1968 African Cup of Nations squads

1968 African Cup of Nations squads

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Below is a list of squads used in the 1968 African Cup of Nations.

Group A[]

Algeria[]

Coach: Lucien Leduc

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mohamed Abrouk	(1945-11-30)30 November 1945 (aged 22)			CR Belcourt
	1GK	Abdelkrim Laribi	(1943-12-25)25 December 1943 (aged 24)			IRB Sougueur
	2DF	Ali Attoui	(1942-01-21)21 January 1942 (aged 25)			Hamra Annaba
	2DF	Boubekeur Belbekri (c)	(1942-01-07)7 January 1942 (aged 26)			USM Alger
	2DF	Ahmed Bouden	(1938-12-04)4 December 1938 (aged 29)			Hamra Annaba
	2DF	Messaoud Belloucif	(1940-11-30)30 November 1940 (aged 27)			AS Khroub
	2DF	Lakhdar Bouyahi	(1946-01-21)21 January 1946 (aged 21)			NA Hussein Dey
	2DF	Kamel Lemoui	(1939-07-10)10 July 1939 (aged 28)			CR Belcourt
	3MF	Djilali Abdi	(1943-11-25)25 November 1943 (aged 24)			USM Bel Abbès
	3MF	Hacène Djemaâ	(1942-01-06)6 January 1942 (aged 26)			CR Belcourt
	3MF	Abdellah Kechra	(1945-01-31)31 January 1945 (aged 22)			ASM Oran
	3MF	Djilali Selmi	(1946-09-04)4 September 1946 (aged 21)			CR Belcourt
	3MF	Mustapha Seridi	(1941-04-18)18 April 1941 (aged 26)			ES Guelma
	3MF	Hacène Lalmas	(1943-03-12)12 March 1943 (aged 24)			CR Belcourt
	4FW	Boualem Amirouche	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 25)			RC Kouba
	4FW	Kamel Beroudji	(1945-09-09)9 September 1945 (aged 22)			OM Ruisseau
	4FW	Achour Louahdi	(1938-03-14)14 March 1938 (aged 29)			CR Belcourt
	4FW	Noureddine Hachouf	(1940-05-10)10 May 1940 (aged 27)			ES Guelma
	4FW	Mokhtar Khalem	(1944-10-10)10 October 1944 (aged 23)			CR Belcourt

Ethiopia[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Saint George SC
	1GK					EEPCO FC
	2DF					Embasoira FC
	2DF					Saint George SC
	2DF
	2DF					EEPCO FC
	2DF	(c)				Saint George SC
	3MF	Luciano Vassallo	(1935-08-15)15 August 1935 (aged 32)			Cotton Factory Club
	3MF					Dagnew
	3MF	Mengistu Worku	(1940-01-01)1 January 1940 (aged 28)			Saint George SC
	3MF					Ethiopian Airlines FC
	4FW					Saint George SC
	4FW					Cotton Factory Club
	4FW
	3MF					Tele SC
	2DF
	3MF					Saint George SC
	2DF					Ethio-Cement
	4FW					Mekuria
	2DF					Saint George SC
	3MF					Saint George SC
	4FW					Tele SC

Ivory Coast[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					ASEC Mimosas
	2DF					Africa Sports
	3MF					Stade d'Abijjan
	2DF	Henri Konan				Stade d'Abidjan
	3MF					Stade d'Abidjan
	3MF					Stella Club
	3MF					ASEC Mimosas
	2DF	Séry Wawa				Africa Sports
	2DF
	3MF					Stade d'Abidjan
	4FW	Eustache Manglé				ASEC Mimosas
	4FW	François Tahi				Stade d'Abidjan
	4FW	Laurent Pokou				ASEC Mimosas
	4FW
	3MF	Ernest Kallet Bialy				Africa Sports
	4FW	Maurice Déhi				Stade d'Abidjan
	4FW					Stella Club

Uganda[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Express
	1GK					Coffee
	2DF
	2DF					Express
	2DF	David Otti				Coffee
	2DF					Prisons
	3MF					Prisons
	3MF	(C)				Prisons
	3MF					Army
	4FW					Army
	4FW					Army
	4FW	Denis Obua				Police
	3MF
	3MF					Prisons
	2DF					Coffee
	3MF					Coffee

Group B[]

