The Burkina Faso national football team, known as the Stallions, will face Morocco on August 14 in a FIFA Day match. Coach Paul Put has revealed the list of players called up for this encounter, and several notable absences include Aristide Bancé, Alain Traoré, and Moumouni Dagano. Aristide Bancé, who sustained a hand injury during preparation, is in the recovery phase.
Key players like Alain Traoré, Moumouni Dagano, Paul Koulibaly, Préjuce Nacoulma, Florent Rouamba, and Benjamin Balima are also absent from the squad. On the positive side, new players like Mandela Ocansey from Séwé Sport have received call-ups.
Here is the complete list:
- Soulama Abdoulaye – Ashante Kotoko (Ghana)
- Diakité Daouda – SK Lierse (Belgium)
- Ouattara Abdoul Mohamed – Santos FC (Burkina Faso)
- Koffi Mohamed – Prétrojet (Egypt)
- Traoré Henri – Ashante Gold (Ghana)
- Koné Bakary – Lyon (France)
- Yago Steeve – Toulouse (France)
- Koulibaly Pan Pierre – Shargah-Dhaid (United Arab Emirates)
- Panandétiguiri S. Mady – Chippa United (South Africa)
- Yabré T. François – Stronnen (Belgium)
- Bambara Narcisse – Concordia Chiajna (Romania)
- Zongo S. Jonathan – UD Almeira (Spain)
- Charles Kabore – Kuban (Russia)
- Koné Djakaridja – Evian TG (France)
- Traoré Abdou Razack – Gaziantespor (Turkey)
- Traoré Bertrand Isidore – Chelsea (England)
- Koulibaly Elis – Anderlecht (Belgium)
- Ocansey Mandela – Sewe Sport (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Ouédraogo Issaka – Admira Wacker (Austria)
- Guira Adama – Dacia (Moldova)
- Ouattara Issouf – Chermomorets Burgas (Bulgaria)
- Rabo Ali – El Shorta (Egypt)
- Pitroipa Jonathan – FC Rennes (France)
- Saré Bakary – Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia)