Serie A clubs are facing significant disruption as the 2025-26 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco is set to call up 48 players from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026. Teams must release their players by December 15.
The potential exodus is most severe for Lecce and Hellas Verona, who could each lose up to seven first-team players.
Udinese is also heavily impacted, facing the loss of six players.
Among title contenders, AS Roma is expected to be the worst off, likely losing key figures Evan Ndicka and Neil El Aynaoui.
Atalanta will miss Ademola Lookman and two others. Conversely, Bologna, Inter Milan, Juventus, and AC Milan will be completely unaffected, giving them a substantial competitive edge during the mid-season period.
Napoli’s Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa has already been ruled out due to injury.
Full Provisional Call-Up List by Club
Atalanta: Odilon Kossounou (Ivory Coast), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria), Honest Ahanor (Nigeria)
Bologna: None
Cagliari: Joseph Liteta (Zambia), Zito Luvumbo (Angola)
Como: Assane Diao (Senegal)
Cremonese: Mikayil Faye (Senegal), Faris Moumbagna (Cameroon), David Okereke (Nigeria)
Fiorentina: Amir Richardson (Morocco), Abdelhamid Sabiri (Morocco), Christian Kouame (Ivory Coast)
Genoa: Jean Onana (Cameroon), Maxwell Cornet (Ivory Coast)
Inter: None
Juventus: None
Lazio: Reda Belahyane (Morocco), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Nigeria), Boulaye Dia (Senegal)
Lecce: Kialonda Gaspar (Angola), Owen Kouassi (Ivory Coast), Konan N’Dri (Ivory Coast), Lassana Coulibaly (Mali), Youssef Maleh (Morocco), Hamza Rafia (Tunisia), Lameck Banda (Zambia)
Milan: None
Napoli: Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon) – Ruled out by injury
Parma: Abdoulaye Ndiaye (Senegal)
Pisa: Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (Nigeria), Mehdi Leris (Algeria), M’bala Nzola (Angola)
Roma: Evan Ndicka (Ivory Coast), Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco)
Sassuolo: Woyo Coulibaly (Mali), Walid Cheddira (Morocco)
Torino: Saul Coco (Equatorial Guinea), Adam Masina (Morocco), Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco)
Udinese: Maduka Okoye (Nigeria), Jordan Zemura (Zimbabwe), Hassane Kamara (Ivory Coast), Vakoun Bayo (Ivory Coast), Rui Modesto (Angola), Idrissa Gueye (Senegal)
Verona: Enzo Ebosse (Cameroon), Rafik Belghali (Algeria), Cheikh Niasse (Senegal), Abdou Harroui (Morocco), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Ivory Coast), Junior Ajayi (Ivory Coast), Gift Orban (Nigeria)
