Football Journey

African Nations Cup 1972

Qualifying Tournament

Sudan qualify as holders
Cameroon qualify as hosts   

First Round
    
10-12-70 Algeria        3-1 Morocco
27-12-70 Morocco        3-0 Algeria

 3- 1-71 Egypt          2-1 Libya
13- 7-71 Libya          0-1 Egypt

29-11-70 Ethiopia       0-1 Kenya
15-12-70 Kenya          2-0 Ethiopia
   
 8-11-70 Gabon          1-2 Ivory Coast
22-11-70 Ivory Coast    1-0 Gabon 
   
         Ghana          w/o Upper Volta

18- 8-71 Guinea         1-0 Senegal
 1- 9-71 Senegal        0-0 Guinea

15-11-70 Madagascar     2-1 Mauritius
29-11-70 Mauritius      4-1 Madagascar

12-12-70 Niger          0-1 Mali
27-12-70 Mali           3-1 Niger

 8-11-70 Nigeria        0-0 Congo
22-11-70 Congo          2-1 Nigeria

15-10-70 Tanzania       1-1 Zambia
 1-11-70 Zambia         5-1 Tanzania

 8-11-70 Togo           2-1 Dahomey
22-11-70 Dahomey        0-0 Togo

 8-11-70 Uganda         1-4 Zaire
24-11-70 Zaire          1-0 Uganda


Second Round

13-10-71 Guinea         0-0 Mali
27-10-71 Mali           3-1 Guinea
         [Mali qualify]

13-10-71 Ivory Coast    3-2 Congo
27-10-71 Congo          2-0 Ivory Coast
         [Congo qualify]

 4- 7-71 Kenya          2-1 Mauritius
18- 7-71 Mauritius      0-0 Kenya
         [Kenya qualify]

13-10-71 Morocco        3-0 Egypt
27-10-71 Egypt          3-2 Morocco
         [Morocco qualify]

13-10-71 Togo           0-0 Ghana  
27-10-71 Ghana          0-1 Togo
         [Togo qualify] 

13-10-71 Zambia         2-1 Zaire
27-10-71 Zaire          3-0 Zambia
         [Zaire qualify]

Final Tournament (Cameroon)

Sudan qualify as holders
Cameroon qualify as hosts

Group A

Cameroon

Coach: Peter Schnittger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Zacharie "Jean-Parade" Egoué
	GK	Bernard M'Bengalack				Diamant Yaoundé
	GK	Moïse Essombé

	DF	Norbert Owona				Union Douala
	DF	Apollin Simo
	DF	Paul N'Lend
	DF	Jean-Paul Akono	1 January 1952 (aged 20)
	DF	Michel Kaham	1 June 1952 (aged 19)
	DF	Gustave Evou Boulon
	DF	François Bekombo Kwedi				Caïman Douala

	MF	Jean-Marie Tsébo
	MF	Jean Moutassié
6	MF	Emmanuel Mvé
8	MF	Paul-Gaston Ndongo
	MF	Emmanuel Eteme

9	FW	Charles Léa	16 January 1951 (aged 21)			Canon Yaoundé
	FW	Philippe Mouthé
	FW	Jean Manga Onguéné	12 June 1946 (aged 25)			Canon Yaoundé
18	FW	Jean-Pierre Tokoto	26 January 1948 (aged 24)			Olympique de Marseille
15	FW	Joseph Yegba Maya	8 April 1944 (aged 27)			US Valenciennes
11	FW	Jean-Baptiste Ndoga
	FW	Dieudonné Bassanguen

Kenya

Coach: Eckhard Krautzun

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	James Siang'a	1949 (aged 22 or 23)			Gor Mahia
	DF	Jonathan Niva				Gor Mahia
	DF	Austin Oduor
	DF	Samson Odore				Kenya Breweries
	DF	Charles Makunda
	DF	Daniel Anyanzwa
	MF	Peter "Pelé" Ouma
	MF	Allan Thigo				Gor Mahia
	MF	Jackson Aluko				Gor Mahia
	FW	John Nyawanga
	FW	Chege Ouma
	FW	Nicodémus Arudhi
	FW	John Chore				Gor Mahia
	MF	Stephen Yongo				Gor Mahia

