The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Morocco on 21 December and lasts until 18 January 2026.

Ivory Coast is the defending cchampion having beaten Nigeria 2-1 in the 2023 final on home soil to claim their third continental title.

The 24 competing sides are allowed to select up to 28 players for the 2025 finals.

The deadline for naming squads is Thursday, 11 December, nd the mandatory release date for clubs to make players available is Monday, 15 December.

Algeria

Goalkeepers: Oussama Benbot (USM Alger), Luca Zidane (Granada), Anthony Mandrea (Caen).

Defenders: Rafik Belghali (Hellas Verona), Rayan Ait-Nouri (Mancester City), Youcef Atal (Al-Sadd), Mehdi Dorval (Bari), Jaouen Hadjam (Young Boys), Zineddine Belaid (JS Kabylie), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund, Samir Chergui (Paris FC), Aissa Mandi (Lille), Mohamed Amine Tougai (Esperance).

Midfielders: Ismael Bennacer (Dinamo Zagreb), Ramiz Zerrouki (FC Twente), Adem Zorgane (Union Saint-Gilloise), Hicham Boudaoui (Nice), Fares Chaibi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen), Himad Abdelli (Angers).

Forwards: Mohamed Amoura (Wolfsburg), Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC), Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahli), Anis Hadj Moussa (Feyenoord), Adil Boulbina (Al-Duhail), Monsef Bakrar (Dinamo Zagreb), Baghdad Bounedjah (Al-Shamal), Redouane Berkane (Al-Wakrah).

Angola

Goalkeepers: Neblu (Primero Agosto), Hugo Marques (Petro de Luanda), Dominique (Etoile Carouge).

Defenders: Rui Modesto (Udinese), Eddie Afonso (Petro de Luanda), To Carneiro (AS FAR), Nurio Fortuna (Volos FC), Pedro Bondo (Famalicao), David Carmo (Real Oviedo), Buatu (Gil Vicente), Gaspar (Lecce), Clinton Mata (Lyon).

Midfielders: Beni Mukendi (Victoria SC), Show (Kocaelispor), Fredy (Bodrumspor), Maestro (Alanyaspor), Manuel Keliano (Akhmat Grozny), Mario Balburdia (Boluspor).

Forwards: Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari), Manuel Benson (Swansea City), Milson (Crvena Zvezda), Chico Banza (Zamalek), Gelson Dala (Al Wakrah), Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano), Ary Papel (Al Akhdar), Mabululu (Al Ahli Tripoli), Mbala Nzola (Pisa), Zine (AEK Athens).

Benin

Goalkeepers: Marcel Dandjinou (Kruger United), Saturnin Allagbe (FC Chauray), Serge Obassa (Remo Stars).

Defenders: Attidjikou Samadou (Smouha), Charlemagne Azongnitode (AC Oulo), Rodrigue Fassinou (Coton Sport), David Kiki (FCSB), Abdoul Rachid Moumini (Sumgayit), Tamimou Ouorou (Unattached), Yohan Roche (Petrolul Ploiesti), Mohamed Tijani (Yverson Dport), Olivier Verdon (Ludogorets Razgrad).

Midfielders: Matteo Ahlinvi (Arsenal Tula), Mariano Ahouangbo (NK Olimpija), Gislain Ahoudo (AS Gabes), Sessi D'Almeida (Neftchi), Dodo Dokou (Leixoes), Hassane Imourane (Grasshoppers), Rodrigue Kossi (Hassania).

Forwards: Adam Akimey (Helsingborgs), Rodolfo Aloko (NK Kustosija), Romaric Amoussou (ASEC Mimosas), Jodel Dossou (Pays du Valois), Steve Mounie (Alanyaspor), Junior Olaitan (Goztepe), Razack Rachidou (NK Kustosija), Olatoundji Tessilimi (SJK Seinajoki), Aiyegun Tosin (Lorient).

