1970 African Cup of Nations squads

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.

1970 African Cup of Nations squads
1968
1972

Cameroon

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Coach: Raymond Fobété

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jean "Remetter" Atangana Ottou (1941-11-21)21 November 1941 (aged 28)   Prisons Buea FC
2DF Gustave "Boulon" Evou   Dragon Yaoundé
2DF Paul N'Lend   Canon Yaoundé
2DF Pascal "Homme Sec" Baylon Owona (captain)   Tonnerre Yaoundé
2DF Samuel "Bell" Essomba   Oryx Douala
3MF Moukoko de Confiance (1939-09-15)15 September 1939 (aged 30)   Oryx Douala
3MF Jean-Marie Tsébo (1945-12-31)31 December 1945 (aged 24)   Aigle Nkongsamba
3MF Jean Moutassié   Dragon Yaoundé
3MF Gabriel Abossolo (1939-01-16)16 January 1939 (aged 31)   RFC Paris-Neuilly
4FW Emmanuel Koum (1946-01-05)5 January 1946 (aged 24)   FC Grenoble
4FW Jean-Baptiste Ndoga 1945   Diamant Yaoundé
4FW Dieudonné "Docta" Bassanguen (1944-05-05)5 May 1944 (aged 25)   Dragon Yaoundé
4FW Jean Manga Onguéné (1946-06-12)12 June 1946 (aged 23)   Canon Yaoundé
3MF Paul-Gaston Ndongo 1950   Canon Yaoundé
3MF Isaac "Sorcier" Mbété   Caïman Douala
3MF Priso Dotélé Kuntz   Oryx Douala
3MF Emmanuel Mvé   Canon Yaoundé
3MF Samuel Mbappé Léppé (1936-02-28)28 February 1936 (aged 33)   Oryx Douala
3MF Walter Embellé   Oryx Douala
4FW Philippe-Michel Mouthé Ngongang   Bafia FC
1GK Joseph Ayissi   Epervier d'Ebolowa
3MF Georges Ndo Nna   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-Kinshasa

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Coach: André Mori

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Robert Mwamba (1947-03-06)6 March 1947 (aged 22)   TP Englebert
2DF Salomon "Général" Mange   AS Vita Club
2DF Pierre Katumba 1945   TP Englebert
2DF Albert Mukombo (1945-12-17)17 December 1945 (aged 24)   TP Englebert
2DF Raymond Bwanga (1949-01-04)4 January 1949 (aged 21)   TP Englebert
3MF Léonard "Grand Suisse" Saïdi (1941-11-24)24 November 1941 (aged 28)   TP Englebert
3MF Jean Kembo (1947-12-27)27 December 1947 (aged 22)   AS Vita Club
3MF Ernest "Roi Saïo" Mokili (1945-06-03)3 June 1945 (aged 24)   AS Dragons
3MF Joseph Kibonge (captain) (1945-02-12)12 February 1945 (aged 24)   AS Vita Club
3MF Raoul Albert Mantantu (1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 23)   Diables Rouges de Thysville
3MF Martin Tshinabu (1946-05-08)8 May 1946 (aged 23)   TP Englebert
3MF Zacharie "Zamatch" Tshibangu   Union St-Gilloise
4FW André Kalonzo   Diables Rouges de Thysville
4FW Adelard Mayanga (1948-10-31)31 October 1948 (aged 21)   AS Vita Club
4FW Emmanuel Etepé (1950-11-22)22 November 1950 (aged 19)   CS Imana
4FW Léon Mungamuni (1947-03-24)24 March 1947 (aged 22)   CS Imana
2DF Alphonse Likimba   CS Imana
2DF Philippe Mampuya  

United Arab Republic

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Coach:Saleh El Wahsh

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Hassan Mokhtar (1944-01-26)26 January 1944 (aged 26)   Ismaily
1GK Hassan Orabi (1947-10-21)21 October 1947 (aged 22)   Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2DF Abdelkarim El-Gohary (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 23)   Zamalek
2DF Mohammed El-Seyagui (1949-01-20)20 January 1949 (aged 21)   Ghazl El-Mehalla
2DF Mohamed Abu El-Ezz   Tersana
2DF Mohammed Ibrahim El-Mazati "Bobbo"   Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2DF Mimi Darwish   Ismaily
2DF Hany Moustafa   Al-Ahly
3MF Mansour Hamid El-Bouri   Olympic
4FW Ibrahim Abdel Samad   Al-Ahly
3MF Salah Hosni   Al-Ahly
2DF Shawki Hussein   Zamalek
3MF Hassan El-Shazly   Tersana
3MF Taha Basry   Zamalek
3MF Sayed Abdelrazek   Ismaily
4FW Ali Abo Gresha   Ismaily
3MF Shehta El Iskandarani   Al-Ittihad Alexandria
3MF Farouk Mahmoud   El Olympi
4FW Moustafa Reyadh   Tersana
2DF Yaken Zaki   Zamalek
2DF Aboubakr El Sayed Hassan   Al Ittihad Alexandria
2DF Mohamed Abdel Atif El-Sherbini   Plastic

