Of the 168 players (21 per team) who will be participating in the 12th edition of the Orange CAF U-20 African Championship, 32 did not participate in their national championship.
This may not come as such a big surprise as this was the case with the 29th edition of the Orange AFCON 2013 in South Africa.
15 of these players play for French club which is not hard to believe because amongst the coaches there will be 2 Francophone coaches (Algeria and DR Congo) along with six French nationals.
Algeria: 6 Ayoub Belabes, goalie (US Quevilly/France) Nassim Torche, goalie (Lyon la Duchère/France) Mokhtar Rabah Toumi, defender (Montpellier/France) Kenzi Zenadi, midfielder (Sedan/France) Bilal Ouali, forward (Reims/France) Thomas Paul Izerghouf, forward (Rennes/France)
Benin: 4 David Djigla, forward (Onze Créateurs/Mali) Kowiyou Kola Raimi, midfielder (Onze Créateurs/Mali) Jérôme Agossa Konou, midfielder (Onze Créateurs/Mali) Wallis Debourou, forward (St Francis University/United States)
Egypt: 2 Alexander Amir Adel, forward (PSV Eindhoven/Netherlands) Hassan Maghoub, forward (Rio Ave/Portugal)
Gabon: 1 Didier Ibrahim Ndong, midfielder (CS Sfaxien/Tunisia)
Ghana: 2 Baba Mensah, defender (Neve Yossuf FC/Israel) Frank Sarfo-Gyamfi, midfielder (Maritzburg/South Africa)
Mali: 6 Abdoulaye Keita, midfielder (SC Bastia/France) Famoussa Keita, forward (SC Bastia/France) Ali Yirango, goalie (O.Marseille/France) Adama Niane, forward (FC Nantes/France) Tiékoro Keita, forward (EA Guingamp/France) Boubakry Keita, midfielder (Torino/Italy)
Nigeria: 3 Aigbe Oliha, defender (Espérance Zarzis/Tunisia) Olarenwaji Kayode, forward (en discussion avec Dinamo Minsk/Belarus) Edafe Egbedi, forward (Aarhus/Denmark)
DR Congo: 8 Chris Makongo, defender (AJ Auxerre/France) Aristote Ndongala (FC Nantes/France) Bidje Manzia, forward (Etoile du Sahel/Tunisia) Chris Mpati (FC Brussels/Belgium) Anthony Walongwa (FC Nantes/France) Emono Ngoy, defender (US Monastir/Tunisia) Lorhim Diafuka, goalie (Vannes/France) Wa Kalenda Mulenda (Ajax Cape Town/South Africa)
CAF U20 coaches:
Algeria: Jean Marc Nobilo (France) Benin: Sedogbo Alohoutade Egypt: Mohamed Rabie Yassin Gabon: Anicet Yala Ngoukou Ghana: Sella Tetteh Mali: Moussa Keita Nigeria: John Sam Obu DR Congo: Sébastien Migné (France)