AFCON 2025 - Group E: Preview, squad and schedule for Burkina Faso

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·9 December 2025

AFCON 2025 - Group E: Preview, squad and schedule for Burkina Faso

Preview, squad and schedule for Burkina Faso at AFCON 2025

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Burkina Faso will compete in Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations alongside Algeria, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan.

Burkina Faso overview

The Stallions are set for their 14th AFCON appearance after competing in 1978, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2023.

Their best result remains the runner-up finish in 2013, when they lost the final to the Super Eagles.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: Hervé KOFFI (SCO Angers), Kylian Baasba NIKIÉMA (ADO Den Haag), Soufiane Farid OUEDRAOGO (Al-Hilal)

Defenders: Yacouba Nasser DJIGA (Glasgow Rangers), Adamo NAGALO (PSV Eindhoven), Issoufou DAYO (Umm Salal), Edmond Faycial TAPSOBA (Bayer Leverkusen), Issa KABORÉ (Wrexham FC), Kan Guy Arsène KOUASSI (FC Lorient), Steeve Farid YAGO (Aris Limassol), Abdoul Rachid AYINDÉ (Gent)

Midfielders: Ismahila OUÉDRAOGO (Odense Boldklub), Saidou SIMPORÉ (Al Ahly Benghazi), Ibrahim Blati TOURÉ (Pyramids FC), Gustavo Fabrice SANGARÉ (FC Noah), Stéphane Aziz KI (Wydad Casablanca), Cédric BADOLO (FC Spartak Trnava), Mohamed ZOUNGRANA (MC Alger)

Forwards: Bertrand Isidore TRAORÉ (Sunderland), Georgi MINOUNGOU (Seattle Sounders), Dango OUATTARA (Brentford FC), Bi Kalou Cyriaque IRIÉ (SC Freiburg), Pierre Landry KABORÉ (Hearts of Midlothian), Lassina Franck TRAORÉ (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ousséni BOUDA (San Jose Earthquakes)