Africa Cup 2017 / squad

This article provides an overview of the teams participating in the Africa Cup 2017 . 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 4, 2017.

Group A

Burkina Faso

On December 15, 2017, coach Paulo Duarte nominated a total of 24 players in his preliminary line-up - with the announcement that he would like to nominate the injured Kaboré - and 13 more as reservists ( Baba Zongo , Moussa Dao , Robert Sankara , Michailou Drame , Moussa Konvolbo , Cyrille Kpan , Souleymane Sawadogo , Emmanuel Gora , Yacouba Mando , Fousseyni Béao , Lookman Boni Trova , Souleymane Koanda , Abdoul Aziz Kaboré ) on call. Since Kaboré had to pass due to an injury, Koanda was called up from the reserve pool.

On January 6th, after the registration deadline, Duarte announced his 23-strong final line-up; Ernest Congo and Issoumaïla Lingané were deleted from the provisional squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Koffi Kouakou	ASEC Mimosas	October 16, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
23	Germain Sanou	AS Beauvais	May 26, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
1	Aboubacar Sawadogo	RC Kadiogo Ouagadougou	August 10, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
20th	Yacouba Coulibaly	Racing Club Bobo-Dioulasso	October 2, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Issoufou Dayo	Renaissance de Berkane	August 6, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
13	Souleymane Koanda	ASEC Mimosas	September 21, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Bakary Koné	Málaga CF	April 27, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
5	Patrick Malo	Smouha SC	February 18, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
3	Issouf Paro	Santos Cape Town	October 16, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Bakary Saré	Moreirense FC	April 5th 1990	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Abdou Razack Traoré	Kardemir Karabükspor	December 28, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steeve Yago	Toulouse FC	December 16, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
21st	Cyrille Bayala	Sheriff Tiraspol	May 24, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
12	Adama Guira	RC Lens	April 24, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Charles Kaboré	FK Kuban Krasnodar	February 9, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
7th	Préjuce Nakoulma	Kayserispor	April 21, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jonathan Pitroipa	al-Nasr Sports Club	April 12, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Blati Touré	Omonia Nicosia	4th August 1994	0	0	0	0	0
10	Alain Traoré	Kayserispor	December 31, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
attack
15th	Aristide Bancé	ASEC Mimosas	September 19, 1984	0	0	0	0	0
9	Banou Diawara	Smouha SC	February 13, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Bertrand Traoré	Ajax Amsterdam	September 6, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Jonathan Zongo	UD Almería	April 6, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Paulo Duarte		April 6, 1969

Gabon

Gabon's coach José Antonio Camacho announced his final squad on December 27, as the first of the 16 participating countries. In addition to the 23 squad players, three players, Axel Méyé , Johann Lengoualama and Donald Nzé, were named on demand.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Yves Bitséki	CF Mounana	April 23, 1983	0	0	0	0	0
16	Anthony Mfa Mezui	without a club	March 7, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
1	Didier Ovono	KV Ostend	January 23, 1983	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Aaron Appindangoyé	Stade Lavallois	February 20, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	Cardiff City	July 16, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
3	Franck Obambou	Stade Mandji	June 26, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Johann Obiang	ES Troyes AC	5th July 1993	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Lloyd Palun	Red Star Paris	November 28, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
17th	André Biyogo Poko	Kardemir Karabükspor	January 1, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Yoann Wachter	CS Sedan	April 7, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Benjamin Zé Ondo	FC Mosta	June 18, 1987	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
12	Guelor Kanga	FK Red Star Belgrade	September 1, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
10	Mario Lemina	Juventus Turin	September 1, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lévy Madinda	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	June 11, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Serge Junior Martinsson Ngouali	IF Brommapojkarna	January 23, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
13	Samson Mbingui	Raja Casablanca	February 9, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Didier Ibrahim N'Dong	Sunderland AFC	June 17, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Merlin Tandjigora	Meizhou Hakka	April 6, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	June 18, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Denis Bouanga	FC Tours	November 11, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
7th	Malick Evouna	Tianjin Teda	November 28, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Serge Kevyn	União Leiria	August 3, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Cédric Ondo Biyoghé	CF Mounana	17th August 1994	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	José Antonio Camacho		June 8, 1955

Guinea-Bissau

Coach Baciro Candé first announced a provisional line-up of 35 players. Of these, Eliseu Cassamá and Yazalde Gomes Pinto (both Rio Ave) rejected their nomination. Previously had Vasco Fernandes , Gerso , Carlos Embalo and Janio Bikel told not to stand for the tournament are available. Amido Baldé had to cancel in advance due to an injury, as did the two nominees Cícero Semedo and Mama Baldé .

