The Gambia Football Association has released a list of 30 home based players in preparation for the preliminary round of the CAF Nation Cup Championship.

President of The Gambia Football Association, Seedy MB Kinteh, informed Pointsports that as part of preparations for the qualifiers, a list of thirty locally based players has been released by the FA. These players were to report for training this morning at the Independence Stadium.

The team will be under the guidance of the Egyptian Technical Assistant Tarik Siagy with Gambian Coach Lamin Sarr.

The 1st Edition of CAF African Nations Championship, meant to showcase locally based players from around the continent, will take place in Côte d’Ivoire in 2009.

In the preliminary draw of the championship, The Gambia has been drawn together with Mauritania. In an encounter which is slated for the either the 28th 29th or 30th of March 2008 in Banjul.

The second leg will be played in Mauritania on the either the 11th, 12th or 13th of April.

A friendly match was proposed for both teams on March 26th, 2008 in Banjul, but the friendly will now be a real game, as both teams will be battling for a place in the second round of the qualifiers.

Below are the names of the players:

1. Modou Jobe             -           Real

2. Robert Badjie           -           Hawks

3. Ansumana Samateh -         Wallidan

4. Bubacarr Sey           -           Bakau United

5. Samba Bah              -           Bakau United

6. Amadou Gai (Daddy) -          Bakau United

7. Abdou Njie               -           GPA

8. George Cole            -           Wallidan

9. Ousman SM Koli      -           Steve Biko

10. Habib Kunta           -           Steve Biko

11. Wuyeh Sey             -           Wallidan

12. Sainey Touray        -           Wallidan

13. Abdou Darboe        -           Armed Forces

14. Dimingo Manneh    -           Africell/Sait Matty

15. Modou Lamin Sillah -         Wallidan

16. Mandou Bojang         -           GPA

17. Abdourahman Dampha -      GPA

18. Ousman Jagne         -          GPA

19. Abdou Ceesay          -           Bakau United

20. Pierre Gomez           -           Hawks

21. Alagie Ngum             -           Gamtel

22. Ebrima Jatta             -           Hawks

23. Paul Jatta                 -           Hawks

24. Christopher Allen     -             Gamtel

25. Sanna Nyassi            -           GPA

26. Momodou Ceesay 

27. Modou Ngum             -           Wallidan

28. Alagie Sawaneh        -           Gamtel

29. Pa Dodou Jammeh    -          Gamtel

30. Bekai                         -           Real