1976 African Cup of Nations

1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8
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 played18
Goals scored54 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco 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]
 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

Venues

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 2–0 Uganda
Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Egypt 1–1 Guinea
Basri 43' B. Sylla 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abdou 26'
Basri 32'		 Obua 21'
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Ethiopia 1–2 Guinea
Sheferahu 40' N'Jo Léa 15'
Petit Sory 85'
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Guinea 2–1 Uganda
N'Jo Léa 2'
Sylla 20'		 Muguwa 85'
Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)
Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Ali 46' Shehata 26'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

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
Mohammed 28', 44'
Ojebode 37' (pen.)
Usiyan 90'		 Kabasu 51'
Ekofa 58'
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–2 Sudan
Chérif 1'
Abouali 58'		 Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)
Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Usiyan 8'
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)
Morocco 3–1 Nigeria
Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81'		 Ojebode 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)
Zaire 1–1 Sudan
Mulamba 41' Gagarin 14'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Foiret (Mauritius)

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 Nigeria
Camara 88' Lawal 55'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–1 Egypt
Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88'		 Abou Rehab 34'
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
Faras 82'
Guezzar 87'		 Mohammed 57'
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Guinea 4–2 Egypt
N'Jo Léa 24', 65'
Sultan 53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla 62'		 Abdou 33'
El-Seyagui 86'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
Ilerika 35', 62'
Lawal 82'		 El Khatib 7'
Khalil 86'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Report Baba 86'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Egypt Ghanem Sultan (against Guinea)

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

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