Cote D’Ivoire coach Francois Zahoui has picked his final 23-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), cutting midfielder Kuban Krasnodar midfielder Marco Ne and 22-year-old goalkeeper Ibrahim Koné of French Ligue 2 side Boulogne.
The Elephants are fine tuning for the tournament in Abu Dhabi and will play two test matches against Tunisia on Friday and Libya on Monday.
Drawn in Group B, Cote D'Ivoire will begin their campaign against Sudan on January 22, before locking horns with familiar neighbours Burkina Faso, who held them to goalless in the previous edition.
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The Didier Drogba-led team will wrap up their group phase task against the Palancas Negras of Angola on January 30.
| Name | Club |
| Goalkeepers: | |
| Copa Barry | Beveren |
| Gerard Gnanhouan | Avranches |
| Daniel Yeboah | Dijon |
| Defenders: | |
| Benjamin Angoua | Valenciennes |
| Sol Bamba | Leicester City |
| Boka Athur | Stuttgart |
| Emmanuel Eboue | Galatasaray |
| Lolo Igor | Kuban |
| Siaka Tiene | PSG |
| Kolo Toure | Manchester City |
| DidierZokora | Trabzonspor |
| Midfielders: | |
| Tioté Cheick | Newcastle |
| Kafoumba Coulibaly | Nice |
| Gosso Gosso | Orduspor |
| Max Gradel | Sainte Etienne |
| Ya Konan | Hannover |
| Yaya Toure | Manchester City |
| Forwards: | |
| Seydou Doumbia | CSKA Moscow |
| Didier Drogba | Chelsea |
| Gervinho | Arsenal |
| Kader Keïta | Al Sadd |
| Salomon Kalou | Chelsea |
| Bony Wilfried | Vitesse |
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