1959 African Cup of Nations squads

Below is a list of national squads who played in the 1959 African Cup of Nations.

Egypt

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Adel Hekal	(1934-03-23)23 March 1934 (aged 25)	Al-Ahly
2DF	Tarek Selim	(1937-07-15)15 July 1937 (aged 21)	Al-Ahly
2DF	Yakan Hussein	(1934-09-12)12 September 1934 (aged 24)	Zamalek
2DF	Mimi El-Sherbini	(1937-07-26)26 July 1937 (aged 21)	Al-Ahly
3MF	Gomaa Farag
3MF	Saleh Selim	(1930-09-11)11 September 1930 (aged 28)	Al-Ahly
3MF	Rifaat El-Fanagily	(1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 23)	Al-Ahly
3MF	Mahmoud El-Shaghby
3MF	Mohei Sharshar
4FW	Essam Baheeg	(1931-02-26)26 February 1931 (aged 28)	Zamalek
4FW	Mahmoud El-Gohary	(1938-02-20)20 February 1938 (aged 21)	Al-Ahly
4FW	Sherif El-Far	(1928-05-01)1 May 1928 (aged 31)	Zamalek
4FW	Taha Ismail	(1939-02-08)8 February 1939 (aged 20)	Al-Ahly
4FW	Alaa El-Hamouly	(1930-07-04)4 July 1930 (aged 28)	Zamalek

Ethiopia

Coach: Jiří Starosta

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Mikael Gila
2DF	Abdulkader Ahmed
2DF	Wolde-Emmanuel Fesseha
2DF	Mohamed Awad
2DF	Girmaye Fikre Mariam
3MF	Gebre-Medhin Tesfayé
3MF	Mekouria Tadesse
3MF	Omer Royale
3MF	Nassir Berhe
3MF	Mengistu Worku	1940	Saint George
3MF	Araya Kiflom
4FW	Haile Mariam
4FW	Girmaye Tessema
4FW	Ayele Tessema

Sudan

Coach: József Háda

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Eid "Sabbit" Dudu Damor	1930	Al-Hilal Club
1GK	Samir Mohammed Ali		Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
2DF	Mansour Ramadane		Al-Merreikh SC
2DF	Ibrahim El-Kabir		Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
2DF	Hassan Mohammed Abdullah		Al-Merreikh SC
2DF	Mutawakil Mohammed El-Bashir		Al-Merreikh SC
3MF	Suleiman Difalla Al-Mahina		Al-Mourada SC
2DF	Boraî Bashir	1932	Al-Merreikh SC
3MF	Al-Hedi Syam		Al-Hilal
2DF	Dim El-Kebir (C)		Al-Hilal
3MF	Mahmoud Al-Zoubeir		Al-Mourada SC
4FW	Siddiq Manzul (C)	1932	Al-Hilal Club
4FW	Abdul-Muttalib "Drissa" Naser		Al-Hilal
4FW	Omar Ettoum		Al-Mourada SC
4FW	Abdellah Wahaga		Al-Hilal Club
	Othman Abdel-Latif		Al-Tahrir Club
	Ahmed Jadin		Obeid Club
	Hassan El-Tayyib		Al-Ittihad Baharia
	Hamad "Al-Boudi" Ibrahim Kamel		Alamal SC Atbara

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Africa Cup of Nations

Tournaments	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 Cameroon 2019 Ivory Coast 2021 Guinea 2023

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

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

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

Statistics	Appearances Records and statistics

No qualification took place in 1957 and 1959 as places were given by invitation only. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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