2011 CAF U-23 Championship squads

Below is a list of squads used in the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship.

Group A

 Algeria^[1]

Coach: Azzedine Aït Djoudi

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Sid Ahmed Rafik Mazouzi (1989-02-01)February 1, 1989 (aged 22) 13 0 WA Tlemcen 2 2DF Abderrezak Bitam (1989-04-18)April 18, 1989 (aged 22) 15 0 JS Kabylie 3 2DF Farouk Chafaï (1990-06-23)June 23, 1990 (aged 21) 2 0 USM Alger 4 2DF Djameleddine Benlamri (1989-12-25)December 25, 1989 (aged 21) 8 1 NA Hussein Dey 5 2DF Sofiane Khelili (1989-12-09)December 9, 1989 (aged 21) 12 0 JS Kabylie 6 3MF Mehdi Abeid (1992-08-06)August 6, 1992 (aged 19) 2 0 Newcastle United 7 3MF Amir Sayoud (1990-08-31)August 31, 1990 (aged 21) 6 0 Ismaily 8 3MF Youcef Belaïli (1992-03-14)March 14, 1992 (aged 19) 12 0 MC Oran 9 3MF Sid Ahmed Aouedj (1991-07-02)July 2, 1991 (aged 20) 18 4 MC Oran 10 4FW Mohamed Chalali (1989-04-04)April 4, 1989 (aged 22) 11 9 Aberdeen 11 4FW Baghdad Bounedjah (1991-11-30)November 30, 1991 (aged 19) 3 2 USM El Harrach 12 2DF Abdelaziz Ali Guechi (1990-11-01)November 1, 1990 (aged 21) 13 1 USM Annaba 13 3MF Merouane Anane (1990-05-31)May 31, 1990 (aged 21) 9 0 CR Belouizdad 14 3MF Amine Touahri (1989-02-12)February 12, 1989 (aged 22) 11 1 USM El Harrach 15 3MF Mokhtar Belkhiter (1992-01-15)January 15, 1992 (aged 19) 6 0 USM Blida 16 1GK Hamza Dahmane (1990-09-22)September 22, 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 CR Belouizdad 17 3MF Mehdi Benaldjia (1991-05-14)May 14, 1991 (aged 20) 8 4 USM Alger 18 3MF Farid Daoud (1989-08-25)August 25, 1989 (aged 22) 14 0 MC Alger 19 4FW Jugurtha Hamroun (1989-01-27)January 27, 1989 (aged 22) 1 0 Chernomorets Burgas 20 2DF Mohamed Khoutir Ziti (1989-04-19)April 19, 1989 (aged 22) 14 2 CS Constantine 21 1GK Boualem Benmalek (1989-01-30)January 30, 1989 (aged 22) 4 0 AS Khroub

 Morocco^[2]