Botswana

Goalkeepers: Kabelo Dambe (Township Rollers), Keeagile Kgosipula (Mochudi Centre Chiefs), Goitseone Phoko (Jwaneng Galaxy).

Defenders: Mosha Gaolaolwe (Township Rollers), Thatayaone Ditlhokwe (Al-Ittihad), Tebogo Kopelang (Jwaneng Galaxy), Alford Velaphi (Gaborone United), Mothusi Johnson (Gaborone United), Chicco Molefe (Jwaneng Galaxy), Thabo Leinanyane (Jwaneng Galaxy), Shanganani Ngada (Mochudi Centre Chiefs).

Midfielders: Godiraone Modingwane (BDF XI), Gape Mohutsiwa (MC Oran), Mothusi Cooper (Township Rollers), Lebogang Ditsele (Gaborone United), Monty Enosa (Mochudi Centre Chiefs), Olebogeng Ramotse (Jwaneng Galaxy), Gilbert Baruti (Mochudi Centre Chiefs), Thabo Maponda (Gaborone United).

Forwards: Omaatla Kebatho (Jwaneng Galaxy), Kabelo Seakanyeng (MAS Fes), Thabang Sesinyi (Jwaneng Galaxy), Tumisang Orebonye (Wydad Casablanca), Segolame Boy (Sua Flamingoes), Losika Ratshukudu (Ubuntu FC), Thatayaone Kgamanyane (Gaborone United).

Burkina Faso

Goalkeepers: Herve Koffi (Angers), Kilian Nikiema (ADO Den Haag), Farid Ouedraogo (Al Hilal).

Defenders: Nasser Djiga (Rangers), Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), Issoufou Dayo (Umm Salal), Adamo Nagalo (PSV Eindhoven), Steeve Yago (Aris Limassol), Issa Kabore (Wrexham), Arsene Kouassi (Lorient), Abdoul Rachid Ayinde (Gent).

Midfielders: Blati Toure (Pyramids), Cedric Badolo (Spartak Trnava), Saidou Simpore (National Bank), Mohamed Zougrana (MC Alger), Gustavo Sangare (Noah), Stephane Aziz Ki (Wydad Casablanca), Ismahila Ouedraogo (OB Odense).

Forwards: Bertrand Traore (Sunderland), Dango Ouattara (Brentford), Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes), Pierre Landry Kabore (Hearts), Georgi Minoungou (Seattle Sounders), Cyriaque Irie (Freiburg), Lassina Traore (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Cameroon

Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy (Dinamo Bucharest), Simon Omossola (St Eloi Lupopo), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Montpellier), Edouard Sombang (Colombe Du Dja).

Defenders: Samuel Kotto (Gent), Gerzino Nyamsi (Lokomotiv Moscow), Jean-Charles Castelletto (Al Duhail), Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders), Flavien Enzo Boyomo (Osasuna), Mahamadou Nagida (Rennes), Christopher Wooh (Spartak Moscow), Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City), Darlin Yongwa (Lorient).

Midfielders: Martin Ndzie (Rapid Vienna), Carlos Baleba (Brighton & Hove Albion), Arthur Avom (Lorient), Eric-Junior Dina Ebimbe (Brest), Brice Ambina (Valerenga), Jean Junior Onana (Genoa), Olivier Kemen (Istanbul Basaksehir).

Forwards: Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United), Christian Bassogog (Al Okhdood), Georges-Kevin N'koudou (Al Diriyah), Danny Namaso (Auxerre), Frank Magri (Toulouse), Karl Etta Eyong (Levante), Christian Kofane (Bayer Leverkusen), Patrick Soko (Almeria).

Comoros

Goalkeepers: Yannick Pandor (Royal Francs Borains), Salim Ben Boina (Istres), Adel Anzimati (Ararat Yerevan).

