Ghana’s senior women’s national football team, the Black Queens, departed Accra for Tokyo on Sunday to face Japan in an international friendly on July 13.
A 19-member squad, along with technical staff and management, made the initial trip. Four additional players are expected to join the team in Japan on July 7.
The Black Queens have been training in Accra for the past four days in preparation for the match. Coach Nora Häuptle will use the friendly to assess her players ahead of major tournaments, including the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfcon) in Morocco.
The match against Japan, a former World Cup winner, is part of Ghana’s build-up to the Olympic Games in Paris later this year.
Here is the full travelling squad list for the Black Queens:
* Grace Asantewaa (FC Juarez)
* Princess Dankwa Marfo (Bay FC)
* Linda Eshun (Bróttafélag Reykjavíkur)
* Philomena Abakah (ASA Tel Aviv)
* Mukarama Abdulai (Hasaacas Ladies)
* Grace Acheampong (BIIK Kazygurt)
* Anastheia Achiaa (Beylerbeyi)
* Princella Adubea (Trabzonspor)
* Adama Alhassan (Army Ladies FC)
* Susan Ama Duah (Hapoel Jerusalem Katamon)
* Victoria A. Agyei (AFC Sudbury W.)
* Freda Ayisi (Charlton Athletic W.)
* Evelyn Badu (Fleury 91)
* Doris Boaduwaa (Hapoel Jerusalem)
* Portia Boakye (Hapoel Petah Tikva)
* Azumah Bugre (FK Norrköping)
* Cynthia Konlan Fiindib (Al Hilal)
* Alice Kusi (Al Hilal)
* Nina Norshie (Florida State University)
* Stella Nyamekye (BIIK Kazygurt)
* Jacqueline Owusu (Real Sociedad)
* Mavis Owusu (Al Hilal)
