Hosts Ivory Coast announce 27-man squad for AFCON 2023; Wilfried Zaha dropped

Ivory Coast have won this competition two times

Ivory Coast, the hosts of the AFCON 2023 have announced their squad for the upcoming tournament. Jean-Louis Gasset and his men are eyeing their third Africa Cup of Nations crown. They last won the tournament in 2015.

Galatasaray winger Wilfried Zaha has not been called up by coach Jean-Louis Gasset in the country’s 27-man Africa Cup of Nations squad.

Ismael Diallo of Hajduk Split got his first senior call-up, while Union Saint Gilloise’s Lazare Imani has been called up for the second time.

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Ivory Coast will face Guinea-Bissau in their opening match of Group A. They will face Nigeria in the second match and Equatorial Guinea in their final group match.

Ivory Coast squad for AFCON 2023

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (Angers, France), Charles Folly (ASEC Mimosas, Ivory Coast), Badra Ali Sangare (Sekhukhune United, South Africa)

Defenders: Serge Aurier (Nottingham Forest, England), Willy Boly (Nottingham Forest, England), Ismael Diallo (Hajduk Split, Croatia), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Ghislain Konan (Al Fayha, Saudi Arabia), Evans Ndicka (Roma, Italy), Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Wilfried Singo (Monaco, France)

Midfielders: Jean-Thierry Lazare Amani (Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium), Idrissa Doumbia (Alanyaspor, Turkey), Seko Fofana (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest, England), Franck Kessie (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia), Jean-Michael Seri (Hull City, England)

Forwards: Simon Adingra (Brighton & Hove Albion, England), Jonathan Bamba (Celta Vigo, Spain), Jeremie Boga (Nice, France), Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Karim Konate (RB Salzburg, Austria), Christian Kouame (Fiorentina, Italy), Jean-Philippe Krasso (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia), Max-Alain Gradel (Gaziantep, Turkey), Oumar Diakite (Reims, France), Nicolas Pepe (Trabzonspor, Turkey)

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