Defenders: Kassim M'Dahoma (Aubagne Air Bel), Ahmed Soilihi (Sc Toulon), Idris Mohamed (Le Puy Foot 43), Kenan Toibibou (NK Bravo), Akim Abdallah (Guingamp), Ismael Boura (Troyes), Yannis Kari (Frejus Saint-Raphael), Said Bakary (Sparta Rotterdam).

Midfielders: Yacine Bourhane (Aris Limassol), Iyad Mohamed (Casa Pia), Raouf Mroivili (FC Villefranche), Youssouf M'Changama (Al-Batin), Rayan Lutin (Amiens), Benjaloud Youssouf (Sochaux), Rémy Vita (Tondela), Zaydou Youssouf (Al-Fateh).

Forwards: Rafiki Said (Standard Liege), Zaid Amir (Istres), Faiz Selemani (Qatar SC), El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (FK Zemun), Myziane Maolida (Al-Kholood), Ahmed Aymeric (Chateauroux), Aboubacar Ali (Royal Francs Borains).

DR Congo

Goalkeepers: Timothy Fayulu (FC Noah), Lionel Mpasi (Le Havre), Matthieu Epolo (Standard Liege).

Defenders: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham United), Gedeon Kalulu (Aris Limassol), Arthur Masuaku (Sunderland), Joris Kayembe (Genk), Rocky Bushiri (Hibernian), Axel Tuanzebe (Burnley), Chancel Mbemba (Lille), Steve Kapuadi (Legia Warsaw).

Midfielders: Noah Sadiki (Sunderland), Edo Kayembe (Watford), Samuel Moutoussamy (Atromitos), Charles Pickel (Espanyol), Ngal'ayel Mukau (Lille), Theo Bongonda (Spartak Moscow), Michel-Ange Balikwisha (Celtic), Nathanael Mbuku (Montpellier), Brian Cipenga (Castellon), Gael Kakuta (Sakaryaspor).

Forwards: Simon Banza (Al Jazira), Fiston Mayele (Pyramids), Samuel Essende (Augsburg), Meschack Elia (Alanyaspor), Cedric Bakambu (Real Betis).

Egypt

Goalkeepers: Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly), Ahmed El Shenawy (Pyramids), Mostafa Shobeir (Al Ahly), Mohamed Sobhy (Zamalek).

Defenders: Mohamed Hany (Al Ahly), Ahmed Eid (Al Masry), Ramy Rabia (Al Ain), Khaled Sobhi (Al Masry), Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly), Mohamed Ismail (Zamalek), Hossam Abdelmaguid (Zamalek), Mohamed Hamdy (Pyramids), Ahmed Fatouh (Zamalek).

Midfielders: Marwan Attia (Al Ahly), Hamdi Fathy (Al Wakrah), Mohanad Lasheen (Pyramids), Mahmoud Saber (Zed), Mohamed Shehata (Zamalek), Emam Ashour (Al Ahly), Zizo (Al Ahly), Trezeguet (Al Ahly), Ibrahim Adel (Al Jazira), Mostafa Fathi (Pyramids).

Forwards: Omar Marmoush (Manchester City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes), Salah Mohsen (Al Masry), Osama Faisal (Al Ahly Bank).

Equatorial Guinea

Goalkeepers: Jesus Owono (FC Andorra), Manuel Sapunga (Sekhukhune Utd), Aitor Embela (Soneja).

Defenders: Esteban Orozco (FC Arges), Marvin Anieboh (UD San Sebastian de los Reyes), Carlos Akapo (Amazonas), Saul Coco (Torino), Basilio Ndong (KF Tirana), Michael Ngaah (Real Avila), Nestor Senra (Recreativo Huelva), Charles Ondo (Portland Timbers), Javier Mum (Maestro United).

Midfielders: Jannick Buyla (CD Numancia), Omar Mascarell (Mallorca), Pablo Ganet (Persita Tangerang), Alex Masogo (Beroe Stara Zagora), Alex Balboa (CD Lugo), Jose Machin (Vis Pesaro), Pedro Obiang (Monza), Santiago Eneme (Sparta Prague).

