Côte d'Ivoire 27-Man Squad for AFCON 2023

Côte d'Ivoire has released a list of 27 players that will represent the country in the next Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023, a tournament that will kick off from January 13th to February 11th 2024. The names on the list are;

Cote d'Ivoire 27-Man Squad for AFCON 2023

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (Angers/FRA), Charles Folly (Asec Mimosas), Badra Ali (Sekhukhune United/RSA).

Defenders: Serge Aurier (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Ismael Diallo (Hajduk Split/CRO), Ousmane Diomandé (Sporting Lisbon/POR), Ghislain Konan (Al-Feiha/KSA), Evans N’dicka (Roma/ITA), Odilon Kossonou (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Wilfried Singo (Monaco/FRA).

Midfielders: Jean-Thierry Amani Lazare (Union Saint-Gilloise/BEL), Idrissa Doumbia (Alanyaspor/TUR), Seko Fofana (Al Nassr/KSA), Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Franck Kessié (Al-Ahli/KSA), Jean-Michael Seri (Hull/ENG).

Forwards: Simon Adingra (Brighton/ENG), Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo/ESP), Jérémie Boga (Nice/FRA), Sébastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Karim Konaté (RB Salzburg/AUT), Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina/ITA), Jean-Philippe Krasso (Red Star Belgrade/SRB), Max-Alain Gradel (Gaziantep/TUR), Oumar Diakité (Reims/FRA), Nicolas Pépé (Trabzonspor/TUR).

Côte d'Ivoire is the host Nation and is in Group A alongside Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. The Host will kick off the 2023 AFCON campaign against Guinea-Bissau on the 13th of January in the opening fixture of the tournament, before playing Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea in their remaining two Group games.