Africa Cup 2013 / squad

This article provides an overview of the teams participating in the 2013 Africa Cup . The team squads are arranged according to the preliminary round groups and sorted alphabetically within the groups. Each national association must nominate 23 players by January 9, 2013.

Group A

Angola

Gustavo Ferrín had called up 27 players in his provisional squad and waived the services of Flávio . With Ary ( CD Primeiro de Agosto ), Mabiná ( Atlético Petróleos Luanda ), Paty ( GD Interclube ) and Ito ( Progresso Associação do Sambizanga ) four players from the domestic league missed the leap into the final line-up. The nomination of the former Swiss U-21 international Guilherme Afonso was seen as a surprise .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Lama	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	1st February 1981	3
12	Landú Mavanga	CRD Libolo	4th January 1990
22nd	Neblú	CD Primeiro de Agosto	September 6, 1993
Defense
14th	Amaro	CD Primeiro de Agosto	November 12, 1986	2
4th	Dany Masstuna	CD Primeiro de Agosto	May 1, 1986	3		1
13	Bastos	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	November 23, 1991	3
15th	Miguel	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	17th September 1991	2
16	Pirolito	DG Interclube	April 7, 1993	3		1
5	Fabrício Mafuta	DG Interclube	20th September 1988
3	Lunguinha	Kabuscorp FC do Palanca	January 16, 1986	2
2	Marco Airosa	AEL Limassol	August 6, 1984	2
10	Francisco Zuela	APOEL Nicosia	3rd August 1983
midfield
20th	Mingo Bile	CD Primeiro de Agosto	June 15, 1987	1
8th	Manucho Dinis	CD Primeiro de Agosto	4th June 1986	1
21st	Manuel	Atlético Sport Aviação	December 30, 1989
18th	Geraldo	Paraná Clube	November 23, 1991	3
11	Gilberto	AEL Limassol	September 21, 1982	3
6th	Dédé	AEL Limassol	4th July 1981	3
attack
19th	Yano	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	July 8, 1992	1
17th	Mateus	Nacional Funchal	June 19, 1984	3
7th	Djalma Campos	Kasımpaşa Istanbul	May 30, 1987	2
9	Manucho	Real Valladolid	March 7, 1983	3		2
23	Guilherme Afonso	FC Vaduz	November 15, 1985	2
Trainer
	Gustavo Ferrín		May 1, 1959

Cape Verde

Lúcio Antunes was the first to nominate his final squad on December 18th. With Ricardo , an established player waived his participation, while Antunes did not consider the two experienced players Lito and Dady . Before the start of the tournament, the key player Odaïr Fortes ( Stade Reims ) was taken out of the squad for unknown reasons and replaced by Platini ; In addition, striker Zé Luís ( Sporting Braga ) declined to participate for personal reasons, and Rambé was nominated for him .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
12	Jib	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	July 25, 1982
1	Vozinha	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	3rd July 1986	4th
16	Rilly	CS Mindelense	July 15, 1991
Defense
6th	Nando	LB Châteauroux	June 9, 1978	4th		1
3	Fernando Varela	FC Vaslui	November 26, 1987	4th	1	1
4th	Guy Ramos	RKC Waalwijk	August 16, 1985	1
14th	Gégé	Marítimo Funchal	February 24, 1988	2		1
23	Carlitos	AEL Limassol	April 23, 1985	3		1
18th	Nivaldo	Académica de Coimbra	July 10, 1988	3
13	Josimar Lima	FC Dordrecht	2nd August 1989
19th	Pecks	Gil Vicente FC	April 10, 1993
midfield
5	Babanco	SC Olhanense	July 27, 1985	4th	1	1
15th	Marco Soares	Omonia Nicosia	June 16, 1984	4th
17th	Ronny	CS Fola Esch	7th December 1978	2
8th	Toni Varela	Sparta Rotterdam	June 13, 1986	4th
2	Sténio	CD Feirense	May 6, 1988	1
22nd	David Silva	SC Olhanense	October 11, 1986	1
attack
10	Héldon Ramos	Marítimo Funchal	November 14, 1988	4th	1	1
20th	Ryan Mendes	Lille OSC	January 8, 1990	4th		1
21st	Djaniny	SC Olhanense	March 21, 1991	2
7th	Platini	CD Santa Clara	April 16, 1986	4th	1	1
9	Rambé	Belenenses Lisbon	4th October 1989	2
11	Júlio Tavares	FCO Dijon	November 19, 1988	2
Trainer
	Lúcio Antunes		September 10, 1966

