The
2013 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized ...
was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 19 January until 10 February 2013.
The Confederation of African Football confirmed 9 January as the deadline for final squad submissions ahead of the tournament. The African confederation wanted all 23-man squad lists sent to its Cairo headquarters by midnight GMT on 9 January. Failing to do so would result in a fine and infringing countries will only be allowed to take a 22-man squad to the finals.
Along with their 23-man squads, countries were allowed to bring a delegation of 17 officials.
Group A
South Africa
Coach:
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund (born 22 July 1956) is a former South African football player and coach who was most recently the manager of Highlands Park in the Premier Soccer League.
Early life
Igesund was born in Durban to George Norman Igesund (born 193 ...
Cape Verde
Coach:
Lúcio Antunes
Angola
Coach:
Gustavo Ferrín
Gustavo Antonio Ferrín Rodríguez is a Uruguayan football manager. He is the current youth football coordinator of Liverpool Montevideo.
Coaching career
He qualified the Uruguay U20 national team to the FIFA U-20 World Cup after 8 years.
In ...
Morocco
Coach:
Rachid Taoussi
Rachid Taoussi ( ar, رشيد الطاوسي – born 1959, Sidi Kacem) is a former Moroccan football player and manager.
Club career
Born in Sidi Kacem, Taoussi began his career at age 17 with Union Sidi Kacem as a midfielder.
Coaching care ...
Group B
Ghana
Coach:
James Kwesi Appiah
James Kwesi Appiah (born 30 June 1960), also known as Akwasi Appiah, is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is currently the head coach of Kenpong Football Academy.
Early life and education
Appiah was born ...
Mali
Coach:
Patrice Carteron
Patrice Carteron (born 30 July 1970) is a French former professional football player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Ettifaq. Some of his previous managerial posts include the Mali national team, TP Mazembe ...
Niger
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 ...
DR Congo
Coach:
Claude Le Roy
Claude Le Roy (born 6 February 1948) is a French football manager and former player, who gained prominence at international level as coach to the Senegal and Ghana national teams. He was most recently the manager of the Togo national team.
Ma ...
Group C
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 ...
Nigeria
Coach:
Stephen Keshi
Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and manager.
During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most ...
Burkina Faso
Coach:
Paul Put
Ethiopia
Coach:
Sewnet Bishaw
Sewnet Bishaw ( am, ሰውነት ቢሻው; born 1 January 1952) is an Ethiopian football manager.
He achieved regional success with the Ethiopia national football team in 2005 when he won the CECAFA Cup during his first spell as manager.
In O ...
Group D
Ivory Coast
Coach:
Sabri Lamouchi
Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail.
Early life
Lamouchi was born in Lyon, France, and is of Tun ...
Tunisia
Coach:
Sami Trabelsi
Algeria
Coach:
Vahid Halilhodžić
Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various na ...
A 40-man provisional squad was announced on 10 December 2012. A 24-man list was announced on 18 December 2012, with
Ishak Belfodil,
Mokhtar Benmoussa
Mokhtar Benmoussa (born August 11, 1986) is an Algerian footballer. He plays primarily as a left-winger but has also been used as a left-midfielder and a left-back. Benmoussa is an Algeria youth international and has represented Algeria at the ...
,
Antar Boucherit,
Madjid Bougherra
Madjid Bougherra ( ar, مجيد بوقرة, lit=, links=, translit=; born 7 October 1982) is an Algerian football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of the Algeria A' national team.
Bougherra began his p ...
,
Hamza Boulemdaïs,
Ismaël Bouzid,
Farouk Chafaï
Farouk Chafaï (born June 23, 1990, in Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays at Damac. Because of the low-wage he receives from his club. He gets help benefits from the Saudi governments and has seen working a part-time job a ...
,
Abdelmoumene Djabou
Abdelmoumene Djabou (born 31 January 1987) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for ES Sétif in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
An Algerian international since 2010, Djabou was a member of the Alger ...
,
Moustapha Djallit
Moustapha Djallit (born September 21, 1983, in Béchar) is an Algerian former footballer.
Club career
He previously played for IR Mecheria before joining WA Tlemcen.
On January 4, 2012, Djallit joined MC Alger on a free transfer from JSM Béjaï ...
,
Rafik Djebbour
Rafik Zoheir Djebbour (Arabic: رفيق جبور; born 8 March 1984) is a retired professional footballer who played as striker and winger. Born in France, he represented Algeria at international level.
Club career
Auxerre
Born in Grenoble, F ...
,
Ahmed Gasmi,
Abderahmane Hachoud
Abderahmane Hachoud ( ar, عبد الرحمن حشود; born July 2, 1988, in El Attaf) is an Algerian professional football player who plays for ES Ben Aknoun.
Club career
Hachoud began his career as a forward in the junior ranks of MC Alger, ...
,
Féthi Harek
Féthi Harek ( ar, فتحي حارك; born 21 October 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Having begun his career with lower league sides AS Saint-Priest, FAIRM Île-Rousse Monticello, and Rodez AF, he spent the ...
,
Hamza Koudri
Hamza Koudri (born December 15, 1987 in Mila, Algeria) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Club career MC Alger USM Alger
On 26 May 2012 Hamza Koudri joined for two seasons ...
and
Mohamed Zemmamouche being left out of the team. On 22 December 2012,
Djamel Abdoun
Djamel Abdoun (born 14 February 1986) is an Algerian retired professional footballer who played as a winger.
In the summer of 2011, Abdoun signed a three-year contract with Olympiacos, on a free transfer from Kavala, due to their relegation to ...
dropped out of the squad after an injury, thus leaving the team with a final 23-man squad.
Togo
Coach:
Didier Six
Didier Six (born 21 August 1954) is a French football coach and former player, who most recently worked as manager of the Guinea national football team until October 2021.
A gifted but inconsistent winger, Six enjoyed a nomadic career, playing ...
Adebayor in as Togo release final Afcon squad
Goal.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013
Player representation
By club
Clubs with 3 or more players represented are listed.
By club nationality
By club federation
By representatives of domestic league
References
{{Africa Cup of Nations
Africa Cup of Nations squads
Squads
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