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 →

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

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

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

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Addis Ababa Dire Dawa
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 2–0 Uganda
Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)
Egypt 1–1 Guinea
Basri 43' B. Sylla 44' (pen.)
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abdou 26'
Basri 32'		 Obua 21'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Ethiopia 1–2 Guinea
Sheferahu 40' N'Jo Léa 15'
Petit Sory 85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Guinea 2–1 Uganda
N'Jo Léa 2'
Sylla 20'		 Muguwa 85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)
Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Ali 46' Shehata 26'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
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'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–2 Sudan
Chérif 1'
Abouali 58'		 Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)
Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Usiyan 8'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)
Morocco 1–0 Zaire
Zahraoui 80'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
Morocco 3–1 Nigeria
Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81'		 Ojebode 81'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)
Zaire 1–1 Sudan
Mulamba 41' Gagarin 14'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
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'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)
Morocco 2–1 Egypt
Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88'		 Abou Rehab 34'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
Faras 82'
Guezzar 87'		 Mohammed 57'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
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'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
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
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Report Baba 86'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

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