Africa Cup 2015 / squad

This article provides an overview of the teams participating in the 2015 Africa Cup . The cadres of 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 7, 2015. The final squad list was published on January 9th by the African Football Association (CAF).

Group A

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea changed coach shortly before the start of the tournament after the previous incumbent Andoni Goikoetxea was released at the end of 2014. The previous coach of the Equatorial Guinean women's national team, the Argentine Esteban Becker , was named as his successor . Becker announced his squad on January 8th, and the 23-man squad includes 17 Spanish-born players. Several players born in South America and Africa, whose eligibility to play for the national team of Equatorial Guinea was doubtful, were not considered.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Felipe Ovono	Deportivo Mongomo	July 16, 1993	6th	0	0	0	0
13	Aitor Embela	Málaga CF Youth	17th August 1996	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Carlos Mosibe	Atlético Malabo	March 12, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
3	Daniel Vázquez Evuy	Leones Vegetarianos	March 11, 1985	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Rui Da Gracia	Hibernians Football Club	May 28, 1985	6th	0	0	0	0
5	Diosdado furniture	Leones Vegetarianos	April 8, 1997	4th	0	2	0	0
16	Sipo Bohale	AEK Larnaka	April 21, 1988	6th	0	0	0	0
17th	Miguel Ángel	Akonangui FC	December 8, 1995	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Igor Engonga	CD Tropezón	4th January 1995	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
2	Rubén Belima	Real Madrid Castilla	February 11, 1996	4th	0	0	0	0
6th	Juvenal Edjogo-Owono	FC Santa Coloma	April 3, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Iban Iyanga	Iraklis Psachna	June 2nd 1987	5	0	1	0	0
10	Emilio Nsue	Middlesbrough FC	September 30, 1989	6th	1	0	0	0
11	Javier Balboa	DG Estoril Praia	May 13, 1985	6th	3	1	0	0
14th	Iván Zarandona	Hong Kong Rangers FC	August 30, 1980	6th	0	1	0	0
15th	Carlos Martin Briones	Europe FC	February 18, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Viera Ellong	The Panthers FC	June 14, 1987	6th	0	0	0	0
20th	Pablo Ganet	UD San ​​Sebastian de los Reyes	November 4, 1994	1	0	0	0	0
attack
7th	Iván Bolado	Pune City FC	3rd July 1989	3	0	0	0	0
9	Raúl Fabiani	CD Olímpic de Xàtiva	February 23, 1984	5	0	0	0	0
12	Kike Boula	RCD Mallorca B	17th July 1993	6th	0	0	0	0
22nd	Iban Salvador Edu	Valencia CF Mestalla	December 11, 1995	5	1	3	0	0
23	Rubén Obama Nsue Ondo	Leones Vegetarianos	June 21, 1993	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Esteban Becker		August 31, 1964

Burkina Faso

On December 23, 2014, coach Paul Put called a total of 24 players into his provisional squad. In the final squad, striker Banou Diawarra , the only nominated field player from the domestic league, was no longer considered.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Germain Sanou	AS Beauvais	May 26, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
16	Abdoulaye Soulama	Hearts of Oak SC	November 29, 1979	0	0	0	0	0
1	Moussa Fofana	RC Kadiogo Ouagadougou	July 31, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Mohamed Koffi	Zamalek Cairo	December 30, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Wilfried Balima	Sheriff Tiraspol	March 20, 1985	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Bakary Koné	Olympique Lyon	April 27, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Florent Rouamba	CA Bastia	December 31, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steeve Yago	Toulouse FC	December 16, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Paul Koulibaly	Horoya AC	March 24, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
13	Narcisse Bambara	CFR Cluj	June 23, 1989	1	0	0	0	0
9	Issa Gouo	AS Kaloum	October 9, 1989	2	0	1	0	0
midfield
17th	Jonathan Zongo	UD Almería	April 6, 1989	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Préjuce Nakoulma	Mersin İdman Yurdu	April 21, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Charles Kaboré	FK Kuban Krasnodar	February 9, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Djakaridja Koné	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	June 22, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
21st	Abdou Razack Traoré	Kardemir Karabükspor	December 28, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Bertrand Traoré	Vitesse Arnhem	September 6, 1995	3	0	0	0	0
3	Moussa Yedan	Al-Ahly Cairo	July 20, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
12	Adama Guira	Sønderjysk elite sport	April 24, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
attack
11	Jonathan Pitroipa	al-Jazira Club	April 12, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Aristide Bancé	HJK Helsinki	September 19, 1984	3	1	0	0	0
20th	Issiaka Ouédraogo	FC Admira Wacker Mödling	19th August 1988	1	0	0	0	0
10	Alain Traoré	FC Lorient	December 31, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Paul Put		May 26, 1956