Coach: Pim Verbeek

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Yassine El Kharroubi (1990-03-29)March 29, 1990 (aged 21) US Quevilly 2 2DF Mohamed Abarhoun (1989-05-03)May 03, 1989 (aged 22) Moghreb Tétouan 3 3MF Mohammed Ali Bemammer (1989-11-19)November 19, 1989 (aged 22) MAS Fez 4 3MF Abdelaziz Barrada (1989-06-19)June 19, 1989 (aged 22) Getafe 5 2DF El Mahdi Bellaaroussi (1989-12-25)December 25, 1989 (aged 21) CODM Meknès 6 2DF Zakarya Bergdich (1989-01-07)January 7, 1989 (aged 22) Lens 7 4FW Soufiane Bidaoui (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 21) Lierse 8 3MF Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (1989-07-01)July 1, 1989 (aged 22) Anzhi Makhachkala1 9 2DF Zouhair Feddal (1989-01-01)January 1, 1989 (aged 22) Espanyol B 10 3MF Driss Fettouhi (1989-09-30)September 30, 1989 (aged 22) Istres 11 4FW Said Idazza (1989-04-25)April 25, 1989 (aged 22) CSO Amnéville 12 1GK Younes Itri (1991-02-11)February 11, 1991 (aged 20) FC Carl Zeiss Jena 13 2DF Khalid Karkich (1991-01-15)January 15, 1991 (aged 20) Levante B 14 4FW Youness Mokhtar (1991-08-29)August 29, 1991 (aged 20) FC Eindhoven 15 3MF Imad Najah (1992-02-19)February 19, 1992 (aged 19) PSV Eindhoven 16 2DF Abdelatif Noussir (1990-02-20)February 20, 1990 (aged 21) FUS Rabat 17 2DF Lotfi Oubilla (1989-08-11)August 11, 1989 (aged 22) FAR Rabat 18 4FW Yacine Qasmi (1991-01-03)January 3, 1991 (aged 20) Rennes 19 4FW Adnane Tighadouini (1992-11-30)November 30, 1992 (aged 18) Vitesse 20 3MF Marwane Saadane (1992-01-17)January 17, 1992 (aged 19) FUS Rabat 21 1GK Yassine El Houasli (1990-11-24)November 24, 1990 (aged 21) Raja Casablanca

¹ On the eve of the start of the competition, FIFA informed Morocco that Carcela-Gonzalez was ineligible to represent Morocco in the tournament because he had already represented Belgium in the same competition four years ago. As it was past the deadline, a replacement couldn't be called in his place.^[3]

 Nigeria^[4]

Coach: Augustine Eguavoen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Dele Ajiboye (1990-08-07)August 7, 1990 (aged 21) Unattached 2 2DF Terna Suswam (1991-09-05)September 5, 1991 (aged 20) Vitória F.C. 3 2DF Usman Amodu (1990-12-16)December 16, 1990 (aged 21) Llaneros 4 3MF Nwankwo Obiora (1991-07-12)July 12, 1991 (aged 20) Parma 5 2DF Kingsley Udoh (1990-12-07)December 7, 1990 (aged 20) Heartland 6 2DF Ibok Edet (1989-08-22)August 22, 1989 (aged 22) Atlético Baleares 7 4FW Danny Uchechi (1989-09-14)September 14, 1989 (aged 22) Sheffield Wednesday 8 3MF Raheem Lawal (1990-05-04)May 04, 1990 (aged 21) Atlético Baleares 9 4FW Olarenwaju Kayode (1993-05-08)May 8, 1993 (aged 18) ASEC Mimosas 10 3MF Nosa Igiebor (1990-11-09)November 9, 1990 (aged 21) Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 11 4FW Michel Babatunde (1992-12-24)December 24, 1992 (aged 18) Kryvbas 12 4FW Stephen Worgu (1990-04-06)April 6, 1990 (aged 21) Al-Merrikh 13 4FW Onoriode Odah (1992-04-14)April 14, 1992 (aged 19) Fame F.C. 14 3MF Ayo Saka (1990-12-22)December 22, 1990 (aged 20) Ocean Boys 15 2DF Emmanuel Anyanwu (1991-11-15)November 15, 1991 (aged 20) Enyimba 16 1GK Olufemi Thomas (1989-08-05)August 05, 1989 (aged 22) Ocean Boys 17 4FW Osas Okoro (1990-09-07)September 07, 1990 (aged 21) Heartland 18 4FW Gbolahan Salami (1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 20) Shooting Stars 19 4FW Jude Aneke (1990-04-23)April 23, 1990 (aged 21) Kaduna United 20 2DF Markson Ojobo (1992-12-01)December 1, 1992 (aged 19) Enyimba 21 1GK Theophilus Afelokhai (1990-07-04)July 04, 1990 (aged 21) Kano Pillars

²Hapoel Tel Aviv midfielder Nosa Igiebor has ruled himself out of the final 2012 Olympic qualifiers in Morocco just as Nigeria team officials insist they are not aware of this development.^[5]

