The

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was an international

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tournament hosted by Gabon from 14 January to 5 February 2017.

Group A

Gabon

Coach: José Antonio Camacho The final squad was announced on 27 December 2016, with

Axel Méyé Axel Méyé Me Ndong (born 6 June 1995) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a forward for CS Constantine and the Gabon national team. He has competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics In 2012, he played 41 minutes for the national tea ...

, Johann Lengoualama and Donald Nzé being called as standby players.

Burkina Faso

Coach: Paulo Duarte A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 15 December 2016. Souleymane Koanda was added to the provisional squad on 21 December. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Ernest Congo and Issoumaila Lingane being left out of the team.

Cameroon

Coach: Hugo Broos A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 12 December 2016. On 20 December, it was announced that Guy N'dy Assembé,

André Onana André Onana Onana (born 2 April 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United. Onana joined Barcelona's youth system in 2010. He signed for Ajax in 2015, where he made 214 app ...

Joël Matip Job Joël André Matip (born 8 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Liverpool. Matip began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009, and was part of their teams that won the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Su ...

Allan Nyom Allan-Roméo Nyom (born 10 May 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club CD Leganés. He spent most of his career with Granada, appearing in 220 competitive games during six seasons, four in La Liga. He also ...

, Maxime Poundjé,

Ibrahim Amadou Ibrahim Amadou (born 6 April 1993) is a French professional footballer. who plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. Primarily a defensive midfielder, he also plays as a centre-back. Club career Nancy Born in Douala, Cameroon, Amad ...

and

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (born 16 November 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Napoli and the Cameroon national team. Club career Zambo Anguissa joined Marseille in 2015 from Stade de Reims. H ...

decided to not take part in the competition. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also decided to withdraw from the tournament on 3 January 2017. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

Anatole Abang Anatole Bertrand Abang (born 6 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al Bataeh Club. Early life Abang was born in Yaoundé, and started his career with local side AS Fortuna de Yaounde. His rights wer ...

Henri Bedimo Henri Bedimo Nsamé (born 4 June 1984) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a left-back. He represented the Cameroon national team internationally from 2009 to 2016 making 51 appearances and scoring once. Club caree ...

Aurélien Chedjou Aurélien Bayard Chedjou Fongang (; born 20 June 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre back for LOSC Lille, Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Adana Demirspor and the Cameroon national team. Club career Chedjou ...

and

Franck Kom Franck Kom (born 18 September 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Emirates Emirates may refer to: * United Arab Emirates, a Middle Eastern country * Emirate, any territory ruled by an emir ...

being left out of the team.

Guinea-Bissau

Coach:

Baciro Candé Baciro Candé (born 18 March 1948 in Catió) is a Bissau-Guinean professional football player and manager. Career Candé played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga as a defender with Estrela da Amadora and Amora. After he retire ...

A 35-man provisional squad was announced on 18 December 2016. Eliseu Cassamá and Yazalde rejected the call. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

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, Guti Almada, Mama Samba Baldé,

Edelino Ié Edelino Miguel Ié (; born 1 May 1994) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder. He made 41 Segunda Liga appearances for Sporting CP B and Braga B, but spent most of his career in the lower leagues. Club career Born in Bissau, ...

, Edouard Mendy, Formose Mendy,

Mesca Buomesca Tué Na Bangna (born 6 May 1993), commonly known as Mesca, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Mesca has represented Portugal internationally at youth level. Club career Born in Bissau, Guinea ...

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...

, Bruno Preira,

Jean-Paul Mendy Jean-Paul Mendy (born December 14, 1973 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hu ...

, Cícero Semedo and Zé Turbo being left out of the team. Though not part of the preliminary squad,

Rui Dabó Rui Suleimane Camara Dabó (born 5 October 1994) is a footballer who plays for U.D. Oliveirense as a goalkeeper. Born in Portugal, he represents Guinea-Bissau at international level. Career Born in Setúbal, Dabó has played club football for C ...

was added to the squad.

Group B

Algeria

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 32-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2016, with

Ayoub Azzi Ayoub Azzi ( ar, أيوب عزي; born 14 September 1989 in Ouargla) is an Algerian footballer. He plays primarily for Al-Markhiya as a centre-back but has also been used as a right-back. Club career In the summer of 2014, Azzi joined MC Alger, ...

Ishak Belfodil Ishak Belfodil ( ar, اسحاق بلفوضيل; born 12 January 1992) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for Qatari club Al-Gharafa and the Algeria national team. A former France youth international, he was called up to the Al ...

Ismaël Bennacer Ismaël Bennacer ( ar, إسماعيل بن ناصر, ʼIsmāʻīl bin Nāṣir; born 1 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club AC Milan. Born in France, he represents the Algeria national team. At club l ...

