The 1976 African Cup of Nations squads was well attended. Qualified African nations participated in the event as follows:

Egypt

Coach: Burkhard Pape

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Hassan Ali				Tersana SC
	1GK	Thabet El-Batal	(1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 22)			Al Ahly SC
	1GK	Ekramy El-Shahat	(1955-10-26)26 October 1955 (aged 20)			Al Ahly SC
	2DF	Hassan Hamdy	(1949-08-02)2 August 1949 (aged 26)			Al Ahly SC
	2DF	Ahmed Abdel-Baqi				Al Ahly SC
	2DF	Fathi Mabrouk	(1951-07-05)5 July 1951 (aged 24)			Al Ahly SC
	2DF	Mahmoud El-Gohary Jr				Zamalek SC
	2DF	Mohammed Salah El Din	(1956-03-29)29 March 1956 (aged 19)			Zamalek SC
	2DF	Mohamed El Seyagui	(1949-01-20)20 January 1949 (aged 27)			Ghazl El-Mahalla
	2DF	Ghanem Sultan				Zamalek SC
	2DF	Moustafa Younis	(1953-12-25)25 December 1953 (aged 22)			Al Ahly SC
	3MF	Taha Basry	(1946-10-02)2 October 1946 (aged 29)			Zamalek SC
	3MF	Ibrahim Youssef	(1959-01-01)1 January 1959 (aged 17)			Zamalek SC
	3MF	Hassan Shehata	(1947-06-19)19 June 1947 (aged 28)			Zamalek SC
	4FW	Mahmoud El Khatib	(1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 21)			Al Ahly SC
	3MF	Farouk Gaafar	(1952-10-29)29 October 1952 (aged 23)			Zamalek SC
	4FW	Mostafa Abdou	(1953-06-10)10 June 1953 (aged 22)			Al Ahly SC
	4FW	Mahmoud Abdeldayem				Ghazl El-Mahalla
	4FW	Ossama Khalil	(1954-02-05)5 February 1954 (aged 22)			Ismaily
	4FW	Mokhtar Mokhtar	(1954-08-17)17 August 1954 (aged 21)			Al Ahly SC
	4FW	Ahmed Abou Rehab				Esco
	4FW	Omar Abdallah				Ghazl El-Mahalla
	4FW	Mohamed Omasha				Ghazl El-Mahalla

Guinea

Coach: Petre Moldoveanu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Abdoulaye Sylla				Hafia
	2DF	Jacob Bangoura
	2DF	Djibril Diarra
	3MF	Naby Laye Camara				Hafia
	3MF	Bangaly Condé
14	3MF	Chérif Souleymane	(1944-10-20)20 October 1944 (aged 31)			Hafia
	3MF	Bengally Sylla				Hafia
	4FW	Morciré Sylla	(1948-03-03)3 March 1948 (aged 27)			Hafia
	4FW	Youssouf Camara
	4FW	Petit Sory	(1944-11-30)30 November 1944 (aged 31)			Hafia
	4FW	Ally Sylla
	4FW	Ibrahima Fofana
19	4FW	Mamadou Kéita
	4FW	Mory Koné

Ethiopia

Coach: Peter Schnittger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Getachew Abebe				Saint George
	2DF	Matyazewal Gezaghne
	2DF	Haile Alemayehu
	2DF	Bayou Asfaw				Saint George
	2DF	Asrat Haile				Saint George
	3MF	Ahmed Buker
	3MF	Goshu Hailu				Omedla
	3MF	Tekalinge Kassahun				Saint George
	3MF	Medhin Kibron
	4FW	Adem Bekeri				Dire Dawa Railway
	4FW	Seyoum Tesfaye
	4FW	Berhane Mulugeta
	4FW	Sheferahu Solomon				Ethiopian Arlines
	4FW	Ali Mohamed				EEPCO
	4FW	Gebre Nigussie				Ground Force
	4FW	Engdawork Tariku
	3MF	Fekade Muleta				EEPCO

Uganda

Coach: David Otti

Morocco

Coach: Virgil Mărdărescu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Mohammed Hazzaz	(1944-11-30)30 November 1944 (aged 31)			MAS Fez
	2DF	Larbi Aherdane	(1954-06-06)6 June 1954 (aged 21)			Wydad Casablanca
	2DF	Jawad El Andaloussi				Raja Casablanca
	2DF	Brahim Glaoua				SCC Mohammédia
	3MF	Abdallah Semmat				US Sidi Kacem
	2DF	Mehdi Belmejdoub	(1942-02-04)4 February 1942 (aged 34)			FAR Rabat
	3MF	Abdelmajid Dolmy	(1953-04-19)19 April 1953 (aged 22)			Raja Casablanca
	2DF	Chérif Fetoui	(1945-02-01)1 February 1945 (aged 31)			Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
7	3MF	Ahmed "Baba" Makrouh	(1953-09-17)17 September 1953 (aged 22)			Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
	3MF	Ahmed Moujahid				Wydad Casablanca
	3MF	Kamel Smiri				MC Oujda
	3MF	Abdallah Tazi				MAS Fez
	3MF	Abdelâali Zahraoui	(1949-01-09)9 January 1949 (aged 27)			MAS Fez
	4FW	Hassan "Acila" Amcharrat				SCC Mohammédia
19	4FW	Ahmed Faras	(1946-12-07)7 December 1946 (aged 29)			SCC Mohammédia
	4FW	Redouane Guezzar				MAS Fez
	4FW	Driss Haddadi				SCC Mohammédia

Nigeria

Coach: Tiko Jelisavcic

Sudan

Coach: Ibrahim Kabir and Ivan Yanko

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Altayeb Sanad				Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF	Awad Koka				Al-Hilal Club
	2DF	Aljaili Abdel Kheir				Al-Merrikh SC
	2DF	Fawzi Almardi				Al-Hilal Club
	2DF	Khider El-Kori				Al-Hilal Club
	2DF	Negm El-Din Hassan				Sharjah
	3MF	Alsheikh Abdel Munaem
	2DF	Hafez Ebid				Al-Hilal Club
	3MF	Muatasem Hamouri				Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF	Abdallah Musa				Al-Hilal Club
	3MF	Ammar Khaled				Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF	Hassan Aldaw
	3MF	Alfadel Santo				Al-Merrikh SC
	4FW	Abdelgbadir El-Dab
	4FW	Ali Gagarin	(1949-04-01)1 April 1949 (aged 26)			Al-Nassr FC
	4FW	Bushara Abdel-Nadief				Al-Merrikh SC
	4FW	Kamal Abdel Wahab

Zaire

Coach: Ștefan Stănculescu

References

External links

• "African Nations Cup 1976 - Final Tournament Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.