Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games – Men's team squads

Below are the squads for the Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games, hosted by Algiers, Algeria, and which took place between 13 and 28 July 1978.

Group A

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Algeria

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Head coach: Rachid Mekhloufi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Mehdi Cerbah (1953-01-03)3 January 1953 (aged 25)   JE Tizi Ouzou
2 3MF Rachid Baris (1952-03-22)22 March 1952 (aged 26)   JE Tizi Ouzou
3 2DF Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud (1955-01-17)17 January 1955 (aged 23)   USK Alger
4 2DF Djamel Keddou (1952-01-30)30 January 1952 (aged 26)   USK Alger
6 3MF Ali Bencheikh (1955-01-09)9 January 1955 (aged 23)   MP Alger
7 3MF Abdelkader Ighili (1953-04-15)15 April 1953 (aged 25)   CM Belcourt
8 2DF Mustapha Kouici (1954-04-16)16 April 1954 (aged 24)   CM Belcourt
9 2DF Abdelkader Horr (1953-11-10)10 November 1953 (aged 24)   DNC Alger
10 4FW Kamel Aouis (1952-05-18)18 May 1952 (aged 26)   JE Tizi Ouzou
11 4FW Salah Assad (1958-06-10)10 June 1958 (aged 20)   RS Kouba
12 3MF Abdelaziz Safsafi (1954-02-14)14 February 1954 (aged 24)   RS Kouba
13 2DF Miloud Hadefi (1949-03-12)12 March 1949 (aged 29)   MP Oran
14 2DF Bouzid Mahiouz (1952-01-13)13 January 1952 (aged 26)   MP Alger
16 4FW Omar Betrouni (captain) (1949-11-03)3 November 1949 (aged 28)   MP Alger
17 3MF Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci (1950-12-20)20 December 1950 (aged 27)   MP Oran
20 1GK Abderrazak Harb (1950-03-13)13 March 1950 (aged 28)   DNC Alger
1GK Mohamed Rahmani (1958-12-10)10 December 1958 (aged 19)   EP Sétif
3MF Lyès Bahbouh (1957-04-06)6 April 1957 (aged 21)   JE Tizi Ouzou
4FW Redouane Guemri (1956-11-30)30 November 1956 (aged 21)   ASC Oran
4FW Rabah Madjer (1958-12-15)15 December 1958 (aged 19)   MA Hussein Dey
4FW Derradji Bendjaballah (1959-11-23)23 November 1959 (aged 18)   EP Sétif

Egypt

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Head coach: Taha Ismail

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Thabet El-Batal (1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 24)   Al-Ahly
1GK Adel El-Maamour (1954-11-30)30 November 1954 (aged 23)   Zamalek
2DF Samy Mansour   Zamalek
2DF Mihai Osman   Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2DF Mohamed Bedeir
3MF Mahmoud El Khawaga   Zamalek
3MF Taha Basry (1946-10-02)2 October 1946 (aged 31)   Zamalek
3MF Hamdi Nouh   El-Mokawloon El-Arab
3MF Sabri El-Menyawi
3MF Ramadan El-Sayed   Factory 36 Club
3MF Mahmoud El Khatib (1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 23)   Al-Ahly
3MF Mokhtar Mokhtar (1952-08-17)17 August 1952 (aged 25)   Al-Ahly
4FW Mohamed "Hamama" Abdallah (1954-01-01)1 January 1954 (aged 24)   Zamalek
4FW Omar Abdallah   Ghazl El-Mahalla

Libya

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Head coach:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Mohammad Lagha   Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2DF Saleh Sola 1955   Al-Ahli Tripoli
2DF Abu Bakr Bani (1957-10-25)25 October 1957 (aged 20)   Al-Ittihad Tripoli
3MF Fawzi Al-Issawi (1960-02-27)27 February 1960 (aged 18)   Al-Nasr Benghazi
4FW Naser Belhaj   Al-Madina
4FW Youssef Al-Shoushan   Al-Ahli Tripoli
4FW Basheer Al-Rayani 1955   Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Mohammad Al-Aib   Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Fathi Soltan (1953-08-13)13 August 1953 (aged 24)   Al-Ittihad Derna
Ali Ibrahim Al-Shoushan

Malawi

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Group B

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Cameroon

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Head coach:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Joseph-Antoine Bell (1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 23)   Union Douala
2DF Augustin Tatchoum
2DF Ibrahim Aoudou (1955-08-23)23 August 1955 (aged 22)   Canon Yaoundé
2DF Jacques Ename   Tonnerre Yaoundé
2DF Paul N'Lend   Tonnerre Yaoundé
3MF Jean-Daniel Eboué   Canon Yaoundé
3MF Jean-Pierre Djemba (1950-06-20)20 June 1950 (aged 28)
3MF Théophile Abega (1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 24)   Canon Yaoundé
3MF Guy Jacques Manga
4FW Gustave "Zibinoh" Fouda-Zibi (1956-10-27)27 October 1956 (aged 21)   Tonnerre Yaoundé
4FW Ismael Pierre "Solo" Beb   Union Douala

Ghana

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Mali

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Nigeria

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Head coach: C. A. Alakija and Lekan Salami

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Emmanuel Okala (1951-05-17)17 May 1951 (aged 27)   Enugu Rangers
1GK Best Ogedegbe (1954-09-03)3 September 1954 (aged 23)   Shooting Stars
2DF Annas Ahmed
2DF Christian Chukwu (1951-01-04)4 January 1951 (aged 27)   Enugu Rangers
2DF Godwin Odiye (1956-04-17)17 April 1956 (aged 22)   National Bank of Lagos
2DF Tunde Bamidele (1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 25)   Taraba United
3MF Felix Owolabi (1956-01-24)24 January 1956 (aged 22)   Shooting Stars
3MF Muda Lawal (1954-06-08)8 June 1954 (aged 24)   Shooting Stars
3MF Shefiu Mohammed (1956-05-20)20 May 1956 (aged 22)
3MF Christopher Ogu   Bendel Insurance
4FW Segun Odegbami (1952-08-27)27 August 1952 (aged 25)   Shooting Stars
4FW Aloysius Atuegbu (1953-04-29)29 April 1953 (aged 25)   Enugu Rangers
4FW Thompson Usiyan (1956-04-27)27 April 1956 (aged 22)   AS Mountaineers
4FW Adokiye Amiesimaka (1956-11-23)23 November 1956 (aged 21)   Enugu Rangers
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