Gambia have participated in the Africa Cup of Nations twice. The first time was in the 2021 edition in Cameroon where the team reached the quarter-finals. They debuted with a 1–0 win over Mauritania followed by a 1–1 draw to Mali. Gambia qualified for the round of 16 with a game to spare and on 20 January 2022 defeated Tunisia 1–0 in their final group match.[1] They finished with the same points as Mali, which, however, won the group due to a better overall goal difference.[2] Gambia continued to impress in the round of 16, defeating Guinea 1–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament.[3] [4] After a goalless first half, Gambia lost 2–0 to host Cameroon in the quarter-final in Douala.[5]
The team reached the next edition for the second time, which was played in Ivory Coast, where he was eliminated from the group stage.
| Africa Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1957 to  1963 | Part of United Kingdom | ||||||||
 1965 | Not affiliated to CAF | ||||||||
 1968 to  1974 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1978 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1980 to  1988 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1990 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1994 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1996 | Withdrew during qualifying | ||||||||
 1998 | Banned for withdrawing in 1996 | ||||||||
| 2000 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 2002 to 2013 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2015 | Banned | ||||||||
 2017 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
 2021 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
  2027 | |||||||||
| 2029 | |||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
See main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group F.
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See main article: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Group C.
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