1972 African Cup of Nations squads

1972 African Cup of Nations squads

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Below is a list of squads used in the 1972 African Cup of Nations .

Group A

Cameroon

Coach: Peter Schnittger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Zacharie "Jean-Parade" Egoué
	1 GK	Bernard M'Bengalack				Diamant Yaoundé
	1 GK	Moïse Essombé
	2 DF	Norbert Owona	1951			Union Douala
	2 DF	Apollin Simo
	2 DF	Paul N'Lend
	2 DF	Jean-Paul Akono	(1952-01-01)1 January 1952 (aged 20)
	2 DF	Michel Kaham	(1952-06-01)1 June 1952 (aged 19)			Aigle Nkongsamba
	2 DF	Gustave Evou Boulon
	2 DF	François Bekombo Kwedi				Caïman Douala
	3 MF	Jean-Marie Tsébo  [ fr ]				Aigle Nkongsamba
	3 MF	Jean Moutassié
6	3 MF	Emmanuel Mve Elemva  [ fr ]	(1946-01-06)6 January 1946 (aged 26)			Canon Yaoundé
8	3 MF	Paul-Gaston Ndongo
	3 MF	Emmanuel Eteme
9	4 FW	Charles Léa	(1951-01-16)16 January 1951 (aged 21)			Canon Yaoundé
	4 FW	Philippe Mouthé
	4 FW	Jean Manga Onguéné	(1946-06-12)12 June 1946 (aged 25)			Canon Yaoundé
18	4 FW	Jean-Pierre Tokoto	(1948-01-26)26 January 1948 (aged 24)			Olympique de Marseille
15	4 FW	Joseph Yegba Maya	(1944-04-08)8 April 1944 (aged 27)			US Valenciennes
11	4 FW	Jean-Baptiste Ndoga	1945			Union Douala
	4 FW	Dieudonné Bassanguen

Kenya

Coach/Player: Jonathan Niva

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	James Siang'a	1949 (aged 22 or 23)			Gor Mahia
	2 DF	Jonathan Niva	(1942-05-16)16 May 1942 (aged 29)			Gor Mahia
	2 DF	John Oduor
	2 DF	Samson Odore				Kenya Breweries
	2 DF	Charles Makunda
	2 DF	Daniel Anyanzwa
	3 MF	Peter "Pelé" Ouma
	3 MF	Allan Thigo				Gor Mahia
	3 MF	Jackson Aluko				Gor Mahia
	3 MF	Livingstone Madegwa				Abaluhya United
	4 FW	John Nyawanga				Kenya Breweries
	4 FW	William Ouma	1945			Luon Union
	4 FW	Daniel Nicodemus				Gor Mahia

Mali

Coach: Karl-Heinz Weigang

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Séydou Traoré				Real Bamako
	1 GK	Bassirou Diamoutèné				Djoliba AC
1	1 GK	Mamadou Keïta	(1947-10-20)20 October 1947 (aged 24)			Stade Malien
	2 DF	Talibé Diané
4	2 DF	Kidian Diallo	1944			Real Bamako
12	2 DF	Moctar Maïga
	2 DF	Idrissa Maiga
	2 DF	Checkna Traoré
	2 DF	Idrissa Coulibaly
3	2 DF	Cheick Sangaré
18	3 MF	Adama Traoré
6	3 MF	Boubacar Traoré
8	3 MF	Ousmane Traoré
14	4 FW	Bako Touré	(1939-12-07)7 December 1939 (aged 32)			Blois
	4 FW	Issa Yatayasse
10	4 FW	Salif Keïta	(1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 25)			Saint-Étienne
19	4 FW	Moussa Traoré	(1952-12-02)2 December 1952 (aged 19)			Stade Malien
20	4 FW	Sadia Cissé	(1944-04-15)15 April 1944 (aged 27)			Djoliba AC
17	4 FW	Moussa Diakhité
11	4 FW	Fantamady Keita	(1949-09-25)25 September 1949 (aged 22)			Real Bamako
	4 FW	Cheikh Diallo	(1951-04-12)12 April 1951 (aged 20)			Stade Malien
	4 FW	Idrissa Kanté