Of these, Edouard Mendy , Formose Mendy , Pelé , Guti Almada , Edelino Ié , Mesca and Bruno Preira did not make it onto a 26-player list that was announced at the end of December. With Tomás Dabó and Rui Dabó , two players who were not named before moved on to this . The leap into the final squad missed Jean-Paul Mendy , Abudu and Zé Turbo , but moved Nani Soares still in the squad, who had previously never been mentioned.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Rui Dabó	CD Cova da Piedade	5th October 1994
12	Papa Massé Mbaye case	CD Orellana	December 11, 1985
1	Jonas Mendes	SC Salgueiros	November 20, 1989
Defense
22nd	Mamadu Candé	CD Tondela	August 29, 1990
4th	Tomás Dabó	without a club	October 20, 1993
6th	Eridson	SC Freamunde	June 25, 1990
2	Emmanuel Mendy	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	March 30, 1990
5	Rudinilson Silva	without a club	August 20, 1994
16	Agostinho Soares	SC Covilhã	January 27, 1990
13	Juary Soares	CD Mafra	February 20, 1992
midfield
10	Bocundji approx	Stade Reims	December 28, 1986
20th	Idrissa Camará	US Avellino 1912	October 30, 1992
3	Lassana Camará	Académico de Viseu FC	December 29, 1991
8th	Francisco Júnior	Strømsgodset IF	January 18, 1992
18th	Piqueti	Sporting Braga B	February 12, 1993
15th	Toni Silva	Levadiakos	5th September 1993
11	Nani Soares	FC Felgueiras	17th September 1991
7th	Zezinho	Levadiakos	September 23, 1992
attack
21st	Aldair	SC Olhanense	January 31, 1992
9	Abel Camará	Belenenses Lisbon	January 6, 1990
19th	João Mário	DG Chaves	October 11, 1993
13	Frédéric Mendy	Ulsan Hyundai	November 18, 1988
17th	Leocísio Sami	Akhisar Belediyespor	December 18, 1988
Trainer
	Baciro Candé		March 18, 1948

Cameroon

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos called a total of 35 players into his preliminary squad on December 12, 2016. In the following days, a number of players called Joel Matip , Allan Nyom , André Onana , Guy N'Dy Assembé , Maxime Poundjé , André Zambo Anguissa and Ibrahim Amadou , and at the beginning of January Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also decided against participating in the finals. On January 4, Broos cut four players with Aurélien Chedjou , Henri Bedimo , Anatole Abang and Franck Kom and thus reduced his squad to the final 23-man squad.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Jules Goda	AC Ajaccio	May 30, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
23	Georges Mbokwe	Cotonsport Garoua	July 14, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
1	Fabrice Ondoa	Seville Atlético	December 24, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
3	Nicolas N'Koulou	Olympique Lyon	March 27, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Ambroise Oyongo	Montreal Impact	June 22, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Mohammed Djetei	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	August 18, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Collins Fai	Standard Liege	August 13, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
5	Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	Slavia Prague	November 23, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Adolphe Teikeu	FC Sochaux	June 23, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jonathan Ngwem	Progresso Associação do Sambizanga	July 20, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ernest Mabouka	MŠK Žilina	June 16, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
14th	Georges Mandjeck	FC Metz	December 9, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Sébastien Siani	KV Ostend	December 21, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Arnaud Sutchuin Djoum	Heart of Midlothian	May 2, 1989	0	0	0	0	0
12	Franck Boya	APEJES Academy	July 1, 1996	0	0	0	0	0
attack
10	Vincent Aboubakar	Beşiktaş Istanbul	January 22, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Benjamin Moukandjo	FC Lorient	November 12, 1988	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jacques Zoua	1. FC Kaiserslautern	September 6, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
11	Edgar Salli	1. FC Nuremberg	17th August 1992	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Karl Toko Ekambi	SCO Angers	September 14, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Robert Ndip Tambe	FC Spartak Trnava	February 22, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
7th	Clinton N'Jie	Olympique Marseille	August 15, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
13	Christian Bassogog	Aalborg BK	October 18, 1995	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Hugo Broos		April 10, 1952