Morocco

Rachid Taoussi called 24 players into his provisional squad, which did not include many players from last year's squad, including striker Marouane Chamakh , former captain Houssine Kharja and, for disciplinary reasons, playmaker Adel Taarabt . Defender Youness Bellakhder ( FAR Rabat ) had to cancel due to an injury, and Abdelatif Noussir was nominated for him . Abdelilah Hafidi was initially deleted from the provisional squad, but Hafidi was still in the tournament due to an injury to Mehdi Namli shortly before the start of the tournament.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Nadir Lamyaghri	Wydad Casablanca	February 13, 1976	3
22nd	Khalid Askri	Raja Casablanca	March 20, 1981
12	Anas Zniti	Maghreb Fez	October 28, 1988
Defense
2	Abderrahim Chakir	FAR Rabat	December 15, 1986	3		1
3	Zakaria Bergdich	RC Lens	January 7, 1989	2
4th	Ahmed Kantari	Stade Brest	June 28, 1985	1
5	Medhi Benatia	Udinese Calcio	April 17, 1987	3		1
15th	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	HSC Montpellier	March 17, 1990	2
16	Abdelatif Noussir	Maghreb Fez	February 20, 1990
17th	Issam El Adoua	Vitória Guimarães	September 12, 1986	3	1
midfield
6th	Adil Hermach	al-Hilal	June 27, 1986	1
7th	Abdelaziz Barrada	Getafe CF.	June 19, 1989	3		1
8th	Karim El Ahmadi	Aston Villa	January 27, 1985	2
10	Younès Belhanda	HSC Montpellier	February 25, 1990	2		2
13	Youssef Kaddioui	FAR Rabat	September 28, 1984	1
18th	Chahir Belghazouani	AC Ajaccio	October 6, 1986	3		1
19th	Camel Chafni	Stade Brest	June 11, 1982
23	Abdelilah Hafidi	Raja Casablanca	January 30, 1992	1	1	1
attack
9	Youssef El-Arabi	Granada CF.	3rd February 1987	3	1	1
11	Oussama Assaidi	Liverpool FC	August 15, 1988	2
14th	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AC Florence	July 14, 1984	2
20th	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Olympique Safi	17th December 1990
21st	Nordin Amrabat	Galatasaray Istanbul	March 31, 1987	2
Trainer
	Rachid Taoussi		February 6, 1959

South Africa

Gordon Igesund announced the host's roster on December 30th. Players not considered included Ricardo Nunes , Siyanda Xulu , Bevan Fransman , Thanduyise Khuboni , Teko Modise , Daine Klate , Sifiso Myeni , Delron Buckley and Andile Jali . Former team captain Steven Pienaar announced his retirement from the national team in October 2012 and was therefore not available.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Itumeleng Khune	Kaizer Chiefs	June 20, 1987	3
1	Wayne Sandilands	Mamelodi Sundowns	23rd August 1983
22nd	Senzo Meyiwa	Orlando Pirates	September 24, 1987
Defense
14th	Bongani Khumalo	PAOK Thessaloniki	January 6, 1987	3
21st	Siyabonga Sangweni	Orlando Pirates	29th September 1981	3	2
4th	Thabo Nthethe	Bloemfontein Celtic	3rd October 1984
5	Anele Ngcongca	Racing Genk	October 20, 1987	3		1
2	Siboniso Gaxa	Kaizer Chiefs	April 6, 1984
3	Tshepo Masilela	Kaizer Chiefs	May 5th 1985	2
11	Thabo Matlaba	Orlando Pirates	December 13, 1987	1
midfield
13	Kagisho Dikgacoi	Crystal Palace	November 24, 1984	2
15th	Dean Furman	Oldham Athletic	June 22, 1988	2
12	Reneilwe Letsholonyane	Kaizer Chiefs	June 9, 1982	3
20th	Oupa Manyisa	Orlando Pirates	July 30, 1988	1
19th	May Mahlangu	Helsingborgs IF	May 1, 1989	2	1
10	Thulani Serero	Ajax Amsterdam	April 11, 1990	2
6th	Lerato Chabangu	Moroka Swallows	August 15, 1985	1
18th	Thuso Phala	Platinum Stars	May 27, 1986	3
8th	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Kaizer Chiefs	September 25, 1984	1
attack
17th	Bernard Parker	Kaizer Chiefs	March 16, 1986	3		1
9	Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns	November 29, 1984	3
23	Tokelo Rantie	Malmö FF	September 8, 1990	2
7th	Lehlohonolo Majoro	Kaizer Chiefs	August 19, 1986	2	1
Trainer
	Gordon Igesund		July 26, 1956

