The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was an international football tournament that was held in Cameroon from 9 January to 6 February 2022.
The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament.
[11] On 26 December 2021, Antoine Conte and Florentin Pogba withdrew due to injury and were replaced by Fodé Camara and Youssouf Siby.
[12] Coach: Mario Marinică A 43-man provisional squad, including 13 standby players, was announced on 22 December 2021.
[19] Panashe Mutimbanyoka, Bill Antonio and Temptation Chiwunga were also registered for the tournament but did not travel to Cameroon.
[26] On 28 December 2021, Badr Benoun, Mohamed Chibi, and Soufiane Rahimi were added to the squad to reach the maximum of 28 players.
[27] On 30 December 2021, Anas Zniti withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti.
[28] On 10 January 2022, Badr Benoun withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Achraf Bencharki.
[32] On 7 January 2022, Mohamed Hamdy withdrew from the squad due to a knee injury and was replaced by Marwan Dawoud.
[35] On 31 December 2021, Emmanuel Dennis, Victor Osimhen, Leon Balogun, and Shehu Abdullahi withdrew from the squad and were replaced by Semi Ajayi, Tyronne Ebuehi, Peter Olayinka, and Henry Onyekuru.
[45] On 31 December 2021, Sylvain Gbohouo was temporarily banned by FIFA, due to being found guilty of taking the prohibited substance trimetazidine and could not participate.
[56] On 4 January 2022, it was announced that Youssef Msakni and Seifeddine Jaziri tested positive for COVID-19, but the Tunisian Football Federation were not allowed to replace them ahead of the tournament.
[57] On 5 January 2022, Firas Ben Larbi withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Issam Jebali.