Senegalese squad for AFCON 2025: Coach Pape Thiaw adds injured trio for Cup of Nations


Senegal have named three players with injuries in their squad for the Africa Cup of Nations final, confident they will be ready when the tournament starts in Morocco later this month.

Assane Diao, Habib Diarra and Ismaila Sarr were all unsure of their selection, but coach Pape Thiaw named them in a 28-man squad on Saturday and told a news conference he was confident they would be ready to play.

Diao suffered a thigh injury last weekend while playing for Como in Serie A, while Sunderland’s Diarra underwent groin surgery in September and has not played since.

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Sarr was forced off with an ankle ligament injury in the first half of Crystal Palace’s 2–1 defeat at home to Manchester United on November 30 and has missed his side’s last three games.

Senegal will participate in the Group D final, opening its campaign against Botswana in Tangier on December 23 and also taking on Benin and the Democratic Republic of Congo in its group.

Team

Goalkeepers: Mory Diaw (Le Havre), Yehvann Diouf (Nice), Edouard Mendy (Al Ahli)

Defenders: Ilay Camara (Anderlecht), Krepin Diatta (Monaco), El Hadji Malik Diouf (West Ham United), Ismail Jakobs (Galatasaray), Kalidou Koulibaly (Al Hilal), Antoine Mendy (Nice), Moussa Niakhate (Olympique Lyonnais), Mamadou Sarr (Racing Strasbourg), Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi Haifa)

Midfielders: Lamine Camara (Monaco), Pathe Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), Habib Diarra (Sunderland), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton), Pape Gueye (Villarreal), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).

Forwards: Boulaye Dia (Lazio), Habib Diallo (Metz), Assane Diao (Como), Nicolas Jackson (Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Al Nassr), Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris St Germain), Cherif Ndiaye (Samsunspor), Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), Cheikh Sabaly (Metz), Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace).

Published on December 14, 2025



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