Dakar, September 27 (APS) – The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) published, Friday, two lists of twenty-five players each summoned for the qualifiers for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled from February 1 to 28, 2025 , Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
The selected players are expected at the Jules François Bocandé Technical Development Center in Toubab Dialaw for a grouping from Tuesday until October 2, a second list of players entering a grouping from October 2 to 4, announces the Senegalese Football Federation.
The first round of qualifying for CHAN will take place between October 25 and 27, 2024, with the return leg scheduled for November 1 to 3, 2024. The second round will take place from December 20 to 22 and December 27 to 29, 2024.
Nineteen nations will take part in the competition instead of the sixteen countries which usually participated.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, co-hosting countries of the tournament, are automatically qualified for the CHAN.
Each of the five zones of the continent will be represented by three teams, namely the Union of West African Football Federations Zone A (UFOA-A), the UFOA-B, the North African Football Union, the Union of Central African Football Federations and the Council of Football Associations in Southern Africa.
The Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) zone, “including the three organizing countries, will benefit from an additional place due to its automatic qualification as a host zone”.
The host countries “will take part in the qualifiers and will be joined in the final tournament by the team that obtains the best result in the CECAFA zone qualifiers”.
The Algerian Football Federation announced that Algeria would not take part in this edition of CHAN to “redirect efforts and resources towards young categories, male and female”, according to Algeria Press Service (APS), the official agency Algerian.
Senegal is the winner of the seventh and final edition of CHAN, which took place in Algeria (January 13-February 4, 2023).
Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with two trophies, are the most successful nations in this competition.
The African Nations Championship is organized every two years alternating with the African Nations Cup.
From now on, countries will be able to call on players playing on the African continent whereas previously, only footballers playing in a club in their country were admitted.
Here is the first list of players summoned:
Marc Philips Arona Fall, Joseph Layousse Ifra Samb, Matar Niang, Pape Ibahima Ndong (Teungueth FC), Amar Fall, Mangoné Ndiaye, Mohamed Welle, (AS Pikine), Cheikh Lô Ndoye, ElHadji Abdou Aziz Daw, Abdou Aziz Ndiaye, Moha Coly , Cheiukh Motar Koita, Pape Souleumane Dione, Souleymane Cissé, Issaga Kane, Moustapha Gueye (ASC les Jaraaf), Mohamed Camara (Casa Sport), Ibrahima Bitèye, Pape Abasse Badj, (Génération Foot), Rafael Ngong, Mamadou Diatit, Seck (US Gorée), Ibrahima Sory Diallo (Diambars FC), Patrick Joseph Basse (Guediawaye FC), Khalifa Ababacar Bâ (Sonacos).
Here is the second list of players summoned:
Cheikh Lô Ndoye (ASC Les Jaraaf), Mbagnick Basse (Guédiawaye FC), Serigne Saliou Macké Fall (ASCE La Linguère), Khalifa Ababacar Diouf (Oslo FA), Baye Assane Ciss (Teungueth FC), Karamokho Camara (Dakar Sacré coeur), Léon Ngor Mack Ndong (US Gorée), Daouda Bâ (Dakar Sacré-Cœur), Cheikh Sarr (Teungueth FC), Pape Fara Gaye (Teungueth FC), Ousseynou Touré (AS Pikine), Makha Ben Ahmad Bâ (ASC Les Jaraaf) and Issa Kane (Casa Sports).
There is also Abdourahmane Diouf (US Gorée), Mame Saer Guèye (ASC Les Jaraaf), Ousseynou Seck (Ajel de Rufisque), Ababacar Sarr (ASC les Jaraaf), Mamadou Sané (Génération Foot), Almamy Mathew Fall (ASC Les Jaraaf ), Mamadou Junior Soumaré (Dakar Sacré-coeur), Alfred Gomis (US Ouakam), Ousmane Diassy (Oslo FA), Adama Wade (ASC Les Jaraaf), Massaer Dieng (Ajel de Rufisque), Karim Mané (Sonacos).
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