Ghana coach Bashir Hayford has axed 10 players from his Black Queens squad ahead of the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Nineteen players are currently in camp with six more foreign-based players – Sandra Owusu Ansah, Portia Boakye, Faustina Ampah, Priscilla Okyere, Sherifatu Sumaila and Samira Sulemana – expected to join camp by close of week for the final phase of preparations.
The Ghana women’s national team are expected to leave the country in batches on Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-nation tour where they will play test games against Zambia’s Shepolopolo and the Harambee Starlets of Kenya.
The Queens will train in Lusaka for a couple of days before taking on Zambia on November 3 before switching to East Africa to play Kenya on the 7th.
Coach Bashir Hayford is expected to finalize his squad of 21 players for the Women’s Afcon before the team return from their tour.
The Black Queens will also face South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in Accra as their final preparatory match.
Ghana is housed in Group A with Algeria, Mali and Cameroon. The 2018 Women’s Afcon runs from November 17 to December 1 at the Accra and Cape Coast Sports Stadiums.
Black Queens list:
- Nana Ama Asantewaa (Police Ladies)
- Patricia Mantey (Immigration Ladies)
- Fafali Dumahisi (Police Ladies)
- Jane Ayieyam (Police Ladies)
- Lily Niber Lawrence (Hasaacas Ladies)
- Diana Wiagbe (Halifax Ladies)
- Leticia Zikpi (Immigration Ladies)
- Linda Addae (Soccer Interlectuals)
- Gladys Amfobea (Lady Strikers)
- Priscilla Hagan (CFF Olimpia Cluj, Romania)
- Linda Eshun (Grindivic FC, Iceland)
- Elizabeth Addo (Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia)
- Janet Egyir (Afturelding FC, Iceland)
- Juliet Acheampong (Prisons Ladies)
- Veronica Darkwah (AshTown Ladies)
- Rita Okyere (Prisons Ladies)
- Grace Asantewaa (Ampem Darkoa Ladies)
- Philicity Asuako (Police Ladies)
- Alice Kusi – (Zouk Mosbeh FC, Lebanon)
Expected in camp:
- Sandra Owusu Ansah
- Portia Boakye
- Faustina Ampah
- Priscilla Okyere
- Sherifatu Sumaila
- Samira Sulemana
Technical Team:
- Bashir Hayford – Head coach
- Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo – Assistant coach
- Eddy Williams – Goalkeepers’ coach
- Evelyn Nsiah Asare – Team Coordinator
- Kate Agyemang – Doctor
- Margaret Akpene Foli – Physiotherapist
- Rosemary O. Asiedua – Nurse
- John Ackon – Equipment Officer
Players dropped:
- Priscilla Lartey (Valued Girls)
- Azumi Adams
- Karrima Abdulai
- Perpetual Agyekum (Hasaacas ladies)
- Faustina Kyereme (Immigration ladies)
- Cynthia Adubea (Prisons)
- Gifty Appiah (Immigration)
- Alberta Asante (Police ladies)
- Ellen Ampong (Sealions)
- Elizabeth Owusuah (SeaLions)