Gabon

Coach Jorge Costa nominated the final squad on December 28th. Midfielder Mario Lemina declined his invitation, however, so that another player had to be nominated. For this reason Bonaventure Sokambi , who had just been transferred to the Algerian association ASO Chlef , was subsequently appointed to the final squad on January 3rd .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Didier Ovono	KV Ostend	January 23, 1983	3	0	0	0	0
16	Anthony Mfa Mezui	FC Metz	March 7, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
23	Yves Bitséki	US Bitam	April 23, 1983	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	Cardiff City	July 16, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Lloyd Palun	OGC Nice	November 28, 1988	3	0	1	0	0
2	Aaron Appindangoyé	CF Mounana	February 20, 1992	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Yrondu Musavu-King	SM Caen	January 8, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
15th	Henri Junior Ndong	AJ Auxerre	23rd August 1992	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Randal Oto'o	Sporting Braga	May 23, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Johann Obiang	LB Châteauroux	5th July 1993	3	0	2	0	0
midfield
19th	Benjamin Zé Ondo	ES Sétif	June 18, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
17th	André Biyogo Poko	Girondins Bordeaux	January 1, 1993	3	0	1	0	0
11	Lévy Madinda	Celta Vigo	June 11, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
13	Samson Mbingui	MC El Eulma	February 9, 1992	2	0	0	0	0
12	Guelor Kanga	FK Rostov	September 1, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Didier Ibrahim N'Dong	FC Lorient	June 17, 1994	3	0	1	0	0
18th	Alexander N'Doumbou	Olympique Marseille	4th January 1992	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Bonaventure Sokambi	ASO Chlef	January 1, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	June 18, 1989	3	1	0	0	0
10	Frédéric Bulot	Charlton Athletic	September 27, 1990	3	0	1	0	0
21st	Romaric Rogombé	AC Léopards	November 25, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Malick Evouna	Wydad Casablanca	November 28, 1992	3	1	0	0	0
3	Johann Lengoualama	Difaâ d'El Jadida	November 29, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Jorge Costa		October 14, 1971

Republic of the Congo

Coach Claude Le Roy called 38 players into his provisional squad in early December 2014. On December 22nd, he eliminated 13 players from this pool of players (goalkeepers Joe Ombandza and Brice Samba , defenders Bernard Onanga Itoua , Grâce Miguel Mamic Itoua , and Maël Lépicier , midfielder Julssy Boukama Kaya , junior Makiéssé and Moïse Kounkou, as well as the forwards squad Bidimbou , Kévin Koubemba , Dzon Delarge , Saïra Issambet and Lorry Nkolo ) and nominated Christopher Maboulou , so that the line-up was reduced to 26 players. The last three players to be dropped were Maboulou, who did not appear at training camp, as well as Scott Bitsindou and Jordan Massengo .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Chansel Massa	AC Léopards	January 24, 1983	0	0	0	0	0
1	Christoffer Mafoumbi	US Le Pontet	March 3, 1994	4th	0	0	0	0
22nd	Pavhel Ndzila	Étoile du Congo	January 12, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
4th	Boris Moubio	AC Léopards	October 25, 1988	3	0	2	0	0
6th	Dimitri Bissiki	AC Léopards	March 17, 1991	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Marvin Baudry	SC Amiens	January 26, 1990	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Francis Nganga	SC Charleroi	June 16, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
3	Igor Nganga	FC Aarau	April 14, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
5	Arnold Bouka Moutou	SCO Angers	November 28, 1988	4th	0	0	0	0
23	Atoni Mavoungou	CNFF	December 22, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
20th	Hardy Binguila	Diables Noirs	July 17, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Delvin N'Dinga	Olympiacos Piraeus	March 14, 1988	4th	0	1	0	0
7th	Prince Oniangué	Stade Reims	4th November 1988	4th	1	0	0	0
21st	Say Babélé	AC Léopards	February 13, 1993	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Césair Gandzé	AC Léopards	March 6, 1989	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Chris Malonga	FC Lausanne Sports	July 11, 1987	1	0	0	0	0
attack
10	Fodé Doré	CFR Cluj	January 21, 1989	4th	1	0	0	0
13	Thievy Bifouma	UD Almería	May 13, 1992	4th	3	0	0	0
9	Sylvère Ganvoula	Raja de Casablanca	June 22, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Dominique Malonga	Hibernian Edinburgh	January 8, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Ladislas Douniama	EA Guingamp	May 24, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
12	Franci Litsingi	FK Teplice	September 10, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
11	Fabrice Ondama	Wydad Casablanca	February 27, 1988	4th	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Claude Le Roy		February 6, 1948

Group B

Democratic Republic of Congo

On December 29, 2015, Florent Ibengé nominated 29 players in his preliminary roster. In the final squad found Distel Zola , Hervé Lomboto , Lomanisa Mutambala , Luvumbu Nzinga , Bangala Litombo and Dark Osaretin no consideration.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Muteba Kidiaba	TP Mazembe	February 1, 1976	6th	0	0	0	0
16	Mulopo Kudimbana	RSC Anderlecht	January 21, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
23	Parfait Mandanda	Sporting Charleroi	November 10, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Issama Mpeko	Kabuscorp FC do Palanca	March 3, 1986	6th	0	0	0	0
3	Kilitcho Kasusula	TP Mazembe	5th August 1989	6th	0	1	0	0
4th	Christopher Oualembo	Académica Coimbra	January 31, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bawaka Mabele	AS Vita Club	July 9, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Gabriel Zakuani	Peterborough United	May 31, 1986	4th	0	0	0	0
15th	Joel Kimuaki Mpela	TP Mazembe	October 14, 1986	5	1	0	0	0
17th	Cédric Mongongu	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	June 22, 1989	5	0	0	0	0
22nd	Chancel Mbemba	RSC Anderlecht	August 8, 1994	6th	0	0	0	0
midfield
5	Nelson Munganga	AS Vita Club	July 27, 1993	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Cédric Makiadi	Werder Bremen	February 23, 1984	4th	0	2	0	0
7th	Youssuf Mulumbu	West Bromwich Albion	January 25, 1987	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Hervé Kage	KRC Genk	April 10, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
10	Neeskens Kebano	Sporting Charleroi	March 10, 1992	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Lema Mabidi	AS Vita Club	June 11, 1993	2	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Dieumerci Mbokani	Dynamo Kiev	November 22, 1985	6th	3	0	0	0
11	Yannick Bolasie	Crystal Palace	May 24, 1989	6th	1	0	0	0
13	Junior Kabananga	Cercle Bruges	April 4, 1989	4th	0	1	0	0
18th	Cedrick Mabwati	CA Osasuna	March 8, 1992	6th	0	1	0	0
19th	Jeremy Bokila	Terek Grozny	November 14, 1988	5	2	0	0	0
21st	Firmin Ndombe Mubele	AS Vita Club	April 17, 1992	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Florent Ibengé		4th December 1961

