By Victor Kanayo
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has now made public, the full match schedule for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, slated for Morocco.
The matches, according to organisers, will see nine venues used across six cities for the continent’s greatest football show.
According to the schedule made available in a statement to Heritage Times HT, Morocco and Comoros will kick-off the tournament on December 21, 2025 with a Group A fixture at the newly-built 69,500-seater Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, a fitting stage for the grand opening.
Rabat will have four match venues, with other host cities Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier to have one each.
The four quarter-final fixtures will be played at the Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, as well as in Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir.
The semi-finals will be in Rabat and Tangier, with the third-place play-off set for the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.
There will be 52 matches over 29 days in a feast of football for fans that showcases the skill and passion of African football.
Morocco, hosting the continental showpiece for the first time since 1988, is also preparing to co-host the FIFA World Cup in 2030.