Forwards: Iban Salvador (Wisla Plock), Josete Miranda (PS Kalamata), Gael Joel Akogo (Recre Granada), Jose Nabil Ondo (Nantes B), Luis Asue (Shanghai Shenhua), Dorian Hanza (Viborg), Loren Zuniga (Real Madrid Castilla), Emilio Nsue (CF Intercity).

Gabon

Goalkeepers: Francois Bekale (Hafia), Loyce Mbaba (Stella d'Adjame), Demba Anse Ngoubi (Mosta).

Defenders: Aaron Appindangoye (Sivasspor), Jonathan do Marcolino (Bourg-en-Bresse), Jacques Ekomie (Angers), Bruno Ecuele Manga (Paris 13 Atletico), Johan Obiang (Orleans), Mick Omfia (Hafia), Anthony Oyono (Frosinone), Jeremy Oyono (Frosinone), Alex Moucketou-Moussounda (Aris Limassol), Uri-Michel Mboula (Metz).

Midfielders: Samake Nze Bagnama (Stade Abdijan), Eric Bocoum (Gol Gohar), Guelor Kanga (Esenler Erokspor), Mario Lemina (Galatasaray), Didier Ndong (Esteghlal), Andre Biyogo Poko (Amed), Clench Louficou (Al Minaa).

Forwards: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille), Teddy Averlant (Amiens), Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC), Edlin Randy Essang Matouti (Khenchela), Shavy Babicka (Crvena Zvezda), Royce Openda (Bordeaux), Jim Allevinah (Angers), Malick Evouna (Mangasport).

Ivory Coast

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (Caykur Rizespor), Mohamed Kone (Charleroi), Alban Lafont (Panathinaikos).

Defenders: Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting CP), Guela Doue (RC Strasbourg), Ghislain Konan (Gil Vicente), Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta), Evan Ndicka (AS Roma), Christopher Operi (Istanbul Basaksehir), Armel Zohouri (FC Iberia 1999).

Midfielders: Seko Fofana (Rennes), Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Metz), Christ Inao Oulai (Trabzonspor), Franck Kessie (Al Ahli), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest), Jean-Michael Seri (NK Maribor).

Forwards: Vakoun Bayo (Udinese), Oumar Diakite (Cercle Brugge), Amad Diallo (Manchester United), Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig), Jean-Philippe Krasso (Paris FC), Bazoumana Toure (Hoffenheim), Wilfried Zaha (Charlotte FC), Evann Guessand (Aston Villa).

Mali

Goalkeepers: Djigui Diarra (Young Africans), Ismael Diawara (Sirius), Mamadou Samassa (Laval).

Defenders: Sikou Niakate (Braga), Abdoulaye Diaby (Grasshoppers), Woyo Coulibaly (Sassuolo), Fode Doucoure (Le Havre), Hamari Traore (Paris FC), Nathan Gassama (Baltika Kalinigrad), Mamadou Fofana (New England Revolution), Ousmane Camara (Angers), Amadou Dante (Arouca).

Midfielders: Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig), Lassana Coulibaly (Lecce), Mohamed Camara (Al Sadd), Mamadou Sangare (Lens), Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly), Yves Bissouma (Tottenham), Mahamadou Doumbia (Al-Ittihad), Ibrahima Sissoko (Bochum).

Forwards: Nene Dorgeles (Fenerbahce), Gaoussou Diarra (Feyenoord), Mamadou Camara (Laval), Kamory Doumbia (Brest), El Bilal Toure (Besiktas), Mamadou Doumbia (Watford), Lassine Sinayoko (Auxerre), Gaoussou Diakite (Lausanne).

Morocco

Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Al Hilal), Munir El Kajoui (RS Berkane), El Mehdi Al Harrar (Raja Casablanca).

Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain), Mohamed Chibi (Pyramids), Jawad El Yamiq (Al-Najma), Romain Saiss (Al Sadd), Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal (Rennes), Nayef Aguerd (Marseille), Adam Masina (Torino), Noussair Mazraoui (Manchester Utd), Anass Salah-Eddine (PSV Eindhoven).

Midfielders: Oussama Targhalline (Feyenoord), Sofyan Amrabat (Real Betis), Ismael Saibari (PSV Eindhoven), Neil El Aynaoui (AS Roma), Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart), Azzedine Ounahi (Girona).

Forwards: Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland), Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahce), Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos), Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen).

Mozambique

Goalkeepers: Ernan (Black Bulls), Ivane Urrubal (Ferroviario Nacala), Kimiss Zavala (Maritimo).

Defenders: Bruno Langa (Pafos, Cyprus), Oscar (UD Songo), Diogo Calila (Santa Clara), Nanani (UD Songo), Emilsonn Dove (Al Quwa Al Jawiya), Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland), Mexer (Keciorengucu), Chamboco (Black Bulls), Nené (Abu Salim).

Midfielders: Dominguez (UD Songo), Alfonso Amade (Dunfermline Athletic), Manuel Kambala (Polokwane City), Keyns Abdala (Chaves), Joao Bonde (Ferroviário da Beira), Guima (Zira FC).

Forwards: Geny Catamo (Sporting Lisbon), Faizal Bangal (AC Mestre), Witi (Nacional), Gildo Vilanculos (Tadamon Sour), Chamito Alfandega (AC Viseu), Stanley Ratifo (Chemie Leipzig), Melque (UD Songo).

Nigeria

Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United), Amas Obasogie (Singida Black Stars), Francis Uzoho (Omonia Nicosia).

Defenders: Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn Rovers), Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Semi Ajayi (Hull City), Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Igoh Ogbu (Slavia Prague), Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos), Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City), Zaidu Sanusi (Porto).

Midfielders: Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (Pisa), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio), Alex Iwobi (Fulham), Usman Muhammed (Ironi Tiberias), Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas), Tochukwu Nnadi (Zulte Waregem), Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge), Frank Onyeka (Brentford).

Forwards: Akor Adams (Sevilla), Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham), Cyriel Dessers (Panathinaikos), Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla), Salim Fago Lawal (Istra 1961), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor), Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray), Moses Simon (Paris FC).

Senegal

Goalkeepers: Mory Diaw (Le Havre), Yehvann Diouf (Nice), Edouard Mendy (Al-Ahli).

Defenders: Ilay Camara (Anderlecht), Krepin Diatta (Monaco), El Hadji Malik Diouf (West Ham United), Ismail Jakobs (Galatasaray), Kalidou Koulibaly (Al Hilal), Antoine Mendy (Nice), Moussa Niakhate (Lyons), Mamadou Sarr (Strasbourg), Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi Haifa),

Midfielders: Lamine Camara (Monaco), Pathe Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), Habib Diarra (Sunderland), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton), Pape Gueye (Villarreal), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).

Forwards: Boulaye Dia (Lazio), Habib Diallo (Metz), Assane Diao (Como), Nicolas Jackson (Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Al Nassr), Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris St-Germain), Cherif Ndiaye (Samsunspor), Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), Cheikh Sabaly (Metz), Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace).

South Africa

Goalkeepers: Sipho Chaine (Orlando Pirates), Ricardo Goss (Siwelele), Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns).

Defenders: Samukele Kabini (Molde), Thabang Matuludi (Polokwane City), Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Orlando Pirates), Aubrey Modiba (Mamelodi Sundowns), Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns), Khulumani Ndamane (TS Galaxy), Siyabonga Ngezana (Steaua Bucharest), Nkosinathi Sibisi (Orlando Pirates), Tylon Smith (Queens Park Rangers).