Mali

Coach: Karl-Heinz Weigang

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Séydou Traoré
	GK	Bassirou Diamoutèné
1	GK	Mamadou Keïta	20 October 1947 (aged 24)			Stade Malien

	DF	Talibé Diané
4	DF	Kidian Diallo	1944			AS Real Bamako
12	DF	Moctar Maïga
	DF	Idrissa Maiga
	DF	Checkna Traoré
	DF	Idrissa Coulibaly
3	DF	Cheick Sangaré

18	MF	Adama Traoré
6	MF	Boubacar Traoré
8	MF	Ousmane Traoré

14	FW	Bako Touré	7 December 1939 (aged 32)			Blois
	FW	Issa Yatayasse
10	FW	Salif Keïta	8 December 1946 (aged 25)			Saint-Étienne
19	FW	Moussa Traoré	2 December 1952 (aged 19)			Stade Malien
20	FW	Sadia Cissé	15 April 1944 (aged 27)			Djoliba AC
17	FW	Moussa Diakhité
11	FW	Fantamady Keita	25 September 1949 (aged 22)			AS Real Bamako
	FW	Cheikh Diallo
	FW	Idrissa Kanté

Togo

Coach: Gottlieb Göller

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Tommy Sylvestre	31 August 1946 (aged 25)			Étoile Filante de Lomé

	DF	Damawuzan Ayitégan
	DF	Ohin Anyaku
	DF	Hermann Hunkpati (C)	1945 (aged 26 or 27)			Modèle de Lomé
	DF	Sanni Kponton

	MF	Emmanuel Atsou
	MF	Luc Agbala	23 September 1947 (aged 24)			Dynamic Togolais
	MF	Michel Sokpo
	MF	Arnold Nyémébuéo

	FW	Omer Sadji
	FW	Edmond Apéti Kaolo	1946 (aged 25 or 26)
	FW	Covi Adé
	FW	Clément Kpadé
	FW	Pindra Sawoè

Group B

Congo

Coach: Adolphe "Amoyen" Bibandzoulou

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Maxime Matsima	18 November 1940 (aged 31)			Diables Noirs
	GK	Emmanuel Mboungou				CARA Brazzaville
	GK	Paul Tandou				Diables Noirs

	DF	Serge Samuel Boukaka	1942 (aged 29 or 30)			Étoile du Congo
2	DF	Gabriel Dengaki	7 November 1952 (aged 19)			Étoile du Congo
5	DF	Jacques Yvon Ndolou (Captain)	3 May 1944 (aged 27)			Inter Club Brazzaville
4	DF	Joseph Ngassaki	8 November 1941 (aged 30)			CARA Brazzaville
3	DF	Alphonse Niangou				Diables Noirs
8	DF	Gabriel Samba	1942 (aged 29 or 30)			Diables Noirs

18	MF	Jean-Bertrand Balékita	6 January 1948 (aged 24)			SC Toulon
12	MF	Joseph Matongo				Diables Noirs
	MF	Emmanuel Mayanda	18 February 1950 (aged 22)			CARA Brazzaville
	MF	Paul Mbemba				Inter Club Brazzaville
	MF	Félix Mfoutou				Avenir du Rail Ouenzé
6	MF	Noël Minga	12 July 1947 (aged 24)			Inter Club Brazzaville

20	FW	François M'Pelé	13 July 1947 (aged 24)			AC Ajaccio
7	FW	Jonas Bahamboula	2 February 1949 (aged 23)			Diables Noirs
10	FW	Paul Moukila	6 June 1950 (aged 21)			Inter Club Brazzaville
19	FW	Jean-Michel M'Bono	27 January 1946 (aged 26)			Étoile du Congo
	FW	Augustin Ndouli				Patronage Sainte-Anne
11	FW	Jean-Michel Ongagna				Étoile du Congo
	FW	Gilbert Poaty				Vita Club Mokanda

