Below is a list of squads used in the 1986 African Cup of Nations.

Group A

 Ivory Coast

Coach: Pancho Gonzalès

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Zagouli Gbolié
	2DF	Leopold Sacré Abialy
	2DF	Boris Diecket	(1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 22)			Tours
	2DF	Emile Gnahoré Depie				Africa Sports
	2DF	Patrice Lago Bailly				Africa Sports
	2DF	François Monguéhi Guehi				ASEC Mimosas
	2DF	Laurent Zahui	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 25)			SC-Toulon-Var
12	3MF	Oumar Ben Salah	(1964-07-02)2 July 1964 (aged 21)			ASEC Mimosas
7	3MF	Saint-Joseph Gadji-Celi	(1961-05-01)1 May 1961 (aged 24)			ASEC Mimosas
	3MF	Pascal Miézan	(1959-04-03)3 April 1959 (aged 26)			Lierse
	3MF	Kouassi N'Dri
	3MF	François Zahoui	(1962-08-21)21 August 1962 (aged 23)			Nancy
20	4FW	Youssouf Falikou Fofana	(1966-07-26)26 July 1966 (aged 19)			AS Monaco
10	4FW	Abdoulaye Traoré	(1967-03-04)4 March 1967 (aged 19)			Braga
		Aboubacar N'Diaye				ASEC Mimosas

 Egypt

Coach: Mike Smith

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Thabet El-Batal	(1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 32)			Al Ahly SC
19	1GK	Ahmed Shobair	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 25)			Al Ahly SC
	1GK	Adel Abdel Monem				Al Masry SC
2	2DF	Ali Shehata				Arab Contractors SC
21	2DF	Hamada Sedki	(1961-08-25)25 August 1961 (aged 24)			El Minya SC
15	2DF	Ibrahim Hassan	(1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 19)			Al Ahly SC
17	2DF	Ahmed Ramzy	(1965-07-25)25 July 1965 (aged 20)			Zamalek SC
5	2DF	Mohamed Omar	(1958-09-03)3 September 1958 (aged 27)			Al Ittihad Alexandria
6	2DF	Ashraf Kasem	(1966-07-25)25 July 1966 (aged 19)			Zamalek SC
3	2DF	Rabie Yassin	(1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 25)			Al Ahly SC
	2DF	Moustafa Aboul Dahab				Al Masry SC
8	3MF	Magdi Abdelghani	(1959-07-27)27 July 1959 (aged 26)			Al Ahly SC
4	3MF	Alaa Mayhoub	(1963-01-19)19 January 1963 (aged 23)			Al Ahly SC
13	3MF	Shawky Ghareeb	(1959-02-26)26 February 1959 (aged 27)			Ghazl El Mahalla SC
9	3MF	Naser Elteles	(1957-11-24)24 November 1957 (aged 28)			Ghazl El Mahalla SC
11	3MF	Tarek Yehia	(1961-09-10)10 September 1961 (aged 24)			Zamalek SC
12	3MF	Taher Abouzeid	(1962-04-01)1 April 1962 (aged 23)			Al Ahly SC
20	4FW	Hossam Hassan	(1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 19)			Al Ahly SC
10	4FW	Mahmoud Al Khatib	(1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 31)			Al Ahly SC
7	4FW	Moustafa Abdou (c)	(1953-01-10)10 January 1953 (aged 33)			Al Ahly SC
	4FW	Emad Soliman	(1959-07-23)23 July 1959 (aged 26)			Ismaily SC
16	4FW	Mohamed Hazem				Ismaily SC
14	4FW	Gamal Abdelhamid	(1957-11-24)24 November 1957 (aged 28)			Zamalek SC

 Mozambique

Coach: Manaca

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Filipe Chissequere
	2DF	Elcídio Conde
	3MF	Joaquim João
	2DF	Armando Faruk Ali
	3MF	Matonse Santos
		Manuel Siname
	2DF	Manuel Cossa				Maxaquene
		Leovegildo Mabota
		Amade Chamabe
	3MF	Lucas Barrarijo Joaquim
	4FW	Nicolau Joaquim De Sousa
	4FW	Geraldo Conde				Maxaquene
	4FW	Chiquinho Conde	(1965-11-22)22 November 1965 (aged 20)			Maxaquene
	3MF	Jerónimo Nhanombe
	4FW	Tomas Daniel Calton Banze	(1957-01-26)26 January 1957 (aged 29)			Desportivo Maputo
	2DF	Antonio Machava				Costa Do Sol Maputo
		Sinane Almeida

