1957 African Cup of Nations knockout stage

In the knockout stage of the 1957 African Cup of Nations, there were two semi-finals scheduled, but South Africa were disqualified due to apartheid, meaning that Ethiopia were awarded a bye to the final. The match was held in Khartoum on 10 February.

Bracket edit

Semi-finals		Final

10 February – Khartoum

Sudan	1
		16 February – Khartoum
Egypt	2
		Egypt	4
10 February – Khartoum
		Ethiopia	0
Ethiopia	w/o

South Africa

¹ The second semi-final was scratched and Ethiopia were advanced to the final after South Africa were disqualified due to apartheid.

Semi-finals edit

Sudan vs Egypt edit

10 February 1957

Sudan	1–2	Egypt
Al-Bashir 58'	Report	Ateya 21' (pen.) Ad-Diba 72'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gebeyehu Doube (Ethiopia)

Sudan

Egypt


GK		Faysal Al-Sayed Ahmed Aly
DF		Osman Sabahi Babakr 'Osman Dim'
DF		Boraî Selim
DF		Ibrahim Mohammed Ali 'Ibrahim Kabir'
DF		Abbas Al-Hedi Syam
MF		Sayed Mostafa Hassan
MF		Abdullah Jumaa Zarkan
FW		Boraî Bashir
FW		Hassan Yousef Hassan 'Abu Al-Aîla'
FW		Siddiq Manzul
FW		Ibrahim Ali Kheir-Alla 'El-Jak Agab'
Manager:
Mourad Fahmy


GK		Paraskos Trimeritis 'Brascos'
DF		Nour El-Dali
DF		Mosaad Daoud
DF		Rifaat El-Fanagily
DF		Raafat Attia
MF		Samir Qotb
MF		Ibrahim Tawfik
FW		Mohammed Diab El-Attar (c)
FW		Sayed Abou-Bakr "Baidou"
FW		Alaa El-Hamouly
FW		Mohammed Abdel-Fattah 'Hamdi'
Manager:

Ethiopia vs South Africa edit

10 February 1957

Ethiopia	w/o	South Africa

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Final edit

16 February 1957

Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia
Ad-Diba 2', 7', 68', 89'	Report

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)

Egypt

Ethiopia


GK		Paraskos Trimeritis 'Brascos'
DF		Nour El-Dali
DF		Mosaad Daoud
DF		Rifaat El-Fanagily
DF		Hanafi Bastan
MF		Samir Qotb
MF		Ibrahim Tawfik
FW		Mohammed Diab El-Attar
FW		Raafat Attia
FW		Alaa El-Hamouly
FW		Mohammed Abdel-Fattah 'Hamdi'
Manager:
Mourad Fahmy


GK		Gila-Michael Tekle Mariam
		Adale Tekle Selassie
		Girmaye Fikre Mariam
		Mohammed Ibrahim
		Ayele Tessema
		Adamu Alemu
		Netsere Wolde Selassie
		Zewde Samuel
		Kebede Metaferia
		Asefaw Berhane
		Tekeste Goitom
Manager:

References edit

External links edit

[1], rsssf.com