1982 African Cup of Nations squads

1982 African Cup of Nations squads

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Below is a list of squads used in the 1982 African Cup of Nations.

Group A

Cameroon

Coach: Branko Žutić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Thomas Nkono	(1955-07-20)20 July 1955 (aged 26)			Canon Yaoundé
	2DF	Ibrahim Aoudou	(1955-08-23)23 August 1955 (aged 26)			Cannes
	2DF	Edmond Enoka	(1955-12-17)17 December 1955 (aged 26)			Dragon Douala
	2DF	Emmanuel Kundé	(1956-07-15)15 July 1956 (aged 25)			Canon Yaoundé
	2DF	René Ndjeya	(1953-10-09)9 October 1953 (aged 28)			Union Douala
	2DF	François Ndoumbé	(1954-01-30)30 January 1954 (aged 28)			Union Douala
	2DF	Elie Onana	(1951-10-13)13 October 1951 (aged 30)			Federal Foumban
	3MF	Théophile Abega	(1954-07-09)9 July 1954 (aged 27)			Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Joseph Enanga	(1958-08-28)28 August 1958 (aged 23)			Union Douala
8	3MF	Grégoire Mbida	(1952-01-27)27 January 1952 (aged 30)			Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Ephrem Mbom	(1955-10-19)19 October 1955 (aged 26)			Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Charles Toubé	(1958-01-22)22 January 1958 (aged 24)			Tonnerre Yaoundé
	4FW	Bonaventure Djonkep	(1961-08-20)20 August 1961 (aged 20)			Union Douala
	4FW	Ernest Ebongué	(1962-05-15)15 May 1962 (aged 19)			Tonnerre Yaoundé
	4FW	Eugène Ekoulé				Union Douala
	4FW	Roger Milla	(1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 29)			Bastia
18	4FW	Jacques N'Guea	(1955-01-08)8 January 1955 (aged 27)			Canon Yaoundé

Ghana

Coach: Charles Gyamfi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Joseph Carr			Asante Kotoko
	2DF	Haruna Yusif			Asante Kotoko
	2DF	Charles Kwame Sampson			Hasaacas
	2DF	Sampson "Gaddafi" Lamptey			Hearts of Oak
	2DF	Seth Ampadu			Asante Kotoko
	1GK	John Baker			Eleven Wise
	3MF	John Essien			Hasaacas
13	4FW	Emmanuel Quarshie (c)			Zamalek
9	4FW	Opoku Afriyie			Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Opoku Nti	(1961-01-23)23 January 1961 (aged 21)		Asante Kotoko
	4FW	George Alhassan			FC 105
	3MF	Windsor Kofi Abbrey			Hasaacas
	3MF	Acquaye Mclean			Great Olympics
	2DF	Akwasi Appiah			Asante Kotoko
	2DF	Hesse Odamtten			Hearts of Oak
8	2DF	Isaac Paha			Hasaacas
	3MF	Albert Asaase			Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Abedi Pele	(1964-11-05)5 November 1964 (aged 17)		Real Tamale United
	4FW	Ben Kayede			Great Olympics
	3MF	Kofi Badu			Asante Kotoko
	3MF	John Bannerman			Asante Kotoko
22	1GK	Michael Owusu Mensah			Okwahu United

Libya

Coach: Bela Gutal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ramzy Al-Kouafi				Al-Ahly Benghazi SC
21	1GK	Mesbah Shanqab	1963			Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
2	2DF	Sassi Al-Ajeli	1960			Al-Madina SC
4	2DF	Mehdi Al-Kharef				Al Dhahra SC
5	2DF	Saleh Sola	1955			Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
3	2DF	Ali Musa Al-Beshari	1962			Al-Ahly Benghazi SC
14	2DF	Abdallah Zeiyu	1958			Al-Hilal Benghazi SC
15	3MF	Mohamed Majdoub
18	3MF	Abdel Razak Al-Farjani				Al Dhahra SC
9	4FW	Abdel Razak Jaranah				Al-Wahda SC
6	3MF	Suleiman Omar	1959			Al-Ittihad Club
12	3MF	Abubaker Ben-Suleiman
10	3MF	Fawzi Al-Issawi	(1960-02-27)27 February 1960 (aged 22)			Al-Nasr Club
8	3MF	Abdel Fatah Al-Farjani				Al Dhahra SC
11	3MF	Abdel Salam Al-Maghribi				Al-Madina SC
16	3MF	Salem Al-Jehani
17	4FW	Abdel Moneim Ghonaïm	1953			Darnes SC
7	4FW	Faraj Al-Bor'osi	1960			Al-Nasr Club
13	4FW	Mohammad Al-Teer
19	4FW	Basheer Al-Rayani	1955			Al-Ittihad Club
20	3MF	Abubaker Ben Brahim				Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
22	2DF	Mahfod Al-Hadi

