AFCON: Every Serie A player that could be called up for 2025-26 tournament

Ademola Lookman, Evan Ndicka and Assane Diao are among the Serie A stars who could feature at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off on December 21. 

A total of 48 Serie A players could be called up for the Africa Cup of Nations, which takes place in Morocco from December 21 until January 18, 2026. 

The countries competing in this year’s edition of the Africa Cup of Nations have already submitted their preliminary squad lists, and will make their final 23-man squad selections by December 11. Players must then be released by their clubs by December 15 at the latest. 

49 Serie A players have been included among the provisional squads for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, but one, Napoli and Cameroon’s Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, has already been ruled out through injury. 

No Serie A team has had more preliminary call-ups than Lecce or Hellas Verona, who could both potentially lose up to seven players during the tournament. Udinese could potentially be without six first-teamers. 

Of the teams currently competing for the Serie A title, Roma are expected to be the worst off, as both Ndicka and Neil El Aynaoui are expected to feature in their nations’ final squads. Napoli were due to be without Anguissa prior to his injury, Atalanta could lose Lookman, Odilon Kossounou and Honest Ahanor, while Milan, Inter, Juventus and Bologna will not be impacted. 

Here are all the Serie A players who could be called up for the final AFCON tournament. 

Atalanta: Odilon Kossounou (Ivory Coast), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria), Honest Ahanor (Nigeria).

Cagliari: Joseph Liteta (Zambia), Zito Luvumbo (Angola). 

Como: Assane Diao (Senegal).

Cremonese: Mikayil Faye (Senegal), Faris Moumbagna (Cameroon), David Okereke (Nigeria). 

Fiorentina: Amir Richardson, Abdelhamid Sabiri (Morocco), Christian Kouame (Ivory Coast). 

Genoa: Jean Onana (Cameroon), Maxwell Cornet (Ivory Coast). 

Lazio: Reda Belahyane (Morocco), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Nigeria), Boulaye Dia (Senegal). 

Lecce: Kialonda Gaspar (Angola), Owen Kouassi, Konan N’Dri (Ivory Coast), Lassana Coulibaly (Mali), Youssef Maleh (Morocco), Hamza Rafia (Tunisia), Lameck Banda (Zambia). 

Napoli: Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon).

Parma: Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Senegal).

Pisa: Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (Nigeria), Mehdi Leris (Algeria), M’bala Nzola (Angola). 

Roma: Evan Ndicka (Ivory Coast), Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco). 

Sassuolo: Woyo Coulibaly (Mali), Walid Cheddira (Morocco). 

Torino: Saul Coco (Equatorial Guinea), Adam Masina, Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco).

Udinese: Maduka Okoye (Nigeria), Jordan Zemura (Zimbabwe), Hassane Kamara, Vakoun Bayo (Ivory Coast), Rui Modesto (Angola), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal). 

Verona: Enzo Ebosse (Cameroon),  Rafik Belghali (Algeria), Cheikh Niasse (Senegal), Abdou Harroui (Morocco), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Junior Ajayi (Ivory Coast), Gift Orban (Nigeria).