Africa Cup 2012 / squad

This article provides an overview of the teams participating in the 2012 Africa Cup . The teams are arranged according to the preliminary round groups and sorted alphabetically within the groups. Each national association had to nominate 23 players by January 11, 2012. Changes to the line-up were still possible up to 24 hours before the start of the tournament in the event of serious injuries.

Group A

Equatorial Guinea

At Equatorial Guinea, Brazilian Gílson Paulo took over as coach only a few days before the start of the tournament after Frenchman Henri Michel resigned for the second time within three months due to outside interference. Within the team there were tensions between local, foreign and naturalized players. Surprisingly, Iván Zarandona was missing from the tournament line-up , seven of the 23 players are naturalized.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Danilo	América FC	March 5, 1982	4th		1
22nd	Felipe Ovono	CD Elá Nguema	July 26, 1993
21st	Achille Pensy	The Panthers	5th January 1987
Defense
3	Kily	UP Langreo	5th February 1984	3	1
16	Sipo	CD Badajoz	April 21, 1988
15th	Lawrence Doe	Al-Shabab	May 23, 1978	3			1
23	Colin	Deportivo Mongomo	December 31, 1987	1
4th	Rui	UD Logroñés	May 28, 1985	4th
5	Fousseny Kamissoko	Al-Suwaiq	April 5th 1983	4th
2	Dani Evuy	AD Villaviciosa de Odón	March 11, 1985	1
midfield
14th	Ben Konaté	The Panthers	December 27, 1986	4th
7th	Rolan de la Cruz	Fortaleza FC	3rd October 1984
6th	Juvenal	CE Sabadell	April 3, 1979	4th		1
17th	Narcisse Ekanga	Tout Puissant Mazembe	July 30, 1981	3
13	Jean-Maxime Ndongo	Deportivo Mongomo	November 8, 1992
20th	Daniel Ekedo	CD San ​​Roque de Lepe	September 19, 1989	4th
18th	Viera Ellong	CD Elá Nguema	June 14, 1987
attack
9	Rodolfo Bodipo	Deportivo La Coruña	October 25, 1977	1
10	Iván Bolado	Cartagena FC	3rd July 1989	4th
8th	Randy	UD Las Palmas	June 2nd 1987	3	1	2
12	Thierry Fidjeu	without a club	October 13, 1982	4th
19th	Raúl Fabiani	CD Alcoyano	February 23, 1984	1
11	Javier Balboa	SC Beira-Mar	May 13, 1985	4th	1
Trainer
	Gílson Paulo		May 1, 1949

Libya

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Samir Aboud	Al-Ittihad	29th September 1972	3
12	Joumaa Gtit	Al-Ahly Tripoli	December 1, 1978
22nd	Mohamed Nashnoush	Aschat SC	June 15, 1988
Defense
11	Mohamed al-Moghrabi	Olympique Khouribga	April 19, 1985	2		1
13	Mohamed Mounir	FK Jagodina	April 8, 1992
5	Younes al-Chibani	Olympique Khouribga	June 27, 1981	3
14th	Ali Salama	Olympique de Béjà	September 18, 1987	3
7th	Oussama Akhtiba	Al Nejmeh	September 27, 1988
4th	Ahmed al-Alwani	Al-Madina SC	19th August 1981
2	Rabii al-Lafi	Club Africain	December 1, 1990	2
3	Abdelaziz Belrich	Al-Ittihad	July 12, 1990	3
midfield
23	Jamal Mohammed	Sporting Braga	April 26, 1983	3
6th	Mohamed al-Snani	US Monastir	May 13, 1984	3
15th	Marwan al-Mabrouk	Al-Ittihad	December 15, 1989	2
16	Aboubakr al-Abidi	Al-Nasr Benghazi	October 27, 1981	3		1
21st	Moataz Ben Amer	Al-Ahly Benghazi	2nd February 1981
17th	Walid al-Khatrouchi	Al-Ittihad	November 6, 1985	2
8th	Abdallah al-Cherif	Al-Madina SC	March 30, 1985	3		1
18th	Faisal al-Badri	Al-Hilal Benghazi	4th June 1990
attack
20th	Ihaab Boussefi	Al-Ittihad	June 23, 1985	3	2
9	Mohamed al-Ghanodi	Al-Ahly Tripoli	November 22, 1992	1
10	Ahmed Saad	Club Africain	7th August 1979	3	2	1
19th	Ahmed Zuway	Club Athlétique Bizertin	December 28, 1982	3
Trainer
	Marcos Paquetá		August 27, 1958