Group B

Algeria

Georges Leekens nominated a total of 32 players in his preliminary squad. At the end of December, the following nine players were removed from the expanded squad: Ayoub Azzi , Houari Ferhani , Carl Medjani , Ismaël Bennacer , Adam Ounas , Idriss Saâdi , Ishak Belfodil , Sofiane Feghouli and Yassine Benzia . On January 11th Bennacer was nominated because Saphir Taïder could not play the tournament due to an injury.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Malik Asselah	JS Kabylie	July 8, 1986
23	Raïs M'Bolhi	Antalyaspor	April 25, 1986
1	Chamseddine Rahmani	MO Béjaia	September 15, 1990
Defense
4th	Liassine Cadamuro	Servette FC Genève	March 5, 1988
12	Mohamed Benyahia	USM Algiers	June 30, 1992
22nd	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	USM Algiers	May 5th 1985
20th	Mokhtar Belkhiter	Club Africain Tunis	January 15, 1992
21st	Ramy Bensebaini	Rennes stadium	April 16, 1995
2	Aïssa Mandi	Betis Seville	October 22, 1991
5	Hicham Belkaroui	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	August 24, 1990
6th	Djamel Mesbah	FC Crotone	October 9, 1984
3	Faouzi Ghoulam	SSC Naples	February 1, 1991
midfield
8th	Ismaël Bennacer	Arsenal FC	December 1, 1997
17th	Adlène Guedioura	Watford FC	November 12, 1985
7th	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	February 21, 1991
19th	Mehdi Abeid	FCO Dijon	August 6, 1992
10	Nabil Bentaleb	FC Schalke 04	November 24, 1994
18th	Rachid Ghezzal	Olympique Lyon	May 9, 1992
11	Yacine Brahimi	FC Porto	February 8, 1990
9	Sofiane Hanni	RSC Anderlecht	December 29, 1990
attack
14th	Baghdad Bounedjah	al-Sadd Sports Club	November 30, 1991
13	Islam Slimani	Leicester City	June 18, 1988
15th	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	Dinamo Zagreb	November 25, 1987
Trainer
	Georges Leekens		May 18, 1949

Senegal

Coach Aliou Cissé called his 23-man squad on December 30, 2016.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Abdoulaye Diallo	Çaykur Rizespor	March 30, 1992
16	Khadim N'Diaye	Horoya AC	April 5th 1985
23	Pape Seydou N'Diaye	ASC Niarry Tally	February 11, 1993
Defense
19th	Saliou Ciss	Valenciennes FC	September 15, 1989
21st	Lamine Gassama	Alanyaspor	October 20, 1989
2	Serigne Kara	RSC Anderlecht	November 11, 1989
3	Kalidou Koulibaly	SSC Naples	June 20, 1991
8th	Cheikhou Kouyate	West Ham United	December 21, 1989
4th	Cheikh M'Bengue	AS Saint-Etienne	July 23, 1988
14th	Zargo Touré	FC Lorient	November 11, 1989
midfield
20th	Keita Baldé	Lazio Rome	March 8, 1995
12	Mohamed Diamé	Newcastle United	June 14, 1987
15th	Papa Diop	Espanyol Barcelona	March 19, 1986
5	Idrissa Gueye	Everton FC	September 26, 1989
10	Sadio Mané	Liverpool FC	April 10, 1992
17th	Papa Alioune Ndiaye	Osmanlıspor FK	October 27, 1990
11	Cheikh N'Doye	SCO Angers	March 29, 1986
22nd	Henri Saivet	AS Saint-Etienne	October 26, 1990
18th	Ismaïla Sarr	FC Metz	February 25, 1998
attack
6th	Famara Diedhiou	SCO Angers	December 15, 1992
9	Mame Diouf	Stoke City	December 16, 1987
13	Moussa Konaté	FC Sion	April 3, 1993
7th	Moussa Sow	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	January 19, 1986
Trainer
	Aliou Cissé		March 24, 1976

