Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's national football team left Tunis Monday afternoon for Alexandria in Egypt to take part in the finals of the 2006 African Cup of Nations (CAN) taking place from 20 January to 10 February.

Coach Roger Lemerre's 23 players are:

Goalkeepers - Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain, Tunisia), Khaled Fadhel (Erciyespor, Turkey), Hamdi Kasraoui (Espérance de Tunis, Tunisia).

Defenders are Anis Ayari (Samsunspor, Turkey), José Clayton (Qatar SC, Qatar), Karim Hagui (Racing Strasbourg, France), Radhi Jaidi (Bolton Wanderers, England), Issam Merdassi (CS Sfaxien, Tunisia), Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Alaeddine Yahya (Saint Etienne, France).

Midfielders are Slim Benachour (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal), Chaouki Ben Saâda (Bastia, France), Riadh Bouazizi (Erciyespor, Turkey),
Adel Chédli (FC Nuremberg, Germany), Kaïs Ghodhbane (Samsunspor, Turkey), Sofiane Melliti (Vorskla Naftohaz Poltava, Ukraine), Jawhar Mnari (Nuremberg, Germany), Hamed Namouchi (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland).

Strikers are Haykel Guemamdia (Racing Strasbourg, France), Zied Jaziri (Troyes, France), Issam Jomaa (Racing Lens, France), Amine Ltifi (Espérance), Francileudo dos Santos (Toulouse, France).