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: 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

to the squad, but Marseille's demands for financial compensation were too high.

Congo-Kinshasa

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

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

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

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
	2DF	Abeka Ankrah

Guinea

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

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

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

External links

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