1963 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS SQUADS

Below is a list of squads used in the 1963 African Cup of Nations.

Group A

Ethiopia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Gilamichael Teklemariam				Adulis Club
	2 DF	Berhe Asmelash				Ethio-Cement FC
	2 DF	Awad Mohammed				Omedla SC
	2 DF	Berhe Goitom				Tele SC
	2 DF	Kiflom Araya				Tele SC
	2 DF	Nasir Bershe
	3 MF	Tesfaye Gebremedhin				Tele SC
	3 MF	Luciano Vassallo ( captain)	(1935-08-15)15 August 1935 (aged 28)			Cotton Factory Club
	3 MF	Mengistu Worku	1940			Saint George
	3 MF	Girma Tekle				Cotton Factory Club
	4 FW	Italo Vassallo	1940			Cotton Factory Club
	4 FW	Getachew Wolde				Cotton Factory Club
	4 FW	Netsere Woldeselassie				Saint George

Ghana

Coach: Charles Gyamfi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Dodoo Ankrah	(1934-03-08)8 March 1934 (aged 29)			Real Republicans
	1 GK	Ernest Joe de-Graft				Cornerstones Kumasi
	2 DF	Addo Odametey	(1937-02-23)23 February 1937 (aged 26)			Real Republicans
	2 DF	Joe Aikins				Cornerstones Kumasi
	2 DF	Atta Kwame	(1935-11-22)22 November 1935 (aged 28)			Brong-Ahafo United
	2 DF	Agyemang Gyau	(1939-06-03)3 June 1939 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	2 DF	Franklin Crentsil				Real Republicans
	2 DF	Emmanuel Oblitey	(1934-02-05)5 February 1934 (aged 29)			Real Republicans
	3 MF	Ben Acheampong	(1939-02-02)2 February 1939 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	3 MF	Kofi Pare	(1938-11-28)28 November 1938 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	3 MF	Ofei Dodoo				Real Republicans
	3 MF	Kwame Adarkwa				Asante Kotoko
	3 MF	Edward Aggrey-Fynn ( captain)	(1934-11-24)24 November 1934 (aged 28)			Real Republicans
	4 FW	Edward Acquah	(1935-07-23)23 July 1935 (aged 28)			Real Republicans
	4 FW	Osei Kofi	(1942-06-03)3 June 1942 (aged 21)			Asante Kotoko
	4 FW	Wilberforce Mfum	(1936-08-28)28 August 1936 (aged 27)			Asante Kotoko
	4 FW	Leonard Acquah				Ghana Army
	4 FW	Mohamadu Salisu	(1934-09-10)10 September 1934 (aged 29)			Asante Kotoko

Tunisia

Coach: André Gérard

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mahmoud Kanoun	(1938-03-21)21 March 1938 (aged 25)			ES Sahel
	1 GK	Sadok Sassi	(1945-11-15)15 November 1945 (aged 18)			Club Africain
	2 DF	Mahfoudh Benzarti				US Monastir
	2 DF	Mohieddine Zeghir	(1936-02-04)4 February 1936 (aged 27)			Stade Tunisien
	2 DF	Mohsen Habacha	(1942-01-25)25 January 1942 (aged 21)			ES Sahel
	2 DF	Hamadi Khouini	(1943-05-21)21 May 1943 (aged 20)			Club Africain
	2 DF	Mohsen Keffala				Stade Tunisien
	2 DF	Ahmed Sghaïer	(1937-01-02)2 January 1937 (aged 26)			US Tunisienne
	3 MF	Mohamed Mahfoudh				ES Sahel
	3 MF	Jameleddine Naoui				Stade Tunisien
	3 MF	Raouf Ben Amor	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 19)			ES Sahel
	3 MF	Hédi Douiri				AS Marsa
	3 MF	Abdelmajid Chetali	(1939-07-04)4 July 1939 (aged 24)			ES Sahel
	3 MF	Taoufik Ben Othman	(1939-03-24)24 March 1939 (aged 24)			ES Sahel
	4 FW	Alaya Sassi	(1942-01-05)5 January 1942 (aged 21)			CS Sfaxien
	4 FW	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	(1938-03-17)17 March 1938 (aged 25)			Club Africain
	4 FW	Ammar Merrichkou	(1942-06-20)20 June 1942 (aged 21)			AS Marsa
	4 FW	Moncef Gayed	(1940-11-16)16 November 1940 (aged 23)			CS Sfaxien
	4 FW	Hammadi Henia	(1933-10-27)27 October 1933 (aged 30)			US Tunisienne
	4 FW	Mokhtar Chelbi	(1940-03-15)15 March 1940 (aged 23)			AS Marsa

