1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ | |
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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 |
← 1974 1978 → |
International football competition
The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football 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
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
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
Addis Ababa | Dire Dawa | |
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Addis Ababa Stadium | Dire Dawa Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
First round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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]
Ethiopia | 1–2 | Guinea |
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Sheferahu 40' | N'Jo Léa 15' Petit Sory 85' |
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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]
Nigeria | 4–2 | Zaire |
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Mohammed 28', 44' Ojebode 37' (pen.) Usiyan 90' | Kabasu 51' Ekofa 58' |
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco | 1–0 | Zaire |
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Zahraoui 80' |
Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
Final round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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]
Guinea | 1–1 | Morocco |
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Souleymane 33' | Report | Baba 86' |
Scorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Ahmed Faras
- Baba Otu Mohammed
- Ali Gagarin
- 2 goals
- 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
Goalkeeper
Defenders
- Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
- Mustafa Younis
- Chérif Souleymane
- Djibril Diara
Midfielders
- Tolde
- Farouk Gaafar
- Haruna Ilerika
- Kunle Awesu
Forwards
External links
- Guinea vs Morocco Final 11v11.com
- Details at RSSSF
- Details at www.angelfire.com
- footballmundial.tripod.com
- v
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- e
- 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
- TBD 2029
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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