Zambia

Hervé Renard , who succeeded Dario Bonetti after successfully qualifying for the tournament , announced his 28-player provisional squad on December 23, 2011. He had to do without Jacob Mulenga , who was out with a knee injury, and Emmanuel Mbola , who was banned by FIFA for several months for breach of contract. Of the 28 nominated players, five had to be canceled before the start of the tournament, Thomas Nyirenda and James Chamanga were injured when the squad was announced, it was unclear whether they would be fit by the start of the tournament. At the end of December, William Njovu had to cancel his participation due to an injury. Rodgers Kola did not receive an early clearance from his club to travel to the training camp and was therefore canceled by Renard, Nyirenda was unable to get fit in time. The last two players to be removed from the squad were surprisingly forward Given Singuluma and Justine Zulu, who also arrived late for training camp .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Kalililo Kakonje	without a club	January 1, 1985
16	Kennedy Mweene	Free State Stars	December 11, 1984	6th		1
22nd	Joshua Titima	Power dynamos	October 20, 1992
Defense
15th	Kampamba Chintu	Bidvest Wits	December 28, 1980
5	Hijani Himoonde	Tout Puissant Mazembe	August 1, 1987	6th
2	Francis Kasonde	Tout Puissant Mazembe	September 1, 1986	5		1
23	Nyambe Mulenga	ZESCO United	August 27, 1987	2		1
4th	Joseph Musonda	Golden Arrows	May 30, 1977	6th
6th	Davies Nkausu	Supersport United	January 1, 1986	5
13	Stophira Sunzu	Tout Puissant Mazembe	June 22, 1989	6th	1	1
midfield
8th	Isaac Chansa	Orlando Pirates	March 23, 1984	6th		1
14th	Noah Chivuta	Free State Stars	December 25, 1983	1
17th	Rainford Kalaba	Tout Puissant Mazembe	August 14, 1986	6th	1
11	Chris Katongo	Henan Construction	August 31, 1982	6th	3
10	Felix Katongo	Green Buffaloes	April 18, 1984	2
3	Chisamba Lungu	Urals Sverdlovsk Oblast	January 31, 1991	6th
7th	Clifford Mulenga	Bloemfontein Celtic	5th August 1987	1
21st	Jonas Sakuwaha	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	July 22, 1983	1
19th	Nathan Sinkala	Green Buffaloes	November 22, 1990	6th		1
attack
12	James Chamanga	Dalian Shide	February 2, 1980	4th	1
18th	Evans Kangwa	Nkana FC	October 9, 1992
20th	Emmanuel Mayuka	BSC Young Boys	November 21, 1990	6th	3	1
9	Collins Mbesuma	Golden Arrows	3rd February 1984	1
Trainer
	Hervé Renard		September 30, 1968

Senegal

National coach Amara Traoré , whose contract expired on December 15, 2011 and was only extended after lengthy quarrels, announced his 23-man tournament squad on the day of his contract extension, December 27. Players not counted included Diomansy Kamara , Mame Biram Diouf , Mickaël Tavares , Mohamed Sarr , Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye , Boukary Dramé and goalkeeper Mamadou Ba .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Bouna Coundoul	without a club	March 4th 1982	2
16	Khadim N'Diaye	ASC Linguère	April 5th 1985	1
23	Pape Latyr N'Diaye	US Ouakam	April 4th 1985
Defense
4th	Pape Diakhaté	Granada CF.	June 21, 1984	1
5	Souleymane Diawara	Olympique Marseille	December 24, 1978	3
13	Jacques Faty	Sivasspor	February 25, 1984
6th	Squad manganese	Rennes stadium	March 23, 1983	3		1
22nd	Cheikh M'Bengue	Toulouse FC	July 23, 1988	3
12	Moustapha Bayal Sall	AS Saint-Etienne	November 30, 1985
3	Lamine Sané	Girondins Bordeaux	March 22, 1987	2
20th	Armand Traoré	Queens Park Rangers	October 8, 1989
midfield
17th	Omar Daf	Stade Brest	February 12, 1977	1		1
21st	Mohamed Diamé	Wigan Athletic	June 14, 1987	3
2	Rémi Gomis	Valenciennes FC	February 14, 1984	1
18th	Guirane N'Daw	Birmingham City	April 24, 1984	2		1
attack
19th	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	May 25, 1985	3
9	Souleymane Camara	HSC Montpellier	22nd December 1982	1
15th	Papiss Demba Cissé	Newcastle United	3rd June 1985	3
10	Issiar Dia	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	June 8, 1987	3
14th	Deme N'Diaye	AC Arles-Avignon	February 6, 1985	2		1
11	Dame N'Doye	FC Copenhagen	February 21, 1985	2	1
8th	Mamadou Niang	Al-Sadd	October 13, 1979	3
7th	Moussa Sow	Lille OSC	January 19, 1986	3	1
Trainer
	Amara Traoré		September 25, 1965

Group B

Angola

Lito Vidigal presented a 26-player provisional squad on January 4, 2012 in Luanda . For disciplinary reasons, the Brazilian player Geraldo ( Coritiba FC ) was not included. Vidigal cut three Atlético Petróleos Luanda's players, Chara , Mabiná and Bastos, from the provisional squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
13	Carlos Fernandes	without a club	18th December 1979	2		2
22nd	Hugo	Kabuscorp SC	January 15, 1986
1	Wilson	CD Primeiro de Agosto	July 22, 1984	1
Defense
2	Marco Airosa	AEL Limassol	August 6, 1984	3
14th	Amaro	CD Primeiro de Agosto	November 12, 1986
12	Jaime	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	May 21, 1982	1
5	Potash	CD Primeiro de Agosto	October 11, 1978
4th	Dany Masstuna	CD Primeiro de Agosto	May 1, 1986	3		1
15th	Miguel	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	17th September 1991	3
21st	Mingo Bile	CD Primeiro de Agosto	June 15, 1987
10	Francisco Zuela	Atromitos Athens	3rd August 1983	3
midfield
8th	André Macanga	Al-Jahra	May 14, 1978	3		1
6th	Dédé	AEL Limassol	4th July 1981	2
7th	Djalma Campos	FC Porto	May 30, 1987	3
11	Gilberto	Lierse SK	September 21, 1982	3		1
17th	Mateus	Nacional Funchal	June 19, 1984	3	1	1
3	Osório Carvalho	CR Caála	July 24, 1981
23	José Pierre Vunguidica	Prussia Munster	January 3, 1990	3
attack
16	Flávio	Lierse SK	December 30, 1979	2
18th	Love	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	March 14, 1979	1
9	Manucho	Real Valladolid	March 7, 1983	3	3
20th	Manucho Barros	Inter Luanda	April 19, 1986	1
19th	Nando Rafael	FC Augsburg	January 10, 1984	2		1
Trainer
	Lito Vidigal		July 11, 1969

