{"id":32859,"date":"2025-12-09T01:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=32859"},"modified":"2025-12-09T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:12:10","slug":"burkina-faso-announces-final-squad-for-afcon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=32859","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso Announces Final Squad for AFCON 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ouagadougou<\/strong> &#8211; Burkina Faso&#8217;s national team coach, Brama Traor\u00e9, has unveiled the final 25-man squad set to compete in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference held earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Traor\u00e9 emphasized his confidence in the selected players to represent the nation with pride and determination. The squad is a blend of experienced veterans and promising young talents, aiming to make a significant impact in the continental tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have carefully selected these players based on their current form, tactical suitability, and commitment to the national team,\u201d Traor\u00e9 stated during the press conference. \u201cWe believe this squad has the potential to go far in the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso finds itself in Group E of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers, alongside Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Sudan. The Stallions are expected to provide a stern test for the other teams in the group, including Algeria&#8217;s &#8216;Les Fennecs&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> will provide further analysis and updates on Burkina Faso&#8217;s preparations as they gear up for the AFCON 2025 qualifiers. The full squad list is expected to be released shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The Burkinabe team will be looking to improve on their past performances in the tournament and aim for a deep run into the knockout stages. Their opening match in the qualifiers will be a crucial test of their ambition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ouagadougou &#8211; Burkina Faso&#8217;s national team coach, Brama Traor\u00e9, has unveiled the final 25-man squad set to compete in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025. The announcement was made during a press conference held earlier today.<br \/>\nTraor\u00e9 emphasized his confidence i&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32861,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32859\/revisions\/32861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}