Group B

Ghana

Coach James Kwesi Appiah's 26-man provisional squad was announced on December 13th. The former team captain John Mensah , who had been without a club since mid-2012, and Jordan Ayew , for whom non-sporting reasons were suspected by the media for not being considered, were not taken into account. Michael Essien asked not to be nominated for the tournament. On January 7, midfielder André Ayew was removed from the squad because he did not join the national team in time for a medical examination. Defender Rashid Sumaila ( Asante Kotoko ) was the last player to miss the league table after striker Yahaya Mohammed ( Amidaus Professionals ) had to cancel his participation due to an injury.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
12	Adam Larsen Kwarasey	Strømsgodset Toppfotball	December 12, 1987
16	Fatau Dauda	Ashanti gold	April 6, 1985	4th		1
1	Daniel adjei	Liberty professionals	November 10, 1989
Defense
4th	John Paintsil	Hapoel Tel Aviv	June 15, 1981	4th		1
15th	Isaac providence	FC Red Bull Salzburg	June 21, 1988	3
23	Harrison Afful	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1986	4th		1
19th	Jonathan Mensah	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	July 13, 1990
21st	John Boye	Rennes stadium	April 23, 1987	4th	1
13	Jerry Akaminko	Eskişehirspor	May 2, 1988	1
5	Mohamed Awal	Maritzburg United	May 1, 1988
2	Richard Boateng	Berekum Chelsea	November 25, 1989
midfield
6th	Anthony Annan	CA Osasuna	July 21, 1986	1
20th	Kwadwo Asamoah	Juventus Turin	December 9, 1988	4th	1
9	Derek Boateng	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	May 2nd 1983	4th
8th	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Udinese Calcio	2nd December 1990	4th	1	1
7th	Christian Atsu	FC Porto	January 10, 1992	4th	1
10	Albert Adomah	Bristol City	December 13, 1987	4th		1
14th	Solomon Asante	Berekum Chelsea	March 6, 1990	3
22nd	Mubarak Wakaso	Espanyol Barcelona	July 25, 1990	3	3	2
11	Mohammed Rabiu	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	December 31, 1989	4th		2
attack
3	Asamoah Gyan	al Ain Club	November 22, 1985	4th	1
17th	Emmanuel Clottey	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	August 30, 1987	1
18th	Richmond Boakye	US Sassuolo Calcio	January 28, 1993
Trainer
	James Kwesi Appiah		August 9, 1959

DR Congo

National coach Claude Le Roy nominated 28 players in his provisional squad, including winger Yannick Bolasie from English second division club Crystal Palace early on, Yves Diba Ilunga was nominated in his place. Defender Assani Lukimya from the German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen had previously waived a possible participation. Shortly before the final line-up was announced, it became known that Nzuzi Toko ( Grasshopper Club Zurich ) had to cancel due to problems with official documents and Dominick Kumbela ( Eintracht Braunschweig ) was declining to participate in favor of his club. The last players to be dropped from the squad were Thierry Kasereka , Diego Kazadi Mutombo (both AS Vita Club ) and Hervé Ndonga Mianga ( TP Mazembe ).

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Muteba Kidiaba	TP Mazembe	February 1, 1976	3
23	Landu Bakala	MK Etanchéité	March 3, 1992
16	Parfait Mandanda	Sporting Charleroi	November 10, 1989
Defense
2	Issama Mpeko	AS Vita Club	March 3, 1986	3
19th	Chancel Mbemba	RSC Anderlecht	August 8, 1994
17th	Cédric Mongongu	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	June 22, 1989	3
3	Kilitcho Kasusula	TP Mazembe	5th August 1989	2
14th	Larry's Mabiala	Karabükspor	October 8, 1987	2
5	Landry Mulemo	KV Kortrijk	17th September 1986
21st	Gabriel Zakuani	Peterborough United	May 31, 1986	2
midfield
7th	Youssouf Mulumbu	West Bromwich Albion	January 25, 1987	3		1
18th	Cédric Makiadi	Sc freiburg	February 23, 1984	3		1
22nd	Makuntima Kisombe	Daring Club Motema Pembe	October 10, 1992
4th	Mulota Kabangu	TP Mazembe	December 31, 1985	2
6th	Budge Manzia	Shark XI	September 24, 1994
10	Zola Matumona	RAEC Mons	November 26, 1981	1
12	Yves Diba Ilunga	al-Raed	August 12, 1987	1
attack
13	Dioko Kaluyituka	al-Kharitiyath SC	2nd January 1987	3
11	Déo Kanda	TP Mazembe	August 11, 1989	3
20th	Nzinga Luvumbu	SC Rojolu Lukaku	December 23, 1987
8th	Trésor Mputu	TP Mazembe	December 10, 1985	3	1
9	Dieumerci Mbokani	RSC Anderlecht	November 22, 1985	3	2	1
15th	Lomana LuaLua	Karabükspor	December 28, 1980	3
Trainer
	Claude Le Roy		February 6, 1948