Cape Verde

Coach Rui Águas named his 23-man tournament squad on December 24, 2014.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Vozinha	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	June 3, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
12	Ken	Nacional Funchal	June 6, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ivan	Gil Vicente FC	May 3, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
4th	Kay	CS Universitatea Craiova	5th January 1988	0	0	0	0	0
23	Carlitos	AEL Limassol	April 23, 1985	3	0	1	0	0
18th	Nivaldo	FK Teplice	July 10, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fernando Varela	Steaua Bucharest	November 26, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
2	Stopira	Videoton FC	May 20, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Gegé	Marítimo Funchal	February 24, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jeffrey	FC Dordrecht	March 22, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
5	Babanco	DG Estoril Praia	July 27, 1985	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Sérgio Semedo	SC Olhanense	February 23, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
13	Platini	CSKA Sofia	April 16, 1986	1	0	0	0	0
15th	Nuno Rocha	CS Universitatea Craiova	March 25, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Toni Varela	Excelsior Rotterdam	June 13, 1986	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Calú	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	20th September 1983	3	0	0	0	0
attack
21st	Djaniny	Santos Laguna	March 21, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Júlio Tavares	FCO Dijon	November 19, 1988	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Ryan Mendes	Lille OSC	January 8, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
10	Héldon Ramos	Sporting Lisbon	November 14, 1988	3	1	0	0	0
11	Garry Rodrigues	FC Elche	November 27, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Odaïr Fortes	Stade Reims	March 31, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
9	Kuca	DG Estoril Praia	2nd August 1989	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Rui Águas		April 28, 1960

Zambia

Zambia's coach Honor Janza called 27 players into his provisional squad on December 23, 2014. Nyambe Mulenga broke his leg in a serious car accident on the way to the training camp and therefore fell out. Chris Katongo , Isaac Chansa , Rodger Kola , Collins Mbesuma and Jacob Mulenga , among others, were not considered . From the provisional squad, goalkeeper Toaster Nsabata , defenders Aaron Katebe and Bronson Chama and striker James Chamanga missed the leap into the final squad.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Danny Munyao	Red Arrows FC	2nd November 1982	0	0	0	0	0
16	Kennedy Mweene	Mamelodi Sundowns	December 11, 1984	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Joshua Titima	Power dynamos	October 20, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Donashano Malama	Nkana FC	September 1, 1991	1	0	0	0	0
13	Stophira Sunzu	FC Sochaux	June 22, 1989	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Christopher Munthali	Nkana FC	February 2, 1991	3	0	2	0	0
18th	Emmanuel Mbola	Hapoel Ra'anana	May 10, 1993	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Davies Nkausu	Bloemfontein Celtic	January 1, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
5	Rodrick Kabwe	Zanaco FC	November 30, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
19th	Nathan Sinkala	Grasshopper Club Zurich	November 22, 1990	1	0	1	0	0
3	Chisamba Lungu	Urals Sverdlovsk Oblast	January 31, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
10	Mukuka Mulenga	Bloemfontein Celtic	July 6, 1993	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Kondwani Mtonga	NorthEast United FC	February 12, 1984	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Spencer Sautu	Green Eagles	5th October 1994	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Rainford Kalaba	TP Mazembe	August 14, 1986	3	0	1	0	0
8th	Bruce Musakanya	Red Arrows FC	February 23, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lubambo Musonda	FC Ulisses Yerevan	March 1, 1995	2	0	0	0	0
attack
20th	Emmanuel Mayuka	Southampton FC	November 21, 1990	2	1	0	0	0
9	Ronald Kampamba	Nkana FC	December 28, 1991	1	0	0	0	0
12	Evans Kangwa	Hapoel Ra'anana	October 9, 1992	3	0	1	0	0
15th	Given Singuluma	TP Mazembe	July 19, 1986	3	1	1	0	0
23	Patrick Ngoma	Red Arrows FC	June 24, 1993	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Jackson Mwanza	ZESCO United	February 6, 1987	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Honor Janza

