Burkina Faso
AFRICA CUP 2015
Nations Cup appearances: 9
Best result: Finalists (2013)
Coach: Paul Put (Belgium)
Key players: Alain Traore, Jonathan Pitroipa
Fifa ranking: 64
Burkina Faso surprised everyone by reaching the final last time out in South Africa.
They finished as runners-up after losing 1:0 to Nigeria.
Prior to that the Stallions had never won a Nations Cup match on foreign soil (a run of 21 games without a win).
Winger Pitroipa was crowned the best player of the 2013 Nations Cup - and he scored six goals in qualifying for the 2015 edition.
SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
Germain Sanou
(Bauvais, France)
Abdoulaye Soulama
(Hearts of Oak, Ghana)
Moussa Fofana
(Rail Club du Kadiogo)
Defenders:
Mohamed Koffi
(Zamalek, Egypt)
Wilfried Balima
(Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldova)
Bakary Koné
(Lyon, France)
Florent Rouamba
(CA Bastia, France)
Steve Yago
(Toulouse, France)
Paul Koulibaly
(Horoya, Guinea)
Narcisse Bambara
(CF Cluj, Romania)
Issa Gouo
(As Kaloum, Guinea)
Midfielders:
Jonathan Zongo
(Almeria, Spain)
Préjuce Nakoulma
(Mersin, Turkey)
Charles Kaboré
(Kuban, Russia)
Djakaridja Koné
(Evian, France)
Abdul Razack Traoré
(Karakbukspor, Turkey)
Bertrand Traoré
(Vitesse Arnhem, Netherlands)
Moussa Yedan
(Al Ahly, Egypt)
Adama Guira
(Sonderyesk, Denmark)
Forwards:
Jonathan Pitroipa
(Al Jazira, UAE)
Aristide Bancé
(HJK Helsinki, Finland)
Issaka Ouédraogo
(Admira Wacker, Austria)
Alain Traore
(FC Lorient, France)
Banou Diawarra
(RC Bobo Dioulasso)