CAN 2013: THE 23 STALLIONS OF BURKINA FASO

Here is the final list of 23 players selected for the Burkina Faso national football team for the CAN 2013:

Goalkeepers:

1. Abdoulaye Soulama (Asante Kotoko/GHA)
2. Daouda Diakité (Lierse SK/BEL)
3. Moussa Germain Sanou (AS Saint-Etienne)

Defenders: 4. Bakary Koné (Olympique Lyonnais)

5. Paul Kéba Koulibaly (Dinamo Bucharest/ROM)
6. Mady Panandétiguiri (Royal Antwerp/BEL)
7. Mohamed Koffi (Petrojet/EGY)
8. Henri Traoré (AshantiGold/GHA)

Midfielders: 9. Charles Kaboré (Marseille)

10. Djakaridja Koné (Evian Thonon Gaillard)
11. Florent Rouamba (Sheriff Tiraspol/MDA)
12. Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes)
13. Abdou Razack Traoré (Lechia Gdansk/POL)
14. Wilfried Sanou (Kyoto Sanga/JPN)
15. Préjuce Nacoulma (Gornik Zabrze/POL)
16. Ali Rabo (El Shorta/EGY)
17. Alain Traoré (FC Lorient)
18. Issouf Ouattara (Chernomorets Bougas/BUL)
19. Salif Dianda (Ternana Calcio/ITA)

Attackers: 20. Moumouni Dagano (Al Siliya/QAT)

21. Aristide Bancé (Augsburg/ALL)
22. Wilfried Dah (Al Dhaid Sharjah/UAE)
23. Pierre Koulibaly (Al Dhaid Sharjah/UAE)

Notable is the absence of any player from the local championship in Burkina Faso, as the coach Paul Put decided to trust only expatriate players. Burkina Faso is in Group B at CAN 2013, alongside Zambia, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.