Mali

Patrice Carteron called 28 players into his provisional squad in early January. This became Mahamadou Diarra ( Fulham FC ), Abdou Traoré ( Girondins Bordeaux ), Mustapha Yatabaré ( EA Guingamp ) and Tongo Doumbia ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ), all of whom could not take part in the last week of the preparations, as well as goalkeeper Germain Berthé ( Onze Créateurs de Niaréla ) was deleted. Initially, the participation of Mamadou Samassa , for whom Mana Dembélé ( Clermont Foot ) had already been called up to the training camp, was questionable, but a faster than expected recovery ensured Samassa's inclusion in the final squad.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Soumbeyla Diakité	Stade Malien	August 25, 1984
1	Mamadou Samassa	EA Guingamp	February 16, 1990	3		2
22nd	Aly Yirango	Djoliba AC	February 6, 1994
Defense
5	Idrissa Coulibaly	Lekhwiya	December 19, 1987
3	Adama Tamboura	Randers FC	May 18, 1985	3		1
2	Fousseni Diawara	AC Ajaccio	August 28, 1980	3
23	Ousmane Coulibaly	Stade Brest	July 9, 1989
4th	Adama Coulibaly	AJ Auxerre	September 10, 1980	2		1
19th	Salif Coulibaly	Djoliba AC	June 12, 1993
21st	Mahamadou N'Diaye	Vitória Guimarães	June 21, 1990	2		1
13	Molla Wagué	SM Caen	February 21, 1991	2
midfield
20th	Samba Deactivation	Queens Park Rangers	January 24, 1989	3
12	Seydou Keita	Dalian Aerbin	January 16, 1980	3	1	1
6th	Mohamed Sissoko	Paris Saint-Germain	January 22, 1985	3
18th	Samba Sow	RC Lens	April 29, 1989	2		1
8th	Kalilou Traoré	FC Sochaux	September 9, 1987	2		1
17th	Mahamane Traoré	OGC Nice	August 31, 1988	2		1
14th	Sambou Yatabaré	SC Bastia	March 2, 1989
attack
9	Cheick Diabaté	Girondins Bordeaux	April 25, 1988	3
7th	Cheick Fantamady Diarra	Stade Reims	February 11, 1992	1
11	Sigamary Diarra	AC Ajaccio	January 10, 1984	3
10	Modibo Maïga	West Ham United	3rd September 1987	2
15th	Mamadou Samassa	AC Chievo Verona	May 1, 1986	3	1
Trainer
	Patrice Carteron		July 30, 1970

Niger

Coach Gernot Rohr announced his final squad on January 9th. Mohammed Wonkoye ( ASEC Mimosas ), Idi Sabiou ( Akokana FC ) and Ibrahim Benjamin ( AS GNN ) were removed from the provisional 26-man squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Kassaly Daouda	Chippa United	August 19, 1983	3
22nd	Rabo Saminou	Sahel SC	May 23, 1986
1	Moussa Alzouma	AS GNN	September 30, 1982
Defense
13	Mohamed Chicoto	AS Marsa	February 28, 1989	3		1
18th	Koffi Dan Kowa	Espérance Sportive de Zarzis	September 19, 1989	3		1
23	Mohamed Soumaïla	Olympic Niamey	October 30, 1994	3		2
21st	Mohamed Bachar	AS Douane	22nd December 1992	3
8th	Kourouma Fatoukouma	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	July 11, 1984	3
5	Lucky James	AS Douane	July 23, 1992
15th	Ismaël Alassane	AS Mangasport	April 3, 1984
4th	Squad Amadou Dodo	Olympic Niamey	April 5, 1989	1
midfield
3	Karim Konaté	without a club	May 20, 1987	2
6th	Idrissa Laouali	AS Mangasport	September 11, 1979
19th	Issiakou Koudizé	AS GNN	3rd January 1987	3		1
10	Boubacar Talatou	AmaZulu Durban	3rd December 1987	3
17th	William N'Gounou	IF Limhamn Bunkeflo	July 31, 1983	1		1
12	Souleymane Dela Sacko	Olympic Niamey	April 29, 1984
20th	Amadou Moutari	UC Le Mans	January 19, 1994
14th	Issoufou Boubacar	without a club	February 2, 1990	3		1
attack
2	Moussa Maâzou	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	August 25, 1988	3		1
9	Kamilou Daouda	JS Saoura	December 29, 1987
7th	Issa Modibo Sidibé	without a club	5th December 1985	3
11	Alhassane Issoufou	Wydad de Fez	19th August 1976	3
Trainer
	Gernot pipe		June 28, 1953

Group C

Ethiopia

Sewnet Bishaw announced its final roster on January 2nd, with the largest part of the squad being players from Ethiopian champions Saint-George SA (9 players) and runner-up Dedebit FC (8 players). Goalkeeper Dereje Alemu (Sebeta City), defender Aklilu Ayenew (Dedebit) and striker Abdul Wali Aman (Washington University) have been removed from the provisional squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
22nd	Ever Tassew	Ethiopian Coffee SC	April 27, 1989	1				1
1	Sisay Bancha	Dedebit FC	June 25, 1985	1			1
23	Zerihun Tadelle	Saint George SA	October 31, 1989	2
Defense
2	Degu Debebe	Saint George SA	March 19, 1984	2		1
12	BiadGE Elias	Saint George SA	May 24, 1988	2		1
6th	Alula Girma	Saint George SA	July 15, 1993	1		1
4th	Abebaw Butako	Saint George SA	April 20, 1987	2		1
5	Aynalem Hailu	Dedebit FC	October 12, 1986	2		1
17th	Seyoum Tesfaye	Dedebit FC	December 19, 1989	2		1
10	Berhanu Bogale	Dedebit FC	February 27, 1986	2
midfield
8th	Asrat Megersa	EEPCO	April 17, 1978	2
21st	Addis Hintsa	Dedebit FC	June 30, 1987	3
14th	Minyahil Teshome	Dedebit FC	November 14, 1985	3
20th	Behailu Assefa	Dedebit FC	December 30, 1989	1
16	Yussuf Saleh	Syrianska FC	March 22, 1984	1
18th	Shimeles Bekele	Saint George SA	2nd January 1990	2
3	Yared Zinabu	Saint George SA	June 22, 1989	1
15th	Dawit Estifanos	Ethiopian Coffee SC	February 27, 1988	1
attack
7th	Saladin Said	Wadi Degla FC	October 29, 1988	3
9	Done Kebede	Dedebit FC	May 2, 1992	3
11	Oumed Ukuri	Saint George SA	5th October 1990	1
19th	Adane Girma	Saint George SA	January 25, 1985	2	1
13	Fuad Ibrahim	Minnesota Stars FC	August 15, 1991	2
Trainer
	Sewnet Bishaw		1952

