Below is a list of squads used in the 1963 African Cup of Nations .
Coach: Yidnekatchew Tessema
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Gilamichael Teklemariam | ![]() | ||||
DF | Berhe Asmelash | ![]() | ||||
DF | Awad Mohammed | ![]() | ||||
DF | Berhe Goitom | ![]() | ||||
DF | Kiflom Araya | ![]() | ||||
DF | Nasir Bershe | ![]() | ||||
MF | Gebremedhin Tesfaye | ![]() | ||||
MF | Luciano Vassallo (captain) | 15 August 1935 (aged 28) | ![]() | |||
MF | Mengistu Worku | 1940 | ![]() | |||
MF | Girma Zeleke | ![]() | ||||
FW | Italo Vassallo | 1940 | ![]() | |||
FW | Getachew Wolde | ![]() | ||||
FW | Netsere Woldeselassie | ![]() |
Coach: Charles Gyamfi
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Dodoo Ankrah | 8 March 1934 (aged 29) | ![]() | |||
GK | Ernest Joe de-Graft | ![]() | ||||
DF | Addo Odametey | 23 February 1937 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
DF | Joe Aikins | ![]() | ||||
DF | Atta Kwame | 22 November 1935 (aged 28) | ![]() | |||
DF | Agyemang Gyau | 3 June 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
DF | Franklin Crentsil | ![]() | ||||
DF | Emmanuel Oblitey | 5 February 1934 (aged 29) | ![]() | |||
MF | Ben Acheampong | 2 February 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
MF | Kofi Pare | 28 November 1938 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
MF | Ofei Dodoo | ![]() | ||||
MF | Kwame Adarkwa | ![]() | ||||
MF | Edward Aggrey-Fynn (captain) | 24 November 1934 (aged 28) | ![]() | |||
FW | Edward Acquah | 23 July 1935 (aged 28) | ![]() | |||
FW | Osei Kofi | 3 June 1942 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Wilberforce Mfum | 28 August 1936 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
FW | Leonard Acquah | ![]() | ||||
FW | Mohamadu Salisu | 10 September 1934 (aged 29) | ![]() |
Coach: André Gérard
Coach: Fouad Sedki
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Fathi Khorshid | 11 December 1937 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
GK | Ahmed Mohamed Reda | 9 November 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
DF | Fathi Bayoumi | ![]() | ||||
DF | Mimi Darwish | 20 March 1942 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
DF | Amin El-Esnawi | 23 June 1936 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
DF | Mimi El-Sherbini | 26 July 1937 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
DF | El-Sayed El-Tabbakh | 3 November 1940 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
DF | Mohammed Khalaf | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mohamed "Reda" Morsi Hussein | 8 April 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
MF | Rifaat El-Fanagily | 1 May 1936 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
FW | Hassan El-Shazly | 20 May 1943 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | Mahmoud Hassan | 9 November 1943 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | Moustafa Reyadh | 5 April 1941 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
FW | Taha Ismail | 8 February 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
MF | Abdel-Latif Lotfi | ![]() | ||||
MF | Hassan Salem | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ezz El-Din Yaqoub | 1942 | ![]() | |||
MF | Abdo El-Kararti | ![]() |
Coach: Jorge Augusto Pena
Coach: Lozan Kotsev
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Sapt Dudu (captain) | 1930 (aged 33) | ![]() | |||
DF | Samir Mashi | 1942 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
DF | Ibrahim El-Kabir | ![]() | ||||
DF | Amin Zaki | 1941 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
DF | Jaafar Gagarin | 1940 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
FW | Omer Osman Moscow | ![]() | ||||
FW | Bakri Osman | 1932 (aged 31) | ![]() | |||
FW | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil "Jagdoul" Jadallah | 1938 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
FW | Abdelmajed Ahmed Osman | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ibrahim "Ibrahouma" Mohammed Ali | ![]() | ||||
MF | Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas | 13 August 1944 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
GK | Abdelaziz "Wiza" Ibrahim Adam | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ibrahim Yahia El-Kawarty | 1936 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
DF | Abdallah Abbas | ![]() | ||||
DF | Ali Sayed Ahmed Al-Sheikh | ![]() | ||||
FW | Abdallah Ohag Farag | 1939 (aged 24) | ![]() | |||
FW | Omer Eltoum | ![]() | ||||
FW | Mahjoub Allah Jabu | 1940 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
FW | Karar Hassan Karar | ![]() |
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