Bancey gets late Black Stars call for CHAN

by Godfred Akoto Boafo
The Local Black Stars have handed Asante Kotoko striker Seidu Bancey  a late call up to the  squad for next year's CHAN in South Africa.

Bancey has scored an impressive seven goals in eight matches since a return from injury and has led Kotoko to open a seven point lead at the top of the Ghana Premier league.

The team will host fellow CHAN campaigners Mali in a friendly game on Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium after which  they will break for the Christmas holidays.

Final camping of the team after the naming of the 23 -man squad will take place in Namibia.

Ghana is drawn in Group C alongside Libya, Ethiopia and Congo for the 16-nation tournament scheduled for January 11-February 1, 2014.

 
Squad
Goalkeepers : Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars) Foli Adade (Medeama) Isaac Amoako (Asante Kotoko)

Defenders : Godfred Saka (Aduana Stars), Tijani Joshua (AshantiGold) Francis Morton (Ebusua Dwarfs) Emmanuel Asante (Bechem United) Kwabena Adusei and Abeiku Ainooson (Asante Kotoko) Nuru Sulley (Hearts of Oak) Alfred Nelson (Liberty Professionals) Attamah Larweh Joseph (Tema Youth)

Midfielders : Michael Akuffo, Jordan Opoku, Richard Mpong and Yahaya Mohammed (Asante Kotoko) Jackson Owusu (Berekum Chelsea) Moro Abubakar (Hearts of Oak) Edmund Owusu-Ansah (Heart of Lions) Daniel Darkwah (Aduana Stars) Theophilus Anobaah (Medeama) Aseidu Attorbrah (New Edubiase) Latif Mohammed and Francis Adjei (AshantiGold)

Strikers : Sulley Mohammed (King Faisal) Richard Gadze (Ebusua Dwarfs) Samuel Yeboah (Hearts of Lions) Kennedy Boateng (Medeama), Seidu Bancey (Asante Kotoko)