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe coach Callisto Pasuwa initially nominated 31 players in his preliminary roster on December 19. On January 3rd he deleted Liberty Chakoroma , Tendai Ndlovu , Raphael Kutinyu , Talent Chawapihwa and Ronald Chitiyo . From the then still 26-strong squad, Marshall Mudehwe , Farai Madhanaga and Nelson Chadya also missed the nomination for the final round.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Bernard Donovan	How Mine FC	July 12, 1995
23	Takabva Mawaya	Hwange Colliery FC	March 2, 1993
16	Tatenda Mkuruva	Dynamos FC	4th January 1996
Defense
6th	Onisimor Bhasera	Supersport United	January 7, 1986
15th	Teenage Hadebe	Chicken Inn FC	17th September 1995
12	Bruce Kangwa	Azam FC	July 24, 1988
22nd	Oscar Machapa	AS Vita Club	June 1, 1987
19th	Lawrence Mhlanga	Chicken Inn FC	December 20, 1993
5	Elisha Muroiwa	Dynamos FC	January 28, 1989
2	Costa Nhamoinesu	Sparta Prague	January 6, 1986
4th	Hardlife Zvirekwi	CAPS United	May 5th 1987
midfield
20th	Khama Billiat	Mamelodi Sundowns	19th August 1990
21st	Tino Kadewere	Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening	5th January 1996
14th	Willard Katsande	Kaizer Chiefs	January 15, 1986
10	Kudakwashe Mahachi	Golden Arrows	29th September 1993
18th	Marvelous Nakamba	Vitesse Arnhem	January 19, 1994
3	Danny Phiri	Golden Arrows	July 25, 1989
attack
13	Cuthbert Malajila	Bidvest Wits	3rd October 1985
9	Nyasha Mushekwi	Dalian Yifang	August 21, 1987
17th	Knowledge Musona	KV Ostend	June 21, 1990
11	Tendai Ndoro	Orlando Pirates	May 15, 1985
8th	Evans Rusike	Maritzburg United	June 13, 1990
7th	Mathew Rusike	Helsingborgs IF	June 28, 1990
Trainer
	Callisto Pasuwa		June 20, 1970

Tunisia

Henryk Kasperczak called a total of 41 players into his preliminary squad on December 20, 2016. The final list, published two weeks later, was missing Ghazi Abderrazzak , Khaled Ayari , Änis Ben-Hatira , Issam Ben Khémis , Farouk Ben Mustapha , Saad Bguir , Nejmeddin Daghfous , Oussama Haddadi , Hamdi Harbaoui , Bilel Ifa , Issam Jebali , Ali Machi , Iheb Mbarki , Yassine Meriah , Idriss Mhirsi , Iheb Msakni , Abdelkader Oueslati and Yoann Touzghar .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
22nd	Moez Ben Cherifia	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	June 24, 1991
16	Aymen Mathlouthi	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	September 14, 1984
1	Rami Jridi	CS Sfax	April 25, 1985
Defense
3	Aymen Abdennour	Valencia CF	August 6, 1989
2	Syam Ben Youssef	SM Caen	March 31, 1989
4th	Zied Boughattas	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	December 25, 1990
6th	Chamseddine Dhaouadi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	January 16, 1987
5	Sliman Kchouk	Club Athlétique Bizertin	May 7, 1994
12	Ali Maâloul	al Ahly Cairo	January 1, 1990
17th	Hamza Mathlouthi	CS Sfax	July 25, 1992
21st	Hamdi Nagguez	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	October 28, 1992
20th	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi	Çaykur Rizespor	5th October 1990
midfield
15th	Larry Azouni	Olympique Nîmes	March 23, 1994
14th	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	May 3, 1992
18th	Ahmed Khalil	Club Africain Tunis	December 21, 1994
10	Wahbi Khazri	Sunderland AFC	February 8, 1991
8th	Hamza Lahmar	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	May 28, 1990
7th	Youssef Msakni	Lekhwiya	October 28, 1990
13	Ferjani Sassi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	March 18, 1992
23	Naïm Sliti	Lille OSC	July 27, 1992
attack
9	Ahmed Akaïchi	Ittihad FC	February 23, 1989
19th	Saber Khalifa	Club Africain Tunis	October 14, 1986
11	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	January 6, 1992
Trainer
	Henryk Kasperczak		July 10, 1946