Burkina Faso

National coach Paul Put called up 28 players in his provisional squad, from which he included Abdoul Ouattara ( Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan ), Soumaïla Bélem ( Africa Sports ) Bakary Soro ( AC Arles-Avignon ), Aboubacar Zerbo ( Étoile Filante Ouagadougou ) and Salif Dianda ( Ternana Calcio ) deleted.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Abdoulaye Soulama	Asante Kotoko	November 29, 1974	2				1
1	Daouda Diakité	Lierse SK	March 30, 1983	2
23	Germain Sanou	AS Saint-Etienne	May 26, 1992
Defense
4th	Bakary Koné	Olympique Lyon	April 27, 1988	2
8th	Paul Koulibaly	Dinamo Bucharest	March 24, 1986	3
12	Madi Panandétiguiri	Royal Antwerp	March 22, 1984	3		1
5	Mohamed Koffi	Petrojet	December 30, 1986	3
3	Henri Traoré	Ashanti gold	April 13, 1983
midfield
18th	Charles Kaboré	Olympique Marseille	February 9, 1988	2
6th	Djakaridja Koné	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	June 22, 1986	3	1
7th	Florent Rouamba	Sheriff Tiraspol	December 31, 1986	3
11	Jonathan Pitroipa	Rennes stadium	April 12, 1986	3	1	1
21st	Abdou Razack Traoré	Gaziantepspor	December 28, 1988	2
20th	Wilfried Sanou	Kyoto Sanga	March 16, 1984	2
22nd	Préjuce Nakoulma	Górnik Zabrze	April 21, 1987
17th	Ali Rabo	Ittihad El-Shorta	June 6, 1986
10	Alain Traoré	FC Lorient	December 31, 1988	3	3
13	Issouf Ouattara	FC Chernomorets Burgas	October 7, 1988
attack
9	Moumouni Dagano	al-Sailiya	January 1, 1981	1
15th	Aristide Bancé	FC Augsburg	September 19, 1984	3
2	Wilfried Dah	Al Dhaid Sharjah	July 10, 1986	2
19th	Pan Pierre Koulibaly	Al Dhaid Sharjah	June 24, 1986	1
14th	Wilfried Balima	Sheriff Tiraspol	March 20, 1985	2
Trainer
	Paul Put		May 26, 1956

Nigeria

National coach Stephen Keshi called up a 32-player provisional squad for a training camp in Faro on December 21 . Strikers Peter Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins and defender Taye Taiwo were not taken into account . Defender Danny Shittu only joined the squad after talks between the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation and Keshi. With Rabiu Ibrahim and Kenneth Omeruo , two players working abroad have been nominated who have not yet played an A international for Nigeria. A little later Shittu asked the association in writing not to consider him for the tournament; Shola Ameobi did not react to the nomination after his club coach Alan Pardew had previously announced that Ameobi would not participate in the Africa Cup. The first players from the training camp were Rabiu Ibrahim and, due to injury, Uche Kalu as well as the two subsequently nominated domestic players Papa Idris and Henry Uche, who were prematurely removed from the squad. A little later, Daniel Akpeyi , Bright Dike , Raheem Lawal , Benjamin Francis and Solomon Kwambe also missed the leap into the final squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Chigozie Agbim	Enugu Rangers	November 28, 1984
16	Austin Ejide	Hapoel Beer Sheva	April 8, 1984
1	Vincent Enyeama	Maccabi Tel Aviv	August 29, 1982	4th	1
Defense
3	Elderson Echiéjilé	Sporting Braga	January 20, 1988	4th
21st	Juwon Oshaniwa	MS Ashdod	September 14, 1990
2	Joseph Yobo	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	September 6, 1980	3
5	Ivy Ambrose	Celtic Glasgow	October 18, 1988	3			1
6th	Trainee Egwuekwe	Warri Wolves	July 16, 1989
22nd	Kenneth Omeruo	ADO The Hague	17th October 1993	4th
14th	Godfrey Oboabona	Sunshine Stars	August 16, 1990	4th		1
midfield
10	John Obi Mikel	Chelsea FC	April 22, 1987	4th		1
20th	Nosa Igiebor	Betis Seville	November 9, 1990	2		1
17th	Ogenyi Onazi	Lazio Rome	December 25, 1992	3		1
4th	Obiora Nwankwo	Calcio Padova	July 12, 1991	1
13	Fegor Ogude	Vålerenga Oslo	July 29, 1987	3		2
12	Reuben Gabriel	Kano Pillars	September 25, 1990
attack
7th	Ahmed Musa	PFK CSKA Moscow	October 14, 1992	3		1
9	Emmanuel Emenike	Spartak Moscow	May 10, 1987	4th	2	2
8th	Ideye Brown	Dynamo Kiev	October 10, 1988	4th
11	Victor Moses	Chelsea FC	December 12, 1990	3	2
15th	Ikechukwu Uche	Villarreal CF	5th January 1984	3
18th	Ejike Uzoenyi	Enugu Rangers	March 23, 1988
19th	Sunday Mba	Enugu Rangers	November 28, 1988	2		1
Trainer
	Stephen Keshi		January 23, 1962

