Cote d’Ivoire U23 name 32-player squad for CAN preparation camp

Cote d’Ivoire U23 manager Sebastien Barnier has called up 32 locally based players for the team’s second training camp ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) U23 qualifiers.

The squad will assemble from 2 to 5 November 2026 at the Lycee Technique de Cocody in Abidjan as the coaching staff continue preparations for the upcoming qualifying matches.

The selection includes four goalkeepers, 15 defenders, nine midfielders and eight forwards. Players from several clubs in the Ivorian championship have been included, among them FC San Pedro, AFAD, CO Korhogo, Stella Club d’Adjame and Mouna FC.

The 32 players called up

Goalkeepers

– Zigui Yoro (Stella Club d’Adjame) – Kombo Ulrich (FC San Pedro) – Brito Mardochee (ISCA) – Kouassi Christ (OFC Adiake)

Defenders

– Fofana Bangali (FC San Pedro) – Tiekom an Frejus (JAC Angre) – Diarrasouba Cheick Tidiane (FC San Pedro) – Diaby Ismail Ramadan (CO Korhogo) – Dione Papa (FC Yamoussoukro) – Karamoko Mamoudou (FC San Pedro) – Toure Yomi Joress (AFAD) – Sidibe Ibrahim (SOA) – Zoro Karl Zouma (SOL FC) – Koicou Jean Marc (AFAD) – Issiaka Kader Bamba (AFAD)

Midfielders

– Sandani Adje Laurent (CO Korhogo) – Bohu Tresor Ulrich (Mouna FC) – Koffi Wilfried (FC San Pedro) – Yeo Abdramane (Stella Club d’Adjame) – Aby Kassi Theodore (FC San Pedro) – Traore Sidiki (AFAD) – Tiemoko Junior Lagoue (AFAD) – Coulibaly Hamed (FC San Pedro) – Souhalio Bamba (ASEC Mimosas)

Forwards

– Aka Jean David (Mouna FC) – Karamoko Alpha (FC San Pedro) – N’Kan Ibrahim Sanou (ISCA) – Doumbia Mory (FC Yamoussoukro) – Koffi Yao Junior (FC Bouake) – Toure Lamine (Mouna FC) – Coulibaly Namory (CO Korhogo) – N’Guessan Michel (SOL FC)

The four-day camp is intended to give Barnier and his staff further opportunity to work with the locally based players before Cote d’Ivoire’s next qualification commitments for the CAN U23.