Groupe A ( Bata et Malabo) : Guinée équatoriale, Libye, Sénégal, Zambie
Guinée équatoriale Gardiens : Danilo Emanuel (America-PE, Brésil), Felipe Ovono (Sony de Ela Nguema), Achille Pensy Muokombe (The Panther)
Défenseurs : Lawrence Sokota Doe (Al-Shabah, Oman), Jose Bokung (Deportivo Mongomo), Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes (Logrones, Espagne), David Alvarez Aguirre (Langreo, Espagne), Armando Sipoto Buale (Badajoz, Espagne), Raul Ivan Fabiani Bosio (CD Alcoyano, Espagne)
Milieux : Ben Esono Konate (The Panther), Daniel Vazquez Evuy (Villarosa, Espagne), Rolan de la Cruz Biyogo (Fortaleza, Colombie), Juvenal Edjogo Owono (Sabadell FC, Espagne), Narcisse Ekanga Amia (Tout-Puissant Mazembe, RDC), Raul Juan Maximo Eyama (Deportivo Mongomo), Jose Javier Balboa Osa (Beira-Mar, Portugal), Fousseny Kamissoko (Al-Shabah, Oman)
Attaquants : Elong Douala Viera (Sony de Ela Nguema), Rodolfo Bodipo (Deportivo La Corogne, Espagne), Ivan Bolado Palacios (Cartagena, Espagne), Iban Iyanga "Randy" (Las Palmas, Espagne), Thierry Fidjeu Tezemeta (Kombassan Konyasport, Turquie), Daniel Bladimir Ekedo (San Roque de Lepe, Espagne) Libye Gardiens : Samir Aboud (Al-Ittihad), Joumaa Gtit (Al-Ahly), Mohamed Nachnouch (Al-Ittihad)
Défenseurs : Mohamed al-Moghrabi (Ol.

With this piece by new contributor Matthew Pentz, TSG kicks off it's African soccer coverage.

The Forgotten Footie Continent

The African Champions League exists mostly, if not completely, on the periphery of the soccer world. The tournament blends a strong history, passionate fans, and an up-and-coming class of young players, however, and its semifinalists each have a bit of the underdog in them.

The African Nations Championship (or CHAN) is unique amongst international football tournaments in that nations are restricted to selecting only domestic players in their squads. The 2011 edition of this tournament begins this week in Sudan with the hosts taking on Gabon in Khartoum.

As the competition only allows the selection of domestically based players the standards of each respective international side is a little different to "full internationals".

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Veteran goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba starred as Club World Cup runners-up TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo collected a seventh African title Saturday. Kidiaba saved a shootout kick against FUS Rabat from Morocco in southern Congolese city Lubumbashi and then converted a penalty to give his team a 9-8 victory [.