Ligue 1: 124 Africans ready for kick-off!
Saint-Etienne’s Gabonese international striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
L1: Top 5 African stars
MTNFootball.com gives you the list of all the African players to compete in this season’s Ligue 1, which kicks off this weekend.
AC AJACCIO
AC AJACCIO
Oumar Sissoko (Goalkeeper/Mali), Fousseiny Diawara (Defender/Mali), Carl Medjani (Midfielder/Algeria), Mehdi Mostefa (Midfielder/Algeria), Sigamary Diarra (Striker/Mali)
BASTIA
Fethi Harek (Defender/Algeria)
BORDEAUX
Lamine Sané (Defender/Senegal), Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Midfielder/Tunisia), André Biyogo Poko (Midfielder/Gabon), Landry N’Guemo (Midfielder/Cameroon), Abdou Traoré (Midfielder/Mali), Cheick Diabaté (Striker/Mali)
BREST
Moïse Brou Apanga (Defender/Gabon), Ousmane Coulibaly (Defender/Mali), Ahmed Kantari (Defender/Morocco), Kamel Chafni (Midfielder/Morocco), Jonathan Ayité (Striker/Togo), Larsen Touré (Striker/Guinea)
EVIAN TG
Brice Dja Djedje (Defender/Côte d’Ivoire), Iheb Mbarki (Defender/Tunisia), Jonathan Mensah (Defender/Ghana), Cédric Mongongu (Defender/DR Congo), Djakaridja Koné (Midfielder/Burkina Faso), Mohammed Rabiu (Midfielder/Ghana), Eric Tie Bi (Midfielder/Côte d’Ivoire), Zouheir Dhaouadi (Striker/Tunisia), Saber Khlifa (Striker/Tunisia), Yannick Sagbo (Striker/Côte d’Ivoire)
LILLE
Vincent Enyeama (Goalkeeper/Nigeria), Barel Mouko (Goalkeeper/Congo), Aurélien Chedjou (Defender/Cameroon), Pape Souaré (Defender/Senegal), Idrissa Gueye (Midfielder/Senegal), Salomon Kalou (Striker/Côte d’Ivoire), Omar Wade (Striker/Senegal)
LORIENT
Bruno Ecuele Manga (Defender/Gabon), Lamine Gassama (Defender/Senegal), Cheick Touré (Defender/Côte d’Ivoire), Jacques-Ai Romao (Midfielder/Togo), Alain Traoré (Midfielder/Burkina Faso)
LYON
Bakary Koné (Defender/Burkina Faso), Sidy Koné (Midfielder/Mali)
MARSEILLE
Souleymane Diawara (Defender/Senegal), Sénah Mango (Defender/Togo), Stéphane M’Bia (Defender/Cameroon), Leyti N’Diaye (Defender/Senegal), Nicolas N’Koulou (Defender/Cameroon), Charles Kaboré (Midfielder/Burkina Faso), Alexander Ndoumbou (Midfielder/Gabon), Najib Ammari (Striker/Algeria), André Ayew (Striker/Ghana), Jordan Ayew (Striker/Ghana)
MONTPELLIER
Henri Bédimo (Defender/Cameroon), Abdelhamid El-Kaoutari (Defender/Morocco), Younès Belhanda (Midfielder/Morocco), Jamel Saihi (Midfielder/Tunisia), Souleymane Camara (Striker/Senegal), Abdoul Sylla (Striker/Guinea), John Utaka (Striker/Nigeria)
NANCY
Guy Roland N’Dy Assembe (Goalkeeper/Cameroon), Joël Sami (Defender/RD Congo), Abdou Dampha (Midfielder/Gambia), Benjamin Moukandjo (Midfielder/Cameroon), Paul Alo’o Efoulou (Striker/Cameroon), Ziri Hammar (Striker/Algeria), Simon Zenke (Striker/Nigeria)
NICE
Kafoumba Coulibaly (Defender/Côte d’Ivoire), Fofana Diacko (Defender/Senegal), Papa Mbow (Defender/Senegal), Lloyd Palun (Midfielder/Gabon), Mahamane Traoré (Midfielder/Mali), Franck Dja Djedje (Striker/Côte d’Ivoire), Abraham Guié Guié (Striker/Côte d’Ivoire)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Siaka Tiéné (Defender/Côte d’Ivoire), Mohamed Sissoko (Midfielder/Mali)
REIMS
Kossi Agassa (Goalkeeper/Togo), Mohamed Fofana (Defender/Mali), Khalid Sekkat (Defender/Morocco), Josue Balamandji (Midfielder/Central African Republic), Bocundji Ca (Midfielder/Guinea-Bissau), Odair Fortes (Midfielder/Cape Verde), Floyd Ayité (Striker/Togo), Kamel Ghilas (Striker/Algeria)
RENNES
Cheikh N’Diaye (Goalkeeper/Senegal), Onyekachi Apam (Defender/Nigeria), John Boye (Defender/Ghana), Jean-Armel Kana-Biyick (Defender/Cameroon), Pape Malik Kandji (Defender/Senegal), Kamal Issah (Midfielder/Ghana), Razak Boukari (Striker/Togo), Abdoulaye Diallo (Striker/Guinea), Cheikh Diarra (Striker/Mali), Jonathan Pitroipa (Striker/Burkina Faso), Abdoulaye Sané (Striker/Senegal)
SAINT-ETIENNE
Papa Coulibaly (Goalkeeper/Senegal), Germain Sanou (Goalkeeper/Burkina Faso), Mustapha Bayal Sall (Defender/Senegal), Ismaël Diomandé (Midfielder/Côte d’Ivoire), Max Gradel (Midfielder/Côte d’Ivoire), Guirane N’Daw (Midfielder/Senegal), Sidy Sagna (Midfielder/Senegal), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Striker/Gabon)
SOCHAUX
Papa Camara (Goalkeeper/Senegal), Yaya Banana (Defender/Cameroon), Omar Daf (Defender/Senegal), Cédric Kanté (Defender/Mali), Yassine Mikari (Defender/Tunisia), Ryad Boudebouz (Midfielder/Algeria), Thierry Doubai (Midfielder/Côte d’Ivoire), Joseph-Rom Lopy (Midfielder/Senegal), Ishmael Yartey (Midfielder/Ghana), Abdoul Camara (Striker/Guinea), King Osanga (Striker/Nigeria)
TOULOUSE
Aymen Abdennour (Defender/Tunisia), Cheikh M’Bengué (Defender/Senegal)
TROYES
Yacine Bezzaz (Midfielder/Algeria), Khassa Camara (Midfielder/Guinea)
VALENCIENNES
Benjamin Angoua (Defender/Côte d’Ivoire), Gaëtan Bong (Defender/Cameroon), Pape Abdou Camara (Midfielder/Senegal), Rémi Gomis (Midfielder/Senegal), Foued Kadir (Midfielder/Algeria), Vincent Aboubakar (Striker/Cameroon), Mamadou Samassa (Striker/Mali)
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