (Nigeria)

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)19:00 UTC+3

Uganda	1–0	South Sudan
Mugabi 47'	Report

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Kalilou Ibrahim Traoré (Ivory Coast) 11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)20:00 UTC+2

South Africa	5–0	Congo
Mokoena 12', 27' Aubaas 37' Foster 52' Rayners 78'	Report

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, GqeberhaReferee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)15:00 UTC+2

South Sudan	1–2	Uganda
Juma 21'	Report	Omedi 15' Leku 66' (o.g.)

Juba Stadium, JubaReferee: Ahmed Al Ghandour (Egypt) 15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)17:00 UTC+1

Congo	1–1	South Africa
Bassouamina 45+3'	Report	Mokwana 33'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)14:00 UTC+2

South Sudan	3–2	Congo
Ezibon 31', 45+2' Elly 84'	Report	Ibayi 26', 35'

Juba Stadium, JubaReferee: Aklesso Gnama (Togo) 15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)15:00 UTC+3

Uganda	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Morena 49' Maswanganyi 89'

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)14:00 UTC+2

South Africa	3–0	South Sudan
Rayners 7' Maswanganyi 22' Mokoena 50' (pen.)	Report

Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownReferee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal) 19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)13:00 UTC+1

Congo	0–1	Uganda
	Report	Mutyaba 55'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleReferee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

3 goals

Teboho Mokoena

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Alfred Leku (against Uganda)

References

"Morocco to host 2025 Africa Cup of Nations". CAFOnline.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
"Qualifying groups for TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 revealed". CAF. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
Oyebola, Mike (25 December 2023). "CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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