Tunisia

Coach Georges Leekens nominated 26 players for his provisional squad, excluding striker Issam Jemâa . Änis Ben-Hatira had to cancel his participation due to injury from the provisional line - up, Yassine Mikari and Yoann Touzghar were also deleted . Shortly before the start of the tournament, Saber Khelifa and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef had to cancel their participation due to injury, Edem Rjaïbi and Ahmed Akaïchi were nominated in their place .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Club Africain	July 1, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
16	Aymen Mathlouthi	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 14, 1984	4th	0	0	0	0
22nd	Moez Ben Cherifia	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Syam Ben Youssef	Astra Giurgiu	March 31, 1989	4th	0	0	0	0
3	Aymen Abdennour	AS Monaco	August 6, 1989	4th	0	0	0	0
4th	Bilel Mohsni	Glasgow Rangers	July 21, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
5	Rami Bedoui	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	January 19, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
12	Ali Maâloul	CS Sfaxien	January 1, 1990	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Hamza Mathlouthi	CA Bizertin	July 25, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	5th October 1990	2	0	2	0	0
23	Selim Ben Djemia	Stade Laval	January 29, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Hocine Ragued	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	February 11, 1983	4th	0	1	0	0
7th	Youssef Msakni	Lekhwiya	October 28, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
9	Yassine Chikhaoui	FC Zurich	September 22, 1986	4th	1	0	0	0
13	Ferjani Sassi	FC Metz	March 18, 1992	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Stéphane Nater	Club Africain	20th January 1984	2	0	0	0	0
15th	Mohamed Ali Manser	CS Sfaxien	April 28, 1991	4th	1	0	0	0
18th	Wahbi Khazri	Girondins Bordeaux	February 8, 1991	4th	0	1	0	0
21st	Jamel Saihi	HSC Montpellier	January 27, 1987	2	0	0	0	0
attack
8th	Edem Rjaïbi	CA Bizertin	April 5, 1994	1	0	0	0	0
10	Hamza Younés	Ludogorez Razgrad	April 16, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
11	Amine Chermiti	FC Zurich	December 26, 1987	1	0	1	0	0
19th	Ahmed Akaïchi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	February 23, 1989	4th	3	1	0	0
Trainer
	Georges Leekens		May 18, 1949

Group C

Algeria

National coach Christian Gourcuff announced the final squad on December 15th . With Foued Kadir , only one player was nominated who had never been called up by Gourcuff and who played his last international match in March 2014. For the first time, the Algerian team will travel to an Africa Cup without field players from the domestic league. In addition, seven reservists were named: Liassine Cadamuro , Adlène Guédioura , Mehdi Mostefa , Ryad Boudebouz , Ahmed Kashi , Walid Mesloub and Baghdad Bounedjah .

On January 3, 2015, the injury-related loss of Essaïd Belkalem and Mehdi Abeid was announced. The following day, Liassine Cadamuro and Ahmed Kashi were nominated.

Goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche had to leave the training camp on January 14, 2015 due to a thigh injury. Cédric Si Mohamed was nominated for him .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Raïs M'Bolhi	Philadelphia Union	April 25, 1986	4th	0	1	0	0
1	Azzedine Doukha	JS Kabylie	5th August 1986	0	0	0	0	0
16	Cédric Si Mohamed	CS Constantine	January 9, 1985	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Madjid Bougherra (C)	Fujairah SC	October 7, 1982	3	0	1	0	0
5	Rafik Halliche	Qatar SC	2nd September 1986	1	0	0	0	0
4th	Liassine Cadamuro	CA Osasuna	March 5, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Djamel Mesbah	Sampdoria Genoa	October 9, 1984	0	0	0	0	0
12	Carl Medjani	Trabzonspor	May 15, 1985	4th	0	0	0	0
22nd	Mehdi Zeffane	Olympique Lyon	May 19, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
3	Faouzi Ghoulam	SSC Naples	February 1, 1991	4th	1	0	0	0
20th	Aïssa Mandi	Stade Reims	October 22, 1991	4th	0	1	0	0
midfield
18th	Sapphire Taider	US Sassuolo Calcio	February 29, 1992	4th	0	2	0	0
19th	Abdelmoumene Djabou	Club Africain Tunis	January 31, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
11	Yacine Brahimi	FC Porto	February 8, 1990	4th	0	0	0	0
8th	Medhi Lacen	Getafe CF.	March 15, 1984	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Nabil Bentaleb	Tottenham Hotspur	November 24, 1994	4th	1	2	0	0
17th	Foued Kadir	Betis Seville	5th December 1983	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	February 21, 1991	4th	1	0	0	0
10	Sofiane Feghouli	Valencia CF	December 26, 1989	4th	0	0	0	0
21st	Ahmed Kashi	FC Metz	November 18, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
attack
15th	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	Dinamo Zagreb	November 25, 1987	3	1	0	0	0
13	Islam Slimani	Sporting Lisbon	June 18, 1988	3	1	0	0	0
9	Ishak Belfodil	Parma FC	January 12, 1992	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Christian Gourcuff		April 5th 1955

