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 Atangana Ottou	(1941-11-21)21 November 1941 (aged 28)			Prisons Buea
	2DF	Gustave Evou				Dragon Yaoundé
	2DF	Paul N'Lend				Canon Yaoundé
	2DF	Pascal Baylon Owona (C)				Tonnerre Yaoundé
	2DF	Samuel Essomba				Oryx Douala
	3MF	Jean Moukoko				Oryx Douala
	3MF	Jean-Marie Tsébo				Aigle Royale Nkongsamba
	3MF	Jean Moutassié				Dragon Yaoundé
	3MF	Gabriel Abossolo				RFC Paris-Neuilly
	4FW	Emmanuel Koum	(1946-01-05)5 January 1946 (aged 24)			Grenoble FC 38
	4FW	Jean-Baptiste Ndoga				Diamant Yaoundé
	4FW	Dieudonné Bassanguen				Dragon Yaoundé
	4FW	Jean Manga Onguéné				Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Paul-Gaston Ndongo				Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Isaac Mbétté				Caïman Douala
	3MF	Priso Dotélé Kuntz				Oryx Douala
	3MF	Emmanuel Mvé				Canon Yaoundé
	3MF	Samuel Mbappé Léppé				Oryx Douala
	3MF	Walter Embellé				Oryx Douala
	4FW	Philippe Michel Mouthé				Bafia
	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 DR

Coach: André Mori

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Robert Mwamba				TP Englebert
	2DF	Salomon Mange				AS Vita Club
	2DF	Pierre Katumba				TP Englebert
	2DF	Albert Mukombo				TP Englebert
	2DF	Raymond Bwanga				TP Englebert
	3MF	Léonard Saidi				TP Englebert
	3MF	Jean Kembo				As Vita Club
	3MF	Ernest Mokili				AS Dragons
	3MF	Joseph Kibongé Mafu (C)				AS Vita Club
	3MF	Raoul Albert Mantantu				Diables Rouges de Thysville
	3MF	Martin Tshinabu				TP Englebert
	3MF	Zacharie Tshibangu				Union Saint-Gilloise de Kananga
	4FW	André Kalonzo				Diables Rouges de Thysville
	4FW	Adelard Mayanga Maku				AS Vita Club
	4FW	Emmanuel Kakoko				CS Imana
	4FW	Léon Mungamuni				CS Imana
	2DF	Alphonse Likimba				CS Imana
	2DF	Philippe Mampuya

Egypt

Coach:Saleh El Wahsh

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Hassan Mokhtar				Ismaily
	1GK	Hassan Orabi				Al-Ittihad Alexandria
	2DF	Abdelkarim El-Gohary				Zamalek
	2DF	Mohammed El-Seyagui				Ghazl El-Mehalla
	2DF	Mohamed Abu ElEzz				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

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

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.