The

2009 African Nations Championship The 2009 African Nations Championship was the first edition of the African Nations Championship in football. The tournament took place in Ivory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009. Thirty countries attempted to qualify for the tournament. ...

was an international

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tournament held in the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

from 22 February to 8 March 2009. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Unlike the

Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

, this tournament exclusively requires players to be registered to a club within their country to be eligible. Expatriate players, even if they play in Africa, cannot participate in the event. Final squads were confirmed by the

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on 21 February. The age listed for each player is on 22 February 2009, the first day of the tournament.

Group A

Ivory Coast

The squad of

, the host nation, was announced by head coach

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on 13 February 2009.

Senegal

The squad of Senegal was announced by head coach

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on 14 February 2009.

Tanzania

Head Coach: Marcio Maximo

Zambia

The squad of Zambia was announced by head coach Hervé Renard on 11 February 2009.

Group B

DR Congo

The squad of the

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was announced by head coach

Jean-Santos Muntubila Jean-Santos N'Diela Muntubila (20 December 1958), nicknamed Santos, is a Congolese former professional football player and manager. He played for AS Bilima Kinshasa, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Olympique de Marseille, 1. FC Saarbrücken, SC Bas ...

on 10 February 2009.

Ghana

From a preliminary squad of 40 players, Ghana head coach Milovan Rajevac named the final squad on 14 February 2009.

Libya

Zimbabwe

References

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