Ghana

Avram Grant called 31 players to his provisional squad in December 2014. No consideration was Sulley Muntari , Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng , who were suspended for incidents at the World Cup, 2014. On January 5, Grant deleted goalkeeper Stephen Adams and midfielders Enoch Adu , Albert Adomah and Alfred Duncan from the squad; Striker Majeed Waris had to pass due to an injury. In the squad published three days later, Samuel Inkoom , Ibrahim Moro and Kwabena Adusei were deleted, Jeffrey Schlupp had to cancel his tournament participation due to an injury. Due to the failure of Waris, Mahatma Otoo was nominated in the attack .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Brimah Razak	CD Mirandés	June 22, 1987	6th	0	1	0	0
16	Fatau Dauda	Ashanti gold	April 6, 1985	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ernest Sowah	CS Don Bosco	March 31, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
23	Harrison Afful	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1986	6th	0	1	0	0
21st	John Boye	Kayseri Erciyesspor	April 23, 1987	4th	1	0	0	0
19th	Jonathan Mensah	FC Evian Thonon Gaillard	July 13, 1990	6th	0	0	0	0
4th	Edwin Gyimah	Mpumalanga Black Aces	March 9, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Abdul Rahman Baba	FC Augsburg	2nd July 1994	6th	0	0	0	0
5	Mohamed Awal	Maritzburg United	May 1, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Daniel Amartey	FC Copenhagen	December 21, 1994	3	0	0	0	0
midfield
10	André Ayew	Olympique Marseille	December 17, 1989	6th	3	2	0	0
8th	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Udinese Calcio	2nd December 1990	5	0	0	0	0
7th	Christian Atsu	Everton FC	January 10, 1992	6th	2	0	0	0
13	Mohammed Rabiu	FK Kuban Krasnodar	December 31, 1989	2	0	1	0	0
11	Wakaso Mubarak	Celtic Glasgow	July 25, 1990	6th	1	1	0	0
14th	Solomon Asante	TP Mazembe	September 15, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Afriyie Acquah	Parma FC	5th January 1992	6th	0	2	0	0
22nd	Frank Acheampong	RSC Anderlecht	October 16, 1993	3	0	0	0	0
attack
3	Asamoah Gyan	al Ain Club	November 22, 1985	4th	1	0	0	0
9	Jordan Ayew	FC Lorient	September 11, 1991	5	1	0	0	0
20th	David Accam	Chicago Fire	September 28, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
2	Kwesi Appiah	Cambridge United	October 12, 1990	4th	1	0	0	0
15th	Mahatma Otoo	Sogndal Fotball	February 6, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Avram Grant		May 6, 1955

Senegal

Alain Giresse announced a 28-player provisional squad on December 26, 2014. He surprisingly did without Demba Ba . Boukary Dramé , Pape Alioune Ndiaye , Ibrahima Mbaye , Ousmane Mané and, due to injury, Diafra Sakho were not included in the final 23-man squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Bouna Coundoul	Ethnikos Achnas	March 4th 1982	3	0	1	0	0
16	Lys Gomis	Trapani Calcio	October 6, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
23	Pape Demba Camara	FC Sochaux	January 16, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
14th	Zargo Touré	AC Le Havre	November 11, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Lamine Gassama	FC Lorient	October 20, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Lamine Sané	Girondins Bordeaux	March 22, 1987	3	0	0	0	0
2	Serigne Kara	KRC Genk	November 11, 1989	3	1	0	0	0
18th	Pape Souaré	Lille OSC	June 6, 1990	2	0	1	0	0
3	Papy Djilobodji	FC Nantes	December 1, 1988	2	0	0	0	0
13	Cheikh M'Bengue	Rennes stadium	July 23, 1988	2	0	0	0	0
midfield
8th	Cheikhou Kouyate	West Ham United	December 21, 1989	3	0	0	0	0
5	Papa Diop	Levante UD	March 19, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Idrissa Gueye	Lille OSC	September 26, 1989	3	0	0	0	0
12	Stéphane Badji	Brann Bergen	January 18, 1990	2	0	1	0	0
20th	Salif Sané	Hannover 96	August 25, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Alfred N'Diaye	Betis Seville	March 6, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Mame Biram Diouf	Stoke City	December 16, 1987	3	1	1	0	0
10	Sadio Mané	Southampton FC	April 10, 1992	2	0	0	0	0
7th	Moussa Sow	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	January 19, 1986	2	1	0	0	0
15th	Papiss Demba Cissé	Newcastle United	3rd June 1985	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Henri Saivet	Girondins Bordeaux	October 26, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
11	Dame N'Doye	Moscow locomotive	February 21, 1985	3	0	1	0	0
19th	Moussa Konaté	FC Sion	April 3, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Alain Giresse		2nd August 1952