Burkina Faso

National coach Paulo Duarte announced his provisional squad on December 22, 2011. Among the 25 nominated players there was neither Hervé Zengué , because of whose unclear eligibility to play, Burkina Faso's participation was dependent on a ruling by the International Sports Court , nor the former regular players Wilfried Sanou , Madi Panandétiguiri , Issouf Ouattara and Habib Bamogo . The defensive players Robert Sankara ( ASEC Mimosas ), Issa Gouo ( ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou ) and Stéphane Agbré ( Atlético CP ) and striker Yahia Kébé ( Al-Kharitiyath SC ) did not belong to the final 23-man squad from the provisional squad. In return, Panandétiguiri and Préjuce Nakoulma were added to the squad at the last moment .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Daouda Diakité	KV Turnhout	March 30, 1983	3
23	Germain Sanou	AS Saint-Etienne	May 26, 1992
16	Adama Sawadogo	Missile FC	January 20, 1990
Defense
2	Ibrahim Gnanou	Alania Vladikavkaz	November 8, 1986	1
6th	Bakary Koné	Olympique Lyon	April 27, 1988	2
17th	Paul Koulibaly	ROC Charleroi-Marchienne	March 24, 1986	1
22nd	Madi Panandétiguiri	Valletta FC	March 22, 1984	3		1
4th	Mamadou Tall	Persepolis Tehran	4th December 1982	3		1
midfield
14th	Benjamin Balima	Sheriff Tiraspol	March 20, 1985	1
18th	Charles Kaboré	Olympique Marseille	February 9, 1988	3		1
8th	Mahamoudou Kéré	Konyaspor	February 1, 1982	1
5	Mohamed Koffi	Petrojet	December 30, 1986	3		1
3	Djakaridja Koné	Dinamo Bucharest	June 22, 1986	2
11	Jonathan Pitroipa	Rennes stadium	April 12, 1986	3
7th	Florent Rouamba	Sheriff Tiraspol	December 31, 1986	2
19th	Bertrand Traoré	clubless (?)	September 6, 1995	1
attack
13	Aristide Bancé	Samsunspor	September 19, 1984	2
9	Moumouni Dagano	Al-Khor SC	January 1, 1981	3
12	Préjuce Nakoulma	Górnik Zabrze	April 21, 1987	2
20th	Issiaka Ouédraogo	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	19th August 1988	1	1
21st	Abdou Razack Traoré	Lechia Gdańsk	December 28, 1988
10	Alain Traoré	AJ Auxerre	December 31, 1988	2	1
15th	Narcisse Yaméogo	AD Camacha	November 19, 1980	2
Trainer
	Paulo Duarte		April 6, 1969

Ivory Coast

National coach François Zahoui presented a 25-strong provisional squad on January 5, which did not take into account experienced players such as Guy Demel , Romaric and Aruna Dindane . Zahoui finally deleted goalkeeper Ibrahim Koné ( US Boulogne ) and midfielder Marco Né ( Tawrija Simferopol ) from the provisional squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Boubacar Barry	Sporting Lokeren	December 30, 1979	5
23	Gérard Gnanhouan	US Avranches	February 12, 1979
16	Daniel Yéboah	FCO Dijon	November 13, 1984	1
Defense
2	Benjamin Angoua	Valenciennes FC	November 28, 1986	1
22nd	Souleymane Bamba	Leicester City	January 13, 1985	6th		1
3	Arthur Boka	VfB Stuttgart	April 2, 1983	3
21st	Emmanuel Eboué	Galatasaray Istanbul	June 4th 1983	2	1
20th	Igor Lolo	FK Kuban Krasnodar	July 22, 1982	2		1
17th	Siaka Tiéné	Paris Saint-Germain	February 22, 1982	4th		2
4th	Kolo Touré	Manchester City	March 19, 1981	6th
5	Didier Zokora	Trabzonspor	December 14, 1980	4th		1
midfield
14th	Kafoumba Coulibaly	OGC Nice	October 26, 1985	2
6th	Jean-Jacques Gosso	Orduspor	March 15, 1983	5		1
15th	Max Gradel	AS Saint-Etienne	November 30, 1987	5
9	Cheik Tioté	Newcastle United	June 21, 1986	4th		3
19th	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	May 13, 1983	5	1
13	Didier Ya Konan	Hannover 96	May 22, 1984	3
attack
12	Wilfried Bony	Vitesse Arnhem	December 10, 1988	4th	1
7th	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow	December 31, 1987	2
11	Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC	March 11, 1978	6th	3
10	Gervinho	Arsenal FC	May 27, 1987	5	1
8th	Salomon Kalou	Chelsea FC	5th August 1985	5	1	1
18th	Abdul Kader Keïta	Al-Sadd	August 6, 1981	3		1
Trainer
	François Zahoui		August 21, 1962

