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

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
| 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:
| 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 | | |

### Malawi
## Group B
### Cameroon

Head coach:
| 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
| 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 |