 Senegal^[6]

Coach: Abdoulaye Sarr

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Papa Demba Camara (1993-01-16)January 16, 1993 (aged 18) Sochaux 2 3MF Pape Maly Diamanka (1990-01-10)January 10, 1990 (aged 21) Rayo Vallecano 3 2DF Saliou Ciss (1989-09-15)September 15, 1989 (aged 22) Tromsø 4 3MF El Hadji Sady Guéye (1990-01-16)January 16, 1990 (aged 21) Diambars 5 2DF Zargo Touré (1989-11-11)November 11, 1989 (aged 22) Boulogne 6 2DF Pape Ndiaye Souare (1990-06-06)June 6, 1990 (aged 21) Lille 7 4FW Abdoulaye Sané (1992-10-15)October 15, 1992 (aged 19) Rennes 8 3MF Joseph Lopy (1992-03-15)March 15, 1992 (aged 19) Sochaux 9 3MF Kara Mbodj (1989-11-11)November 11, 1989 (aged 22) Tromsø 10 4FW Dieylani Fall (1989-11-30)November 30, 1989 (aged 21) Auxerre 11 4FW Dame Diop (1993-02-15)February 15, 1993 (aged 18) Touré Kunda Footpro 12 2DF Lamine Gassama (1989-10-20)October 20, 1989 (aged 22) Lyon 13 2DF Abdoulaye Ba (1991-01-01)January 1, 1991 (aged 20) Académica Coimbra 14 4FW Omar Wade (1990-05-15)May 15, 1990 (aged 21) Lille 15 3MF Ibrahima Khaliloulah Seck (1989-08-10)August 10, 1989 (aged 22) Épinal 16 1GK Ousmane Mané (1990-10-01)October 01, 1990 (aged 21) Diambars 17 3MF Stephane Badji (1990-01-18)January 18, 1990 (aged 21) Casa Sport 18 4FW Baye Oumar Niasse (1990-04-18)April 18, 1990 (aged 21) US Ouakam 19 2DF Khassim Soumaré (1991-12-23)December 23, 1991 (aged 19) Diambars 20 3MF Emile Paul Tendeng (1992-12-31)December 31, 1992 (aged 18) Casa Sport 21 1GK Issa Ndiaye (1991-04-19)April 19, 1991 (aged 20) AS Douanes

Group B

 Ivory Coast^[7]

Coach: Alain Gouaméné

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Ibrahim Koné (1989-12-05)December 05, 1989 (aged 21) US Boulogne 2 2DF Mahan Marc Goua (1989-11-02)November 02, 1989 (aged 22) Séwé Sports de San Pedro 3 2DF Konan Ruffin Ngouan (1990-05-15)May 15, 1990 (aged 21) Africa Sports National 4 2DF Troh César Hougnonhon (1990-09-13)September 13, 1990 (aged 21) East Riffa Club 5 2DF Didier Boris Kadio (1990-04-05)April 05, 1990 (aged 21) Société Omnisports de l'Armée 6 3MF Yacoub Meite (1990-02-10)February 10, 1990 (aged 21) Tours FC 7 2DF Konan Joel Kouadio (1993-10-20)October 20, 1993 (aged 18) AFAD 8 3MF Xavier Kouassi (1989-12-28)December 28, 1989 (aged 21) Servette FC 9 3MF Moussa Koné (1990-02-12)February 12, 1990 (aged 21) Delfino Pescara 1936 10 4FW Serge Deble (1989-10-01)October 01, 1989 (aged 22) Unattached 11 4FW Lacina Traoré (1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 21) FC Kuban Krasnodar 12 4FW Wakalible Júnior Lago (1990-12-31)December 31, 1990 (aged 20) CD Numancia 13 2DF Aubin Kouakou (1991-06-01)June 01, 1991 (aged 20) Stade Tunisien 14 3MF Jean Michael Seri (1991-07-19)July 19, 1991 (aged 20) ASEC Mimosas 15 4FW Krahire Yannick Zakri (1991-03-26)March 26, 1991 (aged 20) AFAD 16 1GK Gnagnélé Clovis Tahourou (1989-12-25)December 25, 1989 (aged 21) AFAD 17 4FW Georges Henri Griffiths (1990-02-24)February 24, 1990 (aged 21) AS Indenié Abengourou 18 4FW Vamouti Diomande (1991-01-20)January 20, 1991 (aged 20) Hønefoss BK 19 3MF Kouassi Martial Yao (1989-10-04)October 04, 1989 (aged 22) Stade Tunisien 20 4FW Kevin Beugre (1992-08-23)August 23, 1992 (aged 19) Hønefoss BK 21 1GK Ousmane Gnada (1990-03-24)March 24, 1990 (aged 21) AFAD

