The Gambia’s national team coach, Sang Ndong has released the list for his 22-man-squad set to face the Central African Republic in an international friendly match.
The game which is scheduled for Friday, 23rd March, 2018 at the Independence stadium in Bakau as part of the FIFA International break, will see a combination of some regular first teamers and some faces in squad assembled by Ndong, who doubles as the team’s coach and the technical director, alongside the national U-23 Head Coach Omar Sise, U-20 Head Coach Matarr Mboge and GPA Head Coach Alagie Sarr.
The inclusion of the likes of star players like the in-form Modou Barrow, Buba Sanneh and the team’s skipper, Omar Colley will be a real boost for the squad after the confirm absence of Baboucarr Steve Trawally and Mustapha Carayol due to injury and supposed ‘work permit’ issue for Steve. Both were also missing in the last international friendly in Morocco back in November 2017, where the team emerged winners against Morocco’s CHAN team, with goals from Assan Ceesay and Dawda Ngum sealing a 2-1 victory.
The Scorpions also won by the same scoreline the last time they played CAR in March 2017 in Rabat, Morocco, where the England-based duo, Modou Barrow and Carayol scored to secure the victory.
See squad list below:
Goalkeepers :
Modou JOBE (El Kanemi Warriors, Nigeria), Baboucarr GAYE (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Alagie NYABALLY (Ports Authority)
Defenders :
Simon RICHTER (FC Roskilde, Denmark), Dawda NGUM (FC Rosengård, Sweden), Bubacarr SANNEH (FC Midtjylland, Denmark), Omar COLLEY (KRC Genk, Belgium), Gregory SAMBOU (Ports Authority), Pa Modou JAGNE (FC Zürich, Switzerland)
Midfielders :
Sulayman MARREH (UD Almería, Spain), Alasana MANNEH (FC Etar, Bulgaria), Tijan JAITEH (Al-Markhiya, Qatar), Hamza BARRY (Hadjuk Split, Croatia), Yusupha BOBB (Reggiana, Italy)
Forwards :
Modou BARROW (Reading FC, England), Lamin JALLOW (Cesena, Italy), Ali SOWE (KF Skënderbeu, Albania), Assan CEESAY (FC Chiasso, Switzerland)
The squad also includes four youth players who are eligible for the U-20 national team and who will be given the chance to join up with the squad in order to gain vital experience alongside their more senior counterparts.
Basiru MBYE (KSC Lokeren, Belgium)
Ousman TOURAY (SC Preußen Münster, Germany)
Bun SANNEH (Génération Foot, Senegal)
Ebrima COLLEY (Atalanta, Italy)
Confirmed absentees :-
Mustapha CARAYOL (Injury), Ablie JALLOW (Match Fitness), Amando AUST (Study leave), Bubacarr TRAWALLY (Work permit), Raymond MENDY (Work permit), Ebrima ADAMS (Club commitments)
According to the GFF, other players that were automatically removed from the list after failing to confirm their availability by the deadline of Tuesday midday.
The match will kick-off at 5pm local time.
By:Omar Jatta
Source: GFF Web
