AFCON 2025 Squad News - Ivory Coast Announce 26 Players as Adingra Misses Out
Ivory Coast's coach Emerse Fae has officially announced the final 26-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Notably absent are high-profile wingers such as Simon Adingra, Nicolas Pepe, and Jeremie Boga. Meanwhile, Evann Guessand finds himself on the standby list. Exciting inclusions in the squad are Manchester United's Amad Diallo and former Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha. Additionally, the squad welcomes two young talents, Christ Inao Oulai from Trabzonspor and Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig, marking a blend of experience and future potential.
- Ivory Coast announces 26-man squad for 2025 AFCON in Morocco.
- Notable omissions include Simon Adingra and Nicolas Pepe.
- Key inclusions: Amad Diallo, Wilfried Zaha, and two teenagers, Christ Inao Oulai and Yan Diomande.
Ivory Coast's coach Emerse Fae has named his final squad for the 2025 AFCON (Getty Images).
Ivory Coast’s coach Emerse Fae has named his final squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The French-born Ivorian has gone with 26 players in his squad, yet there is no space for high-profile wingers like Simon Adingra, Nicolas Pepe and Jeremie Boga. Aston Villa’s Evann Guessand has only made the standby list.
Man Utd’s Amad Diallo has called up. There is also space for former Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha. Two teenagers have been called up in Trabzonspor midfielder Christ Inao Oulai and RB Leipzig attacker Yan Diomande.
Cote d'Ivoire Final Squad
| POSITION | NAME | AGE | CLUB (COUNTRY) |
| GK | Yahia Fofana | 25 | Çaykur Rizespor (TUR) |
| GK | Mohamed Koné | 23 | Royal Charleroi SC (BEL) |
| GK | Alban Lafont | 26 | Panathinaikos FC (GRE) |
| DEF | Emmanuel Agbadou | 28 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (ENG) |
| DEF | Wily Boly | 34 | Nottingham Forest (ENG) |
| DEF | Ousmane Diomandé | 22 | Sporting CP (POR) |
| DEF | Christopher Operi | 28 | Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR) |
| DEF | Ghislain Konan | 29 | Gil Vicente FC (POR) |
| DEF | Guéla Doué | 23 | RC Strasbourg Alsace (FRA) |
| DEF | Evan Ndicka | 26 | AS Roma (ITA) |
| DEF | Armel Junior Zohouri | 24 | Iberia 1999 Tbilisi (GEO) |
| DEF | Odilon Kossounou | 24 | Atalanta BC (ITA) |
| MF | Ibrahim Sangaré | 28 | Nottingham Forest (ENG) |
| MF | Franck Kessié | 28 | Al-Ahli SFC (KSA) |
| MF | Seko Fofana | 30 | Stade Rennais FC (FRA) |
| MF | Jean-Philippe Gbamin | 30 | FC Metz (FRA) |
| MF | Christ Inao Oulai | 19 | Trabzonspor (TUR) |
| MF | Jean-Michel Seri | 34 | NK Maribor (SLO) |
| FW | Parfait Guiagon | 24 | Royal Charleroi SC (BEL) |
| FW | Amad Diallo | 23 | Man Utd (ENG) |
| FW | Vakoun Bayo | 28 | Udinese (ITA) |
| FW | Oumar Diakite | 21 | Cercle Brugge (BEL) |
| FW | Yan Diomande | 19 | RB Leipzig (GER) |
| FW | Sebastien Haller | 31 | Utrecht (NED) |
| FW | Jean-Philippe Krasso | 28 | Paris FC (FRA) |
| FW | Wilfried Zaha | 33 | Charlotte FC (USA) |
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