2013 Africa Cup of Nations squads

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 19 January until 10 February 2013.

The Confederation of African Football confirmed 9 January as the deadline for final squad submissions ahead of the tournament. The African confederation wanted all 23-man squad lists sent to its Cairo headquarters by midnight GMT on 9 January. Failing to do so would result in a fine and infringing countries will only be allowed to take a 22-man squad to the finals.

Along with their 23-man squads, countries were allowed to bring a delegation of 17 officials.

Group A

South Africa

Coach: Gordon Igesund

Cape Verde

Coach: Lúcio Antunes

Angola

Coach: Gustavo Ferrín

Morocco

Coach: Rachid Taoussi

Group B

Ghana

Coach: James Kwesi Appiah

Mali

Coach: Patrice Carteron

Niger

Coach: Gernot Rohr

DR Congo

Coach: Claude Le Roy

Group C

Zambia

Coach: Hervé Renard

Nigeria

Coach: Stephen Keshi

Burkina Faso

Coach: Paul Put

Ethiopia

Coach: Sewnet Bishaw

Group D

Ivory Coast

Coach: Sabri Lamouchi

Tunisia

Coach: Sami Trabelsi

Algeria

Coach: Vahid Halilhodžić

A 40-man provisional squad was announced on 10 December 2012. A 24-man list was announced on 18 December 2012, with Ishak Belfodil, Mokhtar Benmoussa, Antar Boucherit, Madjid Bougherra, Hamza Boulemdaïs, Ismaël Bouzid, Farouk Chafaï, Abdelmoumene Djabou, Moustapha Djallit, Rafik Djebbour, Ahmed Gasmi, Abderahmane Hachoud, Féthi Harek, Hamza Koudri and Lamine Zemmamouche being left out of the team. On 22 December 2012, Djamel Abdoun dropped out of the squad after an injury, thus leaving the team with a final 23-man squad.