 Senegal

Coach: Pape Alioune Diop

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Cheikh Seck	(1958-01-08)8 January 1958 (aged 28)			ASC Diaraf
	2DF	Pape Fall	(1960-01-19)19 January 1960 (aged 26)			Seib Diourbel
	2DF	Racine Kane	(1960-02-27)27 February 1960 (aged 26)			Seib Diourbel
	2DF	Roger Mendy	(1960-02-08)8 February 1960 (aged 26)			ASC Jeanne d'Arc
	2DF	Mamadou Tew	(1959-11-27)27 November 1959 (aged 26)			Club Brugge
	2DF	Oumar Touré	(1954-03-14)14 March 1954 (aged 31)			US Maubeuge
	3MF	Amadou Diop				ASC Diaraf
	3MF	Joseph Koto	(1960-01-01)1 January 1960 (aged 26)
	3MF	Christophe Sagna	(1954-05-05)5 May 1954 (aged 31)			Quimper
	3MF	Oumar Sène	(1959-10-23)23 October 1959 (aged 26)			Paris SG
10	4FW	Jules Bocandé	(1958-11-25)25 November 1958 (aged 27)			Metz
	4FW	Saar Boubacar	(1951-06-20)20 June 1951 (aged 34)			Martigues
11	4FW	Thierno Youm	(1960-04-17)17 April 1960 (aged 25)			Laval
	4FW	Salif Diagne
		Cheikh Tidiane Fall

Group B

 Algeria

Coach: Rabah Saâdane

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mehdi Cerbah	(1953-04-03)3 April 1953 (aged 32)		RS Kouba
2	2DF	Mahmoud Guendouz	(1953-02-24)24 February 1953 (aged 33)		JS El Biar
3	2DF	Faouzi Mansouri	(1956-01-17)17 January 1956 (aged 30)		Montpellier
4	2DF	Fodil Megharia	(1961-05-23)23 May 1961 (aged 24)		ASO Chlef
5	2DF	Chaabane Merzekane	(1959-03-08)8 March 1959 (aged 26)		MA Hussein Dey
6	3MF	Mohamed Kaci Said	(1958-05-02)2 May 1958 (aged 27)		RS Kouba
7	4FW	Nasser Bouiche	(1960-06-08)8 June 1960 (aged 25)		MP Alger
8	3MF	Ali Fergani (c)	(1952-09-21)21 September 1952 (aged 33)		JE Tizi-Ouzou
9	4FW	Djamel Menad	(1960-07-22)22 July 1960 (aged 25)		JE Tizi-Ouzou
10	4FW	Rabah Madjer	(1958-12-15)15 December 1958 (aged 27)		Porto
11	4FW	Tedj Bensaoula	(1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged 31)		Le Havre
12	4FW	Nacer Bouiche	(1963-05-16)16 May 1963 (aged 22)		JE Tizi-Ouzou
13	3MF	Hocine Yahi	(1960-04-25)25 April 1960 (aged 25)		CM Belcourt
14	4FW	Hakim Medane	(1966-09-05)5 September 1966 (aged 19)		USM El Harrach
15	2DF	Abdelhamid Sadmi	(1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 25)		JE Tizi-Ouzou
16	3MF	Karim Maroc	(1958-03-05)5 March 1958 (aged 28)		Montpellier
17	4FW	Fawzi Benkhalidi	(1963-02-03)3 February 1963 (aged 23)		WKF Boufarik
18	2DF	Mokhtar Kechamli	(1962-11-02)2 November 1962 (aged 23)		ASC Oran
19	2DF	Mohammed Chaib	(1957-05-20)20 May 1957 (aged 28)		RS Kouba
21	1GK	Nacerdine Drid	(1957-01-22)22 January 1957 (aged 29)		MP Oran

 Cameroon

Coach: Claude Le Roy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Thomas Nkono	(1955-07-20)20 July 1955 (aged 30)		Espanyol
21	1GK	Jacques Songo'o	(1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 21)		Canon Yaoundé
	1GK	André Marie Boé	(1962-00-00)0 December 1962 (aged 23–24)
4	2DF	Ibrahim Aoudou	(1955-08-23)23 August 1955 (aged 30)		Besançon
6	2DF	Emmanuel Kundé	(1956-07-15)15 July 1956 (aged 29)		Canon Yaoundé
5	2DF	Victor Ndip Akem	(1967-08-18)18 August 1967 (aged 18)		Canon Yaounde
15	2DF	Edmond Enoka	(1955-12-17)17 December 1955 (aged 30)		Union Douala
	2DF	Bertin Ebwellé	(1962-09-11)11 September 1962 (aged 23)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
	2DF	Charles Toubé	(1958-01-22)22 January 1958 (aged 28)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
3	2DF	Isaac Sinkot	(1954-07-11)11 July 1954 (aged 31)
	2DF	Christian Ebwéa Bilé
18	2DF	Voungai Salomon
	3MF	Théophile Abega	(1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 31)		Vevey Sports
2	3MF	André Kana-Biyik	(1965-09-01)1 September 1965 (aged 20)		Diamant Yaoundé
20	3MF	Grégoire Mbida	(1952-01-27)27 January 1952 (aged 34)		Dunkerque
8	3MF	Emile Mbouh-Mbouh	(1966-05-30)30 May 1966 (aged 21)		Diamant Yaoundé
11	3MF	Louis-Paul Mfédé	(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 25)		Rennes
	3MF	Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé	(1968-08-07)7 August 1968 (aged 17)		Canon Yaoundé
7	3MF	Oumarou Mamoudou
13	4FW	Ernest Ebongué	(1962-05-15)15 May 1962 (aged 23)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
9	4FW	Roger Milla	(1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 33)		Saint-Étienne
10	4FW	Dagobert Dang	(1958-02-06)6 February 1958 (aged 28)		Canon Yaoundé

