Hearts of Oak’s Daniel Afriyie Barnie and Ibrahim Danlad of Asante Kotoko are the only two-home based players to have made the final list for the Black Stars for the 2022 World Cup.
Coach Otto Addo announced his squad for the tournament with these two players in the list as they will be making their way to Qatar for the tournament which kicks off on November 20.
Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott and Richard Ofori were excluded from the squad due to injuries and have been replaced by Lawrence Ati-Zigi and Ibrahim Danlad.
The Ayew brothers are the only players remaining in this squad to have played in Ghana’s last appearance at the World Cup in Brazil 2014.
Ayew returns to the tournament as captain of the side and will be playing in his third World Cup, making his first in South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022.
For Jordan Ayew this will be his second World Cup having made his debut in Brazil 2014 against Germany.
Other experienced players in the squad such as Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Baba Rahman ( Reading), will be making their debut appearance at the World Cup.
Inaki Williams, Tariq Lamptey made Ghana’s World Cup just after switching nationality in September. The duo made their debut for the Black Stars in the friendlies against Brazil and Nicaragua.
Inaki Williams has been in top form since switching nationality to play for Ghana and will be leading the attack for the four-time Africa champions at the tournament.
Ghana will play Switzerland in their last preparatory game on Thursday in Abu Dhabi before traveling to Doha for the tournament.
The Black Stars will make it tournament return against Portugal on November 24, before taking on South Korea three days time and a titanic clash against Uruguay in the final group game on December 2, 2022.
Full Squad
Black Stars final squad for World Cup
GOALKEEPERS
- Nurudeen Manaf (Eupen)
- Lawrence Ati Zigi ( St.Gallen)
- Ibrahim Danlad (Asante Kotoko)
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- Denis Odoi
- Tariq Lamptey
- Alidu Seidu
- Daniel Amartey
- Joseph Aidoo
- Alexander Djiku
- Mohammed Salisu
- Abdul-Rahman Baba
- Gideon Mensah
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- Andre Ayew
- Thomas Partey
- Elisha Owusu
- Salis Abdul Samed
- Mohammed Kudus
- Daniel Kofi Kyereh
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- Daniel Barnieh Afriyie
- Kamal Sowah
- Issahaku Abdul Fatawu
- Osman Bukari
- Inaki Williams
- Antoine Semenyo
- Jordan Ayew
- Kamaldeen Sulemana
By Herbert Boakye Yiadom