South Africa

South Africa coach Ephraim Mashaba called a total of 34 players into his preliminary squad in mid-December 2014. For the final 23-player roster , Mashaba skipped Thulani Serero , Siyabonga Mpontshane , Kwanda Mngonyama , Ntsikelelo Nyauza , Jabulani Shongwe , Mzikayise Mashaba , Asavela Mbekile , Mondli Cele , Ayanda Patosi , Vuyisile Wana and David Zulu . A few days before the start of the tournament, Patrick Phungwayo suffered an injury and Ayanda Gcaba , who was originally not part of the 34-player lineup, was nominated for him .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Darren Keet	KV Kortrijk	5th August 1989	1	0	0	0	0
16	Brilliant Khuzwayo	Kaizer Chiefs	February 9, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jackson Mabokgwane	Mpumalanga Black Aces	January 19, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
Defense
6th	Anele Ngcongca	KRC Genk	October 20, 1987	3	0	1	0	0
3	Eric Mathoho	Kaizer Chiefs	March 1, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
2	Rivaldo Coetzee	Ajax Cape Town	October 16, 1996	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Siyabonga Nhlapo	Bidvest Wits	December 23, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Ayanda Gcaba	Orlando Pirates	March 8, 1986	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Thulani Hlatshwayo	Bidvest Wits	December 18, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
11	Thabo Matlaba	Orlando Pirates	December 13, 1987	3	0	1	0	0
midfield
19th	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns	3rd August 1989	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sibusiso Vilakazi	Bidvest Wits	December 29, 1989	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Oupa Manyisa	Orlando Pirates	July 30, 1988	2	1	0	0	0
5	Andile Jali	KV Ostend	April 10, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Dean Furman	Doncaster Rovers	June 22, 1988	3	0	2	0	0
7th	Mandla Masango	Kaizer Chiefs	July 18, 1989	2	1	0	0	0
12	Reneilwe Letsholonyane	Kaizer Chiefs	June 9, 1982	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Bongani Zungu	Mamelodi Sundowns	October 9, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
13	Thamsanqa Sangweni	Chippa United	May 26, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Thuso Phala	Supersport United	May 27, 1986	3	1	0	0	0
attack
23	Tokelo Rantie	Bournemouth AFC	September 8, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
9	Bongani Ndulula	AmaZulu Durban	November 29, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Bernard Parker	Kaizer Chiefs	March 16, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ephraim Mashaba		August 6, 1950

Group D

Ivory Coast

Coach Hervé Renard announced his 23-man tournament squad on December 29, 2014.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Boubacar Barry	Sporting Lokeren	December 30, 1979	1	0	0	0	0
16	Sylvain Gbohouo	Séwé Sport	October 29, 1988	5	0	1	0	0
23	Sayouba Mandé	Stabæk Fotball	June 15, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Ousmane Viera	Çaykur Rizespor	December 21, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Kolo Touré	Liverpool FC	March 19, 1981	6th	0	0	0	0
5	Siaka Tiéné	HSC Montpellier	February 22, 1982	6th	0	1	0	0
13	Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro	Toulouse FC	October 11, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Serge Aurier	Paris Saint-Germain	December 24, 1992	6th	0	2	0	0
21st	Eric Bailly	Espanyol Barcelona	April 12, 1994	6th	0	2	0	0
22nd	Wilfried Kanon	ADO The Hague	July 6, 1993	6th	1	2	0	0
midfield
3	Roger Assalé	TP Mazembe	November 13, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Cheick Doukouré	FC Metz	September 11, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
9	Cheik Tioté	Newcastle United	June 21, 1986	2	0	2	0	0
14th	Ismaël Diomandé	AS Saint-Etienne	August 28, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
15th	Max Gradel	AS Saint-Etienne	November 30, 1987	5	2	0	0	0
19th	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	May 13, 1983	6th	1	2	0	0
20th	Serey The	FC Basel	November 7, 1984	5	0	3	0	0
attack
7th	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow	December 31, 1987	4th	1	0	0	0
8th	Salomon Kalou	Hertha BSC	5th August 1985	4th	0	0	0	0
10	Gervinho	AS Roma	May 27, 1987	4th	2	0	0	0
11	Junior Tallo	SC Bastia	December 21, 1992	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Wilfried Bony	Manchester City	December 10, 1988	6th	2	0	0	0
18th	Lacina Traoré	AS Monaco	May 20, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Hervé Renard		September 30, 1968

Guinea

Coach Michel Dussuyer called his final squad on December 30, 2014. He waived Alhassane Bangoura , who had turned down an invitation for the qualifying game against Ghana in October, and Ismaël Bangoura , who wanted to concentrate on his club career and therefore already in advance of his Had not asked for consideration. Of the nominated players, Bouna Sarr declined to participate, Guy-Michel Landel was nominated for him .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Naby Yattara	AC Arles-Avignon	January 12, 1984	4th	0	0	0	1
16	Abdul Aziz Keita	Kaloum Star	June 17, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Aboubacar Camara	UCAM Murcia	June 1, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
3	Issiaga Sylla	Toulouse FC	January 1, 1994	3	0	1	0	0
4th	Florentin Pogba	AS Saint-Etienne	19th August 1990	2	0	0	0	0
5	Fodé Camara	Horoya AC	5th August 1988	4th	0	1	0	0
6th	Kamil Zayatte	Sheffield Wednesday	March 7, 1985	0	0	0	0	0
13	Abdoulaye Cissé	SCO Angers	November 30, 1994	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Baissama Sankoh	EA Guingamp	March 20, 1990	4th	0	0	0	0
21st	Mohammed Diarra	Odense BK	June 20, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
23	Djibril Tamsir Paye	SV Zulte Waregem	February 26, 1990	2	0	1	0	0
midfield
9	Guy-Michel Landel	Orduspor	3rd July 1990	0	0	0	0	0
10	Kévin Constant	Trabzonspor	May 10, 1987	4th	1	1	0	0
12	Ibrahima Conté	RSC Anderlecht	April 3, 1991	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Lanfia Camara	KRC Mechelen	3rd October 1986	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Naby Keïta	FC Red Bull Salzburg	February 10, 1995	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Boubacar Fofana	Nacional Funchal	November 6, 1989	4th	0	2	0	0
attack
2	Mohamed Yattara	Olympique Lyon	July 28, 1993	4th	1	0	0	0
7th	Abdoul Razzagui Camara	SCO Angers	February 20, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Ibrahima Traoré	Borussia Monchengladbach	April 21, 1988	4th	1	0	0	0
11	Idrissa Sylla	SV Zulte Waregem	3rd December 1990	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Seydouba Soumah	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	June 11, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
19th	François Kamano	SC Bastia	May 1, 1996	2	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Michel Dussuyer		May 28, 1959

