Burkina Faso are making their seventh appearance in the African Nations Cup, their best showing a semi-final berth in 1998 when they hosted the competition.
The Stallions, who have never made it to a World Cup, face a tough test in Angola in Group B alongside African giants Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo.
Ranked 49th in FIFA's charts the team boast prolific scorer Moumouni Dagano, whose 12 goal haul saw him finish the continental qualifying campaign as top scorer.
Coached by Portugal's Paulo Duarte they will be struggling to make it into the knockout stages.
One player who did not figure in the squad was Aristide Bance, who plays for German first division side Mayence. He misses out after an apparent row with Duarte.
Burkina Faso's squad includes Marseille midfielder Charles Kabore and Bance's Bundesliga colleagues Sanou Wilfried, who is based with Cologne, and Hamburg's Jonathan Pitroipa.
Pitroipa and Bance teamed up to score the goals when Burkina Faso suffered an honourable 3-2 loss to the Ivory Coast in a World Cup qualifier last year.
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