Group B

United Arab Republic

Coach: Fouad Sedki

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Fathi Khorshid	(1937-12-11)11 December 1937 (aged 25)			Ghazl El-Mehalla
	1 GK	Ahmed Mohamed Reda	(1939-11-09)9 November 1939 (aged 24)			Al Ittihad Alexandria
	2 DF	Fathi Bayoumi				Tersana
	2 DF	Mimi Darwish	(1942-03-20)20 March 1942 (aged 21)			Ismaily SC
	2 DF	Amin El-Esnawi	(1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 27)			Ittihad Suez
	2 DF	Mimi El-Sherbini	(1937-07-26)26 July 1937 (aged 26)			Al Ahly
	2 DF	El-Sayed El-Tabbakh	(1940-11-03)3 November 1940 (aged 23)			Al Qanah
	2 DF	Mohammed Khalaf				El Bahareya SC
	3 MF	Mohamed "Reda" Morsi Hussein	(1939-04-08)8 April 1939 (aged 24)			Ismaily SC
	3 MF	Rifaat El-Fanagily	(1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 27)			Al Ahly
	4 FW	Hassan El-Shazly	(1943-05-20)20 May 1943 (aged 20)			Tersana
	4 FW	Mahmoud Hassan	(1943-11-09)9 November 1943 (aged 20)			Tersana
	4 FW	Moustafa Reyadh	(1941-04-05)5 April 1941 (aged 22)			Tersana
	4 FW	Taha Ismail	(1939-02-08)8 February 1939 (aged 24)			Al Ahly
	3 MF	Abdel-Latif Lotfi				Al Ittihad Alexandria
	3 MF	Hassan Salem				Tanta
	3 MF	Ezz El-Din Yaqoub	1942			Olympic Club
	3 MF	Abdo El-Kararti				Damietta SC

Nigeria

Coach: Jorge Augusto Pena

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Emmanuel Omiunu				Lagos Police Machine
	1 GK	Lateef Gomez				Lagos Railways FC
	2 DF	Adeniyi Omowon				WNDC Ibadan
	2 DF	Isaac Nnado				Aba Giant Killers
	2 DF	Adetunji Shotayo				Lagos UAC
	3 MF	Abiodun Lajide				Lagos Railways FC
	2 DF	Godwin Achebe ( captain)				Lagos ECN
	2 DF	Babajide Johnson				WNDC Ibadan
	2 DF	Emmanuel Remi				Lagos Police
	2 DF	Augustine Oduah				Lagos ECN
	3 MF	Burniston Olayombo				Lagos ECN
	3 MF	Kaiser Blankson				Stationery Stores
	4 FW	Asuquo Ekpe				Ibadan Lions
	3 MF	Paul Hamilton	(1941-07-31)31 July 1941 (aged 22)			Lagos ECN
	4 FW	Joseph Bassey				Lagos ECN
	4 FW	Albert Onyeawuna	1935			Port Harcourt FC
	3 MF	Shedrack Ajaero				Lagos ECN
	3 MF	Chukwumah Igweonu				Port Harcourt FC

Sudan

Coach: Lozan Kotsev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Sapt Dudu ( captain)	1930 (aged 33)			Al-Hilal Club
	2 DF	Samir Mashi	1942 (aged 21)			Al-Hilal Club
	2 DF	Ibrahim El-Kabir				Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
	2 DF	Amin Zaki	1941 (aged 22)			Al-Hilal Club
	2 DF	Jaafar Gagarin	1940 (aged 23)			Al-Merrikh SC
	4 FW	Omer Osman Moscow				Al-Mourada SC
	4 FW	Bakri Osman	1932 (aged 31)			Al-Mourada SC
	4 FW	Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil "Jagdoul" Jadallah	1938 (aged 25)			Al-Merrikh SC
	4 FW	Abdelmajed Ahmed Osman				Al-Merrikh SC
	3 MF	Ibrahim "Ibrahouma" Mohammed Ali				Al-Merrikh SC
	3 MF	Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas	(1944-08-13)13 August 1944 (aged 19)			Al-Hilal Club
	1 GK	Abdelaziz "Wiza" Ibrahim Adam				Al-Merrikh SC
	3 MF	Ibrahim Yahia El-Kawarty	1936 (aged 27)			Al-Hilal Club
	2 DF	Abdallah Abbas				Al-Merrikh SC
	2 DF	Ali Sayed Ahmed Al-Sheikh				Al-Mourada SC
	4 FW	Abdallah Ohag Farag	1939 (aged 24)			Al-Hilal Club
	4 FW	Omer Eltoum				Al-Mourada SC
	4 FW	Mahjoub Allah Jabu	1940 (aged 23)			Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
	4 FW	Karar Hassan Karar				Al-Ittihad SC (Wad Madani)

External links

v t e Africa Cup of Nations
Editions	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2021 Ivory Coast 2023 Morocco 2025 Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027 TBD 2029
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Bids	2027
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Statistics	Finals Appearances Awards Records and statistics Hat-tricks
Miscellaneous	Balls Mascots Music
Notes: The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. • There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages. Football in Africa portal

v t e Africa Cup of Nations
Editions	Sudan 1957 United Arab Republic 1959 Ethiopia 1962 Ghana 1963 Tunisia 1965 Ethiopia 1968 Sudan 1970 Cameroon 1972 Egypt 1974 Ethiopia 1976 Ghana 1978 Nigeria 1980 Libya 1982 Ivory Coast 1984 Egypt 1986 Morocco 1988 Algeria 1990 Senegal 1992 Tunisia 1994 South Africa 1996 Burkina Faso 1998 Ghana/Nigeria 2000 Mali 2002 Tunisia 2004 Egypt 2006 Ghana 2008 Angola 2010 Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 South Africa 2013 Equatorial Guinea 2015 Gabon 2017 Egypt 2019 Cameroon 2021 Ivory Coast 2023 Morocco 2025 Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027 TBD 2029
Qualification	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Finals	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Bids	2027
Squads	1957 1959 1962 1963 1965 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Statistics	Finals Appearances Awards Records and statistics Hat-tricks
Miscellaneous	Balls Mascots Music
Notes: The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively. • There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only. • The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages. Football in Africa portal

Group A

Ethiopia

Ghana

Tunisia

Group B

United Arab Republic

Nigeria

Sudan

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Group A

Ethiopia

Ghana

Tunisia

Group B

United Arab Republic

Nigeria

Sudan

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