Togo

Coach: Gottlieb Göller

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Tommy Sylvestre	(1946-08-31)31 August 1946 (aged 25)			Étoile Filante de Lomé
	2 DF	Damawuzan Ayitégan
	2 DF	Ohin Anyaku
	2 DF	Hermann Hunkpati (C)	1945 (aged 26 or 27)			Modèle de Lomé
	2 DF	Sanni Kponton
	3 MF	Emmanuel Atsou
	3 MF	Luc Agbala	(1947-09-23)23 September 1947 (aged 24)			Dynamic Togolais
	3 MF	Michel Sokpo
	3 MF	Arnold Nyémébuéo
	4 FW	Omer Sadji
	4 FW	Edmond Apéti Kaolo	1946 (aged 25 or 26)			Étoile Filante de Lomé
	4 FW	Covi Adé
	4 FW	Clément Kpadé
	4 FW	Pindra Sawoè

Group B

Congo

Coach: Adolphe "Amoyen" Bibandzoulou

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Maxime Matsima	(1940-11-18)18 November 1940 (aged 31)			Diables Noirs
	1 GK	Emmanuel Mboungou				CARA Brazzaville
	1 GK	Paul Tandou				Diables Noirs
	2 DF	Serge Samuel Boukaka	1942 (aged 29 or 30)			Étoile du Congo
2	2 DF	Gabriel Dengaki	(1952-11-07)7 November 1952 (aged 19)			Étoile du Congo
5	2 DF	Jacques Yvon Ndolou (Captain)	(1944-05-03)3 May 1944 (aged 27)			Inter Club Brazzaville
4	2 DF	Joseph Ngassaki	(1941-11-08)8 November 1941 (aged 30)			CARA Brazzaville
3	2 DF	Alphonse Niangou				Diables Noirs
8	2 DF	Gabriel Samba	1942 (aged 29 or 30)			Diables Noirs
18	3 MF	Jean-Bertrand Balékita	(1948-01-06)6 January 1948 (aged 24)			SC Toulon
12	3 MF	Joseph Matongo				Diables Noirs
	3 MF	Emmanuel Mayanda	(1950-02-18)18 February 1950 (aged 22)			CARA Brazzaville
	3 MF	Paul Mbemba				Inter Club Brazzaville
	3 MF	Félix Mfoutou				Avenir du Rail Ouenzé
6	3 MF	Noël Minga	(1947-07-12)12 July 1947 (aged 24)			Inter Club Brazzaville
20	4 FW	François M'Pelé	(1947-07-13)13 July 1947 (aged 24)			AC Ajaccio
7	4 FW	Jonas Bahamboula	(1949-02-02)2 February 1949 (aged 23)			Diables Noirs
10	4 FW	Paul Moukila	(1950-06-06)6 June 1950 (aged 21)			CARA Brazzaville
19	4 FW	Jean-Michel M'Bono	(1946-01-27)27 January 1946 (aged 26)			Étoile du Congo
	4 FW	Augustin Ndouli				Patronage Sainte-Anne
11	4 FW	Jean-Michel Ongagna				Étoile du Congo
	4 FW	Gilbert Poaty				Vita Club Mokanda

