AFCON 2027Q: Five home-based players called up to Black Stars squad for Somalia games
Medeama SC duo Etse Dogli and Emmanuel Annor are in the 26-man squad list for the two games. Dogli and Annor receive their debut calls to join the team following an impressive start to the 2026/27 Ghana Premier League season.
Black Stars interim coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren has invited five home-based players for the upcoming assignments against Somalia.
Ghana will come up against Somalia in a doubleheader in rounds three and four of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
Medeama SC duo Etse Dogli and Emmanuel Annor are in the 26-man squad list for the two games. Asante Kotoko's Musa Hamzata, Isaac Afful, who plays for FC Samartex, and Hearts of Oak captain Benjamin Asare are the other home-based players called up.
Dogli and Annor receive their debut calls to join the team following an impressive start to the 2026/27 Ghana Premier League season. Dogli has been a mainstay in the Medeama midfield, while Annor continues to spark the team's attacking lines.
Hamzata comes into the national team for the first time in his career based on his performance for the Porcupine Warriors this season.
Isaac Afful returns to the Black Stars fold after being absent for over a year. The Samartex left-back is expected to challenge Gideon Mensah for the left-back position.
Asare, who continues to challenge Lawrence Ati-Zigi for the first-choice goalkeeper role, also makes the list.
Ghana face Somalia in the first game on November 12 at the Essipong Sports Stadium with the return fixture on November 16.
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