, Yassine Benzia, Sofiane Feghouli,

Houari Ferhani Houari Ferhani (born February 11, 1993) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Olympic Safi. Career In October 2015, Ferhani was selected as part of the Algeria's under-23 national team for the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. Ferh ...

Carl Medjani Carl Medjani ( ar, كارل مجاني; born 15 May 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder. He spent most of his career in France, his country of birth, while representing the Algeria nationa ...

Adam Ounas Adam Mohamed Ounas ( ar, آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team. Club career Early car ...

and Idriss Saadi being left out of the team. On January 11, 2017,

was called up to replace

Saphir Taïder Saphir Sliti Taïder ( ar, سفير سليتي تايدر; born 29 February 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder, central midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national football team, A ...

, who suffered an injury in training.

Tunisia

Coach: Henryk Kasperczak A 41-man provisional squad was announced on 20 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Ghazi Abderrazzak, Khaled Ayari,

Änis Ben-Hatira Änis Ben-Hatira (born 18 July 1988) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Between 2012 and 2016 he made 12 appearances for the Tunisia national team scoring one goal. Club career Born in Berlin, Ben-Hatir ...

, Issam Ben Khémis, Farouk Ben Mustapha, Saad Bguir,

Nejmeddin Daghfous Nejmeddin Daghfous (born 1 October 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Daghfous made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 21 October 2007, coming on ...

Oussama Haddadi Oussama Haddadi ( ar, أُسَامَة الْحَدَّادِيّ; born 28 January 1992) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Greuther Fürth and the Tunisia national team. Club career On 30 January 2 ...

Hamdi Harbaoui Hamdi Harbaoui ( ar, حمدي الحرباوي; born 5 January 1985) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker. Club career Harbaoui started his career in his home country with Espérance Tunis. In the winter transfer window in season 2 ...

, Bilel Ifa, Issam Jebali,

Ali Machani Ali Machani (born 12 July 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

Iheb Mbarki Iheb Mbarki (born 14 February 1992) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a right back for Espérance Sportive de Tunis and formerly played for Evian Thonon Gaillard in Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsors ...

Yassine Meriah Yassine Meriah ( ar, ياسين مرياح; born 2 July 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Espérance de Tunis and the Tunisia national team. Club career Mariah was formed in AS Ariana, the team that was ...

, Idriss Mhirsi, Iheb Msakni, Abdelkader Oueslati and

Yoann Touzghar Yoann Touzghar (born 28 November 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Ajaccio. Born in France, he represents Tunisia at international level. Club career In the 2015–16 season Touzghar played for Club Africain ...

being left out of the team.

Senegal

Coach:

Aliou Cissé Aliou Cissé (born 24 March 1976) is a Senegalese Association football, football coach and former player who is the manager of the Senegal national football team, Senegal national team. Cissé is best known for captaining the Senegal team which ...

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2016.

Zimbabwe

Coach:

Callisto Pasuwa Callisto Pasuwa is a Zimbabwean soccer coach who is currently the head coach of the Malawi Big Bullets FC. He is also former coach of Dynamos Football Club. Pasuwa led Dynamos to four consecutive league titles as coach from 2011 to 2014 writing h ...

A 31-man provisional squad was announced on 19 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Nelson Chadya, Liberty Chakoroma,

Talent Chawapiwa Talent Chawapiwa (born June 3, 1992) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who played as a winger for the Zimbabwe national team. Club career Chawapiwa's career started in 2013 with capital club Harare City, where he remained until 2016 whe ...

, Ronald Chitiyo, Tafadzwa Kutinyu, Blessing Moyo,

Marshal Mudehwe Marshal Tatenda Mudehwe (born 17 August 1993) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manica Diamonds and the Zimbabwe national team. Club career Born in Chitungwiza, Mudehwe played for DC Academy and Black Rhinos in his youth ...

and Tendai Ndlovu being left out of the team.

Group C

Ivory Coast

Coach:

Michel Dussuyer Michel Dussuyer (born 28 May 1959) is a French football coach and former professional player. Playing career Dussuyer played club football as a goalkeeper for Cannes, Nice and Alès. Coaching career Dussuyer was an assistant coach at Cannes bet ...

A 24-man provisional squad was announced on 28 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Ousmane Viera being left out of the team.

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 31-man provisional squad was announced on 23 December 2016.

Benik Afobe Benik Tunani Afobe (born 12 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hatta. Born in England, he represented the DR Congo national team on six occasions between 2017 and 2018. Afobe signed a professional contract ...

rejected the call. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2017, with Jonathan Bijimine, Junior Kabananga,

Wilson Kamavuaka Wilson Kamavuaka (born 29 March 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays for UT Pétange. Club career Kamavuaka was born in Düren, Germany. On 1 February 2015, after being without a club for seven months, Kamavuaka joined Austr ...

