Below is a list of squads used in the 1965 African Cup of Nations .
Coach: Tessema Wolde
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Getachew Abebe | ![]() | ||||
DF | Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot | ![]() | ||||
DF | Wolde Emmanuel Fisseha | ![]() | ||||
DF | Negasi Gebreselassie | ![]() | ||||
DF | Awad Mohammed | ![]() | ||||
DF | Yehdego Wolde | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mengistu Worku | 1940 | ![]() | |||
MF | Luciano Vassallo (captain) | 15 August 1935 (aged 30) | ![]() | |||
MF | Kiflom Araya | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ismael Gerile | ![]() | ||||
FW | Italo Vassallo | 1940 | ![]() | |||
FW | Shewangizaw Agonafir | ![]() | ||||
FW | Nure Mohammed | ![]() |
Coach: Habib Bâ and Libasse Diop
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Massata Diallo | 1938 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
GK | Toumani Diallo | ![]() | ||||
DF | Yérim Diagne | 1943 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
DF | Abdoulaye Diallo | ![]() | ||||
DF | Moustapha Dieng (captain) | 9 April 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
DF | Issa M'Baye | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ousmane Camara | ![]() | ||||
MF | Louis Gomis | 25 May 1945 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
MF | Louis Camara | ![]() | ||||
MF | Oumar Samb Guèye | ![]() | ||||
FW | Matar Niang | ![]() | ||||
FW | Baye Moussé Paye | ![]() | ||||
FW | Abdoulaye Diop | ![]() | ||||
FW | Demba Thioye | ![]() | ||||
FW | Mohamed Fadel Fall | ![]() |
Coach: Mokhtar Ben Nacef
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Ferjani Derouiche | 7 February 1945 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
GK | Sadok "Attouga" Sassi | 15 November 1945 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
DF | Mohsen Habacha | 25 January 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
DF | Mahfoudh Benzarti | 22 January 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
DF | Hédi Douiri | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ahmed Lamine | ![]() | ||||
MF | Abdelmajid Chetali (captain) | 4 July 1939 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
MF | Chedly Laaouini | 16 November 1939 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
MF | Tahar Chaïbi | 17 February 1946 (aged 19) | ![]() | |||
FW | Driss Haddad | ![]() | ||||
FW | Mohamed Salah Jedidi | 17 March 1938 (aged 27) | ![]() | |||
FW | Mongi Dalhoum | 13 January 1945 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
FW | Abdelwahab Lahmar | 27 March 1944 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Aleya Sassi | 5 January 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
FW | Rachid Gribaâ | ![]() | ||||
MF | Moncef Ajel | ![]() | ||||
MF | Hédi Sahli | ![]() | ||||
MF | Mouldi Mezghouni | ![]() | ||||
MF | Ali Graja | ![]() | ||||
MF | Hmida Sallem | ![]() |
Coach: Léon Mokuna
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Makiadi Castello | ![]() | ||||
GK | Paul Ngoie | 13 April 1943 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
DF | Pierre Katumba | ![]() | ||||
DF | Antoine Lessa | 1933 | ![]() | |||
DF | Mabela "Patron" Routier (captain) | ![]() | ||||
MF | Kibonge Mafu | 12 February 1945 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
MF | Kafula Ngoie | 11 November 1945 (aged 20) | ![]() | |||
MF | Ernest "Saïo" Mokili | ![]() | ||||
MF | Paul Mbuli | ![]() | ||||
MF | Augustin Diantela | ![]() | ||||
MF | Pierre Kalala Mukendi | 22 November 1939 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
MF | Mbula | ![]() | ||||
FW | Kabala | ![]() | ||||
FW | Albert Mwila | ![]() | ||||
FW | Kabeya Tshotsho | ![]() |
Coach: Charles Gyamfi
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Nii Dodoo Ankrah | 8 March 1934 (aged 31) | ![]() | |||
GK | Jon Bortey Noawy | 13 June 1939 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
DF | Charles Addo Odametey (captain) | 23 February 1937 (aged 28) | ![]() | |||
DF | Agyemang Gyau | 3 June 1939 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
DF | Sam Acquah | 10 July 1943 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
DF | Willie Evans | 21 November 1939 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
DF | Ben Kusi | 1 June 1939 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
MF | Paa Nii Lutterodt | ![]() | ||||
MF | Kofi Pare | 28 November 1938 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
MF | Frank Odoi | 23 February 1943 (aged 22) | ![]() | |||
MF | Ben Acheampong | 2 February 1939 (aged 26) | ![]() | |||
MF | Kwame Nti | ![]() | ||||
MF | Oman Mensah | ![]() | ||||
FW | Cecil Jones Attuquayefio | 18 October 1944 (aged 21) | ![]() | |||
FW | Abdul Ganiyu Salami | 5 October 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
FW | Osei Kofi | 3 June 1940 (aged 25) | ![]() | |||
FW | Amosa Gbadamosi | 15 April 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() |
Coach:
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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GK | Jean Keita | ![]() | ||||
GK | Théo Dossou | ![]() | ||||
DF | Joseph Niankoury | ![]() | ||||
DF | Séry Wawa | 1943 | ![]() | |||
DF | Henri Konan | 1937 | ![]() | |||
MF | Mathias Diagou | ![]() | ||||
MF | François Zadi | ![]() | ||||
MF | Christophe Bazo | ![]() | ||||
MF | Bernard Gnahoré | ![]() | ||||
MF | Yoboué Konan | 11 August 1942 (aged 23) | ![]() | |||
MF | Joseph Bléziri | ![]() | ||||
FW | Ernest Kallet Bially | ![]() | ||||
FW | Eustache Manglé | ![]() | ||||
FW | Mamadou Sylla | ![]() | ||||
FW | François Tahi | ![]() |
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