1976 African Cup of Nations

1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
	File:1976 Afcon - logo.png
Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	29 February – 14 March
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Third place	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Fourth place	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	54 (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

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[lower-alpha 1]}
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia	Hosts		7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	Holders	14 March 1974	5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2nd round winners	13 July 1975	1 (1972)
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	2nd round winners	17 July 1975	2 (1970, 1974)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2nd round winners	27 July 1975	1 (1963)
File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	2nd round winners	1 August 1975	6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	2nd round winners	15 August 1975	5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	2nd round winners	15 August 1975	3 (1962, 1968, 1974)

Notes

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Venues

Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa	File:Ethiopia (1941-1987) location map.svg File:Red pog.svg Addis Ababa File:Red pog.svg Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
File:Addis Ababa Stadium.jpg
Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
File:ET-Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (13).JPG

First round

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to Final round
2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to Final round
3	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg Ethiopia (H)	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
4	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

29 February 1976

Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg	2–0	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Sheferahu File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Seyoum File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

29 February 1976

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Basri File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'		B. Sylla File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.)

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

3 March 1976

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg	2–1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Abdou File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Basri File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'		Obua File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

3 March 1976

Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg	1–2	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Sheferahu File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'		N'Jo Léa File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Petit Sory File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

5 March 1976

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
N'Jo Léa File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Sylla File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'		Muguwa File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)

5 March 1976

Ethiopia File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 46'		Shehata File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to Final round
2	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4	Advance to Final round
3	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

1 March 1976

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	4–2	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire
Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 28', 44' Ojebode File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' (pen.) Usiyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Kabasu File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Ekofa File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

1 March 1976

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	2–2	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Chérif File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Abouali File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'		Gagarin File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 79' (pen.)

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Gratian Matovu (Tanzania)

4 March 1976

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Usiyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

4 March 1976

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire
Zahraoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)

6 March 1976

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Faras File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Tazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Chebbak File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		Ojebode File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)

6 March 1976

Zaire File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg	1–1	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Mulamba File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'		Gagarin File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Robert Foiret (Mauritius)

Final round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5	Champions
2	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
3	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
4	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 March 1976

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		Lawal File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia)

9 March 1976

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Faras File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Zahraoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		Abou Rehab File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)

11 March 1976

Morocco File:Flag of Morocco.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Faras File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Guezzar File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

11 March 1976

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	4–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
N'Jo Léa File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 65' Sultan File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (o.g.) M. Sylla File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'		Abdou File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' El-Seyagui File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo)

14 March 1976

Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	3–2	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt
Ilerika File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 62' Lawal File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		El Khatib File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Khalil File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast)

14 March 1976

Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Souleymane File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Baba File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Morocco Mohammed Al-Hazaz

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

External links

[1] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

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Miscellaneous	Balls Mascots Music Trophy
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. File:Africa Football 3.svg Football in Africa portal

1976 African Cup of Nations

Contents

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

First round

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Final round

Goalscorers

CAF Team of the tournament

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