Teams Unveil Final Lists

As the countdown to the TotalEnergies AFCON narrows the different participating teams have submitted their final lists of players for the competition. All the teams have unveiled their quads in line with the deadline set by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Nigeria

Nigeria has published the list of players for the Super Eagles team. Four players will not be available to play at the tournament in Cameroon. They are Napoli's Osimhen, Watford’s Dennis, Cyprus based Abdullahi Shehu, and Scotland’s Rangers' Leon Balogun. In the meantime, striking duo of Henry Onyekuru (Olympiacos, Greece) and Czech Republic Slavia Praha's Peter Olayinka have been named as replacements for Osimhen and Dennis respectively. In the defense, Venezia's Tyrone Ebuehi and West Bromwich Albion's Oluwasemilogo Ajayi took the spots of Shehu and Balogun respectively.

Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone final squad for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 is guided by the experience of defender Steven Caulker and striker Kei Kamara. With Caulker, he has the advantage of having a defender familiar with tasks in major football leagues (English Premier League and Turkish Super Lig) and who has played a world-class competition, the men's football tournament at the London Olympics in 2012.

Senegal

Senegal’s coach Aliou Cissé published a list of 27 players. For his third finals as coach, he has selected a group which includes 17 who have yet to play in the biennial African football showpiece. The coach believes the players can bring freshness of approach in the squad. However, there is experience too in the shape of Liverpool star Sadio Mane, Paris Saint Germain midfielder Idrissa Gueye, Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Morocco

Morocco coach Vahid Halilodzic has decided to give a debut call to Barcelona forward Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, after he recently excelled with the Catalan side. The most notable absentees came in the names of Chelsea ...