Midfielders: Bathusi Aubaas (Mamelodi Sundowns), Thalenthe Mbatha (Orlando Pirates), Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns), Sphephelo Sithole (Tondela), Sipho Mbule (Orlando Pirates).

Forwards: Oswin Appollis (Orlando Pirates), Shandre Campbell (Club Brugge), Lyle Foster (Burnley), Evidence Makgopa (Orlando Pirates), Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates), Elias Mokwana (Al Hazem), Tshepang Moremi (Orlando Pirates), Mohau Nkota (Al Ettifaq).

Sudan

Goalkeepers: Ali Aboeshren (Al Hilal), Mohamed Abooja (Al Merrikh), Monged Elneel (El Merreikh Juba).

Defenders: Altayeb Abaker (Al Hilal), Yasser Awad Boshara (Al Hilal), Mohamed Kasri Hakeem (Jamus), Bakhit Khamis (Al Ahli Tripoli), Mustapha Kharshom (Al Hilal), Mazin Mohamedin (Al Akhdar), Mohamed Saeed Ahmed (Al Hilal), Ahmed Tabanja (Al Merrikh), Awad Zaid (Al Merrikh).

Midfielders: Aamir Abdallah (Avondale), Mohamed Abuaagla (Al Hilal), Salahedin Adil (Al Hilal), Sheddy Barglan (FC Den Bosch), Musa Ali Hussain (Al Merrikh), Walieldin Khidir (Al Hilal), Abdelrazig Omer (Al Hilal), Amar Taifour (CS Sfaxien).

Forwards: Mohamed Abderahman (Al Hilal), Abo Eisa (Chonburi), Al-Gozoli Nooh (Al Merrikh), Mo Eisa (Uthai Thani), John Mano (Al Akhdar), Yasir Mozamil (Al Hilal), Muhamed Tia Asad (Al Merrikh).

Tanzania

Goalkeepers: Yakoub Suleiman (Simba), Hussein Masalanga (Singida Black Stars), Zuberi Foba (Azam).

Defenders: Bakari Mwamnyeto (Young Africans), Shomari Kapombe (Simba), Lusajo Mwaikenda (Azam), Mohamed Hussein (Young Africans), Nickson Kibabage (Simba), Alphonse Mabula (Shamakhi), Wilson Nangu (Simba), Pascal Msindo (Azam), Ibrahim Abdulla (Young Africans), Haji Mnoga (Salford City), Dickson Job (Young Africans).

Midfielders: Habibu Idd (Singida Black Stars), Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale), Charles M'Mombwa (Floriana), Yusuph Kagoma (Simba), Morice Abraham (Simba), Feisal Salum (Azam), Kelvin Nashon (Pamba Jiji), Novatus Miroshi (Goztepe).

Forwards: Abdul Suleiman (Azam), Iddy Suleiman Nado (Azam), Kibu Denis (Simba), Mbwana Samatta (Le Havre), Kelvin John (Aalborg), Simon Msuva (Al-Talaba).

Tunisia

Goalkeepers: Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien), Bechir Ben Said (Esperance), Noureddine Farhati (Stade Tunisien), Sabri Ben Hassen (ES Sahel).

Defenders: Yassine Meriah (Esperance), Montassar Talbi (Lorient), Dylan Bronn (Servette), Adem Arous (Kasimpasa), Nader Ghandri (Akhmat Grozny), Mohamed Ben Ali (Esperance), Yan Valery (Sheffield Wednesday), Ali Abdi (Nice), Mortadha Ben Ouanes (Kasimpasa), Ali Maaloul (CS Sfaxien).

Midfielders: Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), Houssem Tka (Esperance), Ferjani Sassi (Al-Gharafa), Ismael Gharbi (FC Augsburg), Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud (Lugano), Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley), Naim Sliti (Al-Shamal), Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Al Ahly).