 Egypt^[8][9]

Coach: Hany Ramzy

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Aly Lotfi (1989-10-14) October 14, 1989 ENPPI Club 2 2DF Ali Fathy (1992-01-02) January 2, 1992 Arab Contractors 3 2DF Ahmed Sobhi (1991-03-04) March 4, 1991 ENPPI Club 4 3MF Hesham Mohamed (1990-01-03) January 3, 1990 El-Shorta 5 2DF Moaz El-Henawy (1990-01-29) January 29, 1990 Misr El Makasa 6 2DF Ahmed Hegazy (1991-01-25) January 25, 1991 Ismaily 7 3MF Saleh Gomaa (1993-08-01) August 1, 1993 ENPPI Club 8 3MF Shehab El-Din Ahmed (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 Al-Ahly 9 4FW Marwan Mohsen (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 Petrojet FC 10 4FW Mohamed Salah (1992-06-15) June 15, 1992 Arab Contractors 11 3MF Ahmed Shoukry (1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 Telephonat Bani Sweif 12 2DF Islam Ramadan (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 Haras El-Hodood Club 13 4FW Ahmed Hassan (1993-03-05) March 5, 1993 Rio Ave FC 14 3MF Hossam Hassan (1989-04-30) April 30, 1989 Masry 15 3MF Mohamed Sobhi (1992-11-21) November 21, 1992 ENPPI Club 16 1GK Ahmed El-Shenawy (1991-05-14) May 14, 1991 Masry 17 3MF Mohamed El-Nenny (1992-07-11) July 11, 1992 Arab Contractors 18 3MF Ahmed Magdi (1989-12-09) December 9, 1989 Ghazl El-Mehalla 19 4FW Ahmed Shroyda (1990-10-21) October 21, 1990 Masry 20 2DF Omar Gaber (1992-01-30) January 30, 1992 Zamalek SC 21 1GK Mohamed Bassam (1990-12-25) December 25, 1990 Tala'ea El-Gaish SC

 Gabon^[10]

