Egypt name final 23-man squad for AFCON

Thomas Freeman Yeboah 15:15 - 04 January 2017

Ghana’s Group D opponent manager Héctor Cúper has announced his team’s final 23-man list that will participate in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon for the first time since the 2010 version in Angola.

Head coach of the Egyptian national team, Hector Cuper has announced a 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Gabon

Cúper had named a 27 man initial squad for the national team’s training camp earlier thursday, before trimming it down to 23 on Wednesday to meet the deadline for announcing the final squad.

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The four players who couldn't make the cut for Cuper's 23-man squad are Hamada Tolba, Ahmed Gomaa, Mohamed Awad and Mohamed Ibrahim.

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Below is the full list of the 23-man squad

Goalkeepers: Ahmed El-Shennawy (Zamalek), Essam El-Hadary (Wadi Degla), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly)

Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City – England), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al-Ahli – Ksa), Karim Hafez (Lens – France), Ahmed Hegazy (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ahmed Dweidar (Zamalek), Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Omar Gaber (Basel – Switzerland).

Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal – England), Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Ibrahim Salah (Zamalek), Abdallah El-Said (Al Ahly), Amr Warda (Panetolikos – Greece), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City – England), Mahmoud Hassan ‘Trezeguet’ (Royal Mouscron – Belgium).

Forwards: Ahmed Hassan ‘Koka’ (Braga – Portugal), Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim ‘Kahraba’ (Al-Ittihad – Ksa), Mohamed Salah (As Roma – Italy). Egypt are in group D with Ghana, Mali and Uganda and will play their group matches in the Gabonese port city of port Gentil