Sudan

National coach Mohamed Abdalla Ahmed nominated 23 players from the domestic league, with players from Al-Hilal Khartoum (10 players) and Al-Merrikh Khartoum (7 players) making up the majority of the squad. The two Nigerian players Kelechi Osunwa and Kayode Sherif Sule , who both had played in Sudan for years, had acquired Sudanese citizenship and were said to have belonged to the provisional squad, were not considered. Ahmed Al Basha (Al-Merrikh Khartoum) was not on the official tournament list from the originally announced squad, so Sudan's squad consists of only 22 players.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
21st	Akram Al Hadi	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	February 27, 1987	2
1	Bhaldien Mohammed	Al-Hilal Khartoum	1st January 1979
16	Mouez Mohjob	Al-Hilal Khartoum	August 14, 1978	2
Defense
6th	Mosab Omar	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	4th June 1984	2
4th	Ngemaldien Abdullah	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	17th November 1987	3		1
14th	Bala Jaber	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	September 12, 1985	2		1
3	Mowaia Bashir	Ittihad Madani	April 17, 1986	4th		1
9	Siefaldien Ali	Al-Hilal Khartoum	November 30, 1979	4th		1	1
15th	Khaliefa Ahmed	Al-Hilal Khartoum	November 23, 1983	2		1
midfield
8th	Hisam Mustaffa	Al-Hilal Khartoum	July 19, 1977	4th
12	Baderaldien Aldoud	Al-Hilal Port Sudan	April 10, 1981	4th
11	Faisal Musa	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	August 24, 1978
13	Amir Kamal	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	July 24, 1992	3
23	Nazar Hamid	Al-Hilal Khartoum	3rd October 1988	4th
10	Mohamed Al Tahir	Al-Hilal Khartoum	July 23, 1988	3
5	Alaadine Yousif	Al-Hilal Khartoum	January 3, 1982	4th		1
19th	Mohammed Ahmed Bashir	Al-Hilal Khartoum	May 23, 1987	4th	2
20th	Mohamed Musa	Al-Nsoor	August 7, 1990
attack
7th	Ramadan Alagab	Al-Mourada	February 20, 1986	3
2	Mohammed Sheikh Eldin	Al-Hasahesa	March 19, 1985
17th	Eltaib Mudather	Al-Hilal Khartoum	July 23, 1988	4th	2
22nd	Abdulrahman Hassan	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	November 28, 1978
Trainer
	Mohamed Abdalla Ahmed		?

Group C

Gabon

Gernot Rohr nominated a 30-player provisional squad early on. Jean-Pierre Bamba ( FC 105 Libreville ) had to renounce shortly after due to an injury. On January 5th, Rohr reduced the selection to 26 players, Willy Aubameyang ( FC Sapins ), Alexander N'Doumbou ( US Orléans ), Claude Cédric Mvé Mintsa ( Missile FC ) and Henri Antchouet ( Churchill Brothers SC ) had to leave the training camp. After a friendly against Burkina Faso on January 10, 2012, Rohr announced his final line-up and deleted Catilina Aubameyang (FC Sapins), Allen Nono ( USM Libreville ) and Roger Issakounia ( AS Mangasport ), who was presumably nominated for Bamba, from the Squad list.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Yann Bidonga	AS Mangasport	March 20, 1979
23	Stéphane Bitséki Moto	US Bitam	April 23, 1983
1	Didier Ovono	Le Mans FC	January 23, 1983	4th
Defense
2	Georges Ambourouet	Missile FC	May 1, 1986	1
17th	Moïse Brou Apanga	Stade Brest	4th February 1982	2		1
4th	Remy Ebanega	US Bitam	November 17, 1989	3
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	FC Lorient	July 16, 1988	4th
3	Edmond Mouele	AS Mangasport	February 18, 1982	4th		1
19th	Rodrigue Moundounga	Olympique de Béjà	August 28, 1982
22nd	Charly Moussono	Missile FC	November 15, 1984	4th
12	Henri Junior Ndong	US Bitam	23rd August 1992
midfield
15th	André Biyogo Poko	Girondins Bordeaux	January 1, 1993	3		1
6th	Cedric Boussoughou	AS Mangasport	July 20, 1991
14th	Lévy Madinda	Celta Vigo	June 11, 1992	3
18th	Cédric Moubamba	US Bitam	October 14, 1979	3		1
8th	Lloyd Palun	OGC Nice	November 28, 1988	4th
13	Bruno Mbanangoyé Zita	Dinamo Minsk	July 15, 1980	4th	1	1
attack
9	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	AS Saint-Etienne	June 18, 1989	4th	3
10	Daniel cousin	FC Sapins	7th February 1977	4th	1
20th	Fabrice do Marcolino	Stade Laval	March 14, 1983	1		1
21st	Roguy Méyé	Zalaegerszegi TE FC	October 7, 1986	1
11	Eric Mouloungui	OGC Nice	April 1, 1984	3
7th	Stéphane N'Guéma	US Bitam	November 20, 1984	2	1	1
Trainer
	Gernot pipe		June 28, 1953

