Mwape Unveils Squad for Decisive Clash Against Ghana in Paris 2024 Qualifiers

08.02.2024 | Football in my DNA

Journey to Paris 2024: Mwape Reveals 30-Member Preliminary Squad for Crucial Ghana

Showdown Bruce Mwape, the head coach of Zambia's Women’s National Team, has unveiled the provisional squad ahead of the pivotal encounter against Ghana in the 2024 Paris Olympics Women’s Football Tournament qualifiers. Maintaining continuity from the successful 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualification campaign against Angola, Mwape introduces the dynamic duo of Tabo Miselo and Florence Banda from the FAZ Women’s Super League. Notably, Kabange Mupopo, the Green Buffaloes striker, makes a return after an eight-year hiatus, alongside Elite Ladies midfielder Comfort Selemani, absent from the WAFCON qualifiers against Angola in December. Unfortunately, Red Arrows captain Susan Banda will miss the Ghana matches due to an injury sustained in a FAZ Women's Super League game against Police Dove Queens FC on January 27, 2024.

The initial leg of the clash with Ghana's Black Queens is scheduled for Friday, February 23, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, followed by the return fixture five days later.

Squad Composition: GOALKEEPERS: Catherine Musonda (Hapoel Raanana Women FC-Israel), Leticia Lungu (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Ngambo Musole (Green Buffaloes), Loveness Tonge (Green Eagles)

DEFENDERS: Natasha Kapombo (INDENI Roses), Tabo Miselo (National Assembly), Martha Tembo (BIIK Kazygurt Shymkent-Kazakhstan), Lushomo Mweemba, Martha Katila Banda, Esther Banda, Esther Siamfuko (all Green Buffaloes), Pauline Zulu (Elite Ladies), Judith Soko (YASA)

MIDFIELDERS: Misozi Zulu, Hellen Chanda (both Hakkarigucu Spur-Turkey), Ireen Lungu (BIIK Kazygurt Shymkent-Kazakhstan), Comfort Selemani (Elite Ladies), Evarine Susan Katongo (Green Buffaloes), Salome Phiri (Green Buffaloes), Marjory Mulenga, Avell Chitundu (both ZESCO Ndola Girls)

STRIKERS: Rachael Kundananji (Madrid CFF-Spain), Barbra Banda (Shanghai Shengli-China), Rachael Nachula (Hapoel Jerusalem-Israel), Fridah Kabwe (ZESCO Ndola Girls), Namasiku Lungowe (ZISD Women), Kabange Mupopo (Green Buffaloes), Eneless Phiri (Nkwazi Queens), Norin Betani (INDENI Roses), Florence Banda (National Assembly)

Credit: FAZ