1982 African Cup of Nations squads

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

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	1955			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

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	(1958-04-15)15 April 1958 (aged 23)		Hearts of Oak
	2DF	Seth Ampadu			Asante Kotoko
	1GK	John Baker	1948		Eleven Wise
	3MF	John Essien			Hasaacas
13	4FW	Emmanuel Quarshie (c)	(1953-05-06)6 May 1953 (aged 28)		Hasaacas
9	4FW	Opoku Afriyie	(1945-01-29)29 January 1945 (aged 37)		Asante Kotoko
	3MF	Opoku Nti	(1961-01-23)23 January 1961 (aged 21)		Asante Kotoko
	4FW	George Alhassan	(1955-11-11)11 November 1955 (aged 26)		Great Olympics
	3MF	Windsor Koffi Abbrey			Hasaacas
	3MF	Acquaye Mclean			Great Olympics
	2DF	Akwasi Appiah	(1960-06-30)30 June 1960 (aged 21)		Prestea Mine Stars
	2DF	Hesse Odamtten	(1959-02-05)5 February 1959 (aged 23)		Hearts of Oak
8	2DF	Isaac Paha	(1953-05-23)23 May 1953 (aged 28)		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			Hearts of Oak

Coach: Bela Goltl

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ramzy Al-Kouafi				Al-Ahly Benghazi SC
21	1GK	Mesbah Shanqab	(1966-11-30)30 November 1966 (aged 15)			Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
2	2DF	Sassi Al-Ajeli	(1960-04-23)23 April 1960 (aged 21)			Al-Madina SC
4	2DF	Mehdi Al-Kharef	(1956-02-20)20 February 1956 (aged 26)			Al Dhahra SC
5	2DF	Saleh Sola	1955			Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
3	2DF	Ali Musa Al-Beshari	(1963-06-02)2 June 1963 (aged 18)			Al-Ahly Benghazi SC
14	2DF	Abdallah Zeiyu	1958			Al-Hilal Benghazi SC
15	3MF	Mohamed Majdoub				Al-Najm Al-Sahely
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				Al-Madina SC
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				Al-Ahly Tripoli SC
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

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	(1954-02-26)26 February 1954 (aged 28)			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)			COT Tunis
	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	(1960-05-13)13 May 1960 (aged 21)			ES Sahel
	4FW	Riadh Fahem	(1959-10-13)13 October 1959 (aged 22)			ES Tunis
	3MF	Kamel Gabsi	(1960-01-20)20 January 1960 (aged 22)			ES Sahel
	4FW	Lassaad Abdelli	(1960-09-18)18 September 1960 (aged 21)			Club Africain
	4FW	Samir Ben Messaoud	(1962-06-20)20 June 1962 (aged 19)			AS Marsa
	2DF	Abderrazek Chebbi	(1962-02-09)9 February 1962 (aged 20)			ES Sahel
	4FW	Hamadi Chergui
	4FW	Mohamed Hedi Gomri				JS Kairouan

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

Coach: Mengistu Worku

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Tesfaye Gebru
	1GK	Kebret Lemma
	2DF	Ejigu Mulualem
	2DF	Taffesse Tamerat
	2DF	Tesfaye Kebede
	2DF	Urge Ayele
	3MF	Goshu Hailu				Omedla
	3MF	Mondemu Bekele Ermias
	2DF	Demissie Dagnachew
	4FW	Dagnew Tesfamichael
	2DF	Solomon Asefa
	4FW	Gebre Neguse	1955			Omedla
	3MF	Teka Kassahun	(1950-08-23)23 August 1950 (aged 31)
	4FW	Christos Tefera
	3MF	Abreha Girma
	4FW	Aberra Hadish	1960

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)			Shooting Stars F.C.
	2DF	Tunde Bamidele	(1953-05-13)13 May 1953 (aged 28)			Shooting Stars F.C.
	2DF	Leotis Boateng	(1951-03-08)8 March 1951 (aged 30)			Bendel Insurance F.C.
	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)			Enugu Rangers
	3MF	Sylvanus Okpala	(1961-09-03)3 September 1961 (aged 20)			Enugu Rangers
	3MF	Felix Owolabi	(1956-01-24)24 January 1956 (aged 26)			Shooting Stars F.C.
9	4FW	Emmanuel Osigwe	(1952-04-06)6 April 1952 (aged 29)			Enugu Rangers
20	4FW	Richard Owubokiri	(1961-06-16)16 June 1961 (aged 20)			ACB Lagos
	4FW	Adok Adelabu				Shooting Stars F.C.
	3MF	Anthony Orji				Enugu Rangers
	4FW	Fatai Yekini				JIB Strikers FC

Coach: Ted Dumitru replaced by Ante Bušelić^[1]

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)			Rhokana United
	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	1957			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	(1959-12-20)20 December 1959 (aged 22)			Rhokana United
	4FW	Jack Chanda	(1958-06-16)16 June 1958 (aged 23)			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	(1955-08-28)28 August 1955 (aged 26)			Green Buffaloes
	4FW	Godfrey Munshya				Kabwe Warriors
	2DF	Fabiano Mwaba				Kabwe United

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