The 24 countries competing in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) have been confirmed for the winter tournament, with a number of Premier League players set to be involved.
Taking place in Morocco, the competition will begin on 21 December 2025, with the final scheduled for 18 January 2026.
Which players could feature for their country at AFCON 2025?
When AFCON last took place in the Ivory Coast two years ago, 49 Premier League players featured from 13 countries across the tournament.
Nottingham Forest were without the most players last time around (six) and along with Sunderland, are set to have the same number of absentees once again.
Four-time Champions Ghana failed to qualify for the first time since 2004, meaning there will be no place for Mohammed Kudus and Antoine Semenyo.
Listed below are the 24 countries who have qualified and the 51 players who could represent them.
Angola: Manuel Benson (Burnley), David Carmo (Nottingham Forest)
Algeria: Rayan Ait-Nouri (Man City)
Benin: None
Botswana: None
Burkina Faso: Dango Ouattara (Bournemouth), Issa Kabore (Man City)
Cameroon: Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Carlos Baleba (Brighton), Andre Onana (Man Utd), Blondy Nna Noukeu (Sunderland)
Comoros: None
DR Congo: Yoane Wissa (Brentford), Axel Tuanzebe (Burnley), Noah Sadiki (Sunderland), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham)
Egypt: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Omar Marmoush (Man City)
Equatorial Guinea: None
Gabon: None
Ivory Coast: Hamed Junior Traore (Bournemouth), Malick Yalcouye (Brighton), David Datro Fofana (Chelsea), Martial Godo (Fulham), Amad (Man Utd), Ibrahim Sangare and Willy Boly (both Nottingham Forest), Simon Adingra (Sunderland), Maxwel Cornet (West Ham), Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolves)
Mali: Cheick Doucoure (Crystal Palace), Yves Bissouma (Spurs), Boubacar Traore (Wolves)
Morocco: Chadi Riad (Crystal Palace), Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd), Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland), Nayef Aguerd (West Ham)
Mozambique: Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland)
Nigeria: Frank Onyeka (Brentford), Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey (both Fulham), Emmanuel Dennis, Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi (all Nottingham Forest), Ahmed Abdullahi (Sunderland)
Senegal: Abdallah Sima (Brighton), Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace), Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye (both Everton), Pape Sarr (Spurs), Habib Diarra (Sunderland), El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham)
South Africa: Lyle Foster (Burnley)
Sudan: None
Tanzania: None
Tunisia: Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley)
Uganda: None
Zambia: None
Zimbabwe: Marshall Munetsi (Wolves)
Premier League fixtures around AFCON
MW17 Saturday 20 December
AFC Bournemouth v Burnley
Aston Villa v Man Utd
Brighton v Sunderland
Everton v Arsenal
Fulham v Nottingham Forest
Leeds v Crystal Palace
Man City v West Ham
Newcastle v Chelsea
Spurs v Liverpool
Wolves v Brentford
Sunday 21 December
AFCON starts
MW18 Saturday 27 December
Arsenal v Brighton
Brentford v AFC Bournemouth
Burnley v Everton
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Spurs
Liverpool v Wolves
Man Utd v Newcastle
Nottingham Forest v Man City
Sunderland v Leeds
West Ham v Fulham
MW19 Tuesday 30 December
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Brentford v Spurs
Burnley v Newcastle
Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace v Fulham
Liverpool v Leeds
Man Utd v Wolves
Nottingham Forest v Everton
Sunderland v Man City
West Ham v Brighton
MW20 Saturday 3 January 2026
AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
Brighton v Burnley
Everton v Brentford
Fulham v Liverpool
Leeds v Man Utd
Man City v Chelsea
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Spurs v Sunderland
Wolves v West Ham
MW21 Wednesday 7 January 2026
AFC Bournemouth v Spurs
Arsenal v Liverpool
Brentford v Sunderland
Burnley v Man Utd
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Everton v Wolves
Fulham v Chelsea
Man City v Brighton
Newcastle v Leeds
West Ham v Nottingham Forest
MW22 Saturday 17 January
Aston Villa v Everton
Brighton v AFC Bournemouth
Chelsea v Brentford
Leeds v Fulham
Liverpool v Burnley
Man Utd v Man City
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Sunderland v Crystal Palace
Spurs v West Ham
Wolves v Newcastle
Sunday 18 January
AFCON final
MW23 Saturday 24 January
AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool
Arsenal v Man Utd
Brentford v Nottingham Forest
Burnley v Spurs
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Everton v Leeds
Fulham v Brighton
Man City v Wolves
Newcastle v Aston Villa
West Ham v Sunderland