Congo-Brazzaville[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Maxime Matsima				Diables Noirs
	1GK					CARA Brazzaville
	1GK					Diables Noirs
	2DF					Étoile du Congo
	2DF					Diables Noirs
	2DF					Étoile du Congo
	2DF					Standard Liège
	3MF					Abeilles FC
	3MF					Diables Noirs
	3MF					Étoile du Congo
	3MF					Patronage Sainte-Anne
	4FW					Étoile du Congo
	4FW					Diables Noirs
	4FW					Patronage Sainte-Anne
	4FW					CARA Brazzaville
	4FW	Jean-Michel M'Bono	(1946-01-27)27 January 1946 (aged 21)			Étoile du Congo
	4FW					Étoile du Congo
	3MF					Patronage Sainte-Anne
	2DF					Patronage Sainte-Anne
	2DF					Vita Club Mokanda
	3MF					Étoile du Congo

Congo-Kinshasa[]

Coach: Ferenc Csanádi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Kazadi Mwamba	(1947-03-06)6 March 1947 (aged 20)			TP Englebert
	1GK
	1GK					CS Imana
	2DF					AS Vita Club
	2DF					US Kipushi
	2DF					TP Englebert
	2DF	Mwanza Mukombo	(1945-12-17)17 December 1945 (aged 22)			TP Englebert
	3MF	Kembo Uba Kembo	(1947-12-27)27 December 1947 (aged 20)			AS Vita Club
	3MF	Kidumu Mantantu	(1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 21)			Diables Rouges de Thysville
	3MF	Kibonge Mafu	(1945-02-12)12 February 1945 (aged 22)			AS Vita Club
	4FW	Pierre Kalala Mukendi	(1939-11-22)22 November 1939 (aged 28)			TP Englebert
	4FW	Mwana Kasongo	(1938-10-10)10 October 1938 (aged 29)			CS Imana
	4FW					FC Nomades
	2DF
	3MF					CS Imana
	3MF	Nicodème Kabamba (c)				CS Imana
	3MF					AS Dragons
	2DF
	4FW					AS Dragons
	3MF					Union St-Gilloise
	4FW					AS Dragons
	4FW					CS Imana
	2DF					FC Mikado

Ghana[]

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	John Bortey Naawu	(1939-06-13)13 June 1939 (aged 28)		Great Olympics
	1GK	Robert Mensah	(1939-06-12)12 June 1939 (aged 28)		Asante Kotoko
	1GK		(1941-02-10)10 February 1941 (aged 26)		Asante Kotoko
	2DF	Charles Addo Odametey	(1937-02-23)23 February 1937 (aged 30)		Hearts of Oak
	2DF				Great Olympics
	2DF
	2DF	John Eshun	(1942-07-17)17 July 1942 (aged 25)		Sekondi Hasaacas
	2DF		(1939-06-01)1 June 1939 (aged 28)		Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Oliver Acquah	(1946-03-22)22 March 1946 (aged 21)		Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Edward Boye			Great Olympics
	3MF	Joseph Ghartey			Hearts of Oak
	3MF	Osei Kofi	(1940-06-03)3 June 1940 (aged 27)		Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Frank Odoi	(1943-02-23)23 February 1943 (aged 24)		Great Olympics
	3MF	Ibrahim Sunday	(1944-07-22)22 July 1944 (aged 23)		Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Joseph Wilson	(1939-12-02)2 December 1939 (aged 28)		Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Robert Foley	(1943-10-16)16 October 1943 (aged 24)		Hearts of Oak
	4FW		(1942-04-15)15 April 1942 (aged 25)		Hearts of Oak
	4FW	Malik Jabir	(1944-12-08)8 December 1944 (aged 23)		Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	(1944-10-18)18 October 1944 (aged 23)		Great Olympics
	4FW	Wilberforce Mfum	(1936-08-28)28 August 1936 (aged 31)		Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Sammy Stevens Sampene	(1942-12-18)18 December 1942 (aged 25)		Asante Kotoko

Senegal[]

Coach:Lamine Diack

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Jeanne d'Arc
	1GK	*				Foyer France Sénégal
	2DF					Jeanne d'Arc
	2DF					Foyer France Sénégal
	2DF					Réveil de Saint-Louis
	3MF	[fr]				Espoirs de Dakar
	3MF	[fr]				Foyer France Sénégal
	4FW					US Gorée
	4FW					Réveil de Saint-Louis
	2DF		{{{age}}}	{{{caps}}}		Réveil de Saint-Louis
	4FW					Espoir de Dakar
	3MF
	4FW	Moustapha Diop				SC Amiens
	3MF

• was injured shortly before the tournament, and perhaps didn't travel with the squad.

External links[]

• 1968 African Cup of Nations details - rsssf.com
• Afcon 1968 - footballzz