Morocco

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
12	Mohamed Amsif	FC Augsburg	February 7, 1989	1
22nd	Issam Badda	FUS de Rabat	May 10, 1983
1	Nadir Lamyaghri	Wydad Casablanca	February 13, 1976	2
Defense
16	Jamal Alioui	Al-Kharitiyath SC	2nd June 1982	2
5	Medhi Benatia	Udinese Calcio	April 17, 1987	2		2
18th	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	FUS de Rabat	October 22, 1986	1		1
2	Michaël Chrétien	Bursaspor	July 10, 1984	2		1
3	Badr El Kaddouri	Celtic Glasgow	January 31, 1981	3		1
15th	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	HSC Montpellier	March 17, 1990
6th	Adil Hermach	Al-Hilal	June 27, 1986	2			1
4th	Ahmed Kantari	Stade Brest	June 28, 1985	2
midfield
21st	Nordin Amrabat	Kayserispor	March 31, 1987	3
11	Oussama Assaidi	SC Heerenveen	August 15, 1988	1
10	Younès Belhanda	HSC Montpellier	February 25, 1990	3	1	1
14th	Mbark Boussoufa	Anzhi Makhachkala	August 15, 1984	3
19th	Mehdi Carcela-González	Anzhi Makhachkala	July 1, 1989	2
8th	Karim El Ahmadi	Feyenoord Rotterdam	January 27, 1985	1
13	Houssine Kharja	AC Florence	November 9, 1982	3	3
23	Mustapha Mrani	Maghreb Fez	March 2, 1982	1
7th	Adel Taarabt	Queens Park Rangers	May 24, 1989	2
attack
17th	Marouane Chamakh	Arsenal FC	January 10, 1984	2
9	Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Hilal	3rd February 1987	2
20th	Youssef Hadji	Rennes stadium	February 25, 1980	3
Trainer
	Eric Gerets		May 18, 1954

Niger

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
22nd	Losseni Doumbia	Daring Club Motema Pembe	April 5, 1992
16	Kassaly Daouda	Cotonsport Garoua	August 19, 1983	3
1	Rabo Saminou	Sahel SC	May 23, 1986
Defense
18th	Koffi Dan Kowa	Espérance Sportive de Zarzis	September 19, 1989	2
4th	Squad Amadou Dodo	Olympic FC	April 5, 1989	1
13	Chikoto Mohamed	Platinum Stars	February 28, 1989	3
23	Mohamed Soumaïla	Olympic FC	October 30, 1994	3
12	Djibrilla Moussa	AS GNN	May 7, 1992
15th	Sulliman Mazadou	US marignans	April 11, 1985	1
5	Jimmy Bulus	NA Hussein Dey	October 22, 1986	3
19th	Issiaka Koudizé	AS GNN	October 18, 1990	1		1
midfield
6th	Idrissa Laouali	ASFAN Niamey	September 11, 1979	2
3	Lancina Karim Konaté	Cotonsport Garoua	May 20, 1987	3		1
17th	William Ngounou	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	July 31, 1983	2	1
8th	Olivier Bonnes	Lille OSC	February 7, 1990	2
21st	Yacouba Ali	Africa Sports	April 6, 1992	3
7th	Saidou Idrissa	Cotonsport Garoua	December 24, 1985
10	Boubacar Talatou	Orlando Pirates	3rd December 1987	1
20th	Moutari Amadou	Akokana FC	January 19, 1994	1
14th	Issoufou Boubacar Garba	Phuket FC	February 2, 1990	3
attack
2	Moussa Maâzou	SV Zulte Waregem	August 25, 1988	3		1
11	Alhassane Issoufou	Raja Casablanca	19th August 1976	3		1
9	Kamilou Daouda	CS Sfax	December 29, 1987	2
Trainer
	Harouna Doula		1966

Tunisia

On January 2nd, Sami Trabelsi nominated 26 players for the training camp in Dubai used to prepare for the tournament . As a result, the three players in the Tunisian league, Walid Hicheri ( Espérance Sportive de Tunis ), Iheb Msakni ( Stade Tunisien ) and Mohamed Ali Yaacoubi ( Club Africain Tunis ) did not make it into the final round.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Moez Ben Cherifia	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1991
22nd	Rami Jridi	Stade Tunisia	April 25, 1985	1
16	Aymen Mathlouthi	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 14, 1984	3		1
Defense
20th	Aymen Abdennour	Toulouse FC	August 6, 1989	4th		1		1
18th	Anise Boussaïdi	FK Rostov	April 10, 1981	2		1
12	Khalil Chemmam	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	July 24, 1987	2		1
3	Karim Haggui	Hannover 96	20th January 1984	3		2
2	Bilel Ifa	Club Africain Tunis	March 9, 1990	4th		1
5	Ammar ever	1. FC Cologne	April 20, 1987	2		1
midfield
13	Know Ben Yahia	Mersin İdman Yurdu SK	September 9, 1984	1
4th	Adel Chedli	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 16, 1976
9	Yassine Chikhaoui	FC Zurich	September 22, 1986	3
10	Oussama Darragi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	March 14, 1987	3
8th	Khaled Korbi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	December 16, 1985	2	1	1
6th	Hocine Ragued	Karabükspor	February 11, 1983	3		1
21st	Jamel Saihi	HSC Montpellier	January 27, 1987	2
14th	Mejdi Traoui	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	December 13, 1983	3
attack
11	Sami Allagui	1. FSV Mainz 05	May 28, 1986	3
23	Amine Chermiti	FC Zurich	December 26, 1987	2
15th	Zouhaier Dhaouadi	Club Africain Tunis	January 1, 1988	3
17th	Issam Jemâa	AJ Auxerre	January 28, 1984	3	1
19th	Saber Khelifa	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	October 14, 1986	3
7th	Youssef Msakni	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	October 28, 1990	4th	2
Trainer
	Sami Trabelsi		4th February 1968

