2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations squads

The 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations is an international football tournament that is to be held in Senegal from 28 November to 12 December 2015.

The 8 under-23 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 21 players.^[1] Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. All players must be born on or after 1 January 1993.^[2]

Group A^[3]

Senegal

Head coach: Serigne Saliou Dia

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Pape Ndiaye (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22) ASC Niarry Tally 2 3MF Ousseynou Thioune (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 22) Diambars FC 3 3MF Nestor Mendy (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 20) Diambars FC 4 2DF Ibrahima Diedhiou (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 21) Eupen 5 3MF Boubacar Cissokho (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 (aged 20) ASC SUNEOR 6 3MF Sidy Sarr (1996-06-05)5 June 1996 (aged 19) Kortrijk 7 4FW Sylvain Badji (1994-06-28)28 June 1994 (aged 21) AS Douanes 8 3MF Samba Ndiaye (1994-01-12)12 January 1994 (aged 21) Eupen 9 4FW Ibrahima Keita (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 21) AS Douanes 10 3MF Abdoulaye Ba (1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 22) ASC Niarry Tally 11 4FW Ismaïla Sarr (1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 17) Generation Foot 12 4FW Mouhamadou Diallo (1995-06-18)18 June 1995 (aged 20) Metz 13 2DF Alhassane Sylla (1995-08-24)24 August 1995 (aged 20) Diambars FC 14 2DF Adama Mbengue (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 21) Diambars FC 15 2DF Elhadji Pape Diaw (1994-12-31)31 December 1994 (aged 20) ASV Geel 16 1GK Pape Dieng (1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 21) AS Dakar Sacré-Coeur 17 2DF Modou Diagne (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 21) Nancy 18 4FW Moussa Seydi (1996-08-21)21 August 1996 (aged 19) Metz 19 2DF Moussa Wague (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 17) Excellence Foot 20 4FW Cheikhou Dieng (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 22) Sandefjord 21 1GK Mouhamed Mbaye (1997-10-13)13 October 1997 (aged 18) Excellence Foot

South Africa

Head coach: Owen Da Gama

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Jody February (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 19) Ajax Cape Town 2 2DF Denwin Farmer (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 19) Supersport United 3 2DF Mbhazima Rikhotso (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 22) Bloemfontein Celtic 4 2DF Alton Macheke (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 21) Chippa United 5 2DF Rivaldo Coetzee (1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 19) Ajax Cape Town 6 2DF Kwandakwensizwa Mngonyama (1993-09-25)25 September 1993 (aged 22) Maritzburg 7 3MF Riyaad Norodien (1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 20) Ajax Cape Town 8 3MF Abbubaker Mobara (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 21) Ajax Cape Town 9 4FW Sibusiso Sibeko (1995-03-24)24 March 1995 (aged 20) Golden Arrows 10 3MF Menzi Masuku (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 22) Orlando Pirates 11 3MF Keagan Dolly (1993-01-22)22 January 1993 (aged 22) Mamelodi Sundowns 12 3MF Phumlani Ntshangase (1994-12-24)24 December 1994 (aged 20) Bidvest Wits 13 4FW Phakamani Mahlambi (1997-09-12)12 September 1997 (aged 18) Bidvest Wits 14 3MF Gift Motupa (1994-09-23)23 September 1994 (aged 21) Orlando Pirates 15 3MF Paseka Mako (1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 21) Cape Town All Stars 16 1GK Stuart Goss (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 21) Golden Arrows 17 4FW Siphelele Ntshangase (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 22) Black Leopards 18 3MF Deolin Mekoa (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 (aged 22) Maritzburg 19 2DF Tebogo Moerane (1995-04-07)7 April 1995 (aged 20) Bidvest Wits 20 4FW Dumsani Zuma (1995-05-22)22 May 1995 (aged 20) Bloemfontein Celtic 21 1GK Kyle Peters (1993-04-14)14 April 1993 (aged 22) Cape Town All Stars

Tunisia

Head coach: Maher Kanzari

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Saifeddine Charfi (1995-03-28)28 March 1995 (aged 20) Club Africain 2 2DF Wajdi Kechrida (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 20) Étoile du Sahel 3 2DF Slimane Kchok (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 21) CA Bizertin 4 2DF Seddik Mejri (1994-05-31)31 May 1994 (aged 21) CA Bizertin 5 2DF Ali Machani (1993-07-12)12 July 1993 (aged 22) Espérance 6 3MF Yassine Meriah (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 22) CS Sfaxien 7 4FW Chedly Ghrab (1993-05-15)15 May 1993 (aged 22) CA Bizertin 8 3MF Ghaylen Chaalali (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 21) Espérance 9 4FW Seifeddine Jaziri (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22) Club Africain 10 3MF Ilyes Jelassi (1994-02-07)7 February 1994 (aged 21) Espérance 11 4FW Edem Rjaibi (1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 21) Espérance 12 3MF Ahmed Khalil (1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 20) Club Africain 13 2DF Ali Abdi (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21) Espérance 14 4FW Haythem Jouini (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 (aged 22) Espérance 15 3MF Zoubayer Darraji (1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 22) CA Bizertin 16 1GK Sabri Ben Hsan (1996-06-13)13 June 1996 (aged 19) CS Sfaxien 17 3MF Nader Ghandri (1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 20) Club Africain 18 4FW Saad Bguir (1994-03-22)22 March 1994 (aged 21) Espérance 19 2DF Wissem Bousnina (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 21) CS Hammam-Lif 20 4FW Khaldoun Mansour (1993-12-23)23 December 1993 (aged 21) EO Sidi Bouzid 21 1GK Wassim Karoui (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 18) Espérance