Group C

Ivory Coast

Michel Dussuyer called a 24 player in his provisional squad. From this he deleted Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba on January 4th .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Sylvain Gbohouo	Tout Puissant Mazembe	October 29, 1988
1	Sayouba Mandé	Stabæk Fotball	June 15, 1993
23	Badra Ali Sangaré	AS Tanda	May 30, 1986
Defense
17th	Serge Aurier	Paris Saint-Germain	December 24, 1992
22nd	Mamadou Bagayoko	VV St. Truiden	December 31, 1989
21st	Eric Bailly	Manchester United	April 12, 1994
19th	Simon Deli	Slavia Prague	October 27, 1991
5	Wilfried Kanon	ADO The Hague	July 6, 1993
4th	Lamine Koné	Sunderland AFC	February 1, 1989
18th	Adama Traoré	FC Basel	3rd February 1990
midfield
7th	Victorien Angban	Granada CF.	September 29, 1996
10	Cheick Doukouré	FC Metz	September 11, 1992
11	Franck Kessié	Atalanta Bergamo	December 19, 1996
3	Serge N'Guessan	AS Nancy	July 31, 1994
20th	Serey Dié	FC Basel	November 7, 1984
6th	Jean Seri	OGC Nice	July 19, 1991
attack
12	Wilfried Bony	Stoke City	December 10, 1988
15th	Max Gradel	Bournemouth AFC	November 30, 1987
8th	Salomon Kalou	Hertha BSC	5th August 1985
14th	Jonathan Kodjia	Aston Villa	October 22, 1989
13	Giovanni Sio	Rennes stadium	March 31, 1989
9	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace	November 10, 1992
2	Nicolas Pépé	SCO Angers	May 29, 1995
Trainer
	Michel Dussuyer		May 28, 1959

Democratic Republic of Congo

Coach Florent Ibengé nominated 31 players in his preliminary squad. Of these, Benik Afobe rejected his nomination, Jonathan Bijimine had to cancel due to injury. As a result, Wilson Kamavuaka , Christian Luyindama , Elia Meschak , Vital N'Simba and Ricky Tulengi were also deleted from the line-up, but there were still 24 players in Congo's line-up at the time of registration. Several media finally reported a 23-man squad that Junior Kabananga was missing. In the end, instead of Kabananga, Hervé Kage was missing from the official player list , the background for the change is said to have been an instruction from the Congolese association president.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
23	Joël Kiassumbua	FC Wohlen	April 6, 1992
16	Nicaise Kubimbana	Royal Antwerp	January 21, 1987
1	Ley Matampi	Tout Puissant Mazembe	April 18, 1989
Defense
18th	Merveille Bope	Tout Puissant Mazembe	May 21, 1992
4th	Jordan Ikoko	EA Guingamp	3rd February 1994
13	Joyce Lomalisa	AS Vita Club	June 18, 1993
2	Issama Mpeko	Tout Puissant Mazembe	March 3, 1986
3	Fabrice N'Sakala	Alanyaspor	July 21, 1990
5	Marcel Tisserand	FC Ingolstadt 04	January 10, 1993
14th	Gabriel Zakuani	Northampton Town	May 31, 1986
midfield
10	Neeskens Kebano	Fulham FC	March 10, 1992
20th	Jacques Maghoma	Birmingham City	October 23, 1987
22nd	Chancel Mbemba	Newcastle United	August 8, 1994
8th	Paul-José Mpoku	Panathinaikos Athens	April 19, 1992
15th	Rémi Mulumba	Gazélec FC Ajaccio	2nd November 1992
7th	Youssouf Mulumbu	Norwich City	January 25, 1987
attack
17th	Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal CF	April 11, 1991
12	Jonathan Bolingi	Tout Puissant Mazembe	June 30, 1994
19th	Jeremy Bokila	al-Kharitiyath SC	November 14, 1988
11	Jordan Botaka	Charlton Athletic	June 24, 1993
6th	Junior Kabananga	FK Astana	April 4, 1989
9	Dieumerci Mbokani	Hull City	November 22, 1985
21st	Firmin Ndombe Mubele	Al-Ahli SC
Trainer
	Florent Ibengé		4th December 1961

