Ghana’s female senior national team head Coach Bashir Hayford has named his 26-man provisional squad which would be pruned down to 21 for next month’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations tournament.
The former Ashanti Gold SC trainer reduced his squad to 21 after a series of friendly matches.
Five players will further be dropped before the competition.
The players are expected to engage in friendlies with African sides Kenya, Zambia and South.
PROVISIONAL SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
Patricia Mantey (Immigration Ladies), Nana Ama Asantewaa (Police Ladies), Fafali Duhemasi (Police Ladies), Azume Adams.
Defenders:
Gladys Amfobea (LadyStrikers), Linda Addae (Soccer Intellectuals), Philicity Asuako (Police Ladies), Veronica Darkwa, Janet Egyir (Aftuklding FC, Iceland), Linda Eshun (Grindavik FC, Iceland), with Faustina Ampah (FC Minsk, Belarus).
Midfielders:
Rita Okyere (Prisons Ladies), Juliet Acheampong (Prisons Ladies), Leticia Zikpi (Immigration Ladies), Grace Asantewaa (Ampem Darkoa), Diana Wiege (Halifax Ladies), Elizabeth Addo (New Western Sydney Wanderers).
Forwards:
Lily Niber-Lawrence (Hasaacas Ladies), Jane Ayeyiam Akalachiba (Police Ladies), Priscilla Hagan (Cyprus), Alice Kusi (Zouk Mosbeh Girls FC), Portia Boakye (Djurgårdens IF in Sweden), Priscilla Okyere (ZFK Spartak Subotica, Serbia), Sandra Owusu-Ansah (Zouk Mosbeh Girls FC), Samira Suleman (Afturelding/Fram, Iceland), Sherifatu Sumaila (Djurgårdens IF DFF, Sweden).
