The
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...
was an international
football
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tournament hosted by
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
from 17 January to 8 February 2015.
Group A
Equatorial Guinea
Coach:
Esteban Becker
The final squad was announced on 8 January 2015.
Burkina Faso
Coach:
Paul Put
A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 23 December 2014.
Gabon
Coach:
Jorge Costa
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (born 14 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Académico de Viseu.
Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' (tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...
The final squad was announced on 28 December 2014.
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 ...
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2014. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2015.
Group B
Zambia
Coach:
Honour Janza
A 27-man provisional squad was announced on 24 December 2014. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2015.
Tunisia
Coach:
Georges Leekens
Georges Leekens (born 18 May 1949) is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed ...
A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 27 December 2014. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2015.
Cape Verde
Coach:
Rui Águas
The final squad was announced on 24 December 2014.
DR Congo
Coach:
Florent Ibengé
Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibengé (born 4 December 1961) is a Congolese football coach and former player who manages Sudanese club Al-Hilal Club.
Early and personal life
He was born in Léopoldville on 4 December 1961.
Playing career
Ibengé playe ...
A 29-man provisional squad was announced on 29 December 2014.
Group C
Ghana
Coach:
Avram Grant
Avraham "Avram" Grant ( he, אברהם "אברם" גרנט; born Avraham Granat; ) is an Israeli professional football manager. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup ...
A 31-man provisional squad was announced on 24 December 2014. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2015.
Algeria
Coach:
Christian Gourcuff
Christian Jean Gourcuff (born 5 April 1955) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club FC Nantes, Nantes.
Club career
During his ...
The final squad was announced on 16 December 2014.
South Africa
Coach:
Ephraim Mashaba
Ephraim Mashaba (born 6 August 1950) is a South African former soccer player and manager.
Career
Mashaba managed Vaal Reef Stars until the club was relegated from the South African top-tier.
He managed the South Africa national team, but w ...
A 34-man provisional squad was announced on 18 December 2014, before the final list announcement on 30 December.
Senegal
Coach:
Alain Giresse
Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Kosovo national team. He was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an attacking midfielder or centra ...
A 28-man provisional squad was announced on 26 December 2014. The final squad was announced on 7 January 2015.
Group D
Ivory Coast
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 ...
The final squad was announced on 29 December 2014.
Mali
Coach:
Henryk Kasperczak
Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish Association football, football manager and a former player who most recently managed the Tunisia national football team.
As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Po ...
A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 27 December 2014. The final squad was announced the following day.
Cameroon
Coach:
Volker Finke
Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager. He was the coach of SC Freiburg for 16 years.
Coaching career
On 6 December 2008, Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds announced they signed a contract with Finke as head coach until ...
A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 24 December 2014.
Guinea
Coach:
Michel Dussuyer
The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014.
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
External links
Official lists of players CAFonline.com
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Squads
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