The magnificent facilities to be used at AFCON 2025 in Morocco

For any successful championship, there have to be amenities where the events, training sessions, accommodation and other administrative tasks are executed.

The 35th edition of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco has been well planned.

From the lavish hotel facilities of the teams and officials, world-class stadia and training venues, to state-of-the-art amenities for the supportive team, all is according to script.

Nine stadia will be used for hosting all the matches, right from the competition kick-off on Sunday, 21st December 2025, to the grand climax on 18th January 2026.

The stadium with the largest capacity is Grand Stade De Tanger (Ibn Batouta) with 75,000 seating capacity in the city of Tangier, whilst the Stade El Barid in Rabat has the lowest seating capacity of 18,000 people.

Others include Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca city with 67,000 capacity, Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah  (69,500), Grand Stade De Marrakech (45,240), Grand Stade D’Agadir (45,480), Complexe Sportif De Fes (45,000), Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan (22,000) and Stade Olympique Annexe Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah (21,000).

Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah will host the official opening match between hosts Morocco and Comoros, as well as the grand finale as the championship climaxes.

Uganda Cranes are caged in Group C alongside North Africans Tunisia, West Africans Nigeria and fellow CECAFA region representatives, Tanzania.

Uganda’s first match will be played on the 23rd December 2025 at the Stade Olympique Annexe Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah, against Tunisia.

The second one will come on the 27th December 2025 with Tanzania at the Stade El Barid stadium before completing the group stage business on 30th December 2025 against Nigeria at Complexe Sportif De Fez.

Ivory Coast is the reigning champion of this competition.