Group D

Botswana

The preparation of the Botswana team, which had been named National Team of the Year 2011 by the African Football Association for their achievements, was overshadowed by bonus disputes between the players and the national football association. After the players repeatedly refused to take part in training sessions at the beginning of January, the players ended their strike on January 9, 2012 following the intervention of President Ian Khama . National coach Stanley Tshosane announced his tournament list on the same day. Edwin Olerile , Botswana's Footballer of the Year 2011, and Skhana Koko , who had been voted Botswana's Footballer of the Year by fans last season, were not taken into account . Shortly before the start of the tournament, Joel Mogorosi ( Mochudi Center Chiefs ) broke his arm and was replaced by Abednico Powell.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
20th	Kabelo Dambe	Township Rollers	May 10, 1990
1	Noah Maposa	Gaborone United	3rd June 1985
16	Modiri Marumo	Bay United	July 6, 1976	3
Defense
15th	Monametsi Kelebale	Nico United	July 15, 1981
2	Ndiyapo letsholathebe	Police XI	February 25, 1983	3
22nd	Tshepo Motlhabankwe	Mochudi Center Chiefs	March 17, 1980	3		2
4th	Musa Ohilwe	Gaborone United	April 17, 1986	2		1
3	Mosimanegape Ramohibidu	Botswana Meat Commission FC	February 22, 1982	1
5	Mompathi Thuma	Botswana Defense Force XI	April 5, 1980	3		1
midfield
18th	Mogogi Gabonamong	Supersport United	September 10, 1982	3
13	Boitumelo Mafoko	Santos Cape Town	February 11, 1982	2
7th	Pontsho Moloi	Mochudi Center Chiefs	November 28, 1981	1
8th	Phenyo Mongala	Bloemfontein Celtic	June 10, 1985	3
12	Patrick Motsepe	Botswana Defense Force XI	July 1, 1981	2				1
6th	Ofentse NATO	Gaborone United	October 1, 1989	2		1
19th	Mogakolodi Ngele	Township Rollers	October 6, 1990	3	1
23	Othusitse Pilane	Mochudi Center Chiefs	February 26, 1984
17th	Abednico Powell	Township Rollers	January 28, 1983
21st	Lemponye Tshireletso	Botswana Defense Force XI	August 26, 1987	1
attack
10	Moemedi Moatlhaping	Bay United	July 14, 1985	2
9	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	without a club	October 29, 1985	3
11	Diphetogo Selolwane	Supersport United	January 27, 1978	2	1
14th	Onalethata Tshekiso	Township Rollers	May 14, 1981	1
Trainer
	Stanley Tshosane		January 16, 1957

Ghana

National coach Goran Stevanović announced his provisional 25-player squad on December 15, 2011. Stevanović had to do without Michael Essien from Chelsea FC and Kevin-Prince Boateng from AC Milan , who had retired from the national team in November 2011 , due to injury . Goalkeeper Richard Kingson , who had been without a club since July 2011, and Harrison Afful from CAF Champions League winner Espérance Sportive de Tunis were not considered . The two strikers Derek Asamoah ( Pohang Steelers ) and Emmanuel Baffour ( New Edubiase United ) missed the jump from the provisional to the final tournament line-up .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Daniel adjei	Liberty professionals	November 10, 1989
16	Adam Larsen Kwarasey	Strømsgodset IF	December 12, 1987	6th
22nd	Ernest Sowah	Bechem Chelsea	March 31, 1988
Defense
17th	Lee Addy	FK Red Star Belgrade	July 7, 1990	2
14th	Masahudu Alhassan	CFC genoa	1st December 1992	4th		1
21st	John Boye	Rennes stadium	April 23, 1987	5		2
7th	Samuel Inkoom	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	June 1, 1989	6th
5	John Mensah	Olympique Lyon	November 29, 1982	3	2			1
19th	Jonathan Mensah	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	July 13, 1990	3		1
2	Daniel Opare	Standard Liege	October 18, 1990
4th	John Paintsil	Leicester City	June 15, 1981	4th		1
15th	Isaac providence	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	June 21, 1988	4th		1	1
midfield
23	Mohammed Abu	Eintracht Frankfurt	November 14, 1991	2
8th	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Udinese Calcio	2nd December 1990	4th	1	1
6th	Anthony Annan	Vitesse Arnhem	July 21, 1986	6th		1
20th	Kwadwo Asamoah	Udinese Calcio	December 9, 1988	5
10	André Ayew	Olympique Marseille	December 17, 1989	6th	2
9	Derek Boateng	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	May 2nd 1983	2		1	1
11	Sulley Muntari	Inter Milan	August 27, 1984	4th
18th	Charles Takyi	FC St. Pauli	November 12, 1984	2
attack
13	Jordan Ayew	Olympique Marseille	September 11, 1991	4th		1
3	Asamoah Gyan	Al Ain Club	November 22, 1985	5	1
12	Prince Tagoe	Bursaspor	November 9, 1986	3
Trainer
	Goran Stevanović		November 27, 1966

