1972 African Cup of Nations squads

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Below is a list of squads used in the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

## Group A

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### Cameroon

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Coach:  Peter Schnittger

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Zacharie "Jean-Parade" Egoué |  |  |  |
| 1GK | Bernard M'Bengalack |  |  |  |  Diamant Yaoundé
| 1GK | Moïse Essombé |  |  |  |

* * *

| 2DF | Norbert Owona |  |  |  |  Union Douala
| 2DF | Apollin Simo |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Paul N'Lend |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Jean-Paul Akono |  (1952-01-01)1 January 1952 (aged 20)  |  |  |
| 2DF | Michel Kaham |  (1952-06-01)1 June 1952 (aged 19)  |  |  |
| 2DF | Gustave Evou Boulon |  |  |  |
| 2DF | François Bekombo Kwedi |  |  |  |  Caïman Douala

* * *

| 3MF | Jean-Marie Tsébo |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Jean Moutassié |  |  |  |
6  | 3MF | Emmanuel Mvé |  |  |  |
8  | 3MF | Paul-Gaston Ndongo |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Emmanuel Eteme |  |  |  |

* * *

9  | 4FW | Charles Léa |  (1951-01-16)16 January 1951 (aged 21)  |  |  |  Canon Yaoundé
| 4FW | Philippe Mouthé |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Jean Manga Onguéné |  (1946-06-12)12 June 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  Canon Yaoundé
18  | 4FW | Jean-Pierre Tokoto |  (1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 24)  |  |  |  Olympique de Marseille
15  | 4FW | Joseph Yegba Maya |  (1944-04-08)8 April 1944 (aged 27)  |  |  |  US Valenciennes
11  | 4FW | Jean-Baptiste Ndoga |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Dieudonné Bassanguen |  |  |  |

### Kenya

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Coach:  Eckhard Krautzun

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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1  | 1GK | James Siang'a | 1949 (aged 22 or 23)  |  |  |  Gor Mahia
| 2DF | Jonathan Niva |  |  |  |  Gor Mahia
| 2DF | Austin Oduor |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Samson Odore |  |  |  |  Kenya Breweries
| 2DF | Charles Makunda |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Daniel Anyanzwa |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Peter "Pelé" Ouma |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Allan Thigo |  |  |  |  Gor Mahia
| 3MF | Jackson Aluko |  |  |  |  Gor Mahia
| 4FW | John Nyawanga |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Chege Ouma |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Nicodémus Arudhi |  |  |  |
| 4FW | John Chore  |  |  |  |  Gor Mahia
| 3MF | Stephen Yongo  |  |  |  |  Gor Mahia

### Mali

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Coach:  Karl-Heinz Weigang

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Séydou Traoré |  |  |  |
| 1GK | Bassirou Diamoutèné |  |  |  |
1  | 1GK | Mamadou Keïta |  (1947-10-20)20 October 1947 (aged 24)  |  |  |  Stade Malien

* * *

| 2DF | Talibé Diané |  |  |  |
4  | 2DF | Kidian Diallo | 1944  |  |  |  AS Real Bamako
12  | 2DF | Moctar Maïga |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Idrissa Maiga |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Checkna Traoré |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Idrissa Coulibaly |  |  |  |
3  | 2DF | Cheick Sangaré |  |  |  |

* * *

18  | 3MF | Adama Traoré  |  |  |  |
6  | 3MF | Boubacar Traoré  |  |  |  |
8  | 3MF | Ousmane Traoré |  |  |  |

* * *

14  | 4FW | Bako Touré |  (1939-12-07)7 December 1939 (aged 32)  |  |  |  Blois
| 4FW | Issa Yatayasse |  |  |  |
10  | 4FW | Salif Keïta |  (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  Saint-Étienne
19  | 4FW | Moussa Traoré |  (1952-12-02)2 December 1952 (aged 19)  |  |  |  Stade Malien
20  | 4FW | Sadia Cissé |  (1944-04-15)15 April 1944 (aged 27)  |  |  |  Djoliba AC
17  | 4FW | Moussa Diakhité |  |  |  |
11  | 4FW | Fantamady Keita |  (1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (aged 22)  |  |  |  AS Real Bamako
| 4FW | Cheikh Diallo |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Idrissa Kanté |  |  |  |

