On this day: December 1

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on December 1.

75 African footballers in our database were born on December 1, including Ismaël Bennacer, Papy Djilobodji and Joseph-Désiré Job.

African national teams have played 44 matches on December 1 since 1956.

On December 1 1963, Ghana won the Africa Cup of Nations, beating Sudan in the final.

Footballers born on December 1 (75)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Ismaël Bennacer	1997	Algeria	Midfielder
Papy Djilobodji	1988	Senegal	Centre-back
Joseph-Désiré Job	1977	Cameroon	Forward
Adama Mbengue	1993	Senegal	Midfielder
Mobi Oparaku	1976	Nigeria	Defender
Abdellah Liegeon	1957	Algeria	Full-back
Tedj Bensaoula	1954	Algeria	Forward
Masahudu Alhassan	1992	Ghana	Full-back
Ousmane Bangoura	1979	Guinea	Forward
Mbaye Leye	1982	Senegal	Forward
Ajuma Ameh	1984	Nigeria	Midfielder
El Houssaine Ouchla	1970	Morocco	Defender
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani	1981	Egypt	Forward
Lindiwe Magwede	1991	Zimbabwe	Goalkeeper
Murphy Akanji	1977	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Abdeslem Benabdellah	1964	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Bouly Sambou	1998	Senegal	Forward
Walid Soliman	1984	Egypt	Midfielder
Ibrahim Olawoyin	1997	Nigeria
Lydia Ankrah	1973	Ghana	Defender
Iyam Friday	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Sedilame Boseja	1997	Botswana	Goalkeeper
Omewa Joy Ogochukwu	2002	Nigeria	Forward
Lyamine Bougherara	1971	Algeria	Goalkeeper
Frans Ananias	1972	Namibia	Midfielder
Adeola Lanre Runsewe	1989	Nigeria	Midfielder
Ishmael Baidoo	1998	Ghana	Attacker
Hachem Abbès	1986	Tunisia	Defender
Mutumba Milambo	1984	DR Congo	Midfielder
Adil Sassa	1981	Morocco	Defender
Michael Tawiah	1990	Ghana	Midfielder
Madinatou Rouamba	2001	Burkina Faso
Nour Zamen Zammouri	1997	Tunisia	Defender
Chérif Dine Kakpo	1997	Benin
Siad Haji	1999	Kenya	Midfielder
Abdelkader Tlemçani	1963	Algeria	Forward
Eric-Julien Rakotondrabe	1980	Madagascar	Midfielder
Bimbo Tjihero	1969	Namibia	Defender
Lahcen Chicha	1926	Morocco	Forward
Chiheb Ellili	1963	Tunisia
Ganiu Ogungbe	1992	Nigeria	Defender
Dele Olorundare	1990	Nigeria	Forward
Dominique Mendy	1983	Senegal	Midfielder
Chinedu Ezimora	1985	Nigeria	Midfielder
Amine Abbes	1986	Tunisia	Defender
Danai Bhobho	1992	Zimbabwe
Mohamad Sylla	1993	Mali	Central midfielder
David Telfer	1988	Ghana	Midfielder
Paul Ekollo	1984	Cameroon	Forward
Shane McGregor	1963	South Africa	Forward
Mohamed Hafid	2004	Morocco
Abdullah El-Zayat	1985	Egypt
Motsholetsi Sikele	1991	Botswana	Midfielder
Mohammad Rashid	1983	Sierra Leone	Defender
Julius Wesseh Nah	1988	Liberia	Midfielder
Davis Kopi	1971	Botswana	Defender
Nkosingiphile Gumede	1993	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Antoin Essomba	2003	Cameroon
Paulo Soares	1999	Cape Verde
Job Komol	1981	Cameroon
Khay Lejouade	1999	Mauritania	Midfielder
Samson Ngulube	2005	Zambia	Defender
Shakeel April	2005	South Africa	Right winger
Halima Attoumane	1995	Comoros	Forward
Ernest Kehound	1987	Ivory Coast	Forward
Cherif Akakpo	1997	Benin	Goalkeeper
Ismail Mihrab	1996	Morocco	Forward
Tanyaradzwa Chihoro	2004	Zimbabwe
Faith Omilana	2005	Nigeria	Goalkeeper
Moussa Samake	2004	Mali	Forward
Celestino Eneme	2006	Equatorial Guinea	Forward
Fuad Ekeleojuoti	1994	Nigeria	Attacking midfielder
Ekene Kennedy Awazie	1996	Nigeria	Forward
Zalia Mahamdou	2002	Comoros	Defender
Jibril Ibrahimi	2002	Nigeria	Forward