Ghana Name Squad For WAFU

Jordan Opoku

Thirty home-based players have been selected to form the local Black Stars team to begin camping on Monday in Obuasi.

The team will be preparing for next month's eight-nation GoTV WAFU Cup to be hosted by Ghana.

Ghana are paired with Sierra Leone, Benin and Burkina Faso in Group A of the tournament that starts from November 21, 2013 and ends on   November 28, 2013.

In Group B, defending champions Togo are the top seeds and they will face competition from Niger, Senegal and Gabon.

Winners of the two groups will progress to the final while the second placed team in each group will vie for the third position.

 
Goalkeepers: Stephen Adams (Aduana), Foli Adade (Medeama), Isaac Amoako (Kotoko) and Richard Ofori (Wa All Stars)

Defenders: Godfred Saka (Aduana), Francis Morton (Dwarfs), Tijani Joshua (AshantiGold), Kwabena Adusei and Abeiku Ainooson (Asante Kotoko), Emmanuel Asante (Bechem), Nuru Sulley (Hearts of Oak), Alfred Nelson (Liberty), and Asiamah Badu (Heart of Lions)

Midfielders: Moro Abubakar and Winful Cobbina (Hearts of Oak), Asiedu Attobrah (Edubiase), Latif Mohammed and Francis Adjei (AshantiGold), Jordan Opoku, Michael Akuffu and Richard Mpong (Asante Kotoko), Prosper Kassim (Inter Allies), Theophilus Anobaah and Victor Ayirey (Medeama), Abdul Latif Abubakar (Liberty), and Abdul Basit (Berekum Chelsea)

Attackers: Yahaya Mohammed (Asante Kotoko), Richard Gadze (Dwarfs), Sulley Mohammed (King Faisal) and Daniel Gozar (Amidaus). FA