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Below is a list of squads used in the 1980 African Cup of Nations.

Coach: Gérard Gabo and José D'Amico

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Daniel Ettoukan
	1GK	Seydou Konaté
	2DF	Philibert Dié Foneye
	2DF	Paul Bouabré
	2DF	Narcisse Kuyo
	2DF	Gaston Adjoukoua	(1958-02-14)14 February 1958 (aged 22)
	2DF	Laurent Zahui	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 19)
	3MF	Kouman Kobinam
	3MF	Pascal Miézan	(1959-04-03)3 April 1959 (aged 20)			Africa Sports
	3MF	Ani Gomé
	4FW	Laurent Pokou	(1947-10-08)8 October 1947 (aged 32)			ASEC Mimosas
	4FW	Maxime Lacina Traoré
	3MF	François Bohé
	2DF	Séverin Tapé Zogbo
	4FW	Djibril Cissé (Côte d'Ivoire)
	4FW	Jérôme Lebry Manahou
	2DF	Emile Gnaoré
	4FW	Michel Goba	(1961-08-08)8 August 1961 (aged 18)			Africa Sports

Coach: Abdel Monem El-Hajj

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Thabet El-Batal	(1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 26)			Al Ahly SC
	1GK	Ekramy El-Shahat	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 24)			Al-Ahly
	1GK	Adel El-Maamour	(1955-11-11)11 November 1955 (aged 24)			Zamalek SC
	2DF	Mohamed Omar				Al-Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF	Mohamed Bedeir				El Mansoura SC
	2DF	Mahmoud Saad				Zamalek SC
	2DF	Maher Hammam	(1956-10-03)3 October 1956 (aged 23)			Al-Ahly
	2DF	Fathi Mabrouk	(1951-07-05)5 July 1951 (aged 28)			Al-Ahly
	2DF	Samy Mansour				Zamalek SC
	2DF	Mohamed Salah	(1956-03-29)29 March 1956 (aged 23)			Zamalek SC
	2DF	Mostafa Younis	(1953-12-25)25 December 1953 (aged 26)			Al-Ahly
	3MF	Ramadan El-Sayed				Factory 36 Club
	3MF	Shawky Gharib	(1959-02-26)26 February 1959 (aged 21)			Ghazl El-Mehalla
	3MF	Mohamed Amer				Al-Ahly
	3MF	Ahmed Abdel Halim				Zamalek SC
	3MF	Mokhtar Mokhtar	(1954-08-17)17 August 1954 (aged 25)			Al-Ahly
	3MF	Saad Soleit				El Mansoura SC
	4FW	Mostafa Abdou	(1953-06-10)10 June 1953 (aged 26)			Al-Ahly
	4FW	Mahmoud El Khatib	(1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 25)			Al-Ahly
	4FW	Yasser El Mohamady				Esco SC
	4FW	Mussad Nur	(1951-04-24)24 April 1951 (aged 28)			Al-Masry Club
	4FW	Hassan Shehata	(1947-06-19)19 June 1947 (aged 32)			Zamalek SC

Coach: Otto Glória

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Best Ogedegbe	(1954-09-03)3 September 1954 (aged 25)			Shooting Stars
2	2DF	David Adiele	(1955-02-05)5 February 1955 (aged 25)			Bendel Insurance
3	2DF	Okey Isima	(1956-08-24)24 August 1956 (aged 23)			Standard of Jos
4	3MF	Muda Lawal	(1954-06-08)8 June 1954 (aged 25)			Shooting Stars
5	2DF	Christian Chukwu	(1951-01-04)4 January 1951 (aged 29)			Enugu Rangers
6	2DF	Tunde Bamidele	(1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 26)			Taraba United
7	3MF	Segun Odegbami	(1952-08-27)27 August 1952 (aged 27)			Shooting Stars
8	4FW	Aloysius Atuegbu	(1953-04-29)29 April 1953 (aged 26)			Enugu Rangers
9	3MF	Felix Owolabi	(1956-01-24)24 January 1956 (aged 24)			Shooting Stars
10	3MF	Godwin Odiye	(1956-04-17)17 April 1956 (aged 23)			San Francisco Dons
11	4FW	Adokiye Amiesimaka	(1956-11-23)23 November 1956 (aged 23)			Enugu Rangers
12	1GK	Moses Effiong	(1959-10-04)4 October 1959 (aged 20)			Shooting Stars F.C.
13	1GK	Emmanuel Okala	(1951-05-17)17 May 1951 (aged 28)			Enugu Rangers
14	2DF	Sylvanus Okpala	(1961-09-05)5 September 1961 (aged 18)			Enugu Rangers
15	3MF	Ifeanyi Onyedika				Enugu Rangers
16	4FW	Martin Eyo	(1956-01-04)4 January 1956 (aged 24)			Julius Berger FC
17	2DF	John Orlando	(1960-10-15)15 October 1960 (aged 19)			Shooting Stars F.C.
18	4FW	Shefiu Mohamed	(1956-05-20)20 May 1956 (aged 23)			Racca Rovers
19	4FW	Charles Bassey
20	3MF	Henry Nwosu	(1963-06-14)14 June 1963 (aged 16)			New Nigeria Bank
21	4FW	Franck Onwuachi
22	2DF	Kadiri Ikhana	(1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 28)			Bendel Insurance

Coach: Slawomir Wolk

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Athumani Mambosasa				Simba S.C.
	1GK	Juma Pondamali				Young Africans S.C.
	2DF	Tasso Mukebezi
	2DF	Leodgar Tenga				Pan African FC
	2DF	Jella Mtagwa				Young Africans S.C.
	2DF	Mohamed Kajole				Simba S.C.
	3MF	Hussein Ngulungu				Moro United F.C.
	3MF	Mtemi Ramadhan				Simba S.C.
	3MF	Juma Mkambi	1955			Young Africans S.C.
	3MF	Omar Hussein				Young Africans S.C.
	4FW	Mohamed Massewa
	4FW	Thuwein Waziri
	4FW	Peter Tino				Pan African FC
	3MF	Ahmed Thabit				Young Africans S.C.
	3MF	Charles Boniface				Young Africans S.C.
	2DF	Salim Amir				Coastal Union F.C.