Zambia

Head coach: Fighton Simukonda

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Kenny Mumba (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 22) Red Arrows 2 3MF Patrick Ngoma (1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 18) Red Arrows 3 2DF Benedict Chepeshi (1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 19) Red Arrows 4 2DF Boyd Mkandawire (1997-04-11)11 April 1997 (aged 18) NAPSA Stars 5 2DF Solomon Sakala (1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 18) Kabwe Warriors 6 4FW Friday Samu (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 (aged 20) Green Buffaloes 7 3MF Salulani Phiri (1994-04-10)10 April 1994 (aged 21) Zanaco 8 3MF John Chingandu (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 21) ZESCO United 9 4FW Ronald Kampamba (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 (aged 21) ENPPI 10 4FW Spencer Sautu (1996-03-10)10 March 1996 (aged 19) Red Arrows 11 3MF Lubambo Musonda (1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 20) Ulisses 12 2DF Benson Sakala (1996-09-12)12 September 1996 (aged 19) Red Arrows 13 2DF Kapota Kavawe (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 18) Nkana 14 3MF Jackson Chirwa (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 (aged 20) Green Buffaloes 15 3MF Paul Katema (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 (aged 18) Red Arrows 16 1GK Toaster Nsabata (1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 22) Zanaco 17 4FW Conlyde Luchanga (1997-03-11)11 March 1997 (aged 18) Lusaka Dynamos 18 2DF Billy Mutale (1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 22) Power Dynamos 19 4FW Aubrey Chirwa (1994-02-12)12 February 1994 (aged 21) FC Platinum 20 3MF Taonga Bwembya (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 (aged 20) Mufulira Wanderers 21 1GK Tresford Lawrence Mulenga (1998-08-21)21 August 1998 (aged 17) Kabwe Warriors

Group B^[4]

Algeria

Head coach: Pierre-André Schürmann

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Abdelkader Salhi (1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 22) ASO Chlef 2 2DF Réda Helaïmia (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 19) MC Oran 3 2DF Ayoub Abdellaoui (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 22) USM Alger 4 2DF Nour El Islam Salah (1993-03-17)17 March 1993 (aged 22) ASO Chlef 5 3MF Ryad Kenniche (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 22) ES Sétif 6 3MF Mohamed Benkhemassa (1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 22) USM Alger 7 3MF Zinedine Ferhat (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 22) USM Alger 8 3MF Oussama Chita (1996-10-31)31 October 1996 (aged 19) MC Alger 9 4FW Oussama Darfalou (1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 22) USM Alger 10 4FW Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 21) RC Arbaâ 11 4FW Zakaria Haddouche (1993-08-19)19 August 1993 (aged 22) ES Sétif 12 2DF Raouf Benguit (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 19) Paradou AC 13 2DF Miloud Rebiai (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 21) ES Sétif 14 4FW Khalil Semahi (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 20) ASO Chlef 15 2DF Houari Ferhani (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 22) RC Arbaâ 16 1GK Farid Chaâl (1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 21) USM El Harrach 17 2DF Redouane Cherifi (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 22) USM Bel-Abbès 18 4FW Abdelhakim Amokrane (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 21) DRB Tadjenanet 19 3MF Ahmed Gagaâ (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 21) JS Kabylie 20 3MF Zakaria Draoui (1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 21) CR Belouizdad 21 1GK Oussama Methazem (1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 21) RC Arbaâ

