Gambia selects players for Under 20 qualifiers

Gambia Under 20 team

Gambia Under 20 coach Mustapha Manneh has announced his final 31-man squad set to face Liberia in the first round qualifiers of the 2015 African U-20 Championship next month.

Tapha Manneh, who was appointed as coach of the U-20, revealed that he finalized his squad last Friday for this month’s qualifiers which will take place in Liberia in the weekend of 4, 5 and 6 April 2014, as his team continues preparations.

The Gambia Football Federation, which named a 36-man provisional list squad for the coach last month, has seen that list trimmed down to 31, six of which will comprise of foreign-based players.

The foreign players invited include Casa Sport duo Saloum Faal and Bakary Daffeh, Valletta FC’s Hamza Barry, Spain-based Sulayman Marreh, Ali Sowe of Juve Stabia and goalkeeper Bubacarr Sanyang of Nimba United in Liberia.

Head Coach Tapha Manneh and his technical staff are tasked to qualify the Gambia to the 2015 Africa Youth Championship to be hosted in Senegal with the country facing the Liberian U-20 team in the first round qualifiers.

Called up local-based players

1. Lamin Kanteh – Interior

2. Bubacarr Trawally – Real de Banjul

3. Yusupha Sarr – Young Africans

4. Bubacarr Sanneh – Real de Banjul

5. Sanpierre Mendy – Gamtel

6. Mass Manga – Hawks

7. Ebrima Tunkara – Steve Biko

8. Saikou Conteh – Steve Biko

9. Musa Touray – Steve Biko

10. Bully Drammeh – Brikama United

11. Famara Jarju – Real de Banjul

12. Alieu Jatta – Brikama United

13. Ebou Kanteh – Brikama United

14. Lamin Jallow – Real de Banjul

15. Salifu Krubally – Real de Banjul

16. Madi Fatty – Real de Banjul

17. Yusupha Bobb – Hawks

18. Edrisa Badjie – Interior

19. Musa Bangura – Hawks

20. Abdoulie Bah – Gambia Ports Authority

21. Sulayman Saho – Brikama United

22. Assan Njie – Samger

23. Ebou Sanyang – Interior

24. Modou Badjie – Samger

25. Bakary Njie – Wallidan

Called up foreign-based players

1. Saloum Faal – Casa Sport

2. Bakary Daffeh – Casa Sport

3. Ali Sowe – Juve Stabia

4. Sulayman Marreh – Spain

5. Hamza Barry – Valletta

6. Bubacarr Sanyang – Nimba United