1970 African Cup of Nations squads

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1970 African Cup of Nations squads

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This is a list of the squads which took part at the 1970 African Cup of Nations. The Sudan national football team won the 1970 tournament.

Cameroon[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		(1941-11-21)21 November 1941 (aged 28)			Prisons Buea
	2DF					Dragon Yaoundé
	2DF					Canon Yaoundé
	2DF	(C)				Tonnerre Yaoundé
	2DF					Oryx Douala
	3MF					Oryx Douala
	3MF					Aigle Royale Nkongsamba
	3MF					Dragon Yaoundé
	3MF	Gabriel Abossolo				RFC Paris-Neuilly
	4FW	Emmanuel Koum	(1946-01-05)5 January 1946 (aged 24)			Grenoble FC 38
	4FW					Diamant Yaoundé
	4FW					Dragon Yaoundé
	4FW	Jean Manga Onguéné				Canon Yaoundé
	3MF					Canon Yaoundé
	3MF					Caïman Douala
	3MF					Oryx Douala
	3MF					Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Samuel Mbappé Léppé				Oryx Douala
	3MF					Oryx Douala
	4FW					Bafia
	1GK					Epervier d'Ebolowa
	3MF					Canon Yaoundé

• some modern sources report that Dominique Colonna was the head coach but Fobété was given this role in July 1969.

Cameroon also attempted to call up Joseph Yegba Maya of Olympique Marseille to the squad, but Marseille's demands for financial compensation were too high.

Congo DR[]

Coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Robert Mwamba				TP Englebert
	2DF					AS Vita Club
	2DF					TP Englebert
	2DF	Albert Mukombo				TP Englebert
	2DF	Raymond Bwanga				TP Englebert
	3MF					TP Englebert
	3MF	Jean Kembo				As Vita Club
	3MF					AS Dragons
	3MF	Joseph Kibonge Mafu (C)				AS Vita Club
	3MF					Diables Rouges de Thysville
	3MF					TP Englebert
	3MF					Union Saint-Gilloise de Kananga
	4FW					Diables Rouges de Thysville
	4FW	Adelard Maku Mayanga				AS Vita Club
	4FW	Emmanuel Kakoko				CS Imana
	4FW					CS Imana
	2DF					CS Imana
	2DF

Egypt[]

Coach:Saleh El Wahsh

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Ismaily
	1GK					Al-Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF					Zamalek
	2DF					Ghazl El-Mehalla
	2DF					Al-Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF	Mimi Darwish				Ismaily
	2DF					Al-Ahly
	3MF					Olympic
	4FW					Al-Ahly
	3MF					Al-Ahly
	2DF					Zamalek
	3MF	Hassan El-Shazly				Tersana
	3MF	Taha Basry				Zamalek
	3MF					Ismaily
	4FW	Ali Abo Gresha				Ismaily
	3MF					Al-Ittihad Alexandria
	3MF	Farouk Mahmoud				El Olympi
	4FW	Moustafa Reyadh				Tersana
	2DF	Yaken Zaki				Zamalek
	2DF					Al Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF					Plastic

Ethiopia[]

Coach: and

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Saint George SA
	1GK
	1GK					EEPCO
	2DF
	3MF
	2DF					Tele SC
	2DF
	2DF					EEPCO
	2DF					Embassoria Mereb Mirah
	4FW					Cotton Factory SA
	3MF
	4FW					Embrassoria Mereb Mirah
	3MF	Mengistu Worku				Saint George SA
	3MF
	3MF	Luciano Vassalo				Saint George SA
	2DF					UCLA Bruins
	2DF
	3MF					TELE SC
	4FW					UCLA Bruins
	4FW					Saint George SA
	4FW	Italo Vassalo

Ghana[]

Coach: Karl Heinz Marotzke

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Robert Mensah
	1GK
	2DF	Edward Boye
	2DF	Akuetteh Armah
	2DF	John Eshun (C)
	2DF	Oliver Acquah
	3MF
	4FW	Joe Ghartey
	2DF	Alex Mingle
	3MF	Ibrahim Sunday
	4FW
	4FW	Kwasi Owusu
	4FW	Malik Jabir
	3MF	Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
	4FW
	2DF

Guinea[]

Coach: Naby Camara

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Prisons Buea
	1GK	Morlaye Camara
	2DF	Sékou Condé
	2DF
	4FW
	2DF	Pierre Bangoura(C)
	3MF
	3MF	Mamadouba Camara
	3MF
	3MF	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo
	3MF	Chérif Souleymane
	4FW
	3MF	Soriba Soumah
	4FW	Ibrahima Sory Keita
	4FW	Mamadouba N'Dongo Camara

Côte d'Ivoire[]

Coach:Peter Schnittger

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK
	1GK
	2DF	Séry Wawa(C)
	2DF
	2DF
	2DF
	2DF
	3MF
	3MF
	3MF
	3MF
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW	Laurent Pokou
	2DF
	4FW
	3MF

Sudan[]

Coach: (1933)

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		1947			Al-Merrikh SC
	1GK	Mohamed "Zughbir" Abdel-Fatah	1949			Al-Hilal Club
	2DF
	2DF	Negm El-Din Hassan	1945
	2DF		1947			Al-Hilal Club
	2DF					Al-Merrikh SC
	2DF	Mahmoud "James" Said Salim	1947
	2DF	(c)				Al-Hilal Club
	2DF	El-Sir Kaunda	1949			Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF	Bushara Abdel-Nadief	1947			Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF	Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas	(1944-08-13)13 August 1944 (aged 25)			Al-Hilal Club
	4FW	Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir				Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani)
	4FW	Hasabu El-Sagheer	1945			Burri SC
	4FW	Ali Gagarin	1 April 1949 (aged 20)			Al-Hilal Club
	4FW		1948			Al-Hilal Club
	3MF	Ahmed Bushara Wahba	(1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 27)			Al-Merrikh SC
	3MF
	2DF					Burri SC
	4FW					Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani)
	3MF

References[]

External links[]

• "African Nations Cup 1970". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.