Guinea’s Football Federation has smacked fake-news makers alleging Moroccan players left the pitch during their 1976 Africa Cup of Nations final match. The Federation has also denounced the baseless rumours claiming it challenges Morocco’s 1976 AFCON win.
These false rumours were circulated on social media networks and reproduced by anti-Moroccan news platforms after CAF Appeal Board ruled that Senegal forfeited the final match of AFCON 2025 by walking off the pitch, with the result being recorded as a 3-0 victory for the Atlas Lions.
The appeal board statement said Senegal has contravened articles 82 and 84 of the competition regulations of CAF. Article 82 states that if a team “leaves the ground before the regular end of the match without the authorization of the referee,” they are eliminated.
Article 83 states that a team “not present at the ground” on time for a match will also forfeit. Article 84 states a team contravening articles 82 and 83 will be removed from the competition.
In a press release, the Guinean Football Federation said it has not initiated any procedure either with the Court of Arbitration for Sport or with CAF in relation to the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations, describing the circulated reports as completely false.
The 1976 African Cup of Nations was hosted by Ethiopia and gathered Morocco, Egypt, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zaire and host country. The tournament ended with a final round-robin group of four teams rather than a single championship match.
Morocco had won the 1976 AFCON edition, their first title. The Atlas Lions secured victory after a 1-1 draw against Guinea and topped the group. The match was refereed by Zambian Nyirenda Chayu. Guinea opened the score in 33th minute by Chérif Souleymane. Moroccan Ahmed Makrouh “Baba” Struck the equalizer at 86th minute.
Historical facts cannot be denied, erased or distorted no matter how hard fraudsters and liars try to hide the truth !