Tanzania head coach, Miguel Gamondi, has named a 53-man provisional squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports.

The squad is dominated by players plying their trade in the Tanzanian Premier League.

Tanzanian’s top clubs Young Africans, Simba SC, Azam FC, and Singida Black Stars contributed the highest number of players.

BK Hacken of Sweden star Sabri Kondo, Novatus Miroshi who plays for Turkish club Göztepe and Aalborg BK of Denmark forward Kelvin John are some of the foreign-based professionals, included in the squad.

Gamondi is expected to trim the squad before CAF’s final submission deadline.

The Taifa Stars are drawn in Group C with Nigeria, Tunisia, regional rivals Uganda.

They will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their opening fixture on Tuesday, 23 December.