For the second qualification for the African Cup of Nations in their history, the Comoros advance with pride to Morocco. Surprisingly first in Group A in qualifying for the competition, the Coelacanthes achieved the feat of relegating Tunisia, although accustomed to major competitions, to second place.
108th in the Fifa rankings, the Comorians aim to reproduce their performance from CAN 2021, during which they managed to get through the group stage before falling against Cameroon in the round of 16. To do this, we will have to survive in a very tough group, with Morocco, Mali and Zambia.
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The list of selected players
Guardians: Yannick Pandor (Francs Borains/BEL), Salim Ben Boina (Istres/FRA), Adel Anzimati (FC Ararat/ARM)
Defenders: Saïd Bakari (Spartari Rotterdam/PB), Kassim M’Dahma (Aubagy/FRA), Ken Toibbibou (NK Bravo/SLV), Ahmed Soilihi/FRA), Mohamed Idris Mohamed (Leininis/FRA), Yanninis of Karih (FRA), Years of Am-Rafall (FRA), the Am of Abandi Bedjalou Yousshouf (Socheaux/FRA), Rem Vita (CS Tondlela/POR), Issman Burra (Troyes/FRA)
Backgrounds : Youssouf M’Changama (Al-Batin/ARS), Zaydou Youssouf (Al-Fateh/ARS), Rayan Lutin (Amiens/FRA), Raouf Mroivili (Villefranche/FRA), Iyad Mohamed (Casa Pia/POR), Aymeric Ahmed (Châteauroux/FRA), Yacine Bourhane (Aris Limassol/CHY)
Attackers: Rafiki Saïd (Learn-Free Standard (Lo-Cholood/ARS), Selemani Faïz (SC), Abdallah Abovement.
The player to watch: Rafiki Saïd
He is THE player in the Comoros’ qualifying phase for CAN 2025. The only scorer in the match against Tunisia and decisive against Gambia to validate his team’s qualification, the Standard de Liège striker has established himself as a major element of the Coelacanthes squad. The 25-year-old left winger is quite well known to observers of French football since he trained in Brest, before training in Nîmes then in Troyes with whom he won the trophy for the best goal of the season in 2024-2025.
