Below is a list of squads used in the 1963 African Cup of Nations.
Group A edit
Ethiopia edit
Coach: Yidnekatchew Tessema
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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| GK | Gilamichael Teklemariam |  Adulis Club
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| DF | Berhe Asmelash | Ethio-Cement FC
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| DF | Awad Mohammed | Omedla SC
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| DF | Berhe Goitom | Tele SC
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| DF | Kiflom Araya | Tele SC
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| DF | Nasir Bershe |
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| MF | Tesfaye Gebremedhin | Tele SC
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| MF | Luciano Vassallo (captain) | 15 August 1935 (aged 28) | Cotton Factory Club
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| MF | Mengistu Worku | 1940 | Saint George
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| MF | Girma Tekle | Cotton Factory Club
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| FW | Italo Vassallo | 1940 | Cotton Factory Club
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| FW | Getachew Wolde | Cotton Factory Club
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| FW | Netsere Woldeselassie | Saint George
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Ghana edit
Coach: Charles Gyamfi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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| GK | Dodoo Ankrah | 8 March 1934 (aged 29) |  Real Republicans
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| GK | Ernest Joe de-Graft | Cornerstones Kumasi
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| DF | Addo Odametey | 23 February 1937 (aged 26) | Real Republicans
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| DF | Joe Aikins | Cornerstones Kumasi
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| DF | Atta Kwame | 22 November 1935 (aged 28) | Brong-Ahafo United
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| DF | Agyemang Gyau | 3 June 1939 (aged 24) | Real Republicans
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| DF | Franklin Crentsil | Real Republicans
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| DF | Emmanuel Oblitey | 5 February 1934 (aged 29) | Real Republicans
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| MF | Ben Acheampong | 2 February 1939 (aged 24) | Real Republicans
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| MF | Kofi Pare | 28 November 1938 (aged 24) | Real Republicans
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| MF | Ofei Dodoo | Real Republicans
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| MF | Kwame Adarkwa | Asante Kotoko
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| MF | Edward Aggrey-Fynn (captain) | 24 November 1934 (aged 28) | Real Republicans
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| FW | Edward Acquah | 23 July 1935 (aged 28) | Real Republicans
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| FW | Osei Kofi | 3 June 1942 (aged 21) | Asante Kotoko
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| FW | Wilberforce Mfum | 28 August 1936 (aged 27) | Asante Kotoko
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| FW | Leonard Acquah | Ghana Army
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| FW | Mohamadu Salisu | 10 September 1934 (aged 29) | Asante Kotoko
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Tunisia edit
Coach: André Gérard
Group B edit
United Arab Republic edit
Coach: Fouad Sedki
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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| GK | Fathi Khorshid | 11 December 1937 (aged 25) |  Ghazl El-Mehalla
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| GK | Ahmed Mohamed Reda | 9 November 1939 (aged 24) | Al Ittihad Alexandria
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| DF | Fathi Bayoumi | Tersana
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| DF | Mimi Darwish | 20 March 1942 (aged 21) | Ismaily SC
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| DF | Amin El-Esnawi | 23 June 1936 (aged 27) | Ittihad Suez
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| DF | Mimi El-Sherbini | 26 July 1937 (aged 26) | Al Ahly
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| DF | El-Sayed El-Tabbakh | 3 November 1940 (aged 23) | Al Qanah
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| DF | Mohammed Khalaf | El Bahareya SC
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| MF | Mohamed "Reda" Morsi Hussein | 8 April 1939 (aged 24) | Ismaily SC
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| MF | Rifaat El-Fanagily | 1 May 1936 (aged 27) | Al Ahly
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| FW | Hassan El-Shazly | 20 May 1943 (aged 20) | Tersana
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| FW | Mahmoud Hassan | 9 November 1943 (aged 20) | Tersana
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| FW | Moustafa Reyadh | 5 April 1941 (aged 22) | Tersana
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| FW | Taha Ismail | 8 February 1939 (aged 24) | Al Ahly
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| MF | Abdel-Latif Lotfi | Al Ittihad Alexandria
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| MF | Hassan Salem | Tanta
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| MF | Ezz El-Din Yaqoub | 1942 | Olympic Club
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| MF | Abdo El-Kararti | Damietta SC
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Nigeria edit
Coach: 
Jorge Augusto Pena
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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| GK | Emmanuel Omiunu |  Lagos Police Machine
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| GK | Lateef Gomez | Lagos Railways FC
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| DF | Adeniyi Omowon | WNDC Ibadan
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| DF | Isaac Nnado | Aba Giant Killers
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| DF | Adetunji Shotayo | Lagos UAC
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| MF | Abiodun Lajide | Lagos Railways FC
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| DF | Godwin Achebe (captain) | Lagos ECN
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| DF | Babajide Johnson | WNDC Ibadan
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| DF | Emmanuel Remi | Lagos Police
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| DF | Augustine Oduah | Lagos ECN
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| MF | Burniston Olayombo | Lagos ECN
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| MF | Kaiser Blankson | Stationery Stores
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| FW | Asuquo Ekpe | Ibadan Lions
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| MF | Paul Hamilton | 31 July 1941 (aged 22) | Lagos ECN
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| FW | Joseph Bassey | Lagos ECN
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| FW | Albert Onyeawuna | 1935 | Port Harcourt FC
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| MF | Shedrack Ajaero | Lagos ECN
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| MF | Chukwumah Igweonu | Port Harcourt FC
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Sudan edit
Coach: 
Lozan Kotsev
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
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| GK | Sapt Dudu (captain) | 1930 (aged 33) |  Al-Hilal Club
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| DF | Samir Mashi | 1942 (aged 21) | Al-Hilal Club
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| DF | Ibrahim El-Kabir | Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
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| DF | Amin Zaki | 1941 (aged 22) | Al-Hilal Club
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| DF | Jaafar Gagarin | 1940 (aged 23) | Al-Merrikh SC
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| FW | Omer Osman Moscow | Al-Mourada SC
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| FW | Bakri Osman | 1932 (aged 31) | Al-Mourada SC
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| FW | Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil "Jagdoul" Jadallah | 1938 (aged 25) | Al-Merrikh SC
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| FW | Abdelmajed Ahmed Osman | Al-Merrikh SC
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| MF | Ibrahim "Ibrahouma" Mohammed Ali | Al-Merrikh SC
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| MF | Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas | 13 August 1944 (aged 19) | Al-Hilal Club
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| GK | Abdelaziz "Wiza" Ibrahim Adam | Al-Merrikh SC
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| MF | Ibrahim Yahia El-Kawarty | 1936 (aged 27) | Al-Hilal Club
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| DF | Abdallah Abbas | Al-Merrikh SC
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| DF | Ali Sayed Ahmed Al-Sheikh | Al-Mourada SC
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| FW | Abdallah Ohag Farag | 1939 (aged 24) | Al-Hilal Club
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| FW | Omer Eltoum | Al-Mourada SC
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| FW | Mahjoub Allah Jabu | 1940 (aged 23) | Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)
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| FW | Karar Hassan Karar | Al-Ittihad SC (Wad Madani)
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