The
2012 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (C ...
was an international football tournament held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from 21 January until 12 February 2012. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in those squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
The deadline for participating associations to submit their squad was 11 January 2012 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first Africa Cup of Nations match.
Should an association miss the deadline, it will be fined
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10,000. Only 21 players were allowed to register for the competition if the registration was received after 14 January 2012.
Group A
Source:
Equatorial Guinea
Coach:
Gílson Paulo
Gílson Paulo de Mello Filho (born 1 May 1949), simply known as Gílson Paulo, is a Brazilian Manager (association football), football manager, who previously managed the national team of Equatorial Guinea national football team, Equatorial Gui ...
Libya
Coach:
Marcos Paqueta
Senegal
Coach:
Amara Traoré
Zambia
Coach:
Hervé Renard
Hervé Jean-Marie Roger Renard (born 30 September 1968) is a French professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Saudi Arabia.
Renard has previously been the manager of Zambia national team, with whom he won the 2012 ...
Group B
Source:
Angola
Coach:
Lito Vidigal
Burkina Faso
Coach:
Paulo Duarte
Ivory Coast
Coach:
François Zahoui
Sudan
Coach:
Mohamed Abdalla
Group C
Source:
Gabon
Coach:
Gernot Rohr
Morocco
Coach:
Eric Gerets
Eric Maria Gerets (; born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player.
As a Forward (association football), striker, he started his playing career as an amateur for his local ...
Niger
Coach:
Harouna Gadbe
Tunisia
Coach:
Sami Trabelsi
Group D
Source:
Botswana
Coach:
Stanley Tshosane
Ghana
Coach:
Goran Stevanović
Note: ''Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.''
Guinea
Coach:
Michel Dussuyer
Mali
Coach:
Alain Giresse
Alain Jean Giresse (; born 2 August 1952) is a French association football, football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo national football team, Kosovo.
Giresse was French Player of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an Midfi ...
References
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Africa Cup of Nations squads
Squads