### Togo

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Coach:  Gottlieb Göller

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Tommy Sylvestre |  (1946-08-31)31 August 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  Étoile Filante de Lomé

* * *

| 2DF | Damawuzan Ayitégan |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Ohin Anyaku |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Hermann Hunkpati (C)  | 1945 (aged 26 or 27)  |  |  |  Modèle de Lomé
| 2DF | Sanni Kponton |  |  |  |

* * *

| 3MF | Emmanuel Atsou |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Luc Agbala |  (1947-09-23)23 September 1947 (aged 24)  |  |  |  Dynamic Togolais
| 3MF | Michel Sokpo |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Arnold Nyémébuéo |  |  |  |

* * *

| 4FW | Omer Sadji |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Edmond Apéti Kaolo | 1946 (aged 25 or 26)  |  |  |
| 4FW | Covi Adé |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Clément Kpadé |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Pindra Sawoè |  |  |  |

## Group B

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### Congo

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Coach:  Adolphe "Amoyen" Bibandzoulou

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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1  | 1GK | Maxime Matsima |  (1940-11-18)18 November 1940 (aged 31)  |  |  |  Diables Noirs
| 1GK | Emmanuel Mboungou |  |  |  |  CARA Brazzaville
| 1GK | Paul Tandou |  |  |  |  Diables Noirs

* * *

| 2DF | Serge Samuel Boukaka | 1942 (aged 29 or 30)  |  |  |  Étoile du Congo
2  | 2DF | Gabriel Dengaki |  (1952-11-07)7 November 1952 (aged 19)  |  |  |  Étoile du Congo
5  | 2DF | Jacques Yvon Ndolou (Captain) |  (1944-05-03)3 May 1944 (aged 27)  |  |  |  Inter Club Brazzaville
4  | 2DF | Joseph Ngassaki |  (1941-11-08)8 November 1941 (aged 30)  |  |  |  CARA Brazzaville
3  | 2DF | Alphonse Niangou |  |  |  |  Diables Noirs
| 2DF | Gabriel "Njo Léa" Samba |  |  |  |  Diables Noirs

* * *

18  | 3MF | Jean-Bertrand Balékita |  (1948-01-06)6 January 1948 (aged 24)  |  |  |  SC Toulon
12  | 3MF | Joseph Matongo |  |  |  |  Diables Noirs
| 3MF | Emmanuel Mayanda | 1950 (aged 21 or 22)  |  |  |  CARA Brazzaville
| 3MF | Paul Mbemba |  |  |  |  Inter Club Brazzaville
| 3MF | Félix Mfoutou |  |  |  |  Avenir du Rail Ouenzé
6  | 3MF | Noël Minga-Tchibinda |  |  |  |  Inter Club Brazzaville

* * *

20  | 4FW | François M'Pelé |  (1947-07-13)13 July 1947 (aged 24)  |  |  |  AC Ajaccio
7  | 4FW | Jonas Bahamboula |  (1949-02-02)2 February 1949 (aged 23)  |  |  |  Diables Noirs
10  | 4FW | Paul Moukila |  (1950-06-06)6 June 1950 (aged 21)  |  |  |  Inter Club Brazzaville
19  | 4FW | Jean-Michel M'Bono |  (1946-01-27)27 January 1946 (aged 26)  |  |  |  Étoile du Congo
| 4FW | Augustin Ndouli |  |  |  |  Patronage Sainte-Anne
11  | 4FW | Jean-Michel Ongagna |  |  |  |  Étoile du Congo
| 4FW | Gilbert Poaty |  |  |  |  Vita Club Mokanda

