1976 African Cup of Nations

1976 African Cup of Nations1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ

Tournament details
Host country| Ethiopia
Dates| 29 February – 14 March
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up|  Guinea
Third place|  Nigeria
Fourth place|  Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 18
Goals scored| 54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
Best player(s)|  Ahmed Faras

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International football competition

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

## Qualified teams[edit]

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in tournament[a]

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Ethiopia | Hosts |  | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
Zaire | Holders | 14 March 1974 | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
Morocco | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1975 | 1 (1972)
Guinea | 2nd round winners | 17 July 1975 | 2 (1970, 1974)
Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 27 July 1975 | 1 (1963)
Egypt | 2nd round winners | 1 August 1975 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
Sudan | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
Uganda | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 3 (1962, 1968, 1974)

Notes

1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

## Squads[edit]

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

## Venues[edit]

Addis Ababa |

Addis Ababa

Dire Dawa

| Dire Dawa

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Addis Ababa Stadium | Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 18,000

## First round[edit]

### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Guinea | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 5
Egypt | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4
Ethiopia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 3
Uganda | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

29 February 1976

Ethiopia | 2–0|  Uganda

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Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83' |  |

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

29 February 1976

Egypt | 1–1|  Guinea

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Basri 43' |  | B. Sylla 44' (pen.)

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

* * *

3 March 1976

Egypt | 2–1|  Uganda

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Abdou 26'
Basri 32' |  | Obua 21'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

3 March 1976

Ethiopia | 1–2|  Guinea

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Sheferahu 40' |  | N'Jo Léa 15'
Petit Sory 85'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

* * *

5 March 1976

Guinea | 2–1|  Uganda

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N'Jo Léa 2'
Sylla 20' |  | Muguwa 85'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)

5 March 1976

Ethiopia | 1–1|  Egypt

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Ali 46' |  | Shehata 26'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Morocco | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 3  | +3  | 5
Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 4
Sudan | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2
Zaire | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 1

Source:[citation needed]

1 March 1976

Nigeria | 4–2|  Zaire

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Mohammed 28', 44'
Ojebode 37' (pen.)
Usiyan 90' |  | Kabasu 51'
Ekofa 58'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

1 March 1976

Morocco | 2–2|  Sudan

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Chérif 1'
Abouali 58' |  | Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

* * *

4 March 1976

Nigeria | 1–0|  Sudan

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Usiyan 8' |  |

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

4 March 1976

Morocco | 1–0|  Zaire

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Zahraoui 80' |  |

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)

* * *

6 March 1976

Morocco | 3–1|  Nigeria

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Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81' |  | Ojebode 81'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)

6 March 1976

Zaire | 1–1|  Sudan

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Mulamba 41' |  | Gagarin 14'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Robert Foiret (Mauritius)

## Final round[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Morocco | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 5
Guinea | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 4
Nigeria | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 3
Egypt | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 9  | −4  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

9 March 1976

Guinea | 1–1|  Nigeria

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Camara 88' |  | Lawal 55'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

9 March 1976

Morocco | 2–1|  Egypt

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Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88' |  | Abou Rehab 34'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)

* * *

11 March 1976

Morocco | 2–1|  Nigeria

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Faras 82'
Guezzar 87' |  | Mohammed 57'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

11 March 1976

Guinea | 4–2|  Egypt

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N'Jo Léa 24', 65'
Sultan 53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla 62' |  | Abdou 33'
El-Seyagui 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

* * *

14 March 1976

Nigeria | 3–2|  Egypt

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Ilerika 35', 62'
Lawal 82' |  | El Khatib 7'
Khalil 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations Final

14 March 1976

Guinea | 1–1|  Morocco

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Souleymane 33' | Report | Baba 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

## Scorers[edit]

4 goals

* Mamadou Aliou Keïta

3 goals

* Ahmed Faras
* Baba Otu Mohammed
* Ali Gagarin

2 goals

* Mustafa Abdou
* Taha Basri
* Solomon Sheferahu
* Abdelâali Zahraoui
* Haruna Ilerika
* Muda Lawal
* Sam Ojebode
* Thompson Usiyan
* Bengally Sylla

1 goal

* Ahmed Abou Rehab
* Hassan Shehata
* Mahmoud El Khatib
* Mohamed El-Seyagui
* Osama Khalil
* Mohamed Ali
* Tesfaye Seyoum
* Papa Camara
* Chérif Souleymane
* Petit Sory
* Morciré Sylla
* Ahmed Abouali
* Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
* Redouane Guezzar
* Larbi Chebbak
* Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh
* Abdallah Tazi
* Denis Obua
* Jimmy Muguwa
* Kabasu Babo
* Mbungu Ekofa
* Ndaye Mulamba

Own goal

* Ghanem Sultan (against Guinea)

## CAF Team of the tournament[edit]

Goalkeeper

* Mohammed Al-Hazaz

Defenders

* Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
* Mustafa Younis
* Chérif Souleymane
* Djibril Diara

Midfielders

* Tolde
* Farouk Gaafar
* Haruna Ilerika
* Kunle Awesu

Forwards

* Petit Sory
* Ahmed Faras

## External links[edit]

* Guinea vs Morocco Final 11v11.com
* Details at RSSSF
* Details at www.angelfire.com
* footballmundial.tripod.com

* v
* t
* e

Africa Cup of Nations

Editions|

* Sudan 1957
* United Arab Republic 1959
* Ethiopia 1962
* Ghana 1963
* Tunisia 1965
* Ethiopia 1968
* Sudan 1970
* Cameroon 1972
* Egypt 1974
* Ethiopia 1976
* Ghana 1978
* Nigeria 1980
* Libya 1982
* Ivory Coast 1984
* Egypt 1986
* Morocco 1988
* Algeria 1990
* Senegal 1992
* Tunisia 1994
* South Africa 1996
* Burkina Faso 1998
* Ghana/Nigeria 2000
* Mali 2002
* Tunisia 2004
* Egypt 2006
* Ghana 2008
* Angola 2010
* Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
* South Africa 2013
* Equatorial Guinea 2015
* Gabon 2017
* Egypt 2019
* Cameroon 2021
* Ivory Coast 2023
* Morocco 2025
* Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027

Qualification|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Finals|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Bids|

* 2027

Squads|

* 1957
* 1959
* 1962
* 1963
* 1965
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Statistics|

* Finals
* Appearances
* Awards
* Records and statistics
* Hat-tricks

Miscellaneous|

* Balls
* Mascots
* Music

Notes: 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. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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