1976 African Cup of Nations

1976 African Cup of Nations
1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8
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 played18
Goals scored54 (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

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification

The 8 qualified teams are:

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Ethiopia Hosts 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970)
 Zaire Holders 14 March 1974 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974)
 Morocco 2nd round winners 13 July 1975 1 (1972)
 Guinea 2nd round winners 17 July 1975 2 (1970, 1974)
 Nigeria 2nd round winners 27 July 1975 1 (1963)
 Egypt 2nd round winners 1 August 1975 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974)
 Sudan 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972)
 Uganda 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 3 (1962, 1968, 1974)
Notes
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Squads

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

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:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches
  2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  3. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guinea 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to Final round
2  Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3  Ethiopia (H) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
4  Uganda 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda
Sheferahu 2'
Seyoum 83'
Attendance: 30,000
Egypt 1–1 Guinea
Basri 43' B. Sylla 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 30,000
Egypt 2–1 Uganda
Abdou 26'
Basri 32'		 Obua 21'
Ethiopia 1–2 Guinea
Sheferahu 40' N'Jo Léa 15'
Petit Sory 85'
Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)
Guinea 2–1 Uganda
N'Jo Léa 2'
Sylla 20'		 Muguwa 85'
Referee: John Amenghor (Ghana)
Ethiopia 1–1 Egypt
Ali 46' Shehata 26'
Attendance: 25,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to Final round
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Sudan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Zaire 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria 4–2 Zaire
Mohammed 28', 44'
Ojebode 37' (pen.)
Usiyan 90'		 Kabasu 51'
Ekofa 58'
Morocco 2–2 Sudan
Chérif 1'
Abouali 58'		 Gagarin 9', 79' (pen.)
Nigeria 1–0 Sudan
Usiyan 8'
Morocco 1–0 Zaire
Zahraoui 80'
Morocco 3–1 Nigeria
Faras 8'
Tazi 19'
Chebbak 81'		 Ojebode 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Zaire 1–1 Sudan
Mulamba 41' Gagarin 14'
Attendance: 4,000

Final round

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Champions
2  Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 4
3  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Guinea 1–1 Nigeria
Camara 88' Lawal 55'
Attendance: 10,000
Morocco 2–1 Egypt
Faras 23'
Zahraoui 88'		 Abou Rehab 34'
Attendance: 10,000
Morocco 2–1 Nigeria
Faras 82'
Guezzar 87'		 Mohammed 57'
Guinea 4–2 Egypt
N'Jo Léa 24', 65'
Sultan 53' (o.g.)
M. Sylla 62'		 Abdou 33'
El-Seyagui 86'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria 3–2 Egypt
Ilerika 35', 62'
Lawal 82'		 El Khatib 7'
Khalil 86'
Attendance: 25,000
Main article: Guinea v Morocco (1976 African Cup of Nations)
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Report Baba 86'
Attendance: 30,000

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards