COPA ÁFRICA 1968

1968 – COPA ÁFRICA – ETIOPÍA

CAMPEÓN : CONGO-KINSHASA

FINAL : CONGO-KINSHASA 1 X 0 GHANA (KALALA)

PAÍSES PARTICIPANTES : 8

PAÍSES DEBUTANTES : ARGELIA, REPÚBLICA DEL CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE

GOLEADOR : LAURENT POKOU (COSTA DE MARFIL) 6 GOLES

MEJOR JUGADOR : KAZADI MWAMBA (CONGO KINSHASA)

En el poder de Congo-Kinshasa desde 1965 Mobutu Sese Seko trato de armar una fuerte selección en los primeros años del Régimen, reclutando jugadores principalemente en Bélgica, la campaña de la CAN 1968 terminó sirviendo como propaganda para el ditador Mobutu. Tres meses despues del título el mismo decretó la creación de la Unión d Estados de África Central, que alíneo politicamente a los países de la Región.

MOBUTU SESE SEKO EL HOMBRE PODEROSO DE CONGO-KINSHASA

EL ENTRENADOR BRASILEÑO PARREIRA TRANSMITIÓ SUS EXPERIENCIAS A LOS JUGADORES GHANESES

Qualifying Tournament

Ghana qualified as holders, Ethiopia qualified as hosts.

Group 1

25- 2-67 Guinea 3-0 Senegal [at Conakry]

[Note: approximate date]

- -67 Liberia 2-2 Guinea [at Monrovia]

- -67 Guinea 3-0 Liberia [at Conakry]

[Note: score also reported as 9-0]

- -67 Liberia 1-1 Senegal [at Monrovia]

19- 3-67 Senegal 4-1 Guinea [at Dakar]

2- 7-67 Senegal 4-1 Liberia [at Dakar]

[Louis Gomis, Alioune 'Petit' Guèye, Baye Moussé Paye (pen), Demba Thioye / ?]

1.Senegal 4 2 1 1 9- 6 5

2.Guinea 4 2 1 1 9- 6 5

3.Liberia 4 0 2 2 4-10 2

Playoff

- -67 Senegal 2-1 Guinea

Group 2

11- 1-67 Upper Volta 1-2 Algeria [at Ouagadougou]

[Bibi Ouattara 34' / Mustapha Seridi 40', Ahcène Lalmas 76']

[Note: date also reported as 12-2-67]

5- 2-67 Mali 0-3 Algeria [at Bamako]

[Hassan Achour 25', Ahcène Lalmas 37', Mokhtar Khalem 87']

12- 3-67 Algeria 1-0 Mali [at Alger]

[Noureddine Hachouf 31']

9- 4-67 Algeria 3-1 Upper Volta [at Alger]

[Lakhdar Bouyahi 35', Djillali Abdi 48', Amar Bourouba 73' / Boukary Ouédraogo 68']

- -67 Mali 4-0 Upper Volta [at Bamako]

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- -67 Upper Volta 0-1 Mali [at Ouagadougou]

[Kidian Diallo]

1.ALGERIA 4 4 0 0 9- 2 8

2.Mali 4 2 0 2 5- 4 4

3.Upper Volta 4 0 0 4 2-10 0

Group 3

12- 3-67 Nigeria 0-0 Ivory Coast [at Lagos]

- -67 Togo 0-2 Ivory Coast [at Lomé]

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2- 4-67 Togo 1-0 Nigeria [at Lomé] [HT 0-0]

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15- 4-67 Nigeria 4-2 Togo [at Lagos] [HT 3-1]

[Joseph Bassey 15', Amusa Shittu 30', Samsideen Olowo-Oshodi 43', Bababunmi Bankole 70' / ?]

30- 4-67 Ivory Coast 3-0 Togo [at Abidjan]

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7- 5-67 Ivory Coast 2-0 Nigeria [at Abidjan] [HT 0-0]

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1.IVORY COAST 4 3 1 0 7- 0 7

2.Nigeria 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3

3.Togo 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2

SELECCIÓN DE COSTA DE MARFIL

Group 4

Round 1

9-12-66 Libya 2-2 Egypt [at Tripoli] [HT 0-1]

[Ahmed Ben Suwed 61' pen ??' / Ibrahim Moustafa Reyadh 14', Hamada Emam 66']

24- 3-67 Egypt 3-2 Libya [at Cairo] [HT 0-2]

[Mahmoud Bakr 63', Ibrahim Moustafa Reyadh 68', Rifaat El-Fanageely 74' / Ahmed Ben Suwed 17' ??']

5- 3-67 Uganda 2-1 Kenya [at Kampala]

[Parry Oketch, John Ddibya / ?]

- -67 Kenya 3-3 Uganda [at Nairobi]

Round 2

4- 6-67 Uganda 0-1 Egypt [at Kampala]

[Mahmoud Bakr 19']

30- 6-67 Egypt w/o Uganda [Egypt withdrew]

Note: Egypt withdrew due to the Six Day War with Israel, which began on 5-6-67.

Egypt's official name was the United Arab Republic in this period.

Group 5

5- 2-67 Tunisia 4-0 Cameroon [at Tunis]

[Abdeljabar Machouche 36', Habib Akid 38' 51', Tahar Chaïbi 36']

19- 2-67 Tunisia 1-1 Congo-Brazz. [at Tunis]

[Mohsen Habacha 80' / Germain Dzabana 'Jadot' 1']

26- 2-67 Cameroon 1-1 Congo-Brazz. [at Yaoundé]

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- -67 Cameroon awd Tunisia [not played (Tunisia withdrew), awarded 2-0]

- -67 Congo-Brazz. awd Tunisia [not played (Tunisia withdrew), awarded 2-0]

21- 5-67 Congo-Brazz. 2-1 Cameroon [at Brazzaville]

[?, Jean-Michel Ongagna / ?]

1.CONGO-BRAZZAV. 4 2 2 0 6- 3 6

2.Tunisia 4 1 1 2 5- 5 3

3.Cameroon 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3

Group 6

Round 1

18- 3-67 Congo-Kinshasa 3-2 Sudan [at Kinshasa] [HT 1-1]

2- 4-67 Sudan 1-0 Congo-Kinshasa [at Khartoum]

13- 8-67 Congo-Kinshasa 2-1 Sudan [playoff at Kampala]

- -67 Tanzania 1-0 Mauritius

- -67 Mauritius 1-1 Tanzania

Round 2

17- 9-67 Congo-Kinshasa 1-0 Tanzania [at Kinshasa]

10-10-67 Tanzania 0-1 Congo-Kinshasa [at Dar es Salaam]

Final Tournament (Ethiopia)

EL EMPERADOR SELASSIE DE ETIOPÍA CON AL CAN 1968 EN SU PAÍS

Group A

All matches in Group A were played at the Haile Selassie I Stadium in Addis Ababa.

11- 1-68 Ethiopia 2-1 Uganda

[Girma Asmerom, Luciano Vassalo pen / Polly Ouma]

[Ethiopia: Getachew Abebe 'Dula', Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot, Abraha Araya, Awad Mohammed, Kiflom Araya,

Fesseha Wolde-Emanuel, Luciano Vassalo, Girma Asmerom, Mengistu Worku, Shewangizaw Agonafer,

Getachew Wolde.]

[Uganda: Joseph Masajjage, James Lukwago, Ibrahim Dafala, David Otti, Ben Ezaga, Parry Oketch,

Stephen Baraza, John Ddibya, Polly Ouma, Swalleh Wasswa, Denis Obua.]

[Referee: Ali Hussein Kandil (Egypt).]

[Attendance: 20000]

SELECCIÓN DE ETIOPÍA 1968

11- 1-68 Ivory Coast 3-0 Algeria

[Jean-Louis Bozon 15', Laurent Pokou 25' 65']

[Ivory Coast: Jean Keita, Joseph Niankouri, François Zady, Henri Konan, Mathias Diagou,

Jean-Louis Bozon, Séry Wawa, Joseph Bléziri, Eustache Manglé, Laurent Pokou,

François Tahi.]

[Algeria: Mohamed Abrouk, Messaoud Belloucif, Kamel Lemoui, Ahmed Bouden, Ali Attoui, Hacène Djemaâ,

Mustapha Seridi, Kamel Berroudji, Noureddine Hachouf (Ahcène Lalmas), Mokhtar Khalem,

Boualem Amirouche.]

[Referee: Abdou Latif Guèye (Senegal).]

[Attendance: 20000]

14- 1-68 Ethiopia 1-0 Ivory Coast

[Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot 86']

[Ethiopia: Getachew Abebe 'Dula', Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot, Abraha Araya, Awad Mohammed, Kiflom Araya,

Fesseha Wolde-Emanuel, Luciano Vassalo, Girma Asmerom, Mengistu Worku, Shewangizaw Agonafer,

Getachew Wolde.]

[Ivory Coast: ]

[Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan).]

[Attendance: 25000]

[Note: it is also reported that Tesfaye Gebre-Medhin played instead of Getachew Wolde.]

ETIOPÍA X COSTA DE MARFIL - LUCIANO VASALLO EN ACCIÓN

14- 1-68 Algeria 4-0 Uganda

[Ahcène Lalmas 15' 25' 70', Mokhtar Khalem 61']

[Algeria: Abdelkrim 'Krimo' Laribi, Messaoud Belloucif, Kamel Lemoui, Boubeker Belbekri,

Ali Attoui, Abdallah Kechra, Djillali Abdi, Djillali Selmi, Mokhtar Khalem,

Ahcène Lalmas, Hassan Achour.]

[Uganda: Joseph Masajjage, James Lukwago, Ibrahim Dafala, David Otti, Ben Ezaga, Parry Oketch,

Stephen Baraza, John Ddibya, Polly Ouma, Swalleh Wasswa, Denis Obua.]

[Referee: Alphonse Mahombe Goma (Congo-Kinshasa).]

[Attendance: 25000]

16- 1-68 Ivory Coast 2-1 Uganda

[Laurent Pokou, Eustache Manglé / Denis Obua]

[Referee: Major George Lamptey (Ghana).]

[Attendance: 15000]

16- 1-68 Ethiopia 3-1 Algeria

[Mengistu Worku 16', Shewangizaw Agonafer 19', Luciano Vassalo 27' pen / Boualem Amirouche 68']

[Ethiopia: Getachew Abebe 'Dula', Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot, Abraha Araya, Awad Mohammed, Kiflom Araya,

Fesseha Wolde-Emanuel, Luciano Vassalo, Girma Asmerom, Mengistu Worku, Shewangizaw Agonafer,

Getachew Wolde.]

[Algeria: Abdelkrim 'Krimo' Laribi, Lakhdar Bouyahi, Kamel Lemoui, Boubeker Belbekri, Ali Attoui,

Hacène Djemaâ, Djillali Abdi, Djillali Selmi, Noureddine Hachouf (Boualem Amirouche),

Ahcène Lalmas, Hassan Achour.]

[Referee: Joseph Blanchard-Angaud (Congo-Brazzaville).]

[Sent off: Shewangizaw Agonafer.]

[Attendance: 20000]

1.ETHIOPIA 3 3 0 0 6- 2 6

2.IVORY COAST 3 2 0 1 5- 2 4

3.Algeria 3 1 0 2 5- 6 2

4.Uganda 3 0 0 3 2- 8 0

Group B

All matches in Group B were played at the Queen of Sheba Stadium (Nigiste Saba Meda) in Asmara.

12- 1-68 Ghana 2-2 Senegal

[Osei Kofi 63', Wilberforce Mfum 87' / Mohamed 'Doudou' Diongue 10', Moustapha 'Yatma' Diop 65']

[Ghana: Robert Mensah, Franklin Crentsil, John Eshun, Charles Addo Odametey, Ben Kusi,

Ibrahim Sunday, Oliver Acquah, Osei Kofi, Frank Odoi, Wilberforce Mfum, Sammy Stevens.]

[Senegal: Amady Thiam, Yérim Diagne, Moustapha Dieng, Issa Mbaye, Alioune 'Petit' Guèye,

Louis Camara, Louis Gomis, Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Baye Moussé Paye, Moustapha 'Yatma' Diop,

Mohamed 'Doudou' Diongue.]

[Referee: Mohammed Diab El-Attar 'El-Diba' (Egypt).]

12- 1-68 Congo-Kinshasa 3-0 Congo-Brazzaville

[Ignace Muwawa 19', Nicodème Kabamba 27' pen 51']

[Congo-Kinshasa: Robert Kazadi, Albert Bilengi, Elias Tshimanga, Pierre Katumba, Salomon Mange,

Nicodème Kabamba, Ignace Muwawa, Ernest Mokili 'Saïo', Pierre Kasongo,

Joseph Kibonge 'Gento', Léon Mungamuni.]

[Congo-Brazzaville: Maxime Matsima, Serge-Samuel Boukaka, Adolphe Bibandzoulou 'Amoyen', Marcel Koko 'La Bête',

Alphonse Niangou, Maurice Ondzola 'Ondjolet', Germain Dzabana 'Jadot', Jean-Chrysostome Bikouri 'Bistouri',

Léopold Foundoux 'Mulélé', Jean-Michele Mbono 'Sorcier', Jeannot Foutika.]

[Referee: Ahmed Khelifi (Algeria).]

ROBERT MWAMBA KAZADI GUARDAMETA DE GHANA EN 1968

14- 1-68 Senegal 2-1 Congo-Brazzaville

[Moustapha 'Yatma' Diop 27', Yatma Diouck 86' / Jeannot Foutika 31']

[Referee: Ahmed Rajab Kisekka (Uganda).]

14- 1-68 Ghana 2-1 Congo-Kinshasa

[Osei Kofi 17' pen, Wilberforce Mfum 84' / Ernest Mokili 'Saïo' 42']

[Ghana: John Bortey Naawu, Franklin Crentsil, John Eshun, Charles Addo Odametey, Ben Kusi,

Ibrahim Sunday, Frank Odoi, Osei Kofi, Wilberforce Mfum, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio,

Malik Jabir.]

[Congo-Kinshasa: Robert Kazadi, Albert Mukombo, Elias Tshimanga, Pierre Katumba, Salomon Mange,

Nicodème Kabamba, Ignace Muwawa, Ernest Mokili 'Saïo', Pierre Kasongo,

Pierre Kalala, Léon Mungamuni.]

[Referee: Boua (Ivory Coast).]

[Note: Mokili was 'sent off' after the final whistle for attacking the referee; he was

suspended for the remainder of the tournament.]

16- 1-68 Congo-Kinshasa 2-1 Senegal

[Raoul Kidumu, Elias Tshimanga pen / Yatma Diouck]

[Congo-Kinshasa: Robert Kazadi, Albert Bilengi, Elias Tshimanga, Pierre Katumba, Albert Mukombo,

Nicodème Kabamba, Ignace Muwawa, Jean Kembo, Pierre Kasongo, Raoul Kidumu,

Léon Mungamuni.]

[Senegal: Amady Thiam, Yérim Diagne, Moustapha Dieng, Issa Mbaye, Alioune 'Petit' Guèye, Louis Camara,

Louis Gomis, Baye Moussé Paye, Mohamed 'Doudou' Diongue, Yatma Diouck, Moustapha 'Yatma' Diop.]

[Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia).]

[Note: the Congo-Kinshasa scorers are also reported as Kidumu and Kembo.]

16- 1-68 Ghana 3-1 Congo-Brazzaville

[Osei Kofi x2, Wilberforce Mfum / Jean-Michel Mbono 'Sorcier']

[Referee: Joseph Awanda (Kenya).]

[Note: some sources report that Jeannot Foutika scored for Congo-Brazzaville, and

or that Sammy Stevens scored twice instead of Osei Kofi for Ghana.]

EL PRESIDENTE DE CONGO MOBUTU SALUDA  A SUS JUGADORES

1.GHANA 3 2 1 0 7- 4 5

2.CONGO-KINSHASA 3 2 0 1 6- 3 4

3.Senegal 3 1 1 1 5- 5 3

4.Congo-Brazzav. 3 0 0 3 2- 8 0

Semi-finals

19- 1-68 Ethiopia 2-3 Congo-Kinshasa [AET] [at Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie I Stadium]

[Luciano Vassalo 25', Mengistu Worku 65' / Raoul Kidumu 3', Léon Mungamuni 16' 100']

[Ethiopia: Getachew Abebe 'Dula', Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot, Abraha Araya, Awad Mohammed, Kiflom Araya,

Fesseha Wolde-Emanuel, Luciano Vassalo, Girma Asmerom, Mengistu Worku, Getachew Wolde,

Bereket Amde-Michael.]

[Congo-Kinshasa: Robert Kazadi, Salomon Mange, Elias Tshimanga, Pierre Katumba, Albert Mukombo,

Ignace Muwawa, Pierre Kasongo, Pierre Kalala, Raoul Kidumu, Jean Kembo,

Léon Mungamuni.]

[Referee: Ali Hussein Kandil (Egypt).]

[Attendance: 25000]

[Note: some sources report that Berhe Goitom played for Ethiopia instead of Bereket Amde-Michael.]

19- 1-68 Ghana 4-3 Ivory Coast [AET] [at Asmara, Queen of Sheba Stadium]

[Wilberforce Mfum x2, Ibrahim Sunday, Frank Odoi / Laurent Pokou x2, Henri Konan pen]

[Ghana: Robert Mensah, Franklin Crentsil, John Eshun, Charles Addo Odametey, Ben Kusi,

Ibrahim Sunday, Oliver Acquah, Frank Odoi, Osei Kofi, Wilberforce Mfum, Sammy Stevens.]

[Ivory Coast: Jean Keita, Joseph Niankouri, François Zady, Henri Konan, Mathias Diagou,

Jean-Louis Bozon, Séry Wawa, Joseph Bléziri, Eustache Manglé, Laurent Pokou,

François Tahi.]

[Referee: Mohammed Diab El-Attar 'El-Diba' (Egypt).]

EL HÚNGARO FERENC CSANADI ENTRENADOR DEL CONGO CAMPEÓN

Third Place Match

21- 1-68 Ethiopia 0-1 Ivory Coast [at Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie I Stadium]

[Laurent Pokou 28']

[Ethiopia: Getachew Abebe 'Dula', Bekure-Tsion Gebre-Hiwot, Abraha Araya, Awad Mohammed, Kiflom Araya,

Fesseha Wolde-Emanuel, Luciano Vassalo, Girma Asmerom, Mengistu Worku, Getachew Wolde,

Berhe Goitom.]

[Ivory Coast: Jean Keita, Joseph Niankouri, François Zady, Henri Konan, Yapobi,

Jean-Louis Bozon, Christophe Bazo, Joseph Bléziri, Laurent Pokou,

Dominique Yovan, François Tahi.]

Final

CONGO-KINSHASA 1 X 0 GHANA - SORPRESA CONGOLEÑA

21- 1-68 Congo-Kinshasa 1-0 Ghana [at Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie I Stadium]

[Pierre Kalala 66']

[Congo-Kinshasa: Robert Kazadi, Salomon Mange, Elias Tshimanga, Pierre Katumba, Albert Mukombo,

Joseph Kibonge [c], Pierre Kasongo, Pierre Kalala, Raoul Kidumu, Jean Kembo,

Léon Mungamuni.]

[Ghana: John Bortey Naawu, Franklin Crentsil, John Eshun, Charles Addo Odametey [c], Ben Kusi,

Ibrahim Sunday, Frank Odoi, Osei Kofi, Wilberforce Mfum, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio,

Malik Jabir.]

[Referee: Mohammed Diab El-Attar 'El-Diba' (Egypt).]

PIERRE KALALA MUKENDI CON LA COPA AFRICA

Kibonge Joseph - Kalala Pierre - Kazadi - Mokili Saio - Masaka- NOMBRES PARA LA ETERNIDAD DEL FÚTBOL CONGOLEÑO

Top-scorer : Laurent Pokou, Ivory Coast, 6 goals

CAMPEÓN CONGO KINSHASA- PLANTEL :

Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Coach: Ferenc Csanádi (Hungary)

Assistant: Nicolas Nzoi

Players: Robert Kazadi Mwamba (GK) (TP Englebert), Bernard Matumona (GK) (Himalaya), Augustin Ebengo 'Souplesse' (GK) (CS Imana),

Salomon Mange (AS Vita Club), Elias Tshimanga (US Kipushi), Pierre Katumba (TP Englebert), Albert Mukombo Mwanza (TP Englebert),

Jean Kembo uba Kembo (AS Vita Club), Raoul Albert Kidumu Mantantu (Diables Rouges de Thysville), Joseph Kibonge Mafu 'Gento' (AS Vita Club),

Pierre Kalala Mukendi (TP Englebert), Pierre 'Mwana' Kasongo (CS Imana), Léon Mungamuni (Nomades), Albert Bilengi (),

Ignace Muwawa (CS Imana), Nicodème Kabamba wa Kabengu [capt.] (CS Imana), Ernest Mokili 'Saïo' (AS Dragons),

Paul Mbuli (Himalaya), Albert Mwila (AS Dragons), Emmanuel Ngenyibungi (Union Saint-Gilloise de Kananga), Philippe Mvukani (AS Dragons),

Freddy Mulongo (CS Imana), Simon Lembi (Mikado).

Note: in 1971 the Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaïre, and its citizens were

ordered to replace their European names with 'Africanized' names. To aid identification we

have included both names above, where available.

LA ONCENA DEL CONGO CAMPEÓN

EL PLANTEL CONGOLEÑO FORMADO EN BÉLGICA

LOS "LEOPARDS" DE CONGO EN LA GLORIA