E’ stata resa nota la lista dei 30 calciatori in lizza per assicurarsi il pallone d’oro africano. Tra questi 3 calciatori che militano in Serie A: Benatia, Salah e il napoletano Koulibaly. Ecco la lista:

Ryad Mahrez (Algérie, Leicester), El Arabi Hillel Soudani (Algérie, Dinamo Zagreb), Islam Slimani (Algérie, Leicester), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroun, Antalyaspor), Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroun, Lorient), Serge Aurier (Côte d’Ivoire, PSG), Eric Bailly (Côte d’Ivoire, Manchester City), Gervinho (Côte d’Ivoire, Hebei Fortune), Mohamed Salah (Egypte, AS Rome), Mohamed El Neny (Egypte, Arsenal), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Dortmund), André Ayew (Ghana, West Ham), Victor Wanyama (Kenya, Tottenham), William Jebor (Libéria, Wydad), Mehdi Benatia (Maroc, Juventus), Hakim Ziyech (Maroc, Ajax), John Obi Mikel (Nigéria, Chelsea), Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigéria, Manchester City),  Ahmed Musa (Nigéria, Leicester), Cédric Bakambu (RD Congo, Villarreal), Yannick Bolasie (RD Congo, Everton), Sadio Mané (Sénégal, Liverpool), Kalidou Koulibaly (Sénégal, Naples), Keegan Dolly (Afrique du Sud, Mamelodi Sundowns), Itumeleng Khune (Afrique du Sud, Kaizer Chiefs), Mbwana Samatta (Tanzanie, Genk), Aymen Abdennour (Tunisie, Valence), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisie, Sunderland), Dennis Onyango (Ouganda, Mamelodi Sundowns), Kharma Billiat (Zombabwe, Mamelodi Sundowns)