1963 African Cup of Nations squads

1963 African Cup of Nations squads

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

Group A

Ethiopia

Coach: Yidnekatchew Tessema

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

Ghana

Coach: Charles Gyamfi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Dodoo Ankrah	(1934-03-08)8 March 1934 (aged 29)			Real Republicans
	1GK	Ernest Joe de-Graft				Cornerstones Kumasi
	2DF	Addo Odametey	(1937-02-23)23 February 1937 (aged 26)			Real Republicans
	2DF	Joe Aikins				Cornerstones Kumasi
	2DF	Atta Kwame	(1935-11-22)22 November 1935 (aged 28)			Brong-Ahafo United
	2DF	Agyemang Gyau	(1939-06-03)3 June 1939 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	2DF	Franklin Crentsil				Real Republicans
	2DF	Emmanuel Oblitey	(1934-02-05)5 February 1934 (aged 29)			Real Republicans
	3MF	Ben Acheampong	(1939-02-02)2 February 1939 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	3MF	Kofi Pare	(1938-11-28)28 November 1938 (aged 24)			Real Republicans
	3MF	Ofei Dodoo				Real Republicans
	3MF	Kwame Adarkwa				Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Edward Aggrey-Fynn (captain)	(1934-11-24)24 November 1934 (aged 28)			Real Republicans
	4FW	Edward Acquah	(1935-07-23)23 July 1935 (aged 28)			Real Republicans
	4FW	Osei Kofi	(1942-06-03)3 June 1942 (aged 21)			Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Wilberforce Mfum	(1936-08-28)28 August 1936 (aged 27)			Asante Kotoko
	4FW	Leonard Acquah				Ghana Army
	4FW	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
	1GK	Mahmoud Kanoun	(1938-03-21)21 March 1938 (aged 25)			ES Sahel
	1GK	Sadok Sassi	(1945-11-15)15 November 1945 (aged 18)			Club Africain
	2DF	Mahfoudh Benzarti				US Monastir
	2DF	Mohieddine Zeghir	(1936-02-04)4 February 1936 (aged 27)			Stade Tunisien
	2DF	Mohsen Habacha	(1942-01-25)25 January 1942 (aged 21)			ES Sahel
	2DF	Hamadi Khouini	(1943-05-21)21 May 1943 (aged 20)			Club Africain
	2DF	Mohsen Keffala				Stade Tunisien
	2DF	Ahmed Sghaïer	(1937-01-02)2 January 1937 (aged 26)			US Tunisienne
	3MF	Mohamed Mahfoudh				ES Sahel
	3MF	Jameleddine Naoui				Stade Tunisien
	3MF	Raouf Ben Amor	(1944-09-10)10 September 1944 (aged 19)			ES Sahel
	3MF	Hédi Douiri				AS Marsa
	3MF	Abdelmajid Chetali	(1939-07-04)4 July 1939 (aged 24)			ES Sahel
	3MF	Taoufik Ben Othman	(1939-03-24)24 March 1939 (aged 24)			ES Sahel
	4FW	Alaya Sassi	(1942-01-05)5 January 1942 (aged 21)			CS Sfaxien
	4FW	Mohamed Salah Jedidi	(1938-03-17)17 March 1938 (aged 25)			Club Africain
	4FW	Ammar Merrichkou	(1942-06-20)20 June 1942 (aged 21)			AS Marsa
	4FW	Moncef Gayed	(1940-11-16)16 November 1940 (aged 23)			CS Sfaxien
	4FW	Hammadi Henia	(1933-10-27)27 October 1933 (aged 30)			US Tunisienne
	4FW	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
	1GK	Fathi Khorshid	(1937-12-11)11 December 1937 (aged 25)			Ghazl El-Mehalla
	1GK	Ahmed Mohamed Reda	(1939-11-09)9 November 1939 (aged 24)			Al Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF	Fathi Bayoumi				Tersana
	2DF	Mimi Darwish	(1942-03-20)20 March 1942 (aged 21)			Ismaily SC
	2DF	Amin El-Esnawi	(1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 27)			Ittihad Suez
	2DF	Mimi El-Sherbini	(1937-07-26)26 July 1937 (aged 26)			Al Ahly
	2DF	El-Sayed El-Tabbakh	(1940-11-03)3 November 1940 (aged 23)			Al Qanah
	2DF	Mohammed Khalaf				El Bahareya SC
	3MF	Mohamed "Reda" Morsi Hussein	(1939-04-08)8 April 1939 (aged 24)			Ismaily SC
	3MF	Rifaat El-Fanagily	(1936-05-01)1 May 1936 (aged 27)			Al Ahly
	4FW	Hassan El-Shazly	(1943-05-20)20 May 1943 (aged 20)			Tersana
	4FW	Mahmoud Hassan	(1943-11-09)9 November 1943 (aged 20)			Tersana
	4FW	Moustafa Reyadh	(1941-04-05)5 April 1941 (aged 22)			Tersana
	4FW	Taha Ismail	(1939-02-08)8 February 1939 (aged 24)			Al Ahly
	3MF	Abdel-Latif Lotfi				Al Ittihad Alexandria
	3MF	Hassan Salem				Tanta
	3MF	Ezz El-Din Yaqoub	1942			Olympic Club
	3MF	Abdo El-Kararti				Damietta SC

Nigeria

Coach: Jorge Augusto Pena

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

Sudan

Coach: Lozan Kotsev

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

External links

• African Nations Cup 1963 - Details and Scorers RSSSF
• CAN 1963
• Egyptian Results in African Cup of Nations