Cameroon can't retire Marc-Vivien Foe's number 17 shirt

Fecafoot wanted to withdraw the number 17 shirt from all Cameroon national teams as a mark of respect to Foe, who died at the Fifa Confederations Cup in June last year.

However, Suleiman Habuba, Caf's Director of Communications, told this website that the Indomitable Lions will be expected to use the number 17 shirt at this month's Nations Cup finals.

"We held a meeting recently and this request was discussed but not approved, therefore Cameroon will have squad numbers from 1 to 22 like every other country," Habuba explained.

"The main thing that Caf has done to honour Marc-Vivien Foe is to dedicate the African Super Cup in 2004 to him."

The Super Cup is played between the Cup Winners' Cup holders and the Champions League victors, so this year's match will be between the respective winners Tunisia's Etoile Sahel and Enyimba of Nigeria.

The money made from the match, in addition to a donation from the Caf executive committee, will be given to Foe's family.

Foe's family, Fecafoot and a government official will all be invited to attend the match, during which Foe will be posthumously honoured with Caf's highest award - the gold Order of Merit.