Zambia

Coach Hervé Renard called 26 players into the provisional squad of the defending champions . From last year's squad only Clifford Mulenga and Nyambe Mulenga were not considered. The initially also nominated striker Evans Kangwa was canceled a little later because of the strong competition in the storm and a possible move to Europe and Shadreck Malambo was nominated again. Chintu Kampamba , Saulani Phiri and Malambo , who had been injured for a long time, did not make it into the final squad from the provisional squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Kennedy Mweene	Free State Stars	December 11, 1984	3	1
1	Joshua Titima	Power dynamos	October 20, 1992
22nd	Danny Munyao	Red Arrows	February 11, 1987
Defense
13	Stophira Sunzu	TP Mazembe	June 22, 1989	3		1
5	Hichani Himoonde	TP Mazembe	August 1, 1987	2
2	Francis Kasonde	TP Mazembe	December 28, 1979
6th	Davies Nkausu	Supersport United	January 1, 1986	3
4th	Joseph Musonda	Golden Arrows	May 29, 1977	3		2
18th	Emmanuel Mbola	FC Porto	May 10, 1993	2		1
midfield
17th	Rainford Kalaba	TP Mazembe	August 14, 1986	3
19th	Nathan Sinkala	TP Mazembe	November 22, 1990	3		1
23	Mukuka Mulenga	Power dynamos	July 6, 1993	3
11	Chris Katongo	Henan Jianye	August 31, 1982	2
8th	Isaac Chansa	Henan Jianye	March 23, 1984	3
3	Chisamba Lungu	Urals Sverdlovsk Oblast	January 31, 1991	3		1
10	Felix Katongo	Petro Atlético	April 18, 1984
14th	Noah Chivuta	Free State Stars	December 25, 1983
15th	William Njovu	Hapoel Beer Sheva	March 4th 1987
attack
20th	Emmanuel Mayuka	Southampton FC	November 21, 1990	3		1
9	Collins Mbesuma	Orlando Pirates	3rd February 1984	3	1	1
7th	Jacob Mulenga	FC Utrecht	February 12, 1984	1
12	James Chamanga	Dalian Shide FC	February 2, 1980	1
21st	Jonas Sakuwaha	TP Mazembe	July 22, 1983
Trainer
	Hervé Renard		September 30, 1968

Group D

Algeria

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Raïs M'Bolhi	Krylya Sovetov Samara	April 25, 1986	3
1	Azzedine Doukha	USM El Harrach	5th August 1986
16	Cédric Si Mohamed	JSM Béjaïa	January 9, 1985
Defense
5	Rafik Halliche	Académica de Coimbra	2nd September 1986	2		1
6th	Djamel Mesbah	AC Milan	October 9, 1984	3		1
12	Carl Medjani	AC Ajaccio	May 15, 1985	1
4th	Essaïd Belkalem	JS Kabylie	January 1, 1989	3
3	Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	March 5, 1988	1
21st	Faouzi Ghoulam	AS Saint-Etienne	February 1, 1991
22nd	Ali Rial	JS Kabylie	March 26, 1980
midfield
18th	Khaled Lemmouchia	Club Africain Tunis	May 26, 1981	2
19th	Yacine Bezzaz	CS Constantine	July 19, 1981	1
11	Hameur Bouazza	Racing Santander	February 22, 1985	1
8th	Medhi Lacen	Getafe CF.	March 15, 1984	3		2
17th	Adlène Guedioura	Nottingham Forest	November 12, 1985	3		1
14th	Foued Kadir	Olympique Marseille	5th December 1983	3
7th	Ryad Boudebouz	FC Sochaux	19th February 1990	1
2	Mehdi Mostefa	AC Ajaccio	August 30, 1983	3		1
10	Sofiane Feghouli	Valencia CF	December 26, 1989	3	1
20th	Saad Tedjar	USM Alger	January 14, 1986	1
attack
15th	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	Vitória Guimarães	November 25, 1987	3	1
9	Islam Slimani	CR Belouizdad	June 18, 1988	3
13	Mohamed Amine Aoudia	ES Sétif	June 6, 1987	2
Trainer
	Vahid Halilhodžić		October 15, 1952

