2015 AFCON: Referee Lamptey and Malick selected

Ghana’s leading referee, Joseph O. Lamptey and assistant referee Malick Alidu Salifu have finally made into the list of 48 referees and assistant referees for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.


The list comprises of 44 officials – referees and linesmen – picked across the continent.
Referees: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea), Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania), Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia), Bernard Camille (Seychelles), Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco), Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan), Eric Otogo Castane (Gabon), Gehad Grisha (Egypt), Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar), Janny Sikazwe (Zambia), Joseph Lamptey (Ghana), Juste Zio (Burkina Faso), Koman Coulibaly (Mali), Maguette N’Diaye (Senegal), Malang Diedhiou (Senegal), Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia), Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria), Neant Alioum (Cameroun), Noumandiez Doué (Côte d’Ivoire), Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius), Victor Gomes (South Africa).


Linesmen: Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria), Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea), Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea), Anouar Hmila (Tunisia), Balkrisna Bootun (Mauritius), Djibril Camara (Senegal), El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal), Evarist Menkouande (Cameroun), Hassan Egueh Yacin (Djibouti), Jean-Claude Birumushasu (Burundi), Jerson dos Santos (Angola), Malick Alidu Salifu (Ghana), Marwa Range (Kenya), Oamogetse Godisamang (Botswana), Peter Edibe (Nigeria), Redouane Achik (Morocco), Songuifolo Yeo (Côte d’Ivoire), Tahssen Abo El Sadat (Egypt), Theogene Ndagijimana (Rwanda), Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan), Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger), Zakhele Siwela (South Africa).