Tunisia

Coach: Ryszard Kulesza

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Kamel Karia	(1950-12-12)12 December 1950 (aged 31)			ES Tunis
	1GK	Mokhtar Naili	(1953-09-03)3 September 1953 (aged 28)			Club Africain
	2DF	Hachemi Ouahchi	(1960-12-25)25 December 1960 (aged 21)			ES Sahel
	2DF	Abdelhamid Kanzari				ES Tunis
	2DF	Khaled Ben Yahia	(1959-11-12)12 November 1959 (aged 22)			ES Tunis
	2DF	Ali Kaabi	(1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 28)			CO Médenine
	2DF	Amor Jebali	(1956-12-24)24 December 1956 (aged 25)			AS Marsa
10	3MF	Tarak Dhiab	(1954-07-15)15 July 1954 (aged 27)			ES Tunis
	3MF	Kamel Seddik				CS Hammam-Lif
	3MF	Lotfi Hsoumi				ES Sahel
	4FW	Riadh Fahem				ES Tunis
	3MF	Kamel Gabsi				ES Sahel
	4FW	Lassaad Abdelli	(1960-09-18)18 September 1960 (aged 21)			Club Africain
	4FW	Samir Ben Messaoud				AS Marsa
	2DF	Abderrazek Chebbi
	4FW	Hamadi Chergui
	4FW	Mohamed Hedi Gomri

Group B

Algeria

Coach: Mahieddine Khalef

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mehdi Cerbah	(1953-01-03)3 January 1953 (aged 29)			RS Kouba
2	2DF	Rabah Djenadi	(1959-06-03)3 June 1959 (aged 22)			JH Djazaïr
3	2DF	Mustapha Kouici	(1954-04-16)16 April 1954 (aged 27)			CM Belcourt
4	2DF	Meziane Ighil	(1954-01-12)12 January 1954 (aged 28)			MA Hussein Dey
5	2DF	Chaabane Merzekane	(1959-03-08)8 March 1959 (aged 22)			MA Hussein Dey
6	3MF	Ali Bencheikh	(1955-01-09)9 January 1955 (aged 27)			MP Alger
7	4FW	Salah Assad	(1958-06-10)10 June 1958 (aged 23)			RS Kouba
8	3MF	Ali Fergani (c)	(1952-09-21)21 September 1952 (aged 29)			JE Tizi-Ouzou
9	3MF	Mohamed Saïd Amokrane	(1957-01-25)25 January 1957 (aged 25)			USM Ain Beida
10	3MF	Lakhdar Belloumi	(1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 23)			GCR Mascara
11	4FW	Rabah Madjer	(1958-12-15)15 December 1958 (aged 23)			MA Hussein Dey
12	2DF	Salah Larbès	(1952-09-16)16 September 1952 (aged 29)			JE Tizi-Ouzou
13	3MF	Hocine Yahi	(1960-04-25)25 April 1960 (aged 21)			CM Belcourt
14	4FW	Djamel Zidane	(1955-04-28)28 April 1955 (aged 26)			KV Kortrijk
15	3MF	Lyes Bahbouh	(1957-04-06)6 April 1957 (aged 24)			JE Tizi-Ouzou
16	4FW	Ahmed Aït El-Hocine	(1957-06-30)30 June 1957 (aged 24)			MA Hussein Dey
17	2DF	Abdelkader Horr	(1953-11-10)10 November 1953 (aged 28)			MA Hussein Dey
18	3MF	Mohamed Kaci Said	(1958-05-02)2 May 1958 (aged 23)			RS Kouba
19	2DF	Redouane Drici	(1959-03-07)7 March 1959 (aged 22)			RS Kouba
20	4FW	Mohamed Kheloufi	(1959-05-12)12 May 1959 (aged 22)			JH Djazaïr
21	1GK	Mourad Amara	(1959-02-19)19 February 1959 (aged 23)			JE Tizi-Ouzou
22	1GK	Yacine Bentalaa	(1955-09-24)24 September 1955 (aged 26)			RS Kouba

