1988 African Cup of Nations squads

Below is a list of squads used in the 1988 African Cup of Nations.

1988 African Cup of Nations squads

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Group A

Algeria

Coach: Evgeny Rogov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Nacerdine Drid (c)	(1957-01-22)22 January 1957 (aged 31)		Mouloudia d'Oran
16	1GK	Kamel Kadri	(1963-11-19)19 November 1963 (aged 24)		Mouloudia d'Alger
22	1GK	Layachi Nouri	(1960-09-23)23 September 1960 (aged 27)		Union d'El Harrach
5	2DF	Abderrazak Belgherbi	(1961-10-29)29 October 1961 (aged 26)		Olympique de Chlef
4	2DF	Ali Benhalima	(1962-01-21)21 January 1962 (aged 26)		Association d'Oran
19	2DF	Mohamed Chaib	(1958-05-20)20 May 1958 (aged 29)		RS Kouba
2	2DF	Mokhtar Kechamli	(1962-11-02)2 November 1962 (aged 25)		Association d'Oran
3	2DF	Rachid Maatar	(1959-06-27)27 June 1959 (aged 28)		Nancy
20	2DF	Fodil Megharia	(1961-05-23)23 May 1961 (aged 26)		Olympique de Chlef
15	2DF	Chaabane Merzekane	(1959-03-08)8 March 1959 (aged 29)		Mouloudia d'Alger
10	3MF	Lakhdar Belloumi	(1958-12-29)29 December 1958 (aged 29)		Mouloudia d'Oran
12	3MF	Kamel Djahmoune	(1961-06-16)16 June 1961 (aged 26)		Mouloudia d'Alger
21	3MF	Kader Ferhaoui	(1965-03-19)19 March 1965 (aged 22)		Montpellier
6	3MF	Mohamed Kaci Said	(1958-05-02)2 May 1958 (aged 29)		RS Kouba
18	3MF	Abdelouahab Maïche	(1959-11-30)30 November 1959 (aged 28)		Mouloudia d'Alger
8	3MF	Hocine Yahi	(1960-04-25)25 April 1960 (aged 27)		Jeunesse de Belcourt
17	3MF	Said Meghichi	(1961-02-05)5 February 1961 (aged 27)		Mouloudia d'Alger
13	4FW	Ahmed Chawki Bentayeb	(1962-05-01)1 May 1962 (aged 25)		Union d'Aïn Béïda
7	4FW	Ali Bouafia	(1964-08-05)5 August 1964 (aged 23)		Lyon
14	4FW	Hakim Medane	(1966-09-05)5 September 1966 (aged 21)		JS Tizi Ouzou
9	4FW	Djamel Menad	(1960-07-22)22 July 1960 (aged 27)		Nîmes

Ivory Coast

Coach: Yeo Martial

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Zagouli Gbolié
16	1GK	Alain Gouaméné	(1966-06-15)15 June 1966 (aged 21)		ASEC Mimosas
6	2DF	Sékana Diaby	(1968-08-10)10 August 1968 (aged 19)		Laval
	2DF	Boris Diecket	(1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 24)		Tours
3	2DF	Arsène Hobou	(1967-10-30)30 October 1967 (aged 20)		ASEC Mimosas
2	2DF	Aka Kouamé	(1963-04-06)6 April 1963 (aged 24)		ASEC Mimosas
13	2DF	Patrice Lago			Africa Sports
5	2DF	Rufin Lué	(1968-01-05)5 January 1968 (aged 20)		Africa Sports
12	2DF	Laurent Zahui	(1960-08-10)10 August 1960 (aged 27)		Rodez
8	3MF	Oumar Ben Salah	(1964-07-02)2 July 1964 (aged 23)		Sète
7	3MF	Saint-Joseph Gadji-Celi	(1961-05-01)1 May 1961 (aged 26)		Sète
9	3MF	Youssouf Fofana	(1966-07-26)26 July 1966 (aged 21)		AS Monaco
17	3MF	Serge Maguy	(1970-10-20)20 October 1970 (aged 17)		Africa Sports
18	3MF	Pascal Miézan	(1959-04-03)3 April 1959 (aged 28)		Africa Sports
	3MF	Didier Otokoré	(1969-03-26)26 March 1969 (aged 18)		Auxerre
15	3MF	François Zahoui	(1962-08-21)21 August 1962 (aged 25)		Toulon
14	4FW	Ignace Guédé-Gba	(1964-10-10)10 October 1964 (aged 23)		Africa Sports
10	4FW	Abdoulaye Traoré	(1967-03-04)4 March 1967 (aged 21)		Sète
4	4FW	Yao Lambert Amani	(1963-09-17)17 September 1963 (aged 24)		Africa Sports