Ethiopia

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Coach:Adam Alemu and Tsehaye Bahre

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Getachew Abebe   Saint George SA
1GK Yohannes Kidane  
1GK Amde Michael Gebre-Selassie   EEPCO
2DF Bekuretsion Gebrehiwot  
3MF Abraha Gobezayehu  
2DF Afework Tsegaye   Tele SC
2DF Gezahegn Manyazewal  
2DF Berhe Goitom   EEPCO
2DF Abraha Araya   Embassoria Mereb Mirah
4FW Getachew Wolde Abdo   Cotton Factory SA
3MF Jemil Hassen  
4FW Tekeste Gebremedhin   Embrassoria Mereb Mirah
3MF Mengistu Worku   Saint George SA
3MF Geremew Zergaw  
3MF Luciano Vassalo   Saint George SA
2DF Wolde-Emmanuel Fesseha   UCLA Bruins
2DF Asefaw Tewolde  
3MF Haile Tesfa - Gabre   TELE SC
4FW Shewangizaw Agonafer   UCLA Bruins
4FW Engdawork Tariku   Saint George SA
4FW Italo Vassalo  

Ghana

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Coach:   Karl-Heinz Marotzke

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Robert Mensah
1GK Jon Bortey Noawy
2DF Edward Boye
2DF Armah Akuetteh
2DF John Eshun (C)
2DF Oliver Acquah
3MF Robert Foley
4FW Joseph Ghartey
2DF Alex Mingle
3MF Ibrahim Sunday
4FW Osmanu Orlando
4FW Kwasi Owusu
4FW Malik Jabir
3MF Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
4FW Abubakari Gariba
4FW Abeka Ankrah[1] (1943-12-08)8 December 1943 (aged 26)   Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.
1GK Abdulai Sanni[2]   Eleven Wise

Guinea

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Coach: Naby Camara

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mamady Sano   Prisons Buea
1GK Morlaye Camara  
2DF Sékou Condé
2DF Arsène Campbell
4FW Ibrahima Aly Badara Keita
2DF Pierre Bangoura(C)
3MF Jacob Bangoura
3MF Mamadouba Camara
3MF Ousmane Thiam Tollo
3MF Ibrahima Kandia Diallo
3MF Chérif Souleymane
4FW Sény Soumah
3MF Soriba Soumah
4FW Ibrahima Sory Keita
4FW Mamadouba N'Dongo Camara

Côte d'Ivoire

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Coach: Peter Schnittger

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ibrahima Fanny Stella Club
1GK Jean Keita
2DF Séry Wawa(C)
2DF Denis Gnégnéry
2DF André Obrou
2DF Jean-Baptiste Akassou Akran
2DF Joseph Niankouri
3MF Alphonse Yoro
3MF Bernard Gnahoré
3MF Mathias Diagou
3MF Christophe Bazo
4FW François Tahi
4FW Diomandé Losséni
4FW Honoré Djiké
4FW Laurent Pokou
2DF Mangué Cissé
4FW Clément Lorougnon
3MF Ernest Kallet Bialy

Sudan

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Coach:   Abdel-Fattah Hamad Abu-Zeid (1933)

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Abdelaziz Abdallah Abdelrahman 1947   Al-Merrikh SC
1GK Mohamed "Zughbir" Abdel-Fatah 1949   Al-Hilal Club
2DF Samir Salih   Al-Nil SC (Wad Madani)
2DF Negm El-Din Hassan 1945   Al-Nile SC (Khartoum)
2DF Awad Koka 1947   Al-Hilal Club
2DF Suliman Abdelgadir   Al-Merrikh SC
2DF Mahmoud "James" Said Salim 1947   Al-Tahrir SC (Bahri)
2DF Amin Zaki (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 Ezzeldin Osman 1948   Al-Hilal Club
3MF Ahmed Bushara Wahba (1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 27)   Al-Merrikh SC
3MF Ahmed Bashir Abbas  
2DF Abdelkafi Abu El-Qasm   Burri SC
4FW Babiker Santo   Al-Ahli SC (Wad Madani)
3MF Awad Abdel Ghani  

References

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  1. ^ Where Are They Now ...? Abeka Ankrah 'Mr Why Worry'. Graphic Sports (Accra), December 9 - December 15, 1997. Issue number 655.
  2. ^ Sanni takes a wife. Sunday Mirror (Accra), July 19, 1970. Issue number 884.
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  • "African Nations Cup 1970". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.