Road to Tokyo: Chambeshi calls 25 to U23 camp

The Zambia U23 national team coach Beston Chambeshi has named a 25 man squad of locally based players that will go into camp to prepare for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo Brazzaville.

Chambeshi stuck with most of his 2017 U20 Africa Cup winning team and has added Samson Banda, Edward Tembo, Leonard Mulenga and fit again Joseph Phiri to the team that saw off Malawi in the second round of the qualifiers via a 2 – 0 aggregate scoreline.

The local players will go in camp on 4th August and will have weekly training camps until the game which will be played on 4th September.

The local players will be joined by the foreign based players who include; Gamphani Lungu, Boyd Musonda, Fashion Sakala, Emmanuel Banda, Edward Chilufya, Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu who are all available for selection.

Kebson Kamanga, Paul Banda, Shemmy Mayembe, Mosese Nyondo and all the U23 foreign based (except Boyd Musonda and Edward Chilufya) were part of the senior national team that played Cameroon, Morocco and Ivory Coast before the kick-off of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

The first leg will be played in Lusaka on Wednesday the 4th of September while the second leg will be played on Sunday 9th September. The winner over the two legs will qualify to the final tournament which will be hosted in Egypt.

A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Egypt who qualified automatically as hosts.  The top three teams at this tournament will represent CAF at the 2020 Summer Olympics men’s football tournament in Tokyo, Japan.

(FULL SQUAD)

(GOALKEEPERS)

Mangani Banda (Zanaco), Lameck Siame (Kitwe United), Jackson Kakunta (Power Dynamos), Samson Banda (Zesco United)

(DEFENDERS)

Kebson Kamanga (Zanaco), Solomon Sakala, Shemmy Mayembe (both Zesco United), Field Kandela, Wayne Museba (both Kabwe Warriors), Paul Banda (Lusaka Dynamos), Moses Nyondo (Nkana), Benson Chali (Forest Rangers), Prosper Chiluya (Nkwazi)

(MIDFIELDERS)

Edward Tembo (Zesco United), Harrison Chisala (Nkana), Clinton Lubula (Kansanshi Dynamos), Biston Banda (Circuit City), Prince Mumba (Kabwe Warriors), Ngosa Sunzu (Buildcon), Musonda Siame (Lumwana), Linos Makwaza (Power Dynamos)

(STRIKERS)

Twiza Chaibela (Kabwe Warriors), Leonard Mulenga (Green Buffaloes), Joseph Phiri (Red Arrows), John Chisala (Kafue Celtic)

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