Morocco

Coach: José Faria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Badou Zaki (c)	(1959-04-02)2 April 1959 (aged 28)		RCD Mallorca
22	1GK	Khalil Azmi	(1964-08-23)23 August 1964 (aged 23)		Wydad Casablanca
4	2DF	Mustapha El Biyaz	(1960-12-12)12 December 1960 (aged 27)		F.C. Penafiel
2	2DF	Tijani El Maataoui	(1963-12-17)17 December 1963 (aged 24)		Raja Casablanca
3	2DF	Abdelmajid Lamriss	(1959-02-12)12 February 1959 (aged 29)		FAR Rabat
18	3MF	Hassan Benabicha	(1964-04-15)15 April 1964 (aged 23)		WAC
8	3MF	Aziz Bouderbala	(1960-12-26)26 December 1960 (aged 27)		FC Sion
6	3MF	Abdelmajid Dolmy	(1953-04-19)19 April 1953 (aged 34)		CLAS Casablanca
7	3MF	Mustafa El Haddaoui	(1961-07-28)28 July 1961 (aged 26)		AS Saint-Étienne
17	3MF	Abderrazad Khairi	(1962-11-20)20 November 1962 (aged 25)		FAR Rabat
10	3MF	Mohamed Timoumi	(1960-01-15)15 January 1960 (aged 28)		KSC Lokeren
16	4FW	Moulay Hachem El Gharef	(1965-06-30)30 June 1965 (aged 22)		CD Tenerife
19	4FW	Hassan Fadil	(1963-02-03)3 February 1963 (aged 25)		RCD Mallorca
9	4FW	Abdelkrim Merry "Krimau"	(1955-01-13)13 January 1955 (aged 33)		Matra Racing
20	4FW	Hassan Nader	(1965-07-08)8 July 1965 (aged 22)		Wydad Casablanca
21	3MF	Abderrahim Hamraoui	(1960-09-11)11 September 1960 (aged 27)		Raja Casablanca
13	2DF	Mourad Jabrane			Maghreb Fes
12	3MF	Mustapha Kiddi	(1964-01-16)16 January 1964 (aged 24)		Kawkab
15	2DF	Hassan Mouahid			Raja Casablanca
14	2DF	Lahcen Ouadani	(1959-02-14)14 February 1959 (aged 29)		FAR Rabat

Zaire

Coach: Otto Pfister

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	1GK	Mpangi Merikani	(1967-04-04)4 April 1967 (aged 20)		DC Motema Pembe
15	2DF	John Buana N'Galula	(1968-06-23)23 June 1968 (aged 19)		Boom FC
	2DF	Abayi Kalau
8	3MF	Makindu Makengo	(1964-04-13)13 April 1964 (aged 24)
5	2DF	Tshota Mutombo
	2DF	Mansoni Ngombo	(1963-10-25)25 October 1963 (aged 24)		Beerschot
	2DF	Kalombo N'Kongolo	(1961-07-17)17 July 1961 (aged 26)		S.C. Espinho
	3MF	Lemba Basuala	(1965-03-03)3 March 1965 (aged 23)		O Elvas
6	3MF	Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo	(1962-01-04)4 January 1962 (aged 26)		Sint-Truiden
19	3MF	Mourceau Lutonadio Di Vita	(1965-06-05)5 June 1965 (aged 22)		Beerschot
16	3MF	Tueba Menayane	(1963-03-13)13 March 1963 (aged 25)		S.L. Benfica
20	3MF	Jean-Santos Muntubila	(1958-12-20)20 December 1958 (aged 29)		SC Bastia
12	3MF	N'Dinga Mbote	(1966-09-11)11 September 1966 (aged 21)		Vitória Guimarães
18	4FW	Eugène Kabongo	(1960-11-03)3 November 1960 (aged 27)		Olympique Lyonnais
	4FW	Richard Mapuata N'Kiambi	(1965-02-27)27 February 1965 (aged 23)		Belenenses
7	4FW	Gaston Mobati	(1961-09-04)4 September 1961 (aged 26)		Lille OSC
	4FW	Monduone N'Kama	(1960-07-28)28 July 1960 (aged 27)		Vitória Guimarães

