1957 African Cup of Nations final

1957 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Event	1957 Africa Cup of Nations
Date	16 February 1957
Venue	Municipal Stadium, Khartoum
Referee	Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)
Attendance	30,000
	1959 →

The 1957 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 16 February 1957 at the Municipal Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan, to determine the winner of the 1957 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Egypt beat Ethiopia 4−0, with all four goals scored by Ad-Diba.^[1]

Road to the final

Egypt		Round	Ethiopia
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Sudan	2–1	Semifinals	South Africa	2–0¹

¹ The match was scratched and Ethiopia advanced to the final as South Africa were disqualified due to apartheid.

Match details

Details

16 February 1957

Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia
Ad-Diba 2', 7', 68', 89'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)

United Arab Republic

Ethiopia


GK		Brascos
DF		Nour El-Dali
DF		Mosaad Daoud
DF		Rifaat El-Fanagily
DF		Hanafi Bastan
MF		Samir Qotb
MF		Ibrahim Tawfik
FW		Ad-Diba
FW		Raafat Attia
FW		Alaa El-Hamouly
FW		Hamdi
Manager:
Mourad Fahmy


GK		Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam
		Adale Tekle Selassie
		Girmaye Fikre Mariam
		Mohammed Ibrahim
		Ayele Tessema
		Adamu Alemu
		Netsere Wolde Selassie
		Zewde Samuel
		Kebede Metaferia
		Asefaw Berhane
		Tekeste Goitom
Manager:

Assistant referees:
Mostefa Kamel Mansour (Egypt)
Gebeyehu Doube (Ethiopia)

Man of the Match:
Ad-Diba (Egypt)

References

^ "African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.

This article about a Confederation of African Football association football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "African Nations Cup 1957". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.

[1]

v t e 1957 African Cup of Nations
Stages	Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Squads Statistics
Venues	Municipal Stadium

v t e Africa Cup of Nations
Editions	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2021 Ivory Coast 2023 Morocco 2025 Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027 TBD 2029
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Bids	2027
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Statistics	Finals Appearances Awards Records and statistics Hat-tricks
Miscellaneous	Balls Mascots Music
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. Football in Africa portal

v t e Egypt national football team matches
Africa Cup of Nations finals	1957 1959 1962 1986 1998 2006 2008 2010 2017 2021
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1987 2007
Other matches	Egypt 11–2 Palestine BM (1934) Iraq 1–3 Egypt (1972) Egypt 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq (1975) Algeria 0–1 (agg.) Egypt (1989) Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia (1992) Egypt 0–1 Algeria (2009) Egypt 3–1 Uganda (2011)