Cameroon

Cameroon coach Volker Finke called a total of 24 players into his preliminary squad on December 24, 2014. The players not considered included the World Cup drivers Benoît Assou-Ekotto , Aurélien Chedjou and Alexandre Song . Brice N'Laté had to cancel his participation after sustaining a knee injury in a car accident in Cameroon at the end of December, and Aurélien Chedjou was nominated for him. Striker Jacques Zoua also missed the leap into the 23-man final squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Guy N'Dy Assembé	AS Nancy	February 28, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
16	Fabrice Ondoa	FC Barcelona B	December 24, 1995	3	0	0	0	0
23	Pierre Sylvain Abogo	Tonnerre Yaoundé	July 18, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
3	Nicolas N'Koulou	Olympique Marseille	March 27, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
12	Henri Bedimo	Olympique Lyon	4th June 1984	3	0	0	0	0
6th	Ambroise Oyongo	New York Red Bulls	June 22, 1991	2	1	0	0	0
19th	Cédric Djeugoué	Cotonsport Garoua	August 28, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
5	Jérôme Guihoata	Valenciennes FC	October 7, 1994	2	0	0	0	0
9	Macky Bagnack	FC Barcelona B	June 7, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Aurélien Chedjou	Galatasaray Istanbul	June 20, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
midfield
17th	Stéphane Mbia	Sevilla FC	May 20, 1986	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Eyong Enoh	Standard Liege	March 23, 1986	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Georges Mandjeck	Kayseri Erciyesspor	December 9, 1988	1	0	0	0	0
11	Edgar Salli	Académica de Coimbra	17th August 1992	3	0	0	0	0
4th	Raoul Loé	CA Osasuna	January 31, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
22nd	Patrick Ekeng	Cordoba FC	March 26, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Franck Com	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 18, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
attack
13	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	FC Schalke 04	March 23, 1989	3	0	0	0	0
10	Vincent Aboubakar	FC Porto	January 22, 1992	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Benjamin Moukandjo	Stade Reims	November 12, 1988	3	1	0	0	0
2	Léonard Kweuke	Çaykur Rizespor	July 12, 1987	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Clinton N'Jie	Olympique Lyon	August 15, 1993	1	0	0	0	0
15th	Franck Etoundi	FC Zurich	August 30, 1990	3	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Volker Finke		March 24, 1948

Mali

Henryk Kasperczak announced a preliminary roster of 35 players on December 27th. In a short time later announced tournament squad goalkeepers found Mamadou Samassa , Oumar Sissoko , Abdoulaye Samaké , the defender Alassane També , midfielders Bakaye Traoré , Birama Touré , Ibourahima Sidibé , Souleymane Diarra and Idrissa Traoré , and strikers Nouha Dicko , Cheick Fantamady Diarra and Moussa Doumbia no consideration. The nominated goalkeeper N'Tji Michel Samaké was not on the provisional list. The originally also not considered Mohamed Traoré was nominated after the injury-related failure of Cheick Diabaté .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Germain Berthé	Onze Créateurs	October 24, 1993	2	0	0	0	0
16	Soumbeyla Diakité	Esteghlal Khuzestan	August 25, 1984	2	0	0	0	0
22nd	N'Tji Michel Samaké	CS Duguwolofila	June 27, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Fousseni Diawara	FC Tours	August 28, 1980	0	0	0	0	0
3	Adama Tamboura	Randers FC	May 18, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
4th	Salif Coulibaly	TP Mazembe	May 13, 1988	3	0	0	0	0
5	Idrissa Coulibaly	Hassania d'Agadir	December 19, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
13	Ousmane Coulibaly	AO Platanias	July 9, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Drissa Diakité	SC Bastia	February 18, 1985	3	0	0	0	0
19th	Mohamed Konaté	Nahdat Berkane	October 20, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
23	Molla Wague	Udinese Calcio	February 21, 1991	3	0	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Tongo Doumbia	Toulouse FC	August 6, 1989	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Yacouba Sylla	Kayseri Erciyesspor	November 29, 1990	3	0	1	0	0
10	Bakary Sako	Wolverhampton Wanderers	April 26, 1988	3	1	0	0	0
11	Sigamary Diarra	Valenciennes FC	January 10, 1984	0	0	0	0	0
12	Seydou Keita	AS Roma	January 16, 1980	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Sambou Yatabaré	EA Guingamp	March 2, 1989	3	1	1	0	0
17th	Mamoutou N'Diaye	SV Zulte Waregem	March 15, 1990	3	0	1	0	0
21st	Abdou Traoré	Girondins Bordeaux	17th January 1988	2	0	0	0	0
attack
7th	Mustapha Yatabaré	Trabzonspor	January 26, 1986	3	0	0	0	0
9	Mohamed Traoré	al-Merrikh Khartoum	November 18, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Abdoulaye Diaby	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	May 21, 1991	1	0	1	0	0
20th	Modibo Maïga	FC Metz	3rd September 1987	3	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Henryk Kasperczak		July 10, 1946

