2019 Africa Cup of Nations squads


The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament that was held in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July 2019. The 24 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
The position and date of birth listed for each player is per the official squad list published by CAF. The age listed for each player is on 21 June 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Group A

Egypt

Coach: Javier Aguirre
Egypt's 25-man preliminary squad was announced on 21 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June. Amr Warda was excluded from the squad for disciplinary reasons on 26 June. However, the Egyptian Football Association recalled him to the national team on 28 June after the player posted an apology video on his official account on Facebook.

DR Congo

Coach: Florent Ibengé
DR Congo's 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 22 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June.

Uganda

Coach: Sébastien Desabre
Uganda's 29-man preliminary squad was announced on 22 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June.

Zimbabwe

Coach: Sunday Chidzambwa
Zimbabwe's 34-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 10 June. Tafadzwa Kutinyu withdrew injured and was replaced by Lawrence Mhlanga on 19 June.

Group B

Nigeria

Coach: Gernot Rohr
Nigeria's 31-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 10 June.

Guinea

Coach: Paul Put
Guinea's 25-man preliminary squad was announced on 27 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 13 June. Baïssama Sankoh withdrew injured and was replaced by Lass Bangoura on 19 June.

Madagascar

Coach: Nicolas Dupuis
Madagascar's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 12 June.

Burundi

Coach: Olivier Niyungeko
Burundi's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 12 June.

Group C

Senegal

Coach: Aliou Cissé
Senegal's 25-man preliminary squad was announced on 31 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 13 June.

Algeria

Coach: Djamel Belmadi
Algeria's final squad was announced on 30 May 2019, with no preliminary squad released prior to it. Haris Belkebla was excluded from the squad for disciplinary reasons and was replaced by Andy Delort on 13 June.

Kenya

Coach: Sébastien Migné
Kenya's 30-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June.

Tanzania

Coach: Emmanuel Amunike
Tanzania's 39-man preliminary squad was announced on 2 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 13 June.

Group D

Morocco

Coach: Hervé Renard
A 27-man provisional squad was announced on 27 May 2019. Anas Zniti replaced Abdelali Mhamdi on 5 June due to injury.
The final squad was announced on 11 June 2019.
On 19 June 2019 it was announced that Abdelkrim Baadi will officially replace Abderrazak Hamdallah injured.

Ivory Coast

Coach: Ibrahim Kamara

South Africa

Coach: Stuart Baxter
A 23-man final squad was announced on 9 June 2019.

Namibia

Coach: Ricardo Mannetti
A 23-man final squad was announced on 10 June 2019.

Group E

Tunisia

Coach: Alain Giresse
The following players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mali

Coach: Mohamed Magassouba
The final squad was announced on 15 June 2019.. Two players named Adama Traoré were selected; to avoid confusion, the older player from US Orléans was widely known as Adama Traoré I and the younger of Cercle Brugge as Adama Traoré II.

Mauritania

Coach: Corentin Martins

Angola

Coach: Srđan Vasiljević
A 23-man final squad was announced on 12 June 2019.

Group F

Cameroon

Coach: Clarence Seedorf
A 34-man provisional squad was announced on 10 May 2019. On 15 May, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Tristan Dingomé, Stève Mvoué were added to the provisional squad. The list was reduced to 29 names on 10 June 2019.
The final squad was announced on 11 June 2019.

Ghana

Coach: James Kwesi Appiah
The final squad was announced on 10 June 2019.

Benin

Coach: Michel Dussuyer
Final 23-man squad.

Guinea-Bissau

Coach: Baciro Candé
Guinea-Bissau's 29-man preliminary squad was announced on 3 June 2019. The final squad was announced on 12 June.

Player representation

Player representation by league system

By club

Player representation Club

By club nationality

PlayersClubs outside CAF
87 France
42 England
29 Turkey
27 Portugal
21 Belgium
20 Spain
17 Saudi Arabia
15 Germany, Italy
11 Greece
8 Netherlands
6 Sweden
5 China, Scotland
4 Romania, Switzerland
3 Qatar, United States
2 Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia
1 Australia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Oman, Serbia, Thailand, Ukraine, Wales

By club confederation

Nations in bold are represented by their national teams in the tournament.
PlayersClubs
317UEFA
202CAF
28AFC
5CONCACAF
0CONMEBOL
0OFC

By representatives of domestic league