Morocco

Coach Hervé Renard called a total of 26 players into his preliminary squad on December 22, 2016. After Younès Belhanda and Oussama Tannane were canceled due to injuries , Aziz Bouhaddouz was nominated. Ismail Haddad and Mohamed Nahiri finally missed the leap into the final rounds published on January 4, 2017, and at this point in time the possibility of Sofiane Boufal and Nordin Amrabat to participate was questionable for health reasons. In the end, both of them also had to forego participation; Omar El Kaddouri was nominated for Amrabat , Boufal was replaced by Faycal Rherras .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Bono	FC Girona	April 5, 1991
22nd	Yassine El Kharroubi	Locomotive Plovdiv	March 29, 1990
12	Munir El Kajoui	CD Numancia	May 10, 1989
Defense
18th	Amine Atouchi	Wydad Casablanca	July 1, 1992
5	Medhi Benatia	Juventus Turin	April 17, 1987
3	Fouad Chafik	FCO Dijon	October 16, 1986
4th	Manuel da Costa	Olympiacos Piraeus	May 6, 1986
2	Hamza Mendyl	Lille OSC	October 21, 1997
10	Faycal Rherras	Heart of Midlothian	April 7, 1993
6th	Romain Saïss	Wolverhampton Wanderers	March 26, 1990
midfield
15th	Youssef Aït Bennasser	AS Nancy	July 7, 1996
14th	Mbark Boussoufa	al-Jazira Club	August 15, 1984
21st	Mehdi Carcela-González	Granada CF.	July 1, 1989
17th	Nabil Dirar	AS Monaco	February 25, 1986
8th	Karim El Ahmadi	Feyenoord Rotterdam	January 27, 1985
16	Omar El Kaddouri	SSC Naples	August 21, 1990
11	Fayçal Fajr	Deportivo La Coruña	August 1, 1988
19th	Mounir Obbadi	Lille OSC	April 4th 1983
attack
23	Rachid Alioui	Olympique Nîmes	June 18, 1992
20th	Aziz Bouhaddouz	FC St. Pauli	March 30, 1987
13	Khalid Boutaïb	Racing Strasbourg	April 24, 1987
9	Youssef El-Arabi	Lekhwiya	3rd February 1987
7th	Youssef en-Nesyri	Málaga CF	June 1, 1997
Trainer
	Hervé Renard		September 30, 1968

Togo

Coach Claude Le Roy nominated 25 players in his provisional squad on December 21, 2016. Of these, Joseph Douhadji and Victor Nukafu missed the leap into the 23-man squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Kossi Agassa	without a club	2nd July 1978
1	Cédric Mensah	Le Mans FC	March 6, 1989
23	Baba Tchagouni	FC Marmande 47	December 31, 1990
Defense
5	Serge Akakpo	Trabzonspor	October 15, 1987
9	Vincent Bossou	Young Africans FC	February 7, 1986
21st	Djené Dakonam	VV St. Truiden	December 31, 1991
11	Maklibè Kouloum	Dynamic Togolais	5th October 1987
6th	Abdoul-Gafar Mamah	FC Dacia Chișinău	August 24, 1985
13	Sadat Ouro-Akoriko	Al-Khaleej	February 1, 1988
3	Hakim Ouro-sama	AS Togo port	December 28, 1997
midfield
18th	Lalawélé Atakora	Helsingborgs IF	November 9, 1990
2	Franco Atchou	Dynamic Togolais	3rd December 1995
10	Floyd Ayité	Fulham FC	December 15, 1988
22nd	Ihlas Bebou	Fortuna Dusseldorf	April 23, 1994
12	Razak Boukari	LB Châteauroux	April 25, 1987
7th	Mathieu Dossevi	Standard Liege	February 12, 1988
20th	Henri Eninful	Doxa Katokopia	July 21, 1992
17th	Serge Gakpé	CFC genoa	May 7, 1987
15th	Alaixys Romao	Olympiacos Piraeus	January 18, 1984
14th	Prince Segbefia	Goztepe Izmir	March 11, 1991
attack
4th	Emmanuel Adebayor	without a club	February 26, 1984
8th	Komlan Agbégniadan	West African Football Academy	March 26, 1991
19th	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	Renaissance de Berkane	January 27, 1992
Trainer
	Claude Le Roy		February 6, 1948

Group D

Egypt

National coach Héctor Cúper nominated 27 players for his provisional squad. From this he deleted Hamada Tolba , Ahmed Gomaa , Mohamed Ibrahim and Mohamed Awad for the final round.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Sherif Ekramy	al Ahly Cairo	July 1, 1983
1	Essam El-Hadary	Wadi Degla SC	15th January 1973
23	Ahmed El-Shenawy	al Zamalek SC	May 14, 1991
Defense
13	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	al-Ahli	July 1, 1985
12	Ahmed Dowidar	al Zamalek SC	October 29, 1987
3	Ahmed Elmohamady	Hull City	September 9, 1987
7th	Ahmed Fathy	al Ahly Cairo	November 10, 1984
4th	Omar Gaber	FC Basel	January 30, 1992
2	Ali Gabr	al Zamalek SC	January 10, 1987
15th	Karim Hafez	RC Lens	March 12, 1996
6th	Ahmed Hegazy	al Ahly Cairo	January 25, 1991
20th	Saad Samir	al Ahly Cairo	April 1, 1989
midfield
17th	Mohamed Elneny	Arsenal FC	July 11, 1992
8th	Tarek Hamed	al Zamalek SC	October 24, 1988
21st	Trezeguet	Royal Excel Mouscron	October 1, 1994
11	Kahraba	Ittihad FC	April 13, 1994
19th	Abdallah Said	al Ahly Cairo	June 13, 1985
5	Ibrahim Salah	al Zamalek SC	April 1, 1987
14th	Ramadan Sobhi	Stoke City	January 23, 1997
22nd	Amr Warda	Panetolikos	17th September 1993
attack
9	Ahmed Hassan	Sporting Braga	March 5, 1993
18th	Marwan Mohsen	al Ahly Cairo	February 26, 1989
10	Mohamed Salah	AS Roma	June 15, 1992
Trainer
	Héctor Cúper		November 16, 1955

Ghana

Ghana's coach Avram Grant called up 26 players in his preliminary roster on January 2, 2017. However, Raphael Dwamena , Abdul Majeed Waris and Joseph Attamah did not make the leap into the final line-up . The goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey had to withdraw injured and was replaced by Fatau Dauda .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Fatau Dauda	FC Enyimba	April 6, 1985
12	Richard Ofori	Wa All Stars	November 1, 1993
1	Brimah Razak	Cordoba FC	June 22, 1987
Defense
22nd	Frank Acheampong	RSC Anderlecht	October 16, 1993
23	Harrison Afful	Columbus crew	June 24, 1986
18th	Daniel Amartey	Leicester City	December 21, 1994
17th	Abdul Rahman Baba	FC Schalke 04	2nd July 1994
21st	John Boye	Sivasspor	April 23, 1987
19th	Edwin Gyimah	Orlando Pirates	March 9, 1991
4th	Jonathan Mensah	Columbus crew	July 13, 1990
2	Andy Yiadom	Barnsley FC	2nd December 1991
midfield
6th	Afriyie Acquah	Torino FC	5th January 1992
8th	Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu	Udinese Calcio	2nd December 1990
7th	Christian Atsu	Newcastle United	January 10, 1992
15th	Ebenezer Ofori	AIK Solna	July 1, 1995
5	Thomas Partey	Atlético Madrid	June 13, 1993
20th	Samuel Tetteh	FC Liefering	July 28, 1996
11	Mubarak Wakaso	Panathinaikos Athens	July 25, 1990
attack
13	Ebenezer Assifuah	FC Sion	3rd July 1993
10	André Ayew	West Ham United	December 17, 1989
9	Jordan Ayew	Aston Villa	September 11, 1991
3	Asamoah Gyan	al-Ahli Dubai	November 22, 1985
14th	Bernard Tekpetey	FC Schalke 04	September 3, 1997
Trainer
	Avram Grant		May 6, 1955