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi announced his tournament squad on December 27th. A total of six players are missing from last year's squad, including Jean-Jacques Gosso , who has been out of a club for a few months , Abdul Kader Keïta and Seydou Doumbia . For Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Eboué, Didier Zokora, Boubacar Barry, Arthur Boka, Siaka Tiéné as well as Yaya and Kolo Touré it is the fifth participation in the finals in a row.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Boubacar Barry	Sporting Lokeren	December 30, 1979	3
16	Daniel Yéboah	FCO Dijon	November 13, 1984	1
23	Badra Ali Sangaré	Ivoire Académie FC	May 30, 1986
Defense
22nd	Souleymane Bamba	Trabzonspor	January 13, 1985	3		2
3	Arthur Boka	VfB Stuttgart	April 2, 1983	1
21st	Emmanuel Eboué	Galatasaray Istanbul	June 4th 1983	4th
20th	Igor Lolo	FK Kuban Krasnodar	July 22, 1982	1		1
17th	Siaka Tiéné	Paris Saint-Germain	February 22, 1982	3
4th	Kolo Touré	Manchester City	March 19, 1981	2
14th	Ismaël Traoré	Stade Brest	August 18, 1986	1
midfield
15th	Max Gradel	AS Saint-Etienne	November 30, 1987	3		1
7th	Abdul Razak	Manchester City	November 11, 1992	1
6th	Romaric	Real Zaragoza	June 4th 1983	3
13	Didier Ya Konan	Hannover 96	May 22, 1984	3	1
9	Cheik Tioté	Newcastle United	June 21, 1986	3	1	1
19th	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	May 13, 1983	3		1
5	Didier Zokora	Trabzonspor	December 14, 1980	4th
attack
12	Wilfried Bony	Vitesse Arnhem	December 10, 1988	2	1
11	Didier Drogba	Shanghai Shenhua	March 11, 1978	4th		2
10	Gervinho	Arsenal FC	May 27, 1987	3	2
8th	Salomon Kalou	Lille OSC	5th August 1985	4th		2
2	Arouna Koné	Wigan Athletic	November 11, 1983	1
18th	Lacina Traoré	Anzhi Makhachkala	May 20, 1990	2
Trainer
	Sabri Lamouchi		November 9, 1971

Togo

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Mawugbé Atsou	Maranatha FC	August 20, 1986	3
16	Kossi Agassa	Stade Reims	2nd July 1978
23	Baba Tchagouni	FCO Dijon	December 31, 1990
Defense
2	Daré Nibombé	Royal Boussu Dour Borinage	June 16, 1980	3		1
5	Serge Akakpo	MŠK Žilina	October 15, 1987	3		1
6th	Abdoul-Gafar Mamah	FC Dacia Chișinău	August 24, 1985	3		1
9	Vincent Bossou	Becamex Bình Dương	February 7, 1986	3		1
13	Sadat Ouro-Akoriko	Sadat Ouro-Akoriko	February 1, 1988
20th	Kokou Donou	Maranatha FC	April 24, 1991
21st	Dakonam Djene	Cotonsport Garoua	December 21, 1991	3
midfield
3	Dové Wome	Free State Stars	June 8, 1991	1	1
7th	Moustapha Salifou	Without Club	June 1, 1983	2
8th	Komlan Amewou	Olympique Nîmes	December 15, 1983	3
12	Sapol Mani	CA Batna	June 5, 1991	1
14th	Prince Segbefia	AJ Auxerre	March 11, 1991	1
15th	Alaixys Romao	FC Lorient	January 18, 1984	3		1
19th	Kodjo Amétépé	Maranatha FC	18th December 1986
attack
4th	Emmanuel Adebayor	Tottenham Hotspur	February 26, 1984	3	1
17th	Serge Gakpé	FC Nantes	May 7, 1987	3	1
22nd	Kalen Damessi	Lille OSC	March 28, 1990
18th	Mèmè Placca Fessou	OC Agaza	December 1, 1994
11	Jonathan Ayité	Stade Brest	July 21, 1985	3	1	1
Trainer
	Didier Six		August 21, 1954

Tunisia

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Aymen Mathlouthi	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 14, 1984
1	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Club Athlétique Bizertin	July 1, 1989
22nd	Moez Ben Cherifia	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1991	3
Defense
18th	Anise Boussaïdi	Tavriya Simferopol	April 10, 1981	1
20th	Aymen Abdennour	Toulouse FC	August 6, 1989	3		1
2	Bilel Ifa	Club Africain Tunis	March 9, 1990	2
12	Khalil Chammam	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	July 24, 1987	3
6th	Fatah Gharbi	CS Sfax	March 12, 1983
3	Walid Hichri	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	March 5, 1986	2
5	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	January 16, 1987	1
midfield
10	Oussama Darragi	FC Sion	March 14, 1987	3
14th	Mejdi Traoui	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	December 13, 1983	3
13	Know Ben Yahia	Mersin İdman Yurdu	September 9, 1984
8th	Chadi Hammami	al Kuwait Kaifan	June 14, 1986	3
7th	Youssef Msakni	Lekhwiya	October 28, 1990	3	1	2
21st	Khaled Mouelhi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	February 13, 1981	3	1	1
4th	Had baratli	Club Africain Tunis	January 9, 1991
23	Wahbi Khazri	SC Bastia	February 8, 1991	1		1
attack
17th	Issam Jemâa	al Kuwait Kaifan	January 28, 1984	1
15th	Zouheir Dhaouadi	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	January 1, 1988
19th	Saber Khelifa	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	October 14, 1986	3
9	Hamdi Harbaoui	Sporting Lokeren	5th January 1985	2		1
11	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	CS Sfax	June 23, 1991	2
Trainer
	Sami Trabelsi		4th February 1968

