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Ivory Coast announce 23-man squad for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations

Ivory Coast 23-man Afcon squad

Posted: 2012-01-11 07:56

Ivory Coast coach Francois Zahoui has picked his final 23-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), cutting midfielder Kuban Krasnodar midfielder Marco Ne and 22-year-old goalkeeper Ibrahim Koné of French Ligue 2 side Boulogne.  

The Elephants are fine tuning for the tournament in Abu Dhabi and will play two test matches against Tunisia on Friday and Libya on Monday.

Drawn in Group B, Ivory Coast will begin their campaign against Sudan on January 22, before locking horns with familiar neighbours Burkina Faso, who held them to goalless in the previous edition.

The Didier Drogba-led team will wrap up their group phase task against the Palancas Negras of Angola on January 30.

The squad:

Goalkeepers:
Copa Barry - Beveren
Gérard Gnanhouan - Avranches
Daniel Yeboah - Dijon

Defenders:
Benjamin Angoua - Valenciennes
Sol Bamba - Leicester City
Boka Athur - Stuttgart
Emmanuel Eboue - Galatasaray
Lolo Igor - Kuban
Siaka Tiéné - PSG
Kolo Toure - Manchester City
Didier Zokora - Trabzonspor

Midfielders:
Tioté Cheick - Newcastle
Kafoumba Coulibaly - Nice
Gosso Gosso - Orduspor
Max Gradel - Sainte Etienne
Ya Konan - Hannover
Yaya Toure - Manchester City

Forwards:
Seydou Doumbia - CSKA Moscow
Didier Drogba - Chelsea
Gervinho - Arsenal
Kader Kéïta - Al Sadd
Salomon Kalou - Chelsea
Bony Wilfried - Vitesse