Mali

Alain Giresse called up 26 players in his provisional squad on December 30, 2016. Of these, Souleymane Diarra , Falaye Sacko and Adama Traoré missed the leap into the final squad .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
16	Soumaila Diakitė	Stade Malien	August 25, 1984
22nd	Djigui Diarra	Stade Malien	February 27, 1995
1	Oumar Sissoko	US Orléans	September 13, 1987
Defense
23	Ousmane Coulibaly	Panathinaikos Athens	July 9, 1989
4th	Salif Coulibaly	TP Mazembe	May 13, 1988
15th	Mohamed Konaté	Renaissance de Berkane	October 20, 1992
3	Youssouf Koné	Lille OSC	5th July 1995
21st	Mahamadou N'Diaye	ES Troyes AC	June 21, 1990
5	Charles Traoré	ES Troyes AC	January 1, 1992
2	Hamari Traoré	Stade Reims	January 27, 1992
13	Molla Waguė	Udinese Calcio	February 21, 1991
midfield
20th	Yves Bissouma	Lille OSC	August 30, 1996
6th	Lassana Coulibaly	SC Bastia	April 10, 1996
17th	Mamoutou N'Diaye	Royal Antwerp	March 15, 1990
18th	Samba Sow	Kayserispor	April 29, 1989
8th	Yacouba Sylla	HSC Montpellier	November 29, 1990
19th	Adama Traoré	AS Monaco	June 28, 1995
14th	Sambou Yatabaré	Werder Bremen	March 2, 1989
attack
10	Kalifa Coulibaly	KAA Gent	August 21, 1991
12	Moussa Doumbia	FK Rostov	August 15, 1994
9	Moussa Marega	Vitória Guimarães	April 14, 1991
11	Bakary Sako	Crystal Palace	April 26, 1988
7th	Mustapha Yatabaré	Kardemir Karabükspor	January 26, 1986
Trainer
	Alain Giresse		2nd August 1952

Uganda

Coach Milutin Sredojević already called 40 players into his provisional squad at the end of November 2016. On December 23, he struck out Joseph Nsubuga , Richard Kassaga Jjuuko , Halid Lwaliwa , Rashid Toha , Keziron Kizito , Ibrahim Saddam Juma , Paul Mucureezi , Martin Kizza and Erisa Ssekisambu from a group of 25 local players . At the turn of the year Isma Watenge , Vitalis Tabu , Derrick Nsibambi and Ronald Mukiibi , the latter due to an injury, had to leave the training camp. The last three players were Muzamiru Mutyaba , Benjamin Ochan and Edrisa Lubega .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the tournament	birthday	Sp.	Gates	00	00	00
goalkeeper
1	Robert Odongkara	Saint George SA	2nd September 1989
18th	Denis Onyango	Mamelodi Sundowns	May 15, 1987
19th	Jamal Salim	al-Merrikh Khartoum	May 27, 1995
Defense
20th	Timothy Awany	Kampala Capital City Authority FC	August 6, 1996
12	Denis Iguma	al Ahed	February 10, 1994
5	Isaac Isinde	Saint George SA	April 16, 1991
4th	Murushid Juuko	Simba SC	April 14, 1994
2	Joseph Ochaya	Kampala Capital City Authority FC	December 14, 1993
14th	Nicholas Wadada	Vipers SC	July 27, 1994
15th	Godfrey Walusimbi	Gor Mahia FC	3rd July 1989
midfield
8th	Khalid Aucho	Baroka FC	August 8, 1993
23	Micheal Azira	Colorado Rapids	August 22, 1987
22nd	Shafik Batambuze	Tusker FC	June 14, 1994
3	Geoffrey Kizito	Than Quảng Ninh	2nd February 1993
10	Luwagga Kizito	Rio Ave FC	December 20, 1993
6th	Tony Mawejje	Þróttur Reykjavík	December 15, 1987
17th	Farouk Miya	Standard Liege	November 26, 1995
13	Moses Oloya	Hà Nội T&T	October 22, 1992
16	Hassan Wassva	Al-Shorta SC	February 14, 1988
attack
11	Geofrey Massa	Baroka FC	February 19, 1986
7th	Yunus Sentamu	Tampereen Ilves	August 13, 1994
21st	Muhammad Shaban	Onduparaka FC	January 11, 1998
9	Geoffrey Sserunkuma	Lweza FC	June 7, 1983
Trainer
	Milutin Sredojević		1st September 1969

Web links

• Official player list of the CAF (PDF)

Individual evidence

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