 Morocco

Coach: José Faria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Badou Ezzaki (captain)	(1959-04-02)2 April 1959 (aged 26)		Wydad Casablanca
12	1GK	Salahdine Hmied	(1961-09-01)1 September 1961 (aged 24)		FAR Rabat
22	1GK	Abdelfettah Mouddani	(1956-07-30)30 July 1956 (aged 29)		Kenitra
5	2DF	Norredine Bouyahyaoui	(1955-01-07)7 January 1955 (aged 31)		Kenitra
4	2DF	Mustapha El Biyaz	(1960-02-12)12 February 1960 (aged 26)		KAC Marrakech
2	2DF	Labid Khalifa	1955		Kenitra
3	2DF	Abdelmajid Lamriss	(1959-02-12)12 February 1959 (aged 27)		FAR Rabat
14	2DF	Lahcen Ouadani	(1959-07-14)14 July 1959 (aged 26)		FAR Rabat
10	3MF	Aziz Bouderbala	(1960-12-26)26 December 1960 (aged 25)		Sion
6	3MF	Abdelmajid Dolmy	(1953-04-19)19 April 1953 (aged 32)		Raja Casablanca
15	3MF	Mouncif El Haddaoui	(1964-10-21)21 October 1964 (aged 21)		Association Salé
	3MF	Mustafa El Haddaoui	(1961-07-28)28 July 1961 (aged 24)		Lausanne-Sport
	3MF	Jamal Jebrane	(1957-08-20)20 August 1957 (aged 28)		Kenitra
18	3MF	Mohammed Sahil	(1963-10-11)11 October 1963 (aged 22)		KAC Marrakech
11	3MF	Abdelaziz Souleimani	(1958-04-30)30 April 1958 (aged 27)		Maghreb Fez
8	4FW	Abderrazak Khairi	(1962-11-20)20 November 1962 (aged 23)		FAR Rabat
17	4FW	Khalid Labied	(1955-08-24)24 August 1955 (aged 30)		FUS de Rabat
9	4FW	Abdelkrim "Krimau" Merry	(1955-01-13)13 January 1955 (aged 31)		Le Havre
13	4FW	Abdelfettah Rhiati	(1963-02-25)25 February 1963 (aged 23)		Maghreb Fez
	2DF	Abdellah Bidane			CODM
20	3MF	Hammou Fadhili
16	3MF	Abdelatif Yakdani			DHJ El Jadida

 Zambia

Coach: Brightwell Banda

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	David Chabala	(1960-02-02)2 February 1960 (aged 26)			Mufulira Wanderers
16	1GK	Peter Banda
8	2DF	Laban Chishala				Green Buffaloes
12	2DF	Ashious Melu	(1957-06-06)6 June 1957 (aged 28)			Mufulira Wanderers
5	2DF	Jones Chilengi	(1955-01-30)30 January 1955 (aged 31)			Green Buffaloes F.C.
3	2DF	Kapambwe Mulenga	1963
18	2DF	Webby Chilufya
6	3MF	Jericho Shinde				Nkana
7	3MF	Derby Makinka	(1965-09-05)5 September 1965 (aged 20)			Kabwe United
14	3MF	Charly Musonda	(1969-08-22)22 August 1969 (aged 16)			Cercle Brugge
	4FW	Lackson Chanda				Vitafoam United Ndola
13	3MF	Wisdom Mumba Chansa	(1964-04-17)17 April 1964 (aged 21)			Power Dynamos Football Club
10	3MF	Jack Mwinuna Chanda				Kabwe Warriors
15	3MF	Clifton Mwemya
4	4FW	Michael Chabala
11	4FW	Kalusha Bwalya	(1963-08-16)16 August 1963 (aged 22)			Cercle Brugge
9	4FW	Boniface Chanda