AFCON 2025: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Man Utd’s Bryan Mbeumo among UK-based players selected for tournament

AFCON 2025 starts on Sunday December 21, when hosts Morocco take on Comoros in Rabat.

With 22 of the 24 competing nations having confirmed their squads for the tournament to date, a total of 55 players have been selected so far.

Benin, Botswana, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Sudan are the only six not to include any UK-based players.

Read on to see the full list of players heading to Morocco…

Algeria

TBC

Angola

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Swansea’s Manuel Benson

• EFL: Manuel Benson (Swansea)

Burkina Faso

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Brentford’s Dango Ouattara

• Premier League: Dango Ouattara (Brentford), Bertrand Traore (Sunderland)
• EFL: Issa Kabore (Wrexham)
• Scotland: Landry Kabore (Hearts), Nasser Djiga (Rangers)

Cameroon

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Manchester United’s Bryan Mbeumo

• Premier League: Carlos Baleba (Brighton), Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd)
• EFL: Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke)

DR Congo

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Burnley’s Axel Tuanzebe

• Premier League: Arthur Masuaku (Sunderland), Axel Tuanzebe (Burnley), Noah Sadiki (Sunderland), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham)
• EFL: Edo Kayembe (Watford)
• Scotland: Ange Balikwisha (Celtic)

Egypt

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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah

• Premier League: Omar Marmoush (Man City), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Ivory Coast

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Man Utd’s Amad Diallo

• Premier League: Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolves), Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest), Amad Diallo (Man Utd), Evann Guessand (Aston Villa), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest)

Mali

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Tottenham’s Yves Bissouma

• Premier League: Yves Bissouma (Tottenham)
• EFL: Mamadou Doumbia (Watford)

Morocco

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Man Utd’s Noussair Mazraoui

• Premier League: Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd), Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland)

Mozambique

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Sunderland’s Reinildo Mandava

• Premier League: Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland)
• Scotland: Alfonso Amade (Dunfermline Athletic)

Nigeria

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Fulham’s Alex Iwobi

• Premier League: Calvin Bassey (Fulham), Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham), Alex Iwobi (Fulham), Frank Onyeka (Brentford)
• EFL: Semi Ajayi (Hull), Ryan Alebiosu (Blackburn), Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham)

Senegal

TBC

South Africa

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QPR’s Tylon Smith (Image: Ian Randall Photography)

• Premier League: Lyle Foster (Burnley)
• EFL: Tylon Smith (QPR)

Tanzania

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Salford’s Haji Mnoga

• EFL: Haji Mnoga (Salford)
• Non-League: Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale)

Tunisia

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Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri

• Premier League: Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley)
• EFL: Yan Valery (Sheffield Wednesday)
• Scotland: Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic)

Uganda

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Burton’s Toby Sibbick

• EFL: Toby Sibbick (Burton)
• Scotland: Uche Ikpeazu (St Johnstone), Jordan Obita (Hibernian)

Zambia

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Leicester’s Patson Daka

• Premier League: Patson Daka (Leicester)
• Scotland: Miguel Chaiwa (Hibernian)

Zimbabwe

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Motherwell’s Tawanda Maswanhise

• Premier League: Tawanda Chirewa (Wolves)
• EFL: Sean Fusire (Sheffield Wednesday), Brendan Galloway (Plymouth), Marvelous Nakamba (Luton), Andy Rinomhota (Reading)
• Scotland: Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell)
• Wales: Alec Mudimu (Flint Town)
• Non-League: Macauley Bonne (Maldon & Tiptree)

AFCON 2025 – The key dates

Clubs release players: December 15

Group stages: December 21 – December 31

Last 16: January 3 – January 6

Quarter-finals: January 9 – January 10

Semi-finals: January 14

Third-place play-off: January 17

Final: January 18