Ghana coach, Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has named her final squad of 23 players for the inaugural Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament.
The Black Queens squad includes Sweden–based forward Portia Boakye, Priscilla Okyere who plays in Israel and Real Betis midfielder Grace Asantewaa.
There is no place for captain Elizabeth Addo who reportedly has been ignored due to a recent outburst over the team’s treatment by the Ghana FA.
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Otherwise known as the Aisha Buhari Cup, the six-nation competition has a new date of September 15 to 21 in Lagos with two match venues – Agege Stadium and Mobolaji Johnson Stadium at Onikan, Lagos Island.
Ghana, the two–time Women’s Afcon runners-up, are housed in Group B alongside Cameroon and South Africa while hosts Nigeria battle Mali and Morocco in Group A.
The Black Queens will first play Bayana Bayana at Onikan with kickoff set at 18:00 GMT on September 17 before facing the Indomitable Lionesses at the same time and venue three days later to complete the group phase.
The top two teams in the group advance to the semifinals.
Ghana squad in full
Goalkeepers:
Fafali Dumehasi (Police Ladies); Victoria Agyei (Kumasi Sports Academy); Mary Neequaye (Immigration Ladies)
Defenders:
Gladys Amfobea (Ladystrikers); Nina Norshie (Berry Ladies); Ellen Coleman (Ladystrikers); Janet Egyir (Hasaacas Ladies); Philicity Asuako (Police Ladies); Naomi Anima (Kumasi Sports Academy); Justice Tweneboaa (Ampem Darkoaa Ladies)
Midfielders:
Priscilla Okyere (Hapoel Be’er Sheva, Israel); Grace Acheampong (Ashtown Ladies); Rashida Ibrahim (Berry Ladies); Henrietta Annie (Police Ladies); Monica Addai (Berry Ladies); Grace Asantewaa (Real Betis, Spain); Grace Adams (Berry Ladies)
Forwards:
Vivian Konadu Adjei (Thunder Queens); Elizabeth Owusuaa (Sea Lions); Sophaiah Agyaakwa (Soccer Intellectuals); Princella Adubea (Racing Feminino, Spain); Sonia Opoku (Ampem Darkoaa Ladies); Portia Boakye (Djurgardens IF, Sweden)
