Nigeria’s first opponent at the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013, have released their 23-man list for the competition.
Burkina Faso, Nigeria’s opponent in her January 21 fixture to be played at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa, released its team list on Wednesday morning.
The team coach, Paul Put, released the 23-man list at the nations capital.
Apart from Nigeria and Burkina Faso, the other teams in Group C are Ethiopia, and the defending champions, Zambia.
Below is the full squad:
Name and clubs
Goalkeepers:
Abdoulaye Soulama – Asante Kotoko
Germain Sanou – St Etienne
Daouda Diakite -Lierse
Defenders:
Mohammed Koffi – Petrojet
Bakary Kone – Lyon
Paul Koulibaly – Dynamo Buccarest
Mady Panandétiguiri – Antwerp
Henry Traoré – Ashanti Kotoko
Midfielders:
Wilfried Balima – FC Sheriff Tiraspol
Charles Kaboré – Marseille
Djakaridja Koné – Evian Thonon
Préjuce Nakoulma – Gornik Zabrze
Issouf Ouattara – Chernomorets Burgas
Jonathan Pitroipa – Rennes
Ali Rabo – Al Shorta
Florent Rouamba – FC Sheriff Tirasplo
Wilfried Sanou – Kyoto Sanga
Abdoul Razack Traoré – Lechia Gdansk
Alain Traoré – Lorient
Forwards:
Aristide Bancé – Augsburg
Moumouni Dagano – Lekwiya
Wilfried Hughes. – DahAl Dhaid Sharja
Pierre Koulibaly – Al Dhaid Sharja
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