Coach: Claude Albert Mbourounot

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Glwadys Mbimbiangoye (1991-06-15)June 15, 1991 (aged 20) US O’Mbilia Nzami 2 4FW Lionel Yacouya (1990-07-17)July 17, 1990 (aged 21) AS Pélican 3 2DF Muller Dinda (1995-09-22)September 22, 1995 (aged 16) Cercle Mbéri Sportif 4 3MF Franck Engonga (1993-07-26)July 26, 1993 (aged 18) US O’Mbilia Nzami 5 2DF Remy Ebanega (1989-11-17)November 17, 1989 (aged 22) US Bitam 6 3MF Didier Ndong Ibrahim (1994-06-17)June 17, 1994 (aged 17) Cercle Mbéri Sportif 7 4FW Allen Nono (1992-08-15)August 15, 1992 (aged 19) US O’Mbilia Nzami 8 4FW Romuald Ntsitsigui (1991-04-08)April 08, 1991 (aged 20) AS Mangasport 9 4FW Johan Diderot Lengoualama (1992-09-29)September 29, 1992 (aged 19) AS Mangasport 10 4FW Levy Clement Madinda (1992-06-11)June 11, 1992 (aged 19) Celta de Vigo 11 3MF Alexander N'Doumbou (1992-01-04)January 04, 1992 (aged 19) US Orléans 12 2DF Ismael Abogho (1992-01-20)January 20, 1992 (aged 19) US Oyem 13 3MF Cedric Boussoughou (1991-07-20)July 20, 1991 (aged 20) AS Mangasport 14 3MF Landry Jerry Obiang Obiang (1992-06-10)June 10, 1992 (aged 19) Sogéa FC 15 2DF Henri Junior Ndong (1992-08-23)August 23, 1992 (aged 19) US Bitam 16 1GK Willy Mikiela (1990-03-06)March 06, 1990 (aged 21) AS Pélican 17 3MF André Biyogo Poko (1993-01-01)January 01, 1993 (aged 18) FC Girondins de Bordeaux 18 3MF Emmanuel Ndong (1992-05-04)May 04, 1992 (aged 19) Sogéa FC 19 3MF Samson Mbingui (1992-02-09)February 09, 1992 (aged 19) AS Mangasport 20 2DF Stevy Nzambe (1991-09-04)September 04, 1991 (aged 20) Olympique Marseille 21 1GK Nick Moundounga (1994-02-25)February 25, 1994 (aged 17) Sogéa FC

 South Africa^[11]

Coach: Ephraim Mashaba

| 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Sage Lottering (1991-04-08)April 08, 1991 (aged 20) Moroka Swallows 2 3MF Sibusiso Khumalo (1989-09-08)September 08, 1989 (aged 22) Mamelodi Sundowns 3 2DF Sibusiso Mxoyana (1989-04-14)April 14, 1989 (aged 22) Orlando Pirates 4 2DF Thulani Hlatshwayo (1989-12-18)December 18, 1989 (aged 21) Ajax Cape Town 5 2DF Eric Mathoho (1990-03-01)March 01, 1990 (aged 21) Bloemfontein Celtic 6 4FW Rodney Ramagalela (1989-01-10)January 10, 1989 (aged 22) Black Leopards 7 3MF Sameehg Doutie (1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 22) Orlando Pirates 8 3MF Thandani Ntshumayelo (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 21) SuperSport United 9 4FW Riaan Eugene (1991-02-20)February 20, 1991 (aged 20) Santos 10 3MF Jabulani Shongwe (1990-02-28)February 28, 1990 (aged 21) Mamelodi Sundowns 11 3MF Mandla Masango (1989-07-18)July 18, 1989 (aged 22) Kaizer Chiefs 12 4FW Phumelele Bhengu (1989-11-19)November 19, 1989 (aged 22) Bay United 13 2DF Siyabonga Zulu (1993-08-22)August 22, 1993 (aged 18) Blackburn Rovers 14 2DF Gladwin Shitolo (1989-08-10)August 10, 1989 (aged 22) Jomo Cosmos 15 4FW Bhongolwethu Jayiya (1990-03-21)March 21, 1990 (aged 21) Bidvest Wits 16 1GK Brilliant Khuzwayo (1990-02-09)February 09, 1990 (aged 21) Thanda Royal Zulu 17 3MF Christopher Flandorp (1990-09-09)September 09, 1990 (aged 21) University of Pretoria 18 3MF Thamsanqa Sangweni (1989-05-26)May 26, 1989 (aged 22) AmaZulu 19 3MF Kulegani Madondo (1990-06-20)June 20, 1990 (aged 21) Maritzburg United 20 2DF Mxolisi Mayongo (1989-01-26)January 26, 1989 (aged 22) AmaZulu 21 1GK Brighton Mhlongo (1991-01-12)January 12, 1991 (aged 20) Orlando Pirates

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