2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group L

Group L 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: Cape Verde, Uganda, Tanzania, and Lesotho.^[1]

The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format between June 2017 and March 2019.^[2]

Uganda and Tanzania, 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	Uganda	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	13	Final tournament		—	0–0	3–0	1–0
2	Tanzania	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8			3–0	—	1–1	2–0
3	Lesotho	6	1	3	2	3	7	−4	6			0–2	1–0	—	1–1
4	Cape Verde	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	5			0–1	3–0	0–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Tanzania	1–1	Lesotho
Samatta 28'	Report	Tale 35'

10 June 2017 (2017-6-10)

20:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

Cape Verde	0–1	Uganda
	Report	Sserunkuma 83'

11 June 2017 (2017-6-11)^{[note 1]}

16:30 UTC−1

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

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Uganda	0–0	Tanzania
	Report

8 September 2018 (2018-9-8)

16:00 UTC+3

Mandela National Stadium, Kira

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Lesotho	1–1	Cape Verde
Motebang 70'	Report	Djaniny 75'

9 September 2018 (2018-9-9)

15:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

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Cape Verde	3–0	Tanzania
Gomes 16', 23' Stopira 84'	Report

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)

16:00 UTC−1

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Uganda	3–0	Lesotho
Okwi 11', 64' Miya 37' (pen.)	Report

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

16:00 UTC+3

Mandela National Stadium, Kira

Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

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Tanzania	2–0	Cape Verde
Msuva 29' Samatta 57'	Report

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

17:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Lesotho	0–2	Uganda
	Report	Miya 5', 35'

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)

18:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

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Uganda	1–0	Cape Verde
Kaddu 77'	Report

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

16:00 UTC+3

Mandela National Stadium, Kira

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Lesotho	1–0	Tanzania
Lerotholi 76'	Report

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18)

16:00 UTC+2

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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Tanzania	3–0	Uganda
Msuva 21' Nyoni 51' (pen.) Morris 57'	Report

24 March 2019 (2019-3-24)

18:00 UTC+3

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Cape Verde	0–0	Lesotho
	Report

24 March 2019 (2019-3-24)

14:00 UTC−1

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

3 goals

• Farouk Miya

2 goals

• Ricardo Gomes
• Simon Msuva
• Mbwana Samatta
• Emmanuel Okwi

1 goal

• Djaniny
• Stopira
• Nkau Lerotholi
• Sera Motebang
• Thapelo Tale
• Aggrey Morris
• Erasto Nyoni
• Patrick Kaddu
• Geoffrey Sserunkuma

Notes

1. The Cape Verde v Uganda match was originally scheduled on 10 June 2017, 16:30 local time, but was postponed to the following day due to delays in arrivals for some of the Uganda players.^[4]