African top Scorers 2022 World Cup qualifying
The African competition for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has come and gone. Here’s a recognition of the African top scorers.
The 54 CAF football associations affiliated with FIFA entered the qualifying phase. The July 2019 FIFA world rankings were used to determine which nations would compete in the first round. To qualify for the second and third round draws, the most recent FIFA rankings prior to those draws will be used.
Libya was threatened with exclusion from the qualifiers if it did not pay the debts with its former coach Javier Clemente. However, Libya complied after FIFA gave them a new deadline.
Sierra Leone also faced possible exclusion from the qualifiers due to the suspension of its football association. However, the suspension was lifted by the FIFA Council on June 3, 2019.
African champions Algeria were the top scorers with 25 goals in the qualifiers, followed by neighboring giants Morocco with 20 and Senegal third with 15 goals scored.
With Algeria leading in goal tally, it’s no surprise that Islam Slimani finished top scorer in the qualifiers after scoring seven goals, which he did brilliantly in six matches.
Slimani’s teammate Riyad Mahrez also scored five goals in the qualifiers, the same tally as Zambia’s Fashion Sakala.
African top scorers 2022 :
- Islam Slimani (Algeria) – 7 goals
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) – 5 goals
- Ibrahima Kone (Mali) – 5 goals
- Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) – 5 goals
- Victorien Adebayor (Niger) – 5 goals.
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