# 1976 African Cup of Nations

The 1976 African Cup of Nations was the tenth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Ethiopia. The format of competition changed from 1974: the field of eight teams was still split into two groups of four, but a final stage was introduced with the top two finishers of each of the first stage groups. Morocco won its first championship by topping the final group. Guinea finished second.

## Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Ethiopia | Hosts | | 7 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970) |
| Zaire | Holders | 14 March 1974 | 5 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974) |
| Morocco | 2nd round winners | 13 July 1975 | 1 (1972) |
| Guinea | 2nd round winners | 17 July 1975 | 2 (1970, 1974) |
| Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 27 July 1975 | 1 (1963) |
| Egypt | 2nd round winners | 1 August 1975 | 6 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974) |
| Sudan | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 5 (1957, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972) |
| Uganda | 2nd round winners | 15 August 1975 | 3 (1962, 1968, 1974) |

### Notes

* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

## Venues

| Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |
| Addis Ababa Stadium | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |
| Dire Dawa | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |
| Dire Dawa Stadium | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Addis Ababa Dire Dawa |

## First round
### Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Final round |
| 3 | Ethiopia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Final round |
| 3 | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Zaire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Final round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Champions |
| 2 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

There were 54 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
4 goals
* Mamadou Aliou Keïta
3 goals
* Ahmed Faras
* Baba Otu Mohammed
* Ali Gagarin
2 goals
* Mustafa Abdou
* Taha Basri
* Solomon Sheferahu
* Abdelâali Zahraoui
* Haruna Ilerika
* Muda Lawal
* Sam Ojebode
* Thompson Usiyan
* Bengally Sylla
1 goal
* Ahmed Abou Rehab
* Hassan Shehata
* Mahmoud El Khatib
* Mohamed El-Seyagui
* Osama Khalil
* Mohamed Ali
* Tesfaye Seyoum
* Papa Camara
* Chérif Souleymane
* Petit Sory
* Morciré Sylla
* Ahmed Abouali
* Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
* Redouane Guezzar
* Larbi Chebbak
* Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh
* Abdallah Tazi
* Denis Obua
* Jimmy Muguwa
* Kabasu Babo
* Mbungu Ekofa
* Ndaye Mulamba

## CAF Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper
* Mohammed Al-Hazaz
Defenders
* Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
* Mustafa Younis
* Chérif Souleymane
* Djibril Diara
Midfielders
* Tolde
* Farouk Gaafar
* Haruna Ilerika
* Kunle Awesu
Forwards
* Petit Sory
* Ahmed Faras