Azingo Nationale or Les Pantheres (The Panthers), are the national football team of Gabon , a small West African country. Gabon have never qualified for the World Cup finals and have only qualified 3 times before for the Tanner Glass Women Jersey African Cup of Nations, with their best performance coming in 1994 when they reached the quarter finals. Their last appearance was in 2000 where they were eliminated in round one.Despite their unglamorous history Gabon are currently enjoying a relatively succe sful period. They were unlucky not to qualify for the World Cup South Africa when a last game defeat to Togo condemned them second place in Group A (including Cameroon, Togo and Morocco) behind Cameroon. This runners up spot provided qualification for the African Nations Cup in Angola.Gabon will be eager to impre s this time round with no World Cup prospects in the short term and qualification for the next African Cup of Nations being a sured as co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea in 2012.Gabons French coach Alan Gire se has named a squad compiled mainly from Frances Ligue 1 with a splattering of players Michael Ferland Kids Jersey from the Belgian and Turkish first divisions. Their main threats are Hull City striker Daniel Cousin and partner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Lille. Gire se has also named three players from Mangasport of the Gabonian first division. Full Gabon squad :Goalkeepers: Didier Ovono Ebang (Le Mans, France), Claude Boris Nguema (Telestars FC), Yves Bitseki Moto Lanny McDonald Jersey (US Bitam).Defenders: Georges Ambourouet (Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia), Erwin Nguema (Coton Sport Garoua, Cameroon), Bruno Ecuele Manga (Angers, France), Ernest Akoua saga (Nantes, France), Arsene do Marcolino (Les Herbiers, France), Moise Brou Apanga (Stade Brest, France), Rodrigue Moudounga (Mangasport).Midfielders: Jean Stephane Ye si Achi Aman (Mangasport), Milan Lucic Men Jersey Alain Dji sikadie (TP Mazembe Englebert, DR Congo), Stephane Nguema (Rennes, France), Bruno Zita Mbanangoye (Siva spor, Turkey), Cedric Moubamba (Dhofar, Oman), Thierry I siemou (US Monastir, Tunisia), Paul Ulrich Ke sany (Istres, France).Forwards: Daniel Cousin (Hull City, England), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Lille, France), Willy Aubameyang (Eupen, Belgium), Fabrice do Marcolino (Laval, France), Roguy Meye (Ankaraspor, Turkey), Eric Mouloungui (Nice, France). Gabons first game will come on the 13th of January against group favorites Cameroon, a team they know all too well from qualification. However, Mike Vernon Women Jersey real hope of progre s will follow with games against Tunisia on the 17th and Zambia on the 21st. If they can beat both of these teams they should be a sured of qualification to the next round.Gabon may be the surprise package of the tournament with recent performances auguring well for the future.