AFCON 2025: The Full List of Ligue 1 McDonald’s Players Called Up

The next Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, a period that overlaps with two Ligue 1 McDonald’s matchdays. As with every edition of the continental competition, many players from the French top flight will be involved.

Players by club

Angers SCO: 3 — Hervé Koffi, Jim Allevinah, Jacques Ekomié
LOSC: 2 — Chancel Mbemba, Ngal'ayel Mukau
FC Lorient: 2 — Arthur Avom, Darlin Yongwa
Havre AC: 2 — Lionel Mpasi, Ally Samatta
FC Lorient: 2 — Arsène Kouassi, Aiyegun Tosin
FC Metz: 2 — Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Urie-Michel Mboula
FC Nantes: 2 — Mostafa Mohamed, Chidozie Awaziem
Paris FC: 2 — Moses Simon, Jean-Philippe Krasso
Stade Rennais FC: 2 — Seko Fofana, Mahamadou Nagida
AJ Auxerre: 1 — Danny Namaso
Stade Brestois 29: 1 — Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe
Olympique Lyonnais: 1 — Clinton Mata
OGC Nice: 1 — Terem Moffi
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 1 — Guéla Doué
Toulouse FC: 1 — Frank Magri

Total: 25 players

Players by country

Angola: 1 — Clinton Mata (Olympique Lyonnais)
Benin: 1 — Aiyegun Tosin (FC Lorient)
Burkina Faso: 2 — Hervé Koffi (Angers SCO), Arsène Kouassi (FC Lorient)
Cameroon: 5 — Frank Magri (Toulouse FC), Danny Namaso (AJ Auxerre), Arthur Avom and Darlin Yongwa (FC Lorient), Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe (Stade Brestois 29), Mahamadou Nagida (Stade Rennais FC)
Côte d’Ivoire: 4 — Guéla Doué (RC Strasbourg Alsace), Seko Fofana (Stade Rennais FC), Jean-Philippe Gbamin (FC Metz), Jean-Philippe Krasso (Paris FC)
DR Congo: 3 — Chancel Mbemba and Ngal'ayel Mukau (LOSC), Lionel Mpasi (Havre AC)
Egypt: 1 — Mostafa Mohamed (FC Nantes)
Gabon: 4 — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Olympique de Marseille), Jacques Ekomié and Jim Allevinah (Angers SCO), Urie-Michel Mboula (FC Metz)
Nigeria (*): 3 — Moses Simon (Paris FC), Terem Moffi (OGC Nice), Chidozie Awaziem (FC Nantes)
Tanzania: 1 — Ally Samatta (Havre AC)

South Africa, Comoros, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia: 0

Several Ligue 2 BKT players have also been called up, including Ismaël Boura (ESTAC Troyes), Akim Abdallah (EA Guingamp), Rayan Lutin and Teddy Averlant (Amiens SC), Nathanaël Mbuku (DR Congo/Stade de Reims) and Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Cameroon/Montpellier Hérault SC).

(*) provisional list