Ethiopia

Coach: Mengistu Worku

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Tesfaye Gibru
	1GK	Kebret Lemma
	2DF	Ejigu Mulualem
	2DF	Taffesse Tamerat
	2DF	Tesfaye Kebede
	2DF	Urge Ayele
	3MF	Goshu Hailu
	3MF	Mondemu Bekele Ermias
	2DF	Demissie Tagnachew
	4FW	Dagnew Tesfamichael
	2DF	Solomon Asefa
	4FW	Gebre Nigussie
	3MF	Teka Kassahun
	4FW	Christos Tefera
		Abreha Girma
	4FW	Aberra Hadish

Nigeria

Coach: Otto Glória

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Peter Fregene	(1947-05-17)17 May 1947 (aged 34)			Lagos ECN
	1GK	Best Ogedegbe	(1954-09-03)3 September 1954 (aged 27)			Shooting Stars F.C.
12	2DF	Ademola Adeshina	(1964-06-04)4 June 1964 (aged 17)
	2DF	Tunde Bamidele	(1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 28)
	2DF	Leotis Boateng	(1951-03-08)8 March 1951 (aged 30)
	2DF	Stephen Keshi	(1962-01-31)31 January 1962 (aged 20)			New Nigeria Bank
	2DF	Charles Yantchio
	3MF	Mudashiru Lawal	(1954-06-08)8 June 1954 (aged 27)			Shooting Stars F.C.
10	3MF	Henry Nwosu	(1963-06-14)14 June 1963 (aged 18)			New Nigeria Bank
	3MF	Okey Isima	(1956-08-24)24 August 1956 (aged 25)
	3MF	Sylvanus Okpala	(1961-09-03)3 September 1961 (aged 20)			Enugu Rangers
	3MF	Felix Owolabi	(1956-01-24)24 January 1956 (aged 26)
9	4FW	Emmanuel Osigwe	(1952-04-06)6 April 1952 (aged 29)
20	4FW	Richard Owubokiri	(1961-06-16)16 June 1961 (aged 20)			ACB Lagos
		Adegoke Adelabu
	3MF	Anthony Orji
	4FW	Fatai Yekini

Zambia

Coach: Ted Dumitru replaced by Ante Bušelić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Michael Bwalya				Green Buffaloes
	1GK	Ghost Mulenga	(1954-01-06)6 January 1954 (aged 28)			Red Arrows
	1GK	Emmanuel Mwape	(1950-01-06)6 January 1950 (aged 32)			Nkana Red Devils
	2DF	Jones Chilengi	(1955-01-30)30 January 1955 (aged 27)			Green Buffaloes
	2DF	Kaiser Kalambo	(1953-06-06)6 June 1953 (aged 28)			Ndola United
	2DF	Milton Muke	(1951-06-10)10 June 1951 (aged 30)			Green Buffaloes
	2DF	Emmy Musonda				Green Buffaloes
	2DF	Michael Musonda				Power Dynamos
	3MF	Alex Chola	(1956-06-06)6 June 1956 (aged 25)			Power Dynamos
	3MF	Aaron Njovu				Red Arrows
	3MF	Willie Phiri	(1953-06-03)3 June 1953 (aged 28)			Nchanga Rangers
	3MF	Jericho Shinde				Rhokana United
	4FW	Jack Chanda				Roan United
	4FW	Fanny Hangunyu				Red Arrows
	4FW	Peter Kaumba	(1958-03-31)31 March 1958 (aged 23)			Power Dynamos
	4FW	Ashious Melu	(1957-06-06)6 June 1957 (aged 24)			Mufulira Wanderers
	4FW	Patrick Phiri	(1956-05-03)3 May 1956 (aged 25)			Red Arrows
	4FW	Pele Kaimana				Green Buffaloes
	2DF	John Kalusa				Rhokana United
	3MF	Chris Kaoma				Green Buffaloes
	4FW	Godfrey Munshya				Kabwe Warriors
	2DF	Fabiano Mwaba				Kabwe United

External links

• FIFA
• Ghana squad on Ghana Home Page