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1976 African Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
Dates29 February – 14 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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 N'Jo Léa
(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 soccer 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:

Squads

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Addis Ababa Dire Dawa
Addis Ababa Stadium Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 18,000

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guinea 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5
 Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
 Ethiopia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
 Uganda 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda
Sheferaw 2'
Testaye 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
Sheferaw 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
 Sudan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Zaire 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5
 Guinea 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 4
 Nigeria 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
 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 Africa Cup of Nations)
Guinea 1–1 Morocco
Souleymane 33' Repport Baba 86'
Attendance: 30,000

Scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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