Group B

Cameroon

Coach: Claude Le Roy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Joseph-Antoine Bell	(1954-10-08)8 October 1954 (aged 33)		Olympique de Marseille
16	1GK	Jacques Songo'o	(1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 23)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
21	2DF	Richard Abena	(1960-05-25)25 May 1960 (aged 27)		Canon Yaoundé
6	2DF	Emmanuel Kundé	(1956-07-15)15 July 1956 (aged 31)		Canon Yaoundé
4	2DF	Benjamin Massing	(1962-06-20)20 June 1962 (aged 25)		US Creteil
5	2DF	Victor Ndip Akem	(1967-08-18)18 August 1967 (aged 20)		Canon Yaounde
20	2DF	Charles Ntamark	(1964-07-22)22 July 1964 (aged 23)		Boreham Wood
14	2DF	Stephen Tataw	(1963-03-31)31 March 1963 (aged 24)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
2	3MF	André Kana-Biyik	(1965-09-01)1 September 1965 (aged 22)		Diamant Yaoundé
8	3MF	Emile Mbouh-Mbouh	(1966-05-30)30 May 1966 (aged 21)		Diamant Yaoundé
10	3MF	Louis-Paul Mfédé	(1961-02-26)26 February 1961 (aged 27)		Canon Yaoundé
19	3MF	Bertin Ollé Ollé	(1961-11-30)30 November 1961 (aged 26)		Tonnerre Yaoundé
18	4FW	Bonaventure Djonkep	(1961-08-20)20 August 1961 (aged 26)		Union Douala
	4FW	Eugène Ekéké	(1960-05-30)30 May 1960 (aged 27)		Stade Quimperois
12	4FW	Cyril Makanaky	(1965-06-28)28 June 1965 (aged 22)		SC Toulon
17	4FW	Jean-Denis Mandengué
9	4FW	Roger Milla	(1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 35)		Montpellier HSC
	4FW	François Omam-Biyik	(1966-05-21)21 May 1966 (aged 21)		Stade Lavallois
13	2DF	Bertin Ebwellé	(1962-09-11)11 September 1962 (aged 25)		Tonnerre Yaoundé

Egypt

Coach: Mike Smith

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Thabet El-Batal	(1953-09-16)16 September 1953 (aged 34)		Al-Ahly
2	2DF	Ibrahim Hassan	(1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 21)		Al Ahly
3	2DF	Rabie Yassin	(1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 27)		Al Ahly
4	2DF	Mohamed Omar	(1958-09-03)3 September 1958 (aged 29)		Al-Ittihad Alexandria
5	2DF	Hamada Sedki	(1961-08-25)25 August 1961 (aged 26)		Al Ahly
6	3MF	Ayman Younes	(1964-02-20)20 February 1964 (aged 24)		Zamalek
7	3MF	Ismail Youssef	(1964-06-28)28 June 1964 (aged 23)		Zamalek
8	3MF	Shawky Ghareeb	(1959-02-26)26 February 1959 (aged 29)		Ghazl El-Mehalla
9	4FW	Hossam Hassan	(1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 21)		Al Ahly
10	4FW	Gamal Abdelhamid	(1957-11-24)24 November 1957 (aged 30)		Zamalek
11	4FW	Emad Soliman	(1959-07-23)23 July 1959 (aged 28)		Ismaily SC
12	1GK	Ahmed Shobair	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 27)		Al Ahly
13	2DF	Ahmed Ramzy	(1965-10-25)25 October 1965 (aged 22)	27	Zamalek
14	2DF	Mohamed Saad			Al-Ahly
15	4FW	Mohamed Ramadan	(1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (aged 17)		Tersana SC
16	2DF	Ashraf Kasem	(1966-07-25)25 July 1966 (aged 21)		Zamalek
17	3MF	Osama Orabi	(1962-01-25)25 January 1962 (aged 26)		Al Ahly
18	3MF	Tarek Soliman	(1962-01-24)24 January 1962 (aged 26)		Al Masry SC
19	2DF	Hesham Yakan	(1962-08-10)10 August 1962 (aged 25)		Zamalek
20	3MF	Tarek Yehia	(1961-09-10)10 September 1961 (aged 26)		Zamalek
21	4FW	Ahmed El-Kass	(1965-07-08)8 July 1965 (aged 22)	42	El-Olympi Alexandria
22	1GK	Ayman Taher	(1966-01-07)7 January 1966 (aged 22)	?	Zamalek