Guinea

Michel Dussuyer nominated 26 players in his provisional squad on December 27, 2011. Including Abdoul Razzagui Camara, a French U-21 international whose association change has yet to be approved by FIFA. Alimou Mamadou Diallo missed a nomination due to injury, Mohamed Sakho and the clubless Fodé Mansaré lack of match practice was fatal. For the final lineup, Boubacar Diallo ( FC Spartak Trnava ) and Karamoko Cissé ( UC AlbinoLeffe ) were canceled, top performer Kévin Constant ( CFC Genoa ) asked not to be considered.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
22nd	Aboubacar Camara	CD Alcoyano	June 1, 1993
16	Abdul Aziz Keita	AS Kaloum	June 17, 1990
1	Naby Yattara	AC Arles-Avignon	January 12, 1984	3		1
Defense
17th	Thierno Bah	FC Lausanne Sports	5th October 1982	3
5	Dianbobo Baldé	AC Arles-Avignon	5th October 1975	3
3	Ibrahima Sory Bangoura	Djoliba AC	December 8, 1982
23	Lanfia Camara	White Star Woluwe	3rd October 1986
13	Morlaye Cissé	El-Gawafel Sportives de Gafsa	December 19, 1983
18th	Ibrahima Diallo	Waasland-Beveren	September 26, 1985	3		1
15th	Oumar calabans	Al-Dhafra	April 8, 1981
6th	Kamil Zayatte	Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor	March 7, 1985	3		2
midfield
4th	Mamadou Bah	VfB Stuttgart	April 25, 1988	3	1	1	1
20th	Habib Baldé	Universitatea Cluj	February 8, 1985	2
9	Sadio Diallo	SC Bastia	December 28, 1990	3	2
2	Pascal Feindouno	FC Sion	February 27, 1981	3		1
14th	Naby Soumah	CS Sfax	January 25, 1985	2	1
attack
19th	Alhassane Bangoura	Rayo Vallecano	March 30, 1992	3
10	Ismaël Bangoura	Al-Nasr SC	2nd January 1985	3
21st	Ousmane Barry	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 27, 1991	1
7th	Abdoul Razzagui Camara	FC Sochaux	February 20, 1990	3	2
12	Ibrahima Conte	KAA Gent	May 14, 1992	1
8th	Ibrahima Traoré	VfB Stuttgart	April 21, 1988	3	1
11	Ibrahima Yattara	Al-Shabab	3rd June 1980
Trainer
	Michel Dussuyer		May 28, 1959

Mali

National coach Alain Giresse nominated 27 players for his provisional squad on December 23, 2011. As expected, Frédéric Kanouté (resigned from the national team), Mohamed Sissoko (national team break ), Mahamadou Diarra ( without a club for half a year) and Adama Coulibaly (injured) were missing four seasoned European region players for various reasons . From the provisional squad, Amadou Sidibé ( AJ Auxerre ), who was unable to complete training sessions due to injury, as well as Ousmane Berthé ( Jomo Cosmos ), Cheick Fantamady Diarra ( Stade Rennes ) and Souleymane Keïta ( Sivasspor ) initially missed the nomination for the final tournament. Shortly before the start of the tournament there were two more changes in the line-up due to injuries: Kalilou Traoré ( Odense BK ) and Mohamed Fofana ( FC Toulouse ) had to forego a tournament participation, Souleymane Keïta and Ousmane Berthé were nominated for the two.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Soumbeyla Diakité	Stade Malien	August 25, 1984	4th
1	Oumar Sissoko	FC Metz	September 13, 1987	2
22nd	Almamy Sogoba	AS Real Bamako	September 13, 1987
Defense
4th	Ousmane Berthé	Jomo Cosmos	5th February 1988	4th		1
13	Idrissa Coulibaly	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	December 19, 1987
23	Ousmane Coulibaly	Stade Brest	July 9, 1989	4th
14th	Drissa Diakité	OGC Nice	February 18, 1985	5		1
5	Cédric Kanté	Panathinaikos Athens	July 6, 1979	6th
2	Abdoulaye Maïga	USM Algiers	May 25, 1984	1
21st	Mahamadou N'Diaye	Vitória Guimarães	June 21, 1990	1		1
3	Adama Tamboura	FC Metz	May 18, 1985	6th		1
midfield
20th	Samba Deactivation	AS Nancy	January 24, 1989	5		3
12	Seydou Keita	FC Barcelona	January 16, 1980	6th	1	2
8th	Souleymane Keïta	Sivasspor	November 24, 1986	1
19th	Sidy Koné	Olympique Lyon	June 6, 1992
18th	Samba Sow	RC Lens	April 29, 1989	6th		2
7th	Abdou Traoré	Girondins Bordeaux	17th January 1988	4th
15th	Bakaye Traoré	AS Nancy	March 6, 1985	6th	1	2
17th	Mahamane Traoré	FC Metz	August 31, 1988	2
attack
11	Garra Dembélé	Sc freiburg	February 21, 1986	5	1
9	Cheick Diabaté	Girondins Bordeaux	April 25, 1988	6th	3
10	Modibo Maïga	FC Sochaux	3rd September 1987	3		1
6th	Mustapha Yatabaré	EA Guingamp	January 26, 1986	5
Trainer
	Alain Giresse		2nd August 1952

