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

Main article: Football at the 1978 All-Africa Games

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

Algeria

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

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

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

Group B

Cameroon

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

Nigeria

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

External links

• Football III All Africa Games - Algiers 1978 - todor66.com