By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

All Bundesliga players at the Africa Cup of Nations

The upcoming Africa Cup of Nations means many Bundesliga clubs will have to cope without key players for a period of time.
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With the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations set to take place from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, a total of 17 Bundesliga players from 10 clubs have been called up to represent their national teams.

Exactly how long each player will be unavailable to their club depends on how far their team progresses in the tournament.

If a player reaches the final with his national team, he would miss up to four Bundesliga matches for his club.

Here is an overview of Bundesliga players called up for the Africa Cup of Nations:

Bundesliga players at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

TSG Hoffenheim: Bazoumana Touré (Côte d'Ivoire)

VfB Stuttgart: Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco)

Borussia Dortmund: Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria)

FC Bayern: Nicolas Jackson (Senegal)

VfL Wolfsburg: Mohamed Amoura (Algeria)

SC Freiburg: Cyriaque Irié (Burkina Faso)

RB Leipzig: Yan Diomande (Côte d'Ivoire), Amadou Haidara (Mali)

Eintracht Frankfurt: Farès Chaïbi (Algeria), Ellyes Skhiri (Tunisia)

FC Augsburg: Samuel Essende (DR Congo), Elias Saad (Tunisia), Ismael Gharbi (Tunisia)

Bayer Leverkusen: Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso), Ibrahim Maza (Algeria), Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco), Christian Kofane (Cameroon)

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