Cameroon choose squad

By Martin Etonge
BBC Sport, Yaounde

Cameroon coach Winfried Schaefer has named his squad

Cameroon's German coach Winfried Schaefer has selected his final 22-man squad to defend their African Cup of Nations title in Tunisia.

The coach has only had the players in training camp for two days as they prepare for Tunisia.

Two big names not on the Indomitable Lions list are Joel Epalle of Panathinaikos, who has played at the last two tournaments, and Marcus Mokake who was voted Cameroon's footballer of the year for 2003.

The only two locally-based players are Mathurin Kameni from league champions Coton Sport Garoua and goalkeeper Amour Patrick Tignyemb of Tonnerre Yaounde.

Cameroon's bid to win a third straight title gets underway against Algeria on 25 January and they then face Zimbabwe and Egypt in Group C.

Cameroon Squad:

Goalkeepers:
Idriss Carlos Kameni (Le Havre, France), Mathurin Kameni (Cotonsport, Cameroon), Amour Patrick Tignyemb (Tonnerre, Cameroon)

Defenders:
Rigobert Song (Lens, France), Pierre Njanka Beaka (Sedan, France), Lucien Mettomo (Kaiserslautren, Germany), Jean-Noël Perrier Doumbe (AJ Auxerre, France), Bill Tchato (Kaiserslautren, Germany), Falemi Nana (Steau Bucarest, Romania)

Midfielders:
Modeste Mbami (PSG, France), Jean Makoun (Lille, France), Gustave Bahoken (Angers, France), Valery Mezague (Montpellier, France), Timothée Atouba (FC Basel, Switzerland), Geremi Njitap (Chelsea, England), Eric Djemba Djemba (Manchester United, England), Salomon Olembe (Leeds United, England)

Strikers:
Mohamadou Idrissou (Hannover 96, Germany), Samuel Eto'o Fils (Real Mallorca, Spain), Daniel Ngom Kome (NumanciaSpain), Pius Ndiefi (Al Ittihad, Qatar), Patrick Mboma (Tokyo Verdy, Japan)