1976 African Cup of Nations

10th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations November 2020 African Cup of Nations 1976 1976 የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ 1976 Afcon - logo.png Ethiopia 29 February – 14 March 8 2 2 Morocco 1 Guinea Nigeria Egypt 1972 18 54 GUI Mamadou Aliou Keïta(4 goals) MAR Ahmed Faras 1974 1978 The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship run by the Confederation of African Football (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, in the form of a semi-final and a final. This was the same approach that would follow in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second. Until Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda won a joint bid to host the 2027 edition of the tournament, this was the last edition to be held in East Africa.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/clyg0j1l4dqo Afcon 2027: When is the next Africa Cup of Nations tournament? Chowdhury Tasnim 20 January 2026 BBC Sport 19 March 2026 Qualified teams 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification The 8 qualified teams were: Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. ETH 1975 Hosts 01 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970) ZAI Holders 14 March 1974 03 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974) MAR 2nd round winners 13 July 1975 07 1 (1972) GUI 2nd round winners 17 July 1975 06 2 (1970, 1974) NGR 2nd round winners 27 July 1975 07 1 (1963) EGY 1972 2nd round winners 1 August 1975 02 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974) SUD 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 03 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972) UGA 2nd round winners 15 August 1975 05 3 (1962, 1968, 1974) Notes Squads 1976 African Cup of Nations squads Venues Addis Ababa Ethiopia (1941–1987) location map.svg 350 center 0.3 0.60 350 8px Addis Ababa 0.52 0.55 350 8px Dire Dawa Addis Ababa Stadium Capacity: 30,000 150px Dire DawaDire Dawa StadiumCapacity: 18,000150px 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 main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers GUI, EGY, ETH, UGA complete 2 1 0 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 H 0 0 3 2 6 GUI EGY 1972 ETH 1975 UGA Q KO KO green1 Advance to Final round 29 February 1976 ETH 1975 2–0 UGA Sheferahu 2 Seyoum 83 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 30,000 Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria) 29 February 1976 EGY 1972 1–1 GUI Basri 43 B. Sylla 44 pen. Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 30,000 Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) 3 March 1976 EGY 1972 2–1 UGA Abdou 26 Basri 32 Obua 21 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo) 3 March 1976 ETH 1975 1–2 GUI Sheferahu 40 N'Jo Léa 15 Petit Sory 85 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Saad Gamar (Libya) 5 March 1976 GUI 2–1 UGA N'Jo Léa 2 Sylla 20 Muguwa 85 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa John Amenghor (Ghana) 5 March 1976 ETH 1975 1–1 EGY 1972 Ali 46 Shehata 26 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 25,000 Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria) Group B main WDL standings 2 Group stage tiebreakers MAR, NGR, SUD, ZAI complete 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 3 6 MAR NGR 1972 SUD 1975 ZAI Q KO KO green1 Advance to Final round 1 March 1976 NGR 4–2 ZAI Mohammed 28 44 Ojebode 37 pen. Usiyan 90 Kabasu 51 Ekofa 58 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia) 1 March 1976 MAR 2–2 SUD Fetoui 1 Abouali 58 Gagarin 9 79 pen. Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa Gratian Matovu (Tanzania) 4 March 1976 NGR 1–0 SUD Usiyan 8 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia) 4 March 1976 MAR 1–0 ZAI Zahraoui 80 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa Yousef Alghoul (Libya) 6 March 1976 MAR 3–1 NGR Faras 8 Tazi 19 Chebbak 81 Ojebode 81 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa 4,000 Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast) 6 March 1976 ZAI 1–1 SUD Mulamba 41 Gagarin 14 Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa 4,000 Robert Foiret (Mauritius) Final round standings no_hide_class_rules 9 March 1976 GUI 1–1 NGR Camara 88 Lawal 55 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 10,000 Hédi Seoudi (Tunisia) 9 March 1976 MAR 2–1 EGY 1972 Faras 23 Zahraoui 88 Abou Rehab 34 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 10,000 Yousef Alghoul (Libya) 11 March 1976 MAR 2–1 NGR Faras 82 Guezzar 87 Mohammed 57 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) 11 March 1976 GUI 4–2 EGY 1972 N'Jo Léa 24 65 Sultan 53 o.g. M. Sylla 62 Abdou 33 El-Seyagui 86 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 10,000 Théophile Lawson-Hétchéli (Togo) 14 March 1976 NGR 3–2 EGY 1972 Ilerika 35 62 Lawal 82 El Khatib 7 Khalil 86 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 25,000 Bernard Grah (Ivory Coast) Guinea v Morocco (1976 African Cup of Nations) 14 March 1976 GUI 1–1 MAR Souleymane 33 Baba 86 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa 30,000 Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia) Report Goalscorers 54 18 GUI Mamadou Aliou Keïta MAR Ahmed Faras NGA Baba Otu Mohammed SDN Ali Gagarin EGY 1972 Mustafa Abdou EGY 1972 Taha Basri ETH 1975 Solomon Sheferahu MAR Abdelâali Zahraoui NGA Haruna Ilerika NGA Muda Lawal NGA Sam Ojebode NGA Thompson Usiyan GUI Bengally Sylla EGY 1972 Ahmed Abou Rehab EGY 1972 Hassan Shehata EGY 1972 Mahmoud El Khatib EGY 1972 Mohamed El-Seyagui EGY 1972 Osama Khalil ETH 1975 Mohamed Ali ETH 1975 Tesfaye Seyoum GUI Papa Camara GUI Chérif Souleymane GUI Petit Sory GUI Morciré Sylla MAR Ahmed Abouali MAR Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui MAR Redouane Guezzar MAR Larbi Chebbak MAR Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh MAR Abdallah Tazi UGA Denis Obua UGA Jimmy Muguwa ZAI Kabasu Babo ZAI Mbungu Ekofa ZAI Ndaye Mulamba EGY 1972 Ghanem Sultan (against Guinea) Awards Team of the Tournament GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards MAR Mohammed Al-Hazaz MAR Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui EGY 1972 Mustafa Younis GUI Chérif Souleymane GUI Djibril Diara ETH 1975 Tolde EGY 1972 Farouk Gaafar NGA Haruna Ilerika NGA Kunle Awesu GUI Petit Sory MAR Ahmed Faras Source:April 2026 Final ranking thumb|Results of countries participating in AFCON 1976 #0404fe Champion #04fefe Runner-up #048104 Third place #04fe04 Fourth place #aa0000 First round main WDL y Result 2 MAR B MAR GUI A GUI NGA B NGA EGY A EGY 1972 ETH A ETH 1975 SUD B SUD ZAI B ZAI UGA A UGA 4 2 0 11 6 3 3 0 11 7 3 1 2 11 10 1 2 3 9 12 1 1 1 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 3 2 6 gold 1ST Champions silver 2ND Runners-up #c96 3RD Third place 4TH Fourth place Eliminated in the first round FR FR FR FR complete References External links Guinea vs Morocco Final 11v11.com Details at RSSSF Details at www.angelfire.com footballmundial.tripod.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160310082535/http://footballmundial.tripod.com/caf/caf_1976_78.htm#1976 10 March 2016 1976 Cup of Nations Cup of Nations Category:1976 in Ethiopian sport Category:International association football competitions hosted by Ethiopia Category:Football competitions in Addis Ababa Category:Sport in Dire Dawa Category:February 1976 sports events in Africa Category:March 1976 sports events in Africa