### Morocco

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Coach:  Sabino Barinaga

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Allal Benkassou | 1941  |  |  |
| 2DF | Ahmed Najah |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Larbi Ihardane |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Abdallah Lamrani | 1946  |  |  |
| 2DF | Boujemaa Benkhrif | 1947  |  |  |
| 2DF | Abdelkader El Khiati | 1945  |  |  |
| 3MF | Larbi Chebbak |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Mohamed Maaroufi | 1947  |  |  |
| 3MF | Maouhoub Ghazouani | 1948  |  |  |
| 3MF | Mustapha Choukri | 1947  |  |  |
| 4FW | Abdallah Tazi | 1945  |  |  |
| 4FW | Ahmed Faras |  (1946-12-07)7 December 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  Chabab Mohammedia
| 4FW | Mohamed El Filali |  (1945-07-09)9 July 1945 (aged 26)  |  |  |
| 4FW | Redouane Guezzar |  |  |  |

### Sudan

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Coach: Abdel-Fattah Hamad Abu-Zeid

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Mohamed "Zaghbir" Abdel Fatah |  |  |  |  Al-Hilal Club
| 1GK | El-Sayed El-Masri |  |  |  |
| 2DF | El-Sir Kaunda |  |  |  |  Al-Merreikh SC
| 2DF | Awad Koka | 1947  |  |  |  Al-Hilal Club
| 2DF | Mahmoud "James" Said Salim | 1947  |  |  |  Al-Tahrir SC (Bahri)
| 2DF | Abdelgadir Mohamed |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Negm El-Din Hassan (C)  | 1945  |  |  |  Al Neel SC (Khartoum)
| 3MF | Ahmed Bushara Wahba |  (1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 29)  |  |  |  Al-Merrikh SC
| 3MF | Mutassim Hammori |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Bushara Abdel-Nadief |  |  |  |  Al-Merreikh SC
| 3MF | Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh |  |  |  |
| 3MF | Mohsin El-Mannan |  |  |  |
| 4FW | Hasabu El-Sagheer |  (1947-07-01)1 July 1947 (aged 24)  |  |  |  Burri SC
| 4FW | Jadallah Kheirelseid |  |  |  |  Al-Merrikh SC
| 4FW | Kamal Abdelwahab |  |  |  |  Al-Merrikh SC
| 4FW | Mohamed Hussein "Kassala" |  |  |  |  Al-Hilal Club

### Zaire

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Coach: Blagoje Vidinić

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club  |

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| 1GK | Pombi Litinda |  |  |  |
| 1GK | Kazadi Mwamba |  (1947-03-06)6 March 1947 (aged 24)  |  |  |

* * *

| 2DF | Joseph Lungwila |  |  |  |
| 2DF | Bwanga Tshimen |  (1949-01-04)4 January 1949 (aged 23)  |  |  |  TP Mazembe
| 2DF | Mwanza Mukombo |  (1945-12-17)17 December 1945 (aged 26)  |  |  |
| 2DF | Julien Kialunda |  (1940-04-24)24 April 1940 (aged 31)  |  |  |  Anderlecht

* * *

| 3MF | Kidumu Mantantu |  (1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  CS Imana
| 3MF | Kilasu Massamba |  (1950-12-22)22 December 1950 (aged 21)  |  |  |
| 3MF | Léonard Saïdi |  (1941-11-24)24 November 1941 (aged 30)  |  |  |  TP Mazembe
| 3MF | Tshinabu Wa Munda |  (1946-05-08)8 May 1946 (aged 25)  |  |  |  TP Mazembe
| 3MF | Kafula Ngoie |  (1945-11-11)11 November 1945 (aged 26)  |  |  |
| 3MF | Benjamin Mutombo |  |  |  |

* * *

| 4FW | Mayanga Maku |  (1948-10-31)31 October 1948 (aged 23)  |  |  |
| 4FW | Kakoko Etepe |  (1950-11-22)22 November 1950 (aged 21)  |  |  |  CS Imana
| 4FW | Jean Kalala N'Tumba |  (1949-01-07)7 January 1949 (aged 23)  |  |  |

## External links

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* African Nations Cup 1972 - RSSSF
* 8ème édition : le Congo Brazzaville crée la sensation
* Gor Mahia in the 1970s
* CAN 1972
* Congo squad 1972
* Sadia Cissé

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The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
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