The African Cup of Nations will host world football from January 13 to February 11, 2024. A brief overview of the Ligue 1 clubs most impacted by the continental tournament.
Gennaro Gattuso has referred to it several times at a press conference since taking office: Olympique de Marseille will indeed be the Ligue 1 club with the most losses this winter. The current 6th in Ligue 1 has no less than 7 players called up for CAN 2023.
Information to be put into perspective in relation to the status of the footballers concerned. The Cameroonian goalkeeper Simon Ngapandouetnbu or the Senegalese ghost Pape Gueye do not have the same importance as the Congolese Chancel Mbemba or the Moroccan creatives Amine Harit and Azzedine Ounahi.
OM can also console themselves by observing the table of certain competitors. Well established on the podium, AS Monaco has taken a lead but it will lose notable elements of its squad during this continental tournament, starting with the Malian Mohamed Camara.
No longer spared, Stade Brestois still lost its nugget Kamory Doumbia, whose quadruplet before the holidays remained in everyone’s minds. Lille, for its part, will have to do without its two Algerians Nabil Boutaleb and Adam Ounas, while Stade de Reims will be deprived of its defensive captain Yunis Abdelhamid.
At the bottom of the table, Lorient and Toulouse, which are already doing poorly, will be particularly impacted by this edition. Téfécé will have to deal with the departures of 4 players, when the Merlus will lose 5.
The current Ligue 1 ranking and the number of players called up for CAN 2023:
Paris Saint-Germain (1) : Achraf Hakimi (Morocco).
Nice (2) : Youcef Atal (Algeria), Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria).
Monaco (4) : Mohammed Salisu (Ghana), Krépin Diatta (Senegal), Ismail Jakobs (Senegal), Mohamed Camara (Mali).
Brest (1) : Kamory Doumbia (Mali).
Lille (2) : Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria), Adam Ounas (Algeria).
Marseille (7) : Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Cameroon), Pape Gueye (Senegal), Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal), Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal), Chancel Mbemba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco), Amine Harit (Morocco).
Lens (2) : Nampalys Mendy (Senegal), Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea).
Reims (3) : Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea), Yunis Abdelhamid (Morocco), Amir Richardson (Morocco).
Strasbourg (1) : Saidou Sow (Guinea).
Rennes (1) : Christopher Wooh (Cameroon).
Le Havre (3) : André Ayew (Ghana), Abdoulaye Touré (Guinea), Mohamed Bayo (Guinea).
Montpellier (5) : Enzo Tchato (Cameroon), Issiaga Sylla (Guinea), Falaye Sacko (Mali), Kiki Kouyaté (Mali), Dimitry Bertaud (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Nantes (4) : Moses Simon (Nigeria), Mostafa Mohamed (Egypt), Jean-Charles Castelleto (Cameroon), Samuel Moutoussamy (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Metz (2) : Lamine Camara (Senegal), Kévin Guitoun (Algeria).
Lyon (2) : Mama Baldé (Guinea-Bissau), Ernest Nuamah (Ghana).
Toulouse (4) : Logan Costa (Cape Verde), Franck Magri (Cameroon), Mamady Bangré (Burkina Faso), Moussa Diarra (Mali).
Lorient (5) : Darlin Yongwa (Cameroon), Formose Mendy (Senegal), Sirine Doucouré (Mali), Montassar Talbi (Tunisia), Gédéon Kalulu (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Clermont (2) : Alidu Seidu (Ghana), Jérémie Bela (Angola).