Coach: Zdravko Rajkov and Mahieddine Khalef

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mehdi Cerbah	(1953-04-03)3 April 1953 (aged 26)			JE Tizi Ouzou
2	2DF	Mahmoud Guendouz	(1953-02-04)4 February 1953 (aged 27)			MA Hussein Dey
3	2DF	Mustapha Kouici	(1954-04-16)16 April 1954 (aged 25)			CM Belcourt
4	2DF	Mohamed Khedis	(1952-02-21)21 February 1952 (aged 28)			MA Hussein Dey
5	2DF	Chaabane Merzekane	(1959-03-18)18 March 1959 (aged 20)			MA Hussein Dey
6	3MF	Bouzid Mahyouz	(1952-01-13)13 January 1952 (aged 28)			MP Alger
7	4FW	Rabah Madjer	(1958-12-15)15 December 1958 (aged 21)			MA Hussein Dey
8	3MF	Ali Fergani (c)	(1952-09-21)21 September 1952 (aged 27)			JE Tizi Ouzou
9	4FW	Tedj Bensaoula	(1954-12-01)1 December 1954 (aged 25)			MP Oran
10	3MF	Lakhdar Belloumi	(1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 21)			MP Alger
11	4FW	Salah Assad	(1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (aged 21)			RS Kouba
12	2DF	Salah Larbès	(1952-09-16)16 September 1952 (aged 27)			JE Tizi Ouzou
13	3MF	Mohamed Ouamar Ghrib	(1960-01-24)24 January 1960 (aged 20)			DNC Alger
15	4FW	Redouane Guemri	(1956-11-30)30 November 1956 (aged 23)			ASC Oran
16	4FW	Hocine Benmiloudi	(1955-01-31)31 January 1955 (aged 25)			CM Belcourt
18	3MF	Smaïl Slimani	(1956-12-31)31 December 1956 (aged 23)			USK Alger
19	2DF	Abdelkader Horr	(1953-11-10)10 November 1953 (aged 26)			DNC Alger
20	2DF	Abderrahmane Derouaz	(1955-12-12)12 December 1955 (aged 24)			USK Alger
21	1GK	Abderrezak Harb	(1950-03-11)11 March 1950 (aged 29)			DNC Alger

Coach: Fred Osam-Duodu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mohammad Ayomo
	1GK	Joseph Carr				Asante Kotoko
	1GK	Samuel Suppey
	2DF	Isaac Acquaye				Dumas Boys
	2DF	Emmanuel Ofei Ansah
	2DF	James Kuuku Dadzie				Sekondi Hasaacas
	2DF	Joe Gyekye
	2DF	Justice Moore
	2DF	Hesse Odamtten				Hearts of Oak
	2DF	Charles Oppong
	2DF	Haruna Yusif				Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Adolf Armah
	3MF	Kingston Asabir
	3MF	Kuntu Blankson
	3MF	Francis Kumi				Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Emmanuel Quarshie	(1953-05-06)6 May 1953 (aged 26)			Sekondi Hasaacas
	3MF	Anas Seydou
	3MF	John Nketia Yawson
	4FW	Papa Arko				Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Opoku Afriyie	(1945-01-29)29 January 1945 (aged 35)			Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Dan Kayede				Great Olympics
	4FW	Willie Klutse

Coach: Diélimory Diabaté

Coach: Mohamed Hamidouche and Mohamed Jabrane

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Badou Ezzaki	(1959-04-02)2 April 1959 (aged 20)			Wydad AC
	1GK	Abdellatif Laalou	(1952-02-20)20 February 1952 (aged 28)			AS Salé
	1GK	Ejjilali Rounaq	(1958-03-20)20 March 1958 (aged 21)			RS Settat
	2DF	Houssine Bouchkhachekh				MC Oujda
	2DF	Mbarek El Filali	(1955-05-12)12 May 1955 (aged 24)			MC Oujda
	2DF	Essedik Hannoun				RS Settat
	2DF	Ahmed Limane (c)				MAS Fes
	2DF	Mustapha Tahiri	(1953-07-08)8 July 1953 (aged 26)			MC Oujda
	2DF	Abdelillah Marzak	(1957-05-02)2 May 1957 (aged 22)
	3MF	Saïd Benzemouri				Wydad AC
	3MF	Aziz Bouderbala	(1960-12-26)26 December 1960 (aged 19)			Wydad AC
	3MF	Abdelaziz Daidi				CODM Meknes
	3MF	Abdellatif Houmama	(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 24)			Kénitra AC
	3MF	Mohamed Timoumi	(1960-01-15)15 January 1960 (aged 20)			Union de Touarga
	3MF	Mohamed Mouh	(1955-09-18)18 September 1955 (aged 24)			AS Salé
	4FW	Khalid Labied	(1955-08-24)24 August 1955 (aged 24)			Fath US
	4FW	Jamal Jebrane	(1957-08-20)20 August 1957 (aged 22)			Kénitra AC
	4FW	Abdelmajid Shaita	(1955-01-19)19 January 1955 (aged 25)			Wydad AC
	4FW	Mohamed Bentaibi
	4FW	Mohamed Loukhaili

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