Scorpions Head Coach Tom Saintfiet has submitted a provisional 28-man squad for the upcoming 2021 AFCON Preliminary Round Qualifiers against Djibouti.
The selection features a consistent pool of players who have represented the Scorpions under the Belgian. However, Lamin JALLOW, who has featured regularly, has excused himself from the squad for ‘family reasons’.
Goalkeepers: Modou JOBE (Jeddah FC, Saudi Arabia), Sheikh SIBI (Virtus Verona, Italy), Baboucarr GAYE (SG Wattenscheid, Germany), Alagie NYABALLY (GPA)
Defenders: Pa Modou JAGNE (FC Zürich, Switzerland), Ibou TOURAY (Salford City, England), Omar COLLEY (Sampdoria, Italy), Mohammed MBYE (Mjällby, Sweden), Bubacarr SANNEH (Göztepe, Turkey), Sulayman BOJANG (Kongsvinger IL, Norway), Dadi Dodou GAYE (KFUM Oslo, Norway), Ngine Faye NJIE (Gamtel)
Midfielders: Alasana MANNEH (Górnik Zabrze, Poland), Dawda NGUM (FC Roskilde, Denmark), Ebou ADAMS (Forest Green, England), Sulayman MARREH (KAS Eupen, Belgium), Hamza BARRY (Hajduk Split, Croatia), Ablie JALLOW (AC Ajaccio, France), Ebrima COLLEY (Atalanta, Italy), Sheriff SINYAN (Lillestrøm, Norway), Bun SANNEH (Génération Foot, Senegal)
Forwards: Assan CEESAY (FC Zürich, Switzerland), Bubacarr JOBE (Mjällby, Sweden), Ali SOWE (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria), Yusupha NJIE (Boavista, Portugal), Adama JAMMEH (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia), Muhammed BADAMOSI (FUS Rabat, Morocco), Musa BARROW (Atalanta, Italy)
The provisional list will be trimmed to 20 players who will travel to Djibouti for the first leg to be played on Wednesday 9th October, with the return in Banjul scheduled for Sunday 13th October.