Web links

• The official squad lists on the website of the African Football Association CAF .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Regulation of the Africa Cup Of Nations. (PDF; 229 KB) Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), December 1, 2014, p. 17 , accessed on January 12, 2015 (English): “Ten (10) days before the first match of the Final Tournament, a list of a maximum of twenty three (23) players must be submitted to the CAF secretariat and the teams concerned. (See Chapter 30, Article 72) " 
2. ↑ AFCON, Equatorial Guinea 2015: Squad Lists finalized. Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), January 9, 2015, accessed January 12, 2015 . 
3. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: Goicoetchea n'est plus sélectionneur de la Guinée equatoriale , December 31, 2014
4. ↑ supersport.com: Equatorial Guinea pick Becker as coach , January 6, 2015
5. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: la Guinée équatoriale dévoile enfin sa liste de joueurs , 8 January 2015
6. ↑ sport24.co.za: Equatorial Guinea tweak squad , January 9, 2015
7. ↑ bbc.com: Nations Cup 2015: Traore brothers in Burkina Faso squad , December 23, 2014
8. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: les 23 du Burkina Faso sans Banou Diawara , January 8, 2015
9. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: Sokambi replaces Lemina in Gabon squad , January 3, 2015
10. ↑ footafrica365.fr: Congo: Le Roy retient 38 joueurs ( Memento of the original dated December 13, 2014 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 12, 2014 
11. ↑ africatopsports.com: CAN 2015: Congo, Claude Leroy réduit sa list on December 26 , 22, 2014
12. ↑ bbc.com: Nations Cup 2015: LeRoy finalises Congo squad , January 8, 2015
13. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: l'équipe de RD Congo avec Mbokani mais sans Mputu , December 29, 2014
14. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: Yannick Bolasie in DR Congo squad , January 9, 2015
15. ↑ bbc.com: Nations Cup 2015: Cape Verde name final squad , December 24, 2014
16. ↑ zambianfootball.co.zm: Janza names AFCON Squad, recalls Kondwani but no Kola ( memento of the original from December 23, 2014 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. , December 23, 2014 
17. ↑ en.starafrica.com: Zambia's AFCON squad ( Memento of the original from June 2, 2015 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. , January 8, 2015 
18. ^ Allafrica.com: Tunisia Names Provisional 26-Man Squad , December 30, 2014
19. ↑ handelsblatt.com: Herthas Ben-Hatira not for the Africa Cup - Kalou will be there ( memento of the original from January 17, 2015 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. , January 5, 2015 
20. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: la Tunisie sans Mikari, Touzghar et Ben Hatira , January 8, 2015
21. ↑ kickoff.com: Tunisia name Afcon replacements (Jan. 13, 2015)
22. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: L'Algérie dévoile déjà sa liste de 23 joueurs pour la CAN 2015 , December 15, 2014
23. ↑ bbc.com: Nations Cup 2015: Abeid and Belkalem out of Algeria squad , January 3, 2015
24. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: forfait du gardien algérien Mohamed Zemmamouche , January 15, 2015
25. ↑ ghanafa.org: Grant names 31-man provisional squad for Afcon ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 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 24, 2014 
26. ↑ ghanaweb.com: Muntari, Essien, Kevin dropped from 2015 AFCON squad , December 22, 2014
27. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: Ghana: Waris et Adomah n'iront pas à la CAN 2015 , January 5, 2015
28. ↑ ghanaweb.com: Inkoom dropped as Grant releases final squad , January 8, 2015
29. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: Une première liste de 28 joueurs sans Demba Ba , December 26, 2014
30. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Africa Cup of Nations: Sadio Mane included in Senegal squad , January 9, 2015
31. ↑ allafrica.com: South Africa: Mashaba Announces Provisional Squad for Afcon 2015 , December 18, 2014
32. ↑ dailytimes.com.ng: South Africa squad for 2015 AFCON released , December 30, 2014
33. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: SA call up Gcaba for injured Phungwayo , January 11, 2015
34. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: la Côte d'Ivoire sans Drogba et Zokora , December 29, 2014
35. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: CAN 2015: Kévin Constant parmi les 23 joueurs de la Guinée , December 30, 2014
36. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad , December 31, 2014
37. ↑ fr.starafrica.com: Guinée: Guy Michel Landel appelé pour suppléer à la défection de Bouna Sarr ( Memento of the original of March 4, 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. , January 6, 2015 
38. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: Cameroun: pas de CAN 2015 pour Assou-Ekotto, Chedjou et Song , December 24, 2014
39. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: Chedjou replaces injured Ekongolo , December 29, 2014
40. ↑ cafonline.com: Quatre locaux dans la pré-liste de Kasperczak , December 27, 2014
41. ↑ bbc.com: 2015 Nations Cup: Modibo Maiga recalled to Mali squad , December 29, 2014
42. ↑ afriquefoot.rfi.fr: Mali: Mohamed Traoré remplace Cheick Diabaté pour la CAN 2015 , January 5, 2015