Coach Lie Bojang and his charges are set to fulfill their task given by the Gambia Football Federation to qualify the Baby Scorpions to the Total Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania 2019.
The Gambia is joined with Mali and Liberia and will open its account on Sunday September 9 at the Stade Alassane Djigo at 6:30pm.
The two finalists from the qualifiers will sail through to the final tournament in Tanzania.
The Gambia, one of four successful nations in the U-17 with two titles, appeared in the U-17 four times, winning the championship twice in 2005, when it hosted it and in 2009 in Algeria.
The qualifiers for the U-17 will for the first time play on a regional basis to determine the seven teams to join hosts Tanzania for next year’s final tournament.
The final 20-man squad are:
- Baboucarr Janteh
- Malick Senghore
- Pa Saikou Sarjo
- Bakary Jawara
- Ansu Saidy
- Modou Basiru Mutairu
- Ebrima Jaiteh
- Bai Biram Njie
- Sainey Sanyang
- Ismail Baldeh
- Famara Camara
- Ousman Gomez
- Matarr Gaye
- Sheikh Omar Faye
- Abdou Jarju
- Kebbba M. Sallah
- Alagie Gibba
- Salieu Goode
- Sheriffo Manneh
- Kebba Molley
Technical staff:
- William Abraham – Head of Delegation
- Sadibou Kamaso – Team Manager
- Abdoulie bojang – Head Coach
- Foday Bah – Assistant Coach
- Adama Jatta – Goalkeeper trainer
- Ousman Manneh – Medic
- Dawda Danso – Physio
- Omar K. Phatty – Kits Manager
- Alagie Nyassi – Grassroots coordinator
