Rankings:
Caf: 23 Fifa: 89
Burkina Faso are a team still trying to establish themselves as a force on the African continent.
Their best performance was when they finished on fourth position when they were the host in 1998.
They had a fair road to qualification and having done well only when they were the hosts 14 years ago, it remains to be seen if they have what it takes to put up a good fight in a tournament on foreign soil.
Full squad: Goalkeepers: Abdoulaye Soulama (Asante Kotoko, Ghana), Daouda Diakité (Lierse, Belgium), Moussa Germain Sanou (Saint-Etienne, France). Defenders: Bakary Koné (Lyon, France), Paul Kéba Koulibaly (Dinamo Bucarest,), Mady Panandétiguiri (Antwerp, Belgium), Mohamed Koffi (Petrojet, Egypt), Henri Traoré (AshantiGold, Ghana).
Midfielders: Charles Kaboré (Marseille, France), Djakaridja Koné (Evian TG, France), Florent Rouamba (Sheriff Tiraspol, Moldavie), Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes, France), Abdou Razack Traoré (Lechia Gdansk, Poland), Wilfried Sanou (Kyoto Sanga, Japan), Ali Rabo (El Shorta, Egypt), Alain Traoré (Lorient, France), Issouf Ouattara (Chernomorets Burgas, Bulgaria), Salif Dianda (Ternana Calcio, Italy). Forwards: Moumouni Dagano (Al-Sailiya, Qatar), Aristide Bancé (Augsburg, Germany), Wilfried Dah (Al-Dhaid Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Pierre Koulibaly (Al-Dhaid Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Préjuce Nakoulma (Gornik Zabrze, Poland).
– By Sipho Kekana
