The coach of the Senegal Lions, Pape Bouna Thiaw, will unveil this Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 10 a.m., the list of players summoned to face Burkina Faso and Burundi in the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations ( CAN) 2025, informs a press release from the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF).
These matches, counting for the 5th and 6th days, will be played on November 14 and 19 respectively. The announcement will be made through the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF).
Already qualified for the next CAN, scheduled for Morocco in 2025, Senegal secured its ticket two days before the end of the qualifiers, alongside eight other African nations. The Lions’ qualification was obtained last Tuesday thanks to a 1-0 victory against Malawi in Lilongwe, placing them at the top of group L. Burkina Faso, who shares this group with Senegal, also validated their ticket for this 35th edition of the CAN.
Group L, with Senegal and Burkina Faso, is the only one to already have two qualified teams, even before the final days of the qualifiers.
The Lions of Senegal, winners of the CAN 2021 organized in 2022 in Cameroon, will participate in their 18th CAN final phase and thus continue their sixth consecutive qualification since 2015 in Equatorial Guinea. Senegal was also finalist in 2002 in Mali and in 2019 in Egypt.
The Stallions of Burkina Faso, finalists of the 2013 edition in South Africa, are preparing to participate in their 14th CAN, their third in a row.
In addition to Senegal and Burkina Faso, other nations have already qualified for CAN 2025: Algeria (group E), Angola (group F), Egypt (group C), Cameroon (group J), Morocco (as host country), Uganda (Group K) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Group H).
Algeria, Egypt, Angola and the DRC have performed flawlessly so far, collecting 12 points by winning each of their first four qualifying matches.
Algeria, which will participate in its 21st CAN and seventh in a row since 2013, was crowned champion in 1990 at home and in 2019 in Egypt. The Fennecs also reached the final of the 1980 edition in Nigeria.
The Palancas Negras of Angola will play their 10th CAN in 2025, their second in a row. Their best run was reached with quarter-finals in 2008 in Ghana, in 2010 at home and in 2023 in Ivory Coast.
Egypt, the most successful country on the continent with seven coronations (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010), will participate in its 27th CAN, the fifth in a row since its final lost in 2017 in Gabon, followed another defeat in the final in 2021 in Cameroon.
The DRC, for its part, is qualified for its 21st participation in the CAN, and the second in a row. The Leopards won the 1968 editions in Ethiopia and 1974 in Egypt.
Cameroon, the second most successful nation with five CANs (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002 and 2017), will play its 22nd final tournament in 2025, marking its sixth qualification in a row since 2015 in Equatorial Guinea.
Morocco, automatically qualified as host country, will participate in its 20th CAN and its fifth in a row since 2017. The Atlas Lions lifted the continental trophy in 1976 in Ethiopia.
Uganda will complete the picture with its eighth participation in 2025.
