2012 Africa Cup of Nations squads explained
Tourney Name: | Africa Cup of Nations squads |
Year: | 2012 |
Prevseason: | 2010 |
Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from 21 January until 12 February 2012. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in those squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.[1]
The deadline for participating associations to submit their squad was 11 January 2012 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first Africa Cup of Nations match.[1]
Should an association miss the deadline, it will be fined US$10,000. Only 21 players were allowed to register for the competition if the registration was received after 14 January 2012.[1]
Group A
Source:[2]
Equatorial Guinea
Coach: Gílson Paulo
Libya
Coach: Marcos Paqueta
Senegal
Coach: Amara Traoré
Zambia
Coach: Hervé Renard
Group B
Source:[3]
Angola
Coach: Lito Vidigal
Burkina Faso
Coach: Paulo Duarte
[4]
Ivory Coast
Coach: François Zahoui
Sudan
Coach: Mohamed Abdalla
Group C
Source:[5]
Gabon
Coach: Gernot Rohr
Morocco
Coach: Eric Gerets
Niger
Coach: Harouna Gadbe
Tunisia
Coach: Sami Trabelsi
Group D
Source:[6]
Botswana
Coach: Stanley Tshosane
Ghana
Coach: Goran Stevanović
Note: Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.
Guinea
Coach: Michel Dussuyer
Mali
Coach: Alain Giresse
Notes and References
- Web site: Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations GABON-GUINEA EQUATORIAL 2012. CAFonline.com. 10 January 2012.
- Web site: Group A teams . CAF Online . Confederation of African Football . 22 January 2012 .
- Web site: Group B teams . CAF Online . Confederation of African Football . 23 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120522161928/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CAN2012/Group%20B%20teams.pdf . 22 May 2012 .
- Web site: WORDS ON: AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203032128/https://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2580664 . dead . 3 February 2019 . Chelseafc.com . Chelsea F.C. . 18 January 2012 . 7 July 2014 .
- Web site: Group C teams . CAF Online . Confederation of African Football . 26 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227090644/http://fr.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CAN2012/Group%20C%20%20teams.pdf . 27 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Group D teams . CAF Online . Confederation of African Football . 26 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227091608/http://fr.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CAN2012/Group%20D%20teams.pdf . 27 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .