Africa cup of nation 2013 Group D South Africa consist Tunisia, Algeria, Cote D'ivoire , Togo

Cote D'voire

COTE D'VOIRE AFRICA CUP OF NATION HISTORY
Best Performance Winners - 1992
Champions 1992
Runners-Up 2006, 2012
Third Place 1965, 1968, 1986, 1994
Fourth Place 1970, 2008


HOW COTE D'VOIRE QUALIFIED
The 2012 finalists were among sixteen different groups that enjoyed a bye within the 1st spherical however were matched up against regional rivals Senegal within the second spherical. The Elephants registered a 4-2 win after they hosted the Teranga Lions within the 1st leg. The Ivorians' lacklustre outing in city forced several pundits to predict Senegal's attainable triumph within the come leg in national capital. the sport eventually led to chaos and was abandoned within the half when Didier Drogba broken the hopes of the locals with a brace, prompting a pitch invasion by angry fans. Caf later confirmed shelter d'Ivoire's 6-2 mixture conclusion and their qualification for the 2013 Afcon.


THE COACH - Sabri Lamouchi
The 40-year-old former Marseille, Parma and lay to rest midfielder retired from football in 2009, though he remained a member of the France national team till 2001, before branching out into a training career. when taking a course and a few berth, he was amazingly unconcealed by the shelter d'Ivoire soccer federation because the successor of Francois Zahoui, whose contract wasn't revived despite his perfect run to the ultimate of the 2012 Afcon, losing to African country on penalties.

Although Lamouchi's alternative at first John Drew widespread criticism within the country, he has begun to realize charitable trust when leading the team 2|to 2} victories within the 2013 Afcon qualifying and two attracts against Russia and Morocco in international friendlies.

THE CAPTAIN - Didier Drogba

Goalkeepers: Boubacar Barry (Lokeren/BEL), Daniel Yeboah (Dijon/FRA), Ali Badra Sangare (Ivoire Academie)

Defenders: Souleymane Bamba (Trazbonspor/TUR), Arthur Boka (Stuttgart/GER), Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray/TUR), Igor Lolo (Kuban Krasnodar/RUS), Siaka Tiene (PSG/FRA), Kolo Toure (Manchester City/ENG), Ismael Traore (Brest/FRA)

Midfielders: Max Gradel (Saint-Etienne/FRA), Didier Ya Konan (Hanover/GER), Abdul Razak (Manchester City/ENG), Romaric Ndri Koffi (Real Zaragoza/ESP), Cheick Tiote (Newcastle/ENG), Yaya Toure (Manchester City/ENG), Didier Zokora (Trazbonspor/TUR)

Strikers: Wilfried Bony (Vitesse Arnhem/NED), Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua/CHN), Gervinho (Arsenal/ENG), Salomon Kalou (Lille/FRA), Arouna Kone (Wigan/ENG), Lacina Traore (Anzhi Makhachkala/RUS).

Tunisia

TUNISIA AFRICA CUP OF NATION HISTORY
Best Performance Winners - 2004
Champions 2004
Runners-Up 1965, 1996
Third Place 1962
Fourth Place 1978, 2000

HOW TUNISIA QUALIFIED
Tunisia qualified for the 2013 Afcon because of the away goals rule once a 2-2 attract African country was followed by a 0-0 stalemate reception within the last spherical of qualifying, following a bye from the primary spherical owing to their presence at the 2012 competition command in African country and African nation.


THE COACH - Lapp Trabelsi
Tunisia national team coach Lapp Trabelsi is harassed to provide a winning aspect at the 2013 Afcon tournament, and his expertise are vital for the Carthage Eagles probabilities in African nation. Ever since the FTF ravaged Roger Lemerre in 2008, Tunisia are troubled for consistency.

The north Africans went through 3 tacticians (Humberto Coelho, Faouzi Benzarti, and Bertrand Marchand) in only 3 years since then, and therefore the results are fatal. Trabelsi is trying to create on the solid foundation he has ordered to this point.

THE CAPTAIN - Aymen Mathlouthi

Goalkeepers: Moez Ben Cherifia (Esperance), Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile Sahel), Farouk Ben Mustapha (CA Bizertin)

Defenders: Khalil Chammam and Walid Hichri (Esperance), Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse/FRA), Anis Boussaidi (Tavria Simferopol/UKR), Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Etoile), Fateh Gharbi (CS Sfaxien), Bilel Ifa (Club Africain)

Midfielders: Youssef Msakni, Khaled Mouelhi and Mejdi Traoui (Esperance), Haten Baratli (Club Africain), Oussama Darragi (Sion/SUI), Chadi Hammami (Kuwait SC/KUW), Wissem Yahia (Mersin Idman Yurdu/TUR)

Strikers: Zouheir Dhaouadi (clubless), Hamdi Harbaoui (Lokeren/BEL), Issam Jomaa (Kuwait SC/KUW), Wahbi Khazri (Bastia/FRA), Saber Khlifa (Evian/FRA), Fakreddine Ben Youssef (Sfaxien)

Togo


TOGO AFRICA CUP OF NATION HISTORY
Best Performance First Round
Champions None
Runners-Up None
Third Place None
Fourth Place None

HOW TOGO QUALIFIED
Togo qualified for this tournament by winning a good two-legged affair over 2012 Afcon co-hosts, Gabon. Togo came through 3-2 on mixture and had to essentially resist a late rally from African nation to book their spot in South Africa. The last time Togo qualified for the Nations Cup, that they had to withdraw on the eve of that tournament once some members of their delegation died once being shot at by Angolan dissidents in Cabinda, Angola.


THE COACH - Didier Six
Coach Didier Six may be a comparatively unknown amount on the African continent, however he had a distinguished career with the French national team and at club level as a player. Six contend for Les Blues for 9 years – from 1976 to 1984. He earned  fifty two caps for his country and scored thirteen goals as a jock.

As way as his employment career goes, he has antecedently been accountable of Strasbourg in France, Associate in Nursingd was employed for Togo in November 2011 on an interim basis, leading them to the Afcon for the primary time since the Cabinda incident at the 2010 competition.


THE CAPTAIN - Emmanuel Adebayor

Goalkeepers: Mawugbe Atsu (Maranatha), Kossi Agassa (Reims/FRA), Baba Tchagouni (Dijon/FRA)

Defenders: Serge Akakpo (Zilina/SLO), Sadate Ouro Akoriko (Free State Stars/RSA), Vincent Bossou (Saigon/VIE), Dakonam Djene (Coton Sport/CMR), Kokou Donou (Maranatha), Mamah Gaffar (Dacia/MDA), Dare Nibombe (RBDB/BEL)

Midfielders: Kodjo Ametepe (Mounama/GAB), Komlan Amewou (Nimes/FRA), Floyd Ayite (Reims/FRA), Sapol Mani (Batna/ALG), Alaixys Romao (Lorient/FRA), Moustapha Salifou (clubless), Kossi Prince Segbefia (Auxerre/FRA), Dove Wome (Free State Stars/RSA)

Strikers: Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham/ENG), Johathan Ayite (Brest/FRA), Kalen Damessi (Lille/FRA), Serge Gakpe (Nantes/FRA), Meme Placca Fessou (Agaza)

Algeria

ALGERIA AFRICA CUP OF NATION HISTORY
Best Performance Winners - 1990
Champions 1990
Runners-Up 1980
Third Place 1984, 1988
Fourth Place 1982, 2010


HOW ALGERIA  QUALIFIED
Algeria beat Gambia in the qualifying round, which pace way for them take on north African rivals Libya in the final qualifying. The Fennecs proved too strong for their regional counterparts, and thanks to a 1-0 victory in Libya, and then the home game going the way of the Algerians 2-0, Halilhodzic's they secured their ticket to South Africa with a 3-0 aggregate.


THE COACH - Vahid Halilhodzic
Vahid Halilhodzic is a disciplinarian coach who emerged as the man to take charge of the north Africans ahead of German Jurgen Klinsmann and Carlos Dunga of Brazil. Halilhodzic was in charge of Cote d'Ivoire between 2008 and 2010, but prior to that he had managed French clubs Rennes, Lille and Paris Saint Germain. Ironically, he was fired during his stay with the Ivorians after he lost to Algeria at the 2010 Nations Cup.


THE CAPTAIN - Medhi Lacen

THE CAPTAIN - Medhi Lacen

Goalkeepers: Azzeddine Doukha (Harrach), Rais Mbolhi (Krylia Sovetov/RUS), Cedric Si Mohammed (Bejaia)

Defenders: Essaïd Belkalem and Ali Rial (JS Kabylie), Carl Medjani and Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio/FRA), Liassine Cadamuro (Real Sociedad/ESP), Faouzi Ghoulam (Saint-Etienne/FRA), Rafik Halliche (Academica/POR), Djamel Mesbah (AC Milan/ITA)

Midfielders: Hameur Bouazza (Racing Santander/ESP), Ryad Boudebouz (Sochaux/FRA), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia/ESP), Adlene Guedioura (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Foued Kadir (Marseille/FRA), Medhi Lacen (Getafe/ESP), Khaled Lemmouchia (Club Africain/TUN), Saad Tedjar (USMA)

Strikers: Mohamed Aoudia (Entente Setif), Yacine Bezzaz (CS Constantine), Islam Slimani (Belouizdad), Hilal Soudani (Guimares/POR)