1976 African Cup of Nations

1976 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Ethiopia
Dates 29 February – 14 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
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) Guinea N'Jo Léa (4 goals)
Best player Morocco Ahmed Faras

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer 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:

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 321053+25
 Egypt 312043+14
 Ethiopia 311143+13
 Uganda 300326−40

29 February 1976
Ethiopia  2–0  Uganda
Sheferaw  2'
Testaye  83'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

29 February 1976
Egypt  1–1  Guinea
Basri  43' B. Sylla  44' (pen.)
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

3 March 1976
Egypt  2–1  Uganda
Abdou  26'
Basri  32'
Obua  21'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

3 March 1976
Ethiopia  1-2  Guinea
Sheferaw  40' N'Jo Léa  15'
Petit Sory  85'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

5 March 1976
Guinea  2–1  Uganda
N'Jo Léa  2'
Sylla  20'
Muguwa  85'

5 March 1976
Ethiopia  1–1  Egypt
Ali  46' Shehata  26'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 321063+35
 Nigeria 320165+14
 Sudan 302134−12
 Zaire 301236−31

1 March 1976
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)

1 March 1976
Morocco  2–2  Sudan
Chérif  1'
Abouali  58'
Gagarin  9', 79' (pen.)
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

4 March 1976
Nigeria  1–0  Sudan
Usiyan  8'
Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

4 March 1976
Morocco  1–0  Zaire
Zahraoui  80'

6 March 1976
Morocco  3–1  Nigeria
Faras  8'
Tazi  19'
Chebbak  81'
Ojebode  81'

6 March 1976
Zaire  1–1  Sudan
Mulamba  41' Gagarin  14'

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 321053+25
 Guinea 312064+24
 Nigeria 31115503
 Egypt 300359−40

9 March 1976
Guinea  1–1  Nigeria
Camara  88' Lawal  55'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

9 March 1976
Morocco  2–1  Egypt
Faras  23'
Zahraoui  88'
Abou Rehab  34'

11 March 1976
Morocco  2–1  Nigeria
Faras  82'
Guezzar  87'
Mohammed  57'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

11 March 1976
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
Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

14 March 1976
Nigeria  3–2  Egypt
Ilerika  35', 62'
Lawal  82'
El Khatib  7'
Khalil  86'

14 March 1976
Guinea  1–1  Morocco
Souleymane  33' Repport Baba  86'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

Winners

 African Cup of Nations 1976 Champions 

Morocco
1st title

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals

  • Nigeria Baba Otu Mohammed

2 goals

  • Egypt Mustafa Abdou
  • Egypt Taha Basri
  • Ethiopia ... Sheferaw

1 goal

Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

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