Forwards: Elias Saad (Augsburg), Elias Achouri (FC Copenhagen), Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic), Firas Chaouat (Club Africain), Hazem Mastouri (Dynamo Makhachkala), Seifeddine Jaziri (Zamalek).

Uganda

Goalkeepers: Salim Omar Magoola (Richards Bay), Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns), Nafian Alionzi (Defense Forces).

Defenders: Toby Sibbick (Burton Albion), Elio Capradossi (Universitatea Cluj), Jordan Obita (Hibernian), Rogers Torach (Vipers SC), Aziz Kayondo (Slovan Liberec), Isaac Muleme (Viktoria Zizkov), Timothy Awany (FC Ashdod), Hilary Mukundane (Vipers SC).

Midfielders: Kenneth Semakula (Al Adalah), Khalid Aucho (Singida Black Stars), Ronald Ssekiganda (APR FC), Bobosi Byaruhanga (Oakland Roots), Baba Alhassan (FCSB).

Forwards: Allan Okello (Vipers SC), Melvyn Lorenzen (Muangthong United), Travis Mutyaba (CS Sfaxien), Denis Omedi (APR FC), Rogers Mato (FK Vardar), Reagan Mpande (SC Villa), Jude Ssemugabi (Jamus FC), Uche Ikpeazu (St Johnstone), Steven Mukwala (Simba), James Bogere (Masaka Sunshine), Ivan Ahimbisibwe (KCCA FC), Shafik Nana Kwikiriza (KCCA).

Zambia

Goalkeepers: Lawrence Mulenga (Power Dynamos), Francis Mwansa (Zanaco), Willard Mwanza (Power Dynamos).

Defenders: Stopilla Sunzu (Changchun), Frankie Musonda (Bahrain SC), Kabaso Chongo (Zesco United), Mathews Banda (Nkana), Dominic Chanda (Power Dynamos), Gift Mphande (Zesco United), Obino Chisala (Al-Merrikh), David Hamansenya (Leganes), Benson Sakala (Bohemians 1905).

Midfielders: Miguel Chaiwa (Hibernian), Owen Tembo (Power Dynamos), Joseph Liteta (Cagliari), Kings Kangwa (Maccabi Be'er Sheva), Given Kalusa (FC Muza), David Simukonda (Zesco United), Wilson Chisala (Zanaco), Pascal Phiri (Zesco United), Joseph Sabobo (Maccabi Be'er Sheva), Lameck Banda (Lecce), Fashion Sakala (Al Fayha), Lubambo Musonda (Magdeburg).

Forwards: Patson Daka (Leicester City), Jack Lahne (Austria Lustenau), Kennedy Musonda (Hapoel Ramat Gan), Eliya Mandanji (Zanaco).

Zimbabwe

Goalkeepers: Washington Arubi (Marumo Gallants), Elvis Chipezeze (Magesi), Martin Mapisa (MWOS FC).

Defenders: Godknows Murwira (Scotland), Emmanuel Jalai (Dynamos FC), Sean Fusire (Sheffield Wednesday), Munashe Garananga (FC Copenhagen), Gerald Takwara (Al Ittihad Misurata), Isheanesu Mauchi (Simba Bhora), Brendon Galloway (Plymouth Argyle), Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati), Alec Mudimu (Flint Town United), Divine Lunga (Mamelodi Sundowns).

Midfielders: Marvelous Nakamba (Luton Town), Jonah Fabisch (Erzgebirg Aue), Andy Rinomhota (Reading), Prosper Padera (SJK Seinajoki), Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Knowledge Musona (Scotland)

Forwards: Bill Antonio (KV Mechelen), Ishmael Wadi (CAPS United), Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), Daniel Msendami (Marumo Gallants), Prince Dube (Young Africans), Washington Navaya (TelOne FC), Macauley Bonne (Maldon & Tiptree), Junior Zindoga (TS Galaxy), Tadiwanashe Chakuchichi (Scottland).