Zambia at the Africa Cup of Nations
Zambia have played in eighteen editions of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Overall record
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 to 1963 | Not affiliated to CAF | |||||||
| 1965 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||
| 1970 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||
| 1974 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1978 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1980 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1982 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1986 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1988 | Withdrew | |||||||
| 1990 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1992 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1996 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| 1998 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2006 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2010 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 2013 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2023 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | Qualified | |||||||
| 2027 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1 title | 19/35 | 69 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 83 | 70 |
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