Morocco

Coach: Sabino Barinaga

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Allal Benkassou	(1941-11-11)11 November 1941 (aged 30)			FAR Rabat
	2 DF	Ahmed Najah	1947			Raja Beni Mellal
	2 DF	Larbi Ihardane	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 17)			Wydad
	2 DF	Abdallah Lamrani	1946			FAR Rabat
	2 DF	Boujemaa Benkhrif	1947			Kénitra AC
	2 DF	Abdelkader El Khiati	1945			FAR Rabat
	2 DF	Khalifa El-Bakhti	1950			FAR Rabat
	3 MF	Larbi Chebbak	1946			US Sidi Kacem
	3 MF	Mohamed Maaroufi	(1949-05-01)1 May 1949 (aged 22)			Nîmes
	3 MF	Maouhoub Ghazouani	1948			FAR Rabat
	3 MF	Mustapha Choukri	1945			Raja Casablanca
	4 FW	Abdallah Tazi	(1944-11-30)30 November 1944 (aged 27)			Maghreb AS
	4 FW	Ahmed Faras	(1946-12-07)7 December 1946 (aged 25)			Chabab Mohammedia
	4 FW	Mohamed El Filali	(1945-07-09)9 July 1945 (aged 26)			MC Oujda
	4 FW	Redouane El Guezzar  [ fr ]	1950			Maghreb AS
		Abdelkader Ben Bouali
		Khaled Khalifa

Sudan

Coach: Abdel-Fattah Hamad Abu-Zeid

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mohamed "Zaghbir" Abdel Fatah	1949			Al-Hilal Club
	1 GK	Sayed El-Masri
	2 DF	El-Sir Kaunda	1949			Al-Merreikh SC
	2 DF	Awad Koka  [ pl ]	1947			Al-Hilal Club
	2 DF	Mahmoud "James" Said Salim	1947			Al-Tahrir SC (Bahri)
	2 DF	Abdelgadir Mohamed
	3 MF	Negm El-Din Hassan (C)	1945			Al Neel SC (Khartoum)
	3 MF	Ahmed Bushara Wahba	(1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 29)			Al-Merreikh SC
	3 MF	Mutassim Hammori  [ pl ]				Al-Merreikh SC
	3 MF	Bushara Abdel-Nadief	1947			Al-Merreikh SC
	3 MF	Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh
	3 MF	El-Mannan Mohsin Atta	1948			Al-Tahrir SC (Bahri)
	4 FW	Hasabu El-Sagheer	(1947-07-01)1 July 1947 (aged 24)			Burri SC
	4 FW	Jadallah Kheirelseid				Al-Merreikh SC
	4 FW	Kamal Abdelwahab				Al-Merreikh SC
	4 FW	Mohamed Hussein "Kassala"				Al-Hilal Club

Zaire

Coach: Blagoje Vidinić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Pombi Litinda				AS Vita
	1 GK	Kazadi Mwamba	(1947-03-06)6 March 1947 (aged 24)			TP Mazembe
	2 DF	Joseph Lungwila
	2 DF	Bwanga Tshimen	(1949-01-04)4 January 1949 (aged 23)			TP Mazembe
	2 DF	Mwanza Mukombo	(1945-12-17)17 December 1945 (aged 26)			TP Mazembe
	2 DF	Julien Kialunda	(1940-04-24)24 April 1940 (aged 31)			Anderlecht
	3 MF	Kidumu Mantantu	(1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 25)			CS Imana
	3 MF	Kilasu Massamba	(1950-12-22)22 December 1950 (aged 21)			CS Imana
	3 MF	Léonard Saïdi	(1941-11-24)24 November 1941 (aged 30)			TP Mazembe
	3 MF	Tshinabu Wa Munda	(1946-05-08)8 May 1946 (aged 25)			TP Mazembe
	3 MF	Kafula Ngoie	(1945-11-11)11 November 1945 (aged 26)			TP Mazembe
	3 MF	Benjamin Mutombo
	4 FW	Mayanga Maku	(1948-10-31)31 October 1948 (aged 23)			AS Vita
	4 FW	Kakoko Etepe	(1950-11-22)22 November 1950 (aged 21)			CS Imana
	4 FW	Jean Kalala N'Tumba	(1949-01-07)7 January 1949 (aged 23)			TV Tshipepele  [ fr ]

External links

• African Nations Cup 1972 - RSSSF
• 8ème édition : le Congo Brazzaville crée la sensation
• Gor Mahia in the 1970s
• Congo squad 1972
• Sadia Cissé