, Christian Luyindama,

Elia Meschak Meschak Elia (born 6 August 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the DR Congo national team. Club career In July 2019 it was announced that Elia would sign for Belgian ...

Vital N'Simba Vital Manuel N'Simba (born 8 July 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Giro ...

and Ricky Tulengi being left out of the team. Although he was initially announced as part of the final squad,

Hervé Kage Hervé Kage (born 10 April 1989) is a Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese Association football, footballer who plays for Belgian First Division B side R.E. Virton, Virton as Forward (association football), winger. Career Kage began his care ...

was later dropped from the team and replaced by Junior Kabananga.

Morocco

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 ...

A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016.

Aziz Bouhaddouz Aziz Bouhaddouz ( ar, عزيز بوحدوز; born 30 March 1987) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for MSV Duisburg. Early life Bouhaddouz was born in Berkane, Morocco. When he was one year old, his family moved to Di ...

was added to the squad on 2 January 2017 after the injuries of

Younès Belhanda Younès Belhanda (; born 25 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor and the Morocco national team. Born in France, he initially represented his native country ...

and

Oussama Tannane Oussama Tannane (; born 23 March 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatari club Umm Salal. A youth international for the Netherlands, he plays for the Morocco national team. Club career Heerenveen Tannane ma ...

. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

Ismail Haddad Ismail El Haddad (born 3 August 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger. He is one of the fastest players in the Moroccan league. His ability with the ball in his foot is super powerful and fast inside the box. He played ...

and

Mohamed Nahiri Mohamed Nahiri (born 22 October 1991) is a Moroccan footballer currently playing for Botola Pro side Raja as a full back and midfielder. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.'' Hon ...

being left out of the team. On 5 January, it was announced that

Omar El Kaddouri Omar El Kaddouri ( Riffian-Berber: ⵄⵎⴰⵔ ⵍⵇⴰⴷⵓⵔⵉ; born 21 August 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a winger for Greek Super League club PAOK. Born in Belgium, he represents Morocco at internati ...

would join the team in fear of an injury of Nordin Amrabat (which was later confirmed) while

Faycal Rherras Faycal Rherras (born 7 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays full-back. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at international level. Club career Rherras signed for Heart of Midlothian in June 2016. He scored his first goal fo ...

was called to replace

Sofiane Boufal Sofiane Boufal ( ar, سفيان بوفال; born 17 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Qatar club Al-Rayyan. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team. Club career Angers ...

on 13 January.

Togo

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 25-man provisional squad was announced on 21 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Joseph Douhadji and Victor Nukafu being left out of the team.

Group D

Ghana

Coach: Avram Grant A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 2 January 2017. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

Fatau Dauda Abdul Fatawu Dauda ( ar, عبد ال فاتو داودا; born 6 April 1985), known as Fatau Dauda, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Legon Cities FC. Club career Dauda began his football career in 2004 with G ...

replacing an injured

Adam Kwarasey Adambathia Larsen "Adam" Kwarasey (born 12 December 1987) is a retired professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Norway, Kwarasey represents Ghana at international level. Early and personal life Kwarasey was born in Oslo, Norwa ...

, while

Raphael Dwamena Raphael Dwamena (born 12 September 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian club Blau-Weiß Linz. Playing career Early years Born in Nkawkaw, Dwamena played and trained with the Red Bull Ghana developmen ...

, Joseph Larweh Attamah and Abdul Majeed Waris were being left out of the team.

Mali

Coach: Alain Giresse A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 30 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

Souleymane Diarra Souleymane Diarra (born 30 January 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career In August 2015, Diarra joined Hungarian side Újpest FC on a three-year deal. On 3 August 2019, Diarra signed a three-year cont ...

Falaye Sacko Falaye Sacko (born 1 May 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Montpellier, on loan from Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães, and the Mali national team. Club career Sacko made his professional deb ...

and Adama Traoré being left out of the team.

Egypt

Coach: Héctor Cúper A 27-man provisional squad was announced on 29 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with Mohamed Awad, Ahmed Gomaa, Mohamed Ibrahim and Hamada Tolba being left out of the team.

Uganda

Coach:

Milutin Sredojević Milutin Sredojević ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Средојевић; born 1 September 1969), simply known as Micho, is a Serbian Association football, football manager who currently serves as the head coach of the Uganda national football team. He ...

A 26-man provisional squad was announced on 30 December 2016. The final squad was announced on 4 January 2017, with

Edrisa Lubega Edrisa Lubega (born 17 April 1998) is a Ugandan footballer. Early life Christened 'Torres' after Fernando Torres, he was born to a family with 4 children to Mugisha Tumushabe and Rebecca Nakamya. He scored in their first win of the 2016–17 ...

, Muzamir Mutyaba & Benjamin Ochan being left out of the team.

Player representation

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Clubs with 3 or more players represented are listed.

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By representatives of domestic league

References

External links

Official lists of players
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