Morocco

Coach: Sabino Barinaga

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Allal Benkassou	1941
	DF	Ahmed Najah
	DF	Larbi Ihardane
	DF	Abdallah Lamrani	1946
	DF	Boujemaa Benkhrif	1947
	DF	Abdelkader El Khiati	1945
	MF	Larbi Chebbak
	MF	Mohamed Maaroufi	1947
	MF	Maouhoub Ghazouani	1948
	MF	Mustapha Choukri	1947
	FW	Abdallah Tazi	1945
	FW	Ahmed Faras	7 December 1946 (aged 25)			Chabab Mohammedia
	FW	Mohamed El Filali	9 July 1945 (aged 26)
	FW	Redouane Guezzar

Sudan

Coach: Abdel-Fattah Hamad Abu-Zeid

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mohamed "Zaghbir" Abdel Fatah				Al-Hilal Club
	GK	El-Sayed El-Masri
	DF	El-Sir Kaunda				Al-Merreikh SC
	DF	Awad Koka	1947			Al-Hilal Club
	DF	Mahmoud "James" Said Salim	1947			Al-Tahrir SC (Bahri)
	DF	Abdelgadir Mohamed
	MF	Negm El-Din Hassan (C)	1945			Al Neel SC (Khartoum)
	MF	Ahmed Bushara Wahba	1 January 1943 (aged 29)			Al-Merrikh SC
	MF	Mutassim Hammori
	MF	Bushara Abdel-Nadief				Al-Merreikh SC
	MF	Abdel Kafi El-Sheikh
	MF	Mohsin El-Mannan
	FW	Hasabu El-Sagheer	1 July 1947 (aged 24)			Burri SC
	FW	Jadallah Kheirelseid				Al-Merrikh SC
	FW	Kamal Abdelwahab				Al-Merrikh SC
	FW	Mohamed Hussein "Kassala"				Al-Hilal Club

Zaire

Coach: Blagoje Vidinić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Pombi Litinda
	GK	Kazadi Mwamba	6 March 1947 (aged 24)

	DF	Joseph Lungwila
	DF	Bwanga Tshimen	4 January 1949 (aged 23)			TP Mazembe
	DF	Mwanza Mukombo	17 December 1945 (aged 26)
	DF	Julien Kialunda	24 April 1940 (aged 31)			Anderlecht

	MF	Kidumu Mantantu	17 November 1946 (aged 25)			CS Imana
	MF	Kilasu Massamba	22 December 1950 (aged 21)
	MF	Léonard Saïdi	24 November 1941 (aged 30)			TP Mazembe
	MF	Tshinabu Wa Munda	8 May 1946 (aged 25)			TP Mazembe
	MF	Kafula Ngoie	11 November 1945 (aged 26)
	MF	Benjamin Mutombo

	FW	Mayanga Maku	31 October 1948 (aged 23)
	FW	Kakoko Etepe	22 November 1950 (aged 21)			CS Imana
	FW	Jean Kalala N'Tumba	7 January 1949 (aged 23)

