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 (not the league) 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 Head 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 Warda posted an apology video on his official Facebook account.
DR Congo Head 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 Head coach: Sébastien Desabre
Uganda's 29-man preliminary squad was announced on 22 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June.
Zimbabwe Head 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 Head coach: Gernot Rohr
Nigeria's 31-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 10 June.
Guinea Head 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 Head coach: Nicolas Dupuis
Madagascar's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 12 June.
Burundi Head 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 Head coach: Aliou Cissé
Senegal's 25-man preliminary squad was announced on 31 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 13 June.
Algeria Head 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 Head coach: Sébastien Migné
Kenya's 30-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 11 June.
Tanzania Head 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 Head 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 the injured Abderrazak Hamdallah.
Ivory Coast Head coach: Ibrahim Kamara
South Africa Head coach: Stuart Baxter
A 23-man final squad was announced on 9 June 2019.
Namibia Head coach: Ricardo Mannetti
A 23-man final squad was announced on 10 June 2019.
Group E Tunisia Head coach: Alain Giresse
The following players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Mali Head 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 Head coach: Corentin Martins
Angola Head coach: Srđan Vasiljević
A 23-man final squad was announced on 12 June 2019.
Group F Cameroon Head 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 Head coach: James Kwesi Appiah
The final squad was announced on 10 June 2019.
Benin Head coach: Michel Dussuyer
On 22 May 2019, Benin announced their final 23-man squad.
Guinea-Bissau Head 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 Country Players Percentage Outsidenationalsquad France 87 15.76% 87 South Africa 46 8.3% 29 England 43 7.8% 43 Turkey 29 5.3% 29 Portugal 27 4.9% 27 Egypt 24 4.3% 9 Belgium 20 3.6% 20 Spain 20 3.6% 20 Tanzania 18 3.3% 4 Saudi Arabia 17 3.1% 17 Others 221 40.04% 153 Total 552 100% 416
By club Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.
Player representation by club Players Club8 1º de Agosto7 Rennes, Kaizer Chiefs6 TP Mazembe, Zamalek, Reims, Mamelodi Sundowns, Simba FC, Espérance de Tunis, Galatasaray5 Al Ahly, Pyramids, Sofapaka, Bidvest Wits
By club nationality Players CAF clubs46 South Africa24 Egypt18 Tanzania14 Tunisia13 Angola12 Kenya9 Namibia8 DR Congo, Zambia6 Mauritania5 Algeria, Morocco, Uganda4 Ethiopia, Réunion3 Rwanda2 Benin, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria1 Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Sudan, Zimbabwe
Players Clubs outside CAF87 France42 England29 Turkey27 Portugal21 Belgium20 Spain17 Saudi Arabia15 Germany, Italy11 Greece8 Netherlands6 Sweden5 China, Scotland4 Romania, Switzerland3 Qatar, United States2 Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Israel, Slovakia1 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. Players Clubs317UEFA202CAF28AFC5CONCACAF0CONMEBOL0OFC
By representatives of domestic league National squad Players1715141299865422222111111000
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