AFCON, Asian Cup: Which Premier League players are going
The Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, 2023 begins in January and it will mean dozens of stars from the Premier League travelling to participate.
Meanwhile, the Asian Cup also begins same time. While AFCON runs from 13 January to 11 February in Ivory Coast, the Asian Cup is in Qatar from 12 January to 10 February.
It’s winter breaks across some European leagues. But the Premier League clubs will face a number of weeks without first-team regulars.
This BBC report examines the Premier League clubs that will be ‘losing’ players to AFCON and Asia Cup.
Angola, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia have named their final Afcon squads.
Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Zambia and Tanzania have so far only named provisional squads of up to 55 players for the tournament.
The final list of up to 27 players per national team for the Afcon has to be submitted by 3 January 2024.
Australia, Iraq, Malaysia and South Korea have announced their final 26-man squads for the Asian Cup.
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam have so far named provisional squads of up to 50 players.
Bahrain, Iran, Japan, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Uzbekistan have submitted provisional squads to the Asian Football Federation, but have not made them public.