Individual evidence

1. ↑ starafrica.com: Manucho Dinis drafted in the 27 man provisional Angola squad ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 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. (December 28, 2012) 
2. ↑ kawowo.com: AFCON 2013: Angola announce their 23 man final squad (Jan. 8, 2013) ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ sports.yahoo.com: Soccer-Ricardo opts for club as Cape Verde squad named (18 Dec. 2012) ( Memento from 17 February 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Cape Verde name squad (Dec. 18, 2012)
5. ↑ desporto.sapo.pt: Platini substiti Odair Fortes na seleção cabo-verdiana (7. Jan. 2013)  ( 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.  
6. ↑ desporto.sapo.pt: Zé Luíshaben vai ao CAN´2013, Rambé chamado (Jan. 8, 2013)  ( 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.  
7. ↑ supersport.com: (December 26, 2012)
8. ↑ allafrica.com: Morocco: Younes Belakhdar to Miss Can (December 31, 2012)
9. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Moroccan Mehdi Namli out of finals (Jan. 17, 2013)
10. ↑ kickoff.com: Igesund announces Afcon squad (Dec. 30, 2012)
11. ↑ independent.co.uk: Lucas Radebe warns that Premier League players will choose to miss national service (Jan. 18, 2013)
12. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Big names left out of Ghana squad for Cup of Nations (December 13, 2012)
13. ↑ supersport.com: Ghana drop Jordan from Afcon squad (December 13, 2012)
14. ↑ dailyguideghana.com: Jordan Ayew attacks Ghana FA for his Nations Cup axing (December 20, 2012) ( Memento of the original from March 2, 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. 
15. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Ghana drop Andre Ayew from squad (Jan. 7, 2013)
16. ↑ vibeghana.com: Appiah leaves Rashid out of Ghana AFCON squad (Jan. 10, 2013)
17. ↑ bbc.co.uk: 2013 Nations Cup: Bolasie rejects DR Congo call-up (23 Dec. 2012)
18. ↑ supersport.com: Bolasie replaced in DR Congo Afcon squad (Jan. 1, 2013)
19. ↑ weser-kurier.de: Lukimya renounces the Africa Cup (December 14, 2012)
20. ↑ digitalcongo.net: Preparation / Can 2013: Nzuzi Toko dit niet à la Rdc (Jan. 10, 2013) ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2013 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. 
21. ↑ digitalcongo.net: CAN 2013: les joueurs de Mazembe déjà en Oman (January 8, 2013) ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2013 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. 
22. ↑ digitalcongo.net: Can 2013: la liste de 23 Léopards dévoilée (Jan. 10, 2013) ( Memento of the original of January 17, 2013 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. 
23. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Dembele and Diarra miss out for Mali (Jan. 9, 2013)
24. ↑ allafrica.com: Niger: Afcon 2013 - Nation Announce Final Squad (Jan. 9, 2013)
25. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad (Jan. 2, 2012)
26. ↑ ethiosports.com: AFCON 2013: Final squad known (Jan. 2, 2012)
27. ↑ kickoff.com: No locals in Burkina Faso Afcon squad (Jan. 9, 2013)
28. ↑ mtnfootball.com: Osaze, Taye Taiwo, Martins out (December 21, 2012) ( Memento of the original from January 10, 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. 
29. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nigeria coach leaves Odemwingie out of Nations Cup squad (December 22, 2012)
30. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria give up on Shola Ameobi (Jan. 2, 2013)
31. ↑ leadership.ng: Faro Camp: Visa Stop Okonkwo, Papa Idris, Uche (December 27, 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.  
32. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Nigeria drop Ibrahim from squad (Jan. 7, 2013)
33. ↑ supersport.com: Eagles release Afcon squad (Jan. 10, 2013)
34. ↑ times.co.zm: Renard names AFCON squad (December 24, 2012) ( Memento from January 24, 2013 on WebCite )
35. ↑ times.co.zm: Kangwa dropped, Kakonje recalled (December 25, 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.  
36. ↑ zambianfootball.co.zm: Injured Chintu and two youngsters fail to make into final 23 AFCON Squad (Jan. 8, 2013)  ( 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.  
37. ↑ mtnfootball.com: (December 27, 2012) ( Memento of the original from December 29, 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. 
38. ↑ rfi.fr: CAN 2013: la Côte d'Ivoire avec Drogba et tous ses cadres (December 27, 2012)
39. ↑ bbc.co.uk: Nations Cup 2013: Drogba leads Ivory Coast squad (Dec. 27, 2012)