Egypt

Head coach: Hossam El-Badry

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Mossad Awad (1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 22) Al Ahly 2 2DF Mohamed Adel Gomaa (1993-03-31)31 March 1993 (aged 22) Zamalek 3 2DF Mohamed Hany (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 19) Al Ahly 4 2DF Ragab Abdelnabi (1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 22) Wadi Degla 5 2DF Yasser Ahmed Ibrahim El Hanafi (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 22) Smouha 6 3MF Ramy Rabia (1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 22) Al Ahly 7 3MF Karim Waleed Sayed Saleh Hassan (1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 18) Haras El-Hodood 8 3MF Mohamed Mohamed (1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 21) Ismaily 9 4FW Mohamed Salem (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 21) Zamalek 10 4FW Mahmoud Mansour (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 22) Ismaily 11 4FW Mahmoud Kahraba (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 (aged 21) Zamalek 12 3MF Mohamed Saleh (1993-05-20)20 May 1993 (aged 22) Tala'ea El-Gaish 13 3MF Mohamed Sharf Edin (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 20) Al Ahly 14 4FW Ramadan Sobhy (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 18) Al Ahly 15 4FW Mostafa Fathi (1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 21) Zamalek 16 1GK Hassan Shahin (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 22) Arab Contractors 17 2DF Osama Ibrahim Abddala Mouersy Abdalla (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 22) ENPPI 18 4FW Hussein Ragab (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 22) Misr El-Makasa 19 2DF Mahmoud Attia (1995-06-01)1 June 1995 (aged 20) Tala'ea El-Gaish 20 3MF Mamdouh Elsayed (1993-03-11)11 March 1993 (aged 22) Wadi Degla 21 1GK Mahmoud Aly (1993-11-01)1 November 1993 (aged 22) Misr El-Makasa

Mali

Head coach: Cheick Oumar Kone

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Germain Berthe (1993-10-24)24 October 1993 (aged 22) Horoya AC 2 4FW Kevin Traoré (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 (aged 19) Karlsruher 3 2DF Mamadou Koné (1997-08-22)22 August 1997 (aged 18) Onze Créateurs 4 3MF Idrissa Sogodogo (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 20) Lafia Club Bamako 5 4FW Nouhoun Samassekou (1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 19) Espérance 6 3MF Boubacar Diarra (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 21) TP Mazembe 7 4FW Souleymane Sissoko (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 19) Wydad Casablanca 8 3MF Diadie Samassekou (1996-01-11)11 January 1996 (aged 19) Red Bull Salzburg 9 4FW Adama Niane (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 22) Nantes 10 3MF Souleymane Diarra (1995-01-30)30 January 1995 (aged 20) Újpest 11 3MF Adama Traoré (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 (aged 20) TP Mazembe 12 2DF Souleymane Coulibaly (1996-08-08)8 August 1996 (aged 19) Club Africain 13 2DF Aboubacar Doumbia (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 20) AS Real Bamako 14 3MF Adama Doumbia (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 (aged 19) Jeanne d'Arc 15 2DF Youssouf Traoré (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 17) Djoliba AC 16 1GK Djigui Diarra (1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 20) Stade Malien 17 4FW Yves Bissouma (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 (aged 19) AS Real Bamako 18 3MF Moussa Bagayoko (1998-12-18)18 December 1998 (aged 16) AS Black Stars de Badalabougou 19 4FW Abdoulaye Diarra (1994-12-28)28 December 1994 (aged 20) Stade Malien 20 3MF Aliou Dieng (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 (aged 18) Djoliba AC 21 1GK N'Tji Mickel Samake (1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 21) CS Duguwolofila

Nigeria

Head coach: Samson Siasia

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Nnamdi Iwu (1994-06-29)29 June 1994 (aged 21) Heartland 2 2DF Sincere Seth (1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 17) Rhapsody FC Abuja 3 2DF Ndifreke Udo (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 17) Abia Warriors 4 3MF God's Power Tower (1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 18) Kano Pillars 5 2DF Bello Zaharaddeen (1997-12-21)21 December 1997 (aged 17) Kano Pillars 6 2DF Oduduwa Segun Tope (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 20) Nathaniels Boys FC 7 4FW Tiongoli Tonbara (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 (aged 19) Bayelsa United FC 8 3MF Etebo Oghenekaro (1995-11-09)9 November 1995 (aged 20) Warri Wolves 9 4FW Victor Osimhen (1998-12-29)29 December 1998 (aged 16) Ultimate Strikers Academy 10 3MF Mohammed Usman (1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 21) Taraba 11 4FW Junior Ajayi (1996-01-29)29 January 1996 (aged 19) CS Sfaxien 12 2DF Iroha Chukwuebuka Chinazom (1996-07-13)13 July 1996 (aged 19) Diamond FC Umuahia 13 2DF Olulayo Oluwaseun (1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (aged 19) Sunshine Stars FC 14 2DF Azubuike Okechukwu (1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 18) Yeni Malatyaspor 15 2DF Chizoba Amaefule (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 (aged 21) Unattached 16 1GK Yusuf Mohammed Bala (1996-12-22)22 December 1996 (aged 18) Kano Pillars 17 4FW Sopuruchi Augustine Dimgba (1993-03-29)29 March 1993 (aged 22) Warri Wolves 18 4FW Awoniyi Taiwo (1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 18) Eintracht Frankfurt 19 4FW Bature Yaro Kawu (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 (aged 19) Nasarawa United 20 4FW Eyo Ebong (1995-05-13)13 May 1995 (aged 20) Warri Wolves 21 1GK Emmanuel Daniel (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 21) Enugu Rangers

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