Group A (Yaoundé)
23- 2-72 Cameroon       2-1 Kenya             
           [N'Doga 7, Ngondo 20; Niva 44]
24- 2-72 Mali           3-3 Togo              
           [Bakary Traoré 10, Fantamady Keita 46, Bako Traoré 49;
            Kaolo (pen) 45, 60, 81]
           [Mali: Séydou Traoré, Idrissa Coulibaly, Cheick Sangaré, Kidian
                  Diallo, Cheikna Traoré, Bakary Traoré, Ousmane Traoré, 
                  Gigla, Bako Touré, Salif Keita, Fantamady Keita;
            Togo: Tommy Sylvestre, Sanvi Kponton, Ohin Anyaku, da Silveira
                  Adjévi, Hunkpati Messan dit Ressort, Fiaty Nyémébuéo Arnold,
                  Agbala Luc Watékou, Sokpo, Sadji, Apeti Edmond "Dr Kaolo",
                  Mébounou Kpadé Clément; coach: Gottlieb Goeller;
            ref: Ickias (Congo)]
26- 2-72 Mali           1-1 Kenya             
           [Fantamady Keita 45; Nicodemus (other sources: Aluka) 60]
26- 2-72 Cameroon       2-0 Togo              
           [Joseph Maya 64, Emmanuel Mvé 79]
           [Cameroon: M'Bengalack  Michel Kaham, Paul N'Lend, Jean-Paul Akono,
                      Simo  Emmanuel Mvé, Gaston Ngondo "Overath", François
                      Doumbe "Léa", Joseph Maya, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, Gaston
                      Paul N'Doga "Jair"; Coach: Peter Schnittger;
            Togo: Tommy Sylvestre, Sanvi Kponton, da Silveira Adjévi, Ressort,
                  Ohin A., Fiaty, Agbala, Sokpo, Sadji, Kaolo, Mébounou Kpadé;
                  Coach: Gottlieb Goeller;
            ref: Babikr Eissa (Sudan)]
28- 2-72 Togo           1-1 Kenya
           [Kaolo 60; Ouma Peter (other sources: Niva) 30]
           [Togo: Tommy Sylvestre, Ohin Anyaku, Hunkpati Messan "Ressort",
                  da Silveira Adjévi, Ayitégan, Fiaty Nyémébuéo Arnold, Atsou, 
                  Sokpo, Kaolo, Akakpo, Mébounou Kpadé Clément; Coach: 
                  Gottlieb Goeller;  
            Kenya: Sianga, Makunda, Anyanzwa, Odore, Niva, Thigo, Aluko,
                   Ouma Peter, Madewga Nicodémus, Chege, Niawan;
            ref: Aouissi (Algeria)]
28- 2-72 Cameroon       1-1 Mali
           [François Doumbe 'Léa' 67; Fantamady Keita 43]

 1.CAMEROON        3  2  1  0   5- 2  5
 2.MALI            3  0  3  0   5- 5  3
 
3.Kenya           3  0  2  1   3- 4  2
4.Togo            3  0  2  1   4- 6  2

Group B (Douala)
25- 2-72 Congo          1-1 Morocco           
           [Moukila 45; Faras 34]
25- 2-72 Zaire          1-1 Sudan             
           [Matanga 53; Hasabu 55]
27- 2-72 Morocco        1-1 Sudan            
           [Faras 32; Bushara 49]
27- 2-72 Zaire          2-0 Congo             
           [Ntumba 16, 59]
29- 2-72 Morocco        1-1 Zaire    
           [Faras 3; Mayanga 36]
29- 2-72 Congo          4-2 Sudan
           [M'Bono 8, 55, M'Pelé 32, Banamboula 46; Kamal 37, Bushara 44]

 1.ZAIRE           3  1  2  0   4- 2  4
 2.CONGO           3  1  1  1   5- 5  3
   Morocco         3  0  3  0   3- 3  3
 4.Sudan           3  0  2  1   4- 6  2
   Congo qualified by drawing of lots

Semifinals
(Yaoundé)
 2- 3-72 Cameroon       0-1 Congo     
           [Minga 31]
(Douala)
 2- 3-72 Zaire          3-4 Mali            [aet]
           [Ntuma 6, Kakoko 61, Ngassebe 78; A.Traoré 17, Touré 68, F.Keita 48, 92]

Third Place Match (Yaoundé)
 4- 3-72 Cameroon       5-2 Zaire
           [Akono (pen) 4, Ndongo 31, Owona 32, Mouthé 34, N'Doga 42; Kakoko 13, Mayanga 17]

Host Cameroon ended with bronze mwdals
Final (Yaoundé)
 5- 3-72 Congo          3-2 Mali
           [M'Bono 57, 59,  M'Pelé 63; Moussa Diakhité 42, Moussa Traoré 75]
Congo's captain Ndoulou gets the champion's cup. 
Mali finished with silver medals.