1965 African Cup of Nations squads
← 1963  1968 →   | 
Below is a list of squads used in the 1965 African Cup of Nations.
Group A
Ethiopia
Coach: Tessema Wolde
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Getachew Abebe | ||||||
| DF | Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot | ||||||
| DF | Wolde Emmanuel Fisseha | ||||||
| DF | Negasi Gebreselassie | ||||||
| DF | Awad Mohammed | ||||||
| DF | Yehdego Wolde | ||||||
| MF | Mengistu Worku | 1940 | |||||
| MF | Luciano Vassallo (captain) | 15 August 1935 (aged 30) | |||||
| MF | Kiflom Araya | ||||||
| MF | Ismael Gerile | ||||||
| FW | Italo Vassallo | 1940 | |||||
| FW | Shewangizaw Agonafir | ||||||
| FW | Nure Mohammed | 
Senegal
Coach: Habib Bâ and Libasse Diop
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Massata Diallo | 1938 (aged 27) | |||||
| GK | Toumani Diallo | ||||||
| DF | Yérim Diagne | 1943 (aged 22) | |||||
| DF | Abdoulaye Diallo | ||||||
| DF | Moustapha Dieng (captain) | 9 April 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| DF | Issa M'Baye | ||||||
| MF | Ousmane Camara | ||||||
| MF | Louis Gomis | 25 May 1945 (aged 20) | |||||
| MF | Louis Camara | ||||||
| MF | Oumar Samb Guèye | ||||||
| FW | Matar Niang | ||||||
| FW | Baye Moussé Paye | ||||||
| FW | Abdoulaye Diop | ||||||
| FW | Demba Thioye | ||||||
| FW | Mohamed Fadel Fall | 
Tunisia
Coach: Mokhtar Ben Nacef
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ferjani Derouiche | 7 February 1945 (aged 20) | |||||
| GK | Sadok "Attouga" Sassi | 15 November 1945 (aged 19) | |||||
| DF | Mohsen Habacha | 25 January 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| DF | Mahfoudh Benzarti | 22 January 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| DF | Hédi Douiri | ||||||
| MF | Ahmed Lamine | ||||||
| MF | Abdelmajid Chetali (captain) | 4 July 1939 (aged 26) | |||||
| MF | Chedly Laaouini | 16 November 1939 (aged 25) | |||||
| MF | Tahar Chaïbi | 17 February 1946 (aged 19) | |||||
| FW | Driss Haddad | ||||||
| FW | Mohamed Salah Jedidi | 17 March 1938 (aged 27) | |||||
| FW | Mongi Dalhoum | 13 January 1945 (aged 20) | |||||
| FW | Abdelwahab Lahmar | 27 March 1944 (aged 21) | |||||
| FW | Aleya Sassi | 5 January 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| FW | Rachid Gribaâ | ||||||
| MF | Moncef Ajel | ||||||
| MF | Hédi Sahli | ||||||
| MF | Mouldi Mezghouni | ||||||
| MF | Ali Graja | ||||||
| MF | Hmida Sallem | 
Group B
Congo-Léopoldville
Coach: Léon Mokuna
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Makiadi Castello | ||||||
| GK | Paul Ngoie | 13 April 1943 (aged 22) | |||||
| DF | Pierre Katumba | ||||||
| DF | Antoine Lessa | 1933 | |||||
| DF | Mabela "Patron" Routier (captain) | ||||||
| MF | Kibonge Mafu | 12 February 1945 (aged 20) | |||||
| MF | Kafula Ngoie | 11 November 1945 (aged 20) | |||||
| MF | Ernest "Saïo" Mokili | ||||||
| MF | Paul Mbuli | ||||||
| MF | Augustin Diantela | ||||||
| MF | Pierre Kalala Mukendi | 22 November 1939 (aged 25) | |||||
| MF | Mbula | ||||||
| FW | Kabala | ||||||
| FW | Albert Mwila | ||||||
| FW | Kabeya Tshotsho | 
Ghana
Coach: Charles Gyamfi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Nii Dodoo Ankrah | 8 March 1934 (aged 31) | |||||
| GK | Jon Bortey Noawy | 13 June 1939 (aged 26) | |||||
| DF | Charles Addo Odametey (captain) | 23 February 1937 (aged 28) | |||||
| DF | Agyemang Gyau | 3 June 1939 (aged 26) | |||||
| DF | Sam Acquah | 10 July 1943 (aged 22) | |||||
| DF | Willie Evans | 21 November 1939 (aged 25) | |||||
| DF | Ben Kusi | 1 June 1939 (aged 26) | |||||
| MF | Paa Nii Lutterodt | ||||||
| MF | Kofi Pare | 28 November 1938 (aged 26) | |||||
| MF | Frank Odoi | 23 February 1943 (aged 22) | |||||
| MF | Ben Acheampong | 2 February 1939 (aged 26) | |||||
| MF | Kwame Nti | ||||||
| MF | Oman Mensah | ||||||
| FW | Cecil Jones Attuquayefio | 18 October 1944 (aged 21) | |||||
| FW | Abdul Ganiyu Salami | 5 October 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| FW | Osei Kofi | 3 June 1940 (aged 25) | |||||
| FW | Amosa Gbadamosi | 15 April 1942 (aged 23) | 
Ivory Coast
Coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jean Keita | ||||||
| GK | Théo Dossou | ||||||
| DF | Joseph Niankoury | ||||||
| DF | Séry Wawa | 1943 | |||||
| DF | Henri Konan | 1937 | |||||
| MF | Mathias Diagou | ||||||
| MF | François Zadi | ||||||
| MF | Christophe Bazo | ||||||
| MF | Bernard Gnahoré | ||||||
| MF | Yoboué Konan | 11 August 1942 (aged 23) | |||||
| MF | Joseph Bléziri | ||||||
| FW | Ernest Kallet Bially | ||||||
| FW | Eustache Manglé | ||||||
| FW | Mamadou Sylla | ||||||
| FW | François Tahi |