The
2012 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football ( ...
was an international football tournament held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from 21 January until 12 February 2012. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in those squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
The deadline for participating associations to submit their squad was 11 January 2012 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first Africa Cup of Nations match.
Should an association miss the deadline, it will be fined
US$
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10,000. Only 21 players were allowed to register for the competition if the registration was received after 14 January 2012.
Group A
Source:
Equatorial Guinea
Coach:
Gílson Paulo
Libya
Coach:
Marcos Paqueta
Senegal
Coach:
Amara Traoré
Amara Traoré (born 25 September 1965) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who is the head coach of Horoya AC in the Guinée Championnat National.
He managed the Senegal national team and ASC Linguère in Senegal.
Playing career
T ...
Zambia
Coach:
Hervé Renard
Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Saudi Arabia national team.
Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom ...
Group B
Source:
Angola
Coach:
Lito Vidigal
José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal (born 11 July 1969), commonly known as Lito, is an Angolan professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
He spent his entire playing career in Portugal, mainly with Belenenses in the ...
Burkina Faso
Coach:
Paulo Duarte
Ivory Coast
Coach:
François Zahoui
François Zahoui (born 21 July 1961) is an Ivorian football former player and manager who manages the Central African Republic national team. He was the first African footballer to play in Serie A.
Coaching career
In 2010, Zahoui was chosen to ...
Sudan
Coach:
Mohamed Abdalla
Group C
Source:
Gabon
Coach:
Gernot Rohr
Gernot Rohr (born 28 June 1953) is a German professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of the Nigerian national team.
Managerial career
In 1996, he managed Girondins de Bordeaux to the UEFA Cup final, whe ...
Morocco
Coach:
Eric Gerets
Eric Maria Gerets (, born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a right back.
He started his playing career as an amateur for his local team AA Rekem, before achieving success with Standard Liège and PSV. ...
Niger
Coach:
Harouna Gadbe
Tunisia
Coach:
Sami Trabelsi
Group D
Source:
Botswana
Coach:
Stanley Tshosane
Stanley Tshoshane is a Botswana, Batswana association football, football manager (association football), manager.
He was appointed to the position of Botswana national football team, Botswana manager in 2008, following a short spell as caretake ...
Ghana
Coach:
Goran Stevanović
Goran Stevanović (, ; born 27 November 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
He started his career in Partizan, a club where he passed all categories, from pioneers to seniors. He played a total of 328 games and ...
Note: ''Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.
Guinea
Coach:
Michel Dussuyer
Mali
Coach:
Alain Giresse
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References
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Africa Cup of Nations squads
Squads
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