Kenya

Coach: Chris Makokha

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Washington Muhanji			Scarlet
	1GK	David Ochieng			Gor Mahia
	2DF	Wycliffe Anyangu			AFC Leopards
	2DF	Hassan Juma			AFC Leopards
	2DF	Tobias Ochola
	2DF	Austin Oduor			Gor Mahia
	2DF	Gabriel Olang
	2DF	Micky Weche			AFC Leopards
	3MF	George Adembo			Gor Mahia
	3MF	Wilberforce Mulamba			AFC Leopards
	3MF	Douglas Mutua	(1962-05-30)30 May 1962 (aged 25)		Kenya Breweries
	3MF	Paul Ochieng
	3MF	John Okelo			Gor Mahia
	3MF	George Onyango
	3MF	Sammy Onyango	(1961-03-03)3 March 1961 (aged 27)		Gor Mahia
	4FW	Sammy Ayoyi
	4FW	Peter Dawo	1964		Gor Mahia
	4FW	Henry Motego	(1964-05-21)21 May 1964 (aged 23)		Shabana Kisii
	4FW	David Odhiambo

Nigeria

Coach: Manfred Honer

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Peter Rufai	(1963-08-24)24 August 1963 (aged 24)		K.S.C. Lokeren
2	2DF	Uche Okafor	(1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 20)		ACB Lagos
4	2DF	Stephen Keshi	(1962-01-31)31 January 1962 (aged 26)		R.S.C. Anderlecht
5	2DF	Yisa Sofoluwe	(1967-12-28)28 December 1967 (aged 20)		Abiola Babes
6	3MF	Michael Odu	(1966-02-24)24 February 1966 (aged 22)
7	4FW	Humphrey Edobor	(1966-03-12)12 March 1966 (aged 22)
8	3MF	Samuel Okwaraji	(1964-05-19)19 May 1964 (aged 23)		VfB Stuttgart
10	3MF	Henry Nwosu	(1963-06-14)14 June 1963 (aged 24)		ACB Lagos
12	2DF	Augustine Eguavoen	(1965-08-19)19 August 1965 (aged 22)		K.A.A. Gent
13	2DF	Bright Omokaro	(1965-02-24)24 February 1965 (aged 23)		Flash Flamingoes
14	4FW	Rashidi Yekini	(1963-10-23)23 October 1963 (aged 24)		Africa Sports
15	2DF	Sunday Eboigbe	(1955-01-30)30 January 1955 (aged 33)		El-Kanemi
16	2DF	Andrew Uwe	(1967-10-12)12 October 1967 (aged 20)		Leventis United
17	3MF	Folorunso Okenla	(1967-10-09)9 October 1967 (aged 20)
18	4FW	Ndubuisi Okosieme	(1966-09-28)28 September 1966 (aged 21)		Flash Flamingoes
	4FW	Michael Obiku	(1968-09-24)24 September 1968 (aged 19)		Iwuanyanwu Nationale
	4FW	Joseph Oluwole Odegbami	(1962-10-05)5 October 1962 (aged 25)		Plateau United
11	3MF	Ademola Adeshina	(1964-06-04)4 June 1964 (aged 23)		Shooting Stars

References

• RSSSF
• RSSSF – Final Tournament Details