Uganda Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredejovic has called 30 players to camp ahead of the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier game against the Black Stars of Ghana.
Some notable names that were part of the team broke the 38-year jinx to qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals like Hassan Wasswa Mawanda, who has no club at the moment and KCCA striker Geofrey Sserunkuma were omitted. Locally based players will start training on October 1, while professionals will fly directly to the camp in Lome Togo on Monday October 3, ahead of a friendly with Togo the next day. The Cranes will lock horns with Ghana’s Black Stars in Tamale on Friday, October 7.
Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Salim Jamal (El Merriekh, Sudan), Benjamin Ochan (KCCA, Uganda), Ismail Watenga (Vipers, Uganda)
Defenders: Nicholas Wadada (Vipers), Dennis Iguma (Al Ahed, Lebanon), Joseph Nsubuga (SC Villa), Isaac Isinde, Murushid Jjuuko (Simba), Rashid Toha (Onduparaka), Timothy Awany (KCCA), Halid Lwaliwa (Vipers), Joseph Ochaya (KCCA), Godfrey Walusimbi (Gor Mahia, Kenya)
Midfielders: Mike Azira (Colorado Rapids, USA), Geofrey ‘Baba’ Kizito (Than Quảng Ninh, Vietnam), Aucho Khalid (Baroka, South Africa), Ivan Ntege (KCCA), Moses Oloya (Kuban Krasnodar, Russia), Tonny Mawejje (Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, Iceland), William Luwagga Kizito (Rio Ave, Portugal), Abdulmalick Vitalis Tabu (SC Villa).
Strikers: Hamis ‘Diego’ Kizza (Free State Stars, SA),Geofrey Massa (Baroka, SA), mmanuel Arnold Okwi (Sondjerskey, Denmark), Yunus Sentamu (Ilves, Finnland), Farouk Miya (Standard Liege, Denmark), Erisa Ssekisambu (Vipers), Muhammed Shaban (Onduparaka), Edrisa Lubega (Proline).