Twenty-seven home-based players have received a call-up from the Gambia Football Association as the nation gears up for yet another Amilcar Cabral Zone II Championship, a regional football tournament for West African nations. The bi-annual championship, which is staged in memory of Amílcar Cabral, an African agronomic engineer, writer and politician, is scheduled to take place in Guinea Bissau from November 22 to December 4, 2007.

The Scorpions team which will commence collective training this morning will be guided by the Spanish coach, Jose Martenez, who will be assisted by Egyptian Tarik Siagy and coach Lamin Sarr.

  Seedy Kinteh, President of the Gambia Football Association has told Observer Sports that only home-based players would be selected to represent The Gambia in the eight-team sub-regional tournament, which was first staged in 1979 in the former Portuguese colony of Bissau .

The Gambia have never won the Zone II championship since its inception, but have reached the finals twice - 1980 and 1958 - and have lost both finals to the neighbouring Senegal who have won the championship- a record 8 times. Guinea Conakry are the second record holders, having won it 5 times.

The eight West African nations that participate in the championship are: The Gambia, Mauritania , Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Senegal and Mali .

Names and clubs of inivited players

 1. Alagie Jobe                                  Real

 2. Joseph Gomez                             Wallidan

 3. Ansuma Samateh                         Wallidan

 4. Robert Badjie                               Hawks

 5. Ousman Koli                                Steve Biko

 6. Baboucarr Sey                             Bakau Utd

 7. Amadou Sanyang                         Real

 8. Momodou L Sillah                       Wallidan

 9. Abdou Njie                                 GPA

10. Alasan Jarju                                GPA

11. Alagie Fatajo                              GPA

12. Abdouraman Damp                    GPA

13. Alieu Jagne                                 Hawks

14. Dimingo Manneh                        Sait Matty

Names and clubs of inivited players
   
15. Ebrima Jatta                                Hawks

16. Ahmed Sugufara                         Wallidan

17. Samba Bah                                 Bakau Utd

18. Landing Darboe                          Armed Forces

19. Buba Findi Jammeh                     Brikama Utd

20. Amadou Gaye                             Wallidan

21. Sainey Touray                             Wallidan

22. Edi Sonko Faye                           Sait Matty

23. Pa Landing Conateh                     Real

24. Habib Kunta                                Steve Biko

25. Abdou Ceesay                             Bakau Utd

26. George Cole                                Wallidan

27. Wuyeh Sey                                  Wallidan