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cafonline.com: Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations GABON-GUINEA EQUATORIAL 2012 (PDF file; 422 kB), Article 70, p. 29f
2. ↑ allafrica.com: Africa: CAF Sets January 11 Deadline for Squad Lists (December 29, 2011)
3. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Michel quits Nations Cup co-host Equatorial Guinea (October 19, 2011)
4. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Michel returns to Nations Cup co-host Equatorial Guinea (October 25, 2011)
5. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Henri Michel quits as Equatorial Guinea coach again (December 22, 2011)
6. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Juvenal outlines Michel issues with Equatorial Guinea (Oct. 21, 2011)
7. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Brazilian Gilson Paulo named Equatorial Guinea coach (Jan. 4, 2012)
8. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Eq Guinea coach Paulo named 2012 Nations Cup squad (Jan. 12, 2012)
9. ↑ zambianfootball.net: Renard names Justine Zulu, Sakuwaha in his AFCON squad (23 Dec. 2011)
10. ↑ zambianfootball.net: Jacob: I'll miss African Cup of Nations (December 14, 2011)
11. ↑ zambianfootball.net: Mbola banned for 4 months as FIFA directs TP Mazembe to compensate Pyunik (October 14, 2011)
12. ↑ zambianfootball.net: It would be fantastic to play in the final in Gabon, as Renard wants to honor the fallen heroes (December 23, 2011)
13. ↑ zambianfootball.net: William Njobvu out of AFCON after knee injury (December 29, 2011)
14. ↑ zambianfootball.net: Kola out of AFCON Squad as Renard focuses on final 26 players (Jan. 7, 2012)
15. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Zambia's Given Singuluma dropped for Nations Cup (Jan. 10, 2012)
16. ↑ rfi.fr: Sénégal: Amara Traoré livre la liste des 23 pour la CAN 2012 (December 27, 2011) ( Memento of December 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ rfi.fr: Angola: 26 joueurs préselectionnés pour la CAN 2012 (January 5, 2012) ( Memento of January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ portalangop.co.ao: Bastos, Chara e Mabiná fora dos 23 Palancas para CAN2012 (Jan. 15, 2012)
19. ↑ aib.bf: Burkina: 25 joueurs présélectionnés pour la CAN 2012 (December 22, 2011) ( Memento of July 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ rfi.fr: CAN 2012: 25 Burkinabè convoqués mais pas Hervé Zengue (23 Dec. 2011)
21. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Burkina Faso's Herve Zengue is left out of CAN squad (23 Dec. 2011)
22. ↑ lefaso.net: Can 2012: Zengué et Panandetiguiri non partants (23 Dec. 2011)
23. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Burkina Faso include teenager Bertrand Traore (Jan. 11, 2012)
24. ↑ fif-ci.com: 25 joueurs pour la preparation de la CAN (January 5, 2012) ( Memento of the original of January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Ivory Coast name 25 players for Africa Cup of Nations (Jan. 5, 2012)
26. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Ivory Coast finalize their Africa Cup of Nations squad (Jan. 11, 2012)
27. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Sudan name locally-based squad for Nations Cup (Jan. 12, 2012)
28. ↑ kickoff.com: Sudan name two Nigerians in Afcon squad (Jan. 3, 2012)
29. ↑ businessdayonline.com: Nigerian players finding national team fulfillment elsewhere (January 6, 2012) ( Memento of January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
30. ↑ tribune.com.ng: Sudan drops Nigerian players from Nations Cup list (Jan. 8, 2012) ( Memento from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ les-pantheres.com: CAN 2012 / La liste des 30 Panthères en vue du regroupement du 29 décembre prochain à Libreville (23 Dec. 2011) ( Memento from 19 April 2012 in the Internet Archive )
32. ↑ les-pantheres.com: Bamba Jean –Pierre, blessé, “out” pour la CAN 2012 (December 28, 2011)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ↑ les-pantheres.com: CAN Orange 2012 / Réduction à 26 de la liste de Gernot Rhor (5. Jan. 2012)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
34. ↑ rfi.fr: Gabon: les 23 Panthères pour la CAN 2012 sont connues (Jan. 10, 2012) ( Memento of January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
35. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Tunisia name key players for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Jan. 3, 2012)
36. ↑ lequipe.fr: Avec Jemaa et Traoui (January 11, 2012) ( Memento of January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
37. ↑ allafrica.com: Africa: Ivorians Steal Show At CAF Awards 2011 (23 Dec 2011)
38. ↑ bbc.co.uk: BFA and Zebras at loggerheads over incentives (December 9, 2011)
39. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Botswana FA says it has no more money to pay bonuses (Jan. 8, 2012)
40. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Botswana players give up strike action over bonus row (Jan. 9, 2012)
41. ↑ kickoff.com: Zebras strike looms (Jan. 10, 2012)
42. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Botswana's Mogorosi to miss Nations Cup with broken arm (Jan. 19, 2012)
43. ↑ ghanafa.org: Goran names 25-man squad (December 15, 2011) ( Memento from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
44. ↑ modernghana.com: Stars Squad For Gabon-Eq Guinea - Olele Out, Baffour In (December 16, 2011)
45. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Asamoah Gyan makes Ghana squad for Nations Cup (Jan. 11, 2012)
46. ↑ guineefoot.info: CAN 212 - Abdoul Razzagui Camara sélectionné mais pas encore qualifié (December 27, 2011) ( Memento of the original of April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
47. ↑ guineefoot.info: Exclusif: La liste des sélectionnés pour la CAN 2012 Gabon - Guinée Equatoriale (December 27, 2011) ( Memento of the original of May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
48. ↑ rfi.fr: CAN 2012: Michel Dussuyer communique sa liste des 23 guinéens (Jan. 12, 2012) ( Memento of January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
49. ↑ rfi.fr: CAN 2012: les 27 Aigles du Mali présélectionnés (23 Dec. 2011)
50. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Giresse unveils Mali squad for Africa Cup of Nations (Jan. 11, 2012)
51. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Kalilou Traore and Mohamed Fofana out of Nations Cup (Jan. 18, 2012)