A few days to the start of Ghana’s campaign in the 2025 CAF Under 20 AFCON in Egypt, the squad members of Ghana’s National Men’s Football Under 20 Team-the Black Satellites- have been officially released.
Ghana’s squad is headlined by 2024 CAF Young Player of the Year Nominee Abdul Aziz Issah of Barcelona B, former Bechem United star winger Clinton Duodu of Apollon Limassol, Jerry Afriyie of CD Lugo.
The tournament kicked off on April 27 in the North African nation; Cote D’Ivoire was scheduled to host the competition before withdrawing from hosting duties a month ago.
Ghana’s campaign in Egypt commences on Friday, May 2 with a matchup against D.R. Congo at 18:00 GMT at the Suez Stadium.
The Black Satellites are in Group C with defending champions Senegal, Central African Republic and D.R. Congo with the top two ranked nations after a round robin format of games set to qualify automatically to the quarterfinals.
Head coach Desmond Offei is aiming to build on his profile that already has a gold medal win at the 2023 African Games and a silver medal at the WAFU Tournament. Scroll down to view the full list of players.
Goalkeepers
- Gidios Aseako-Dreams FC
- Yakubu Saeed- Medeama
- P. Arthur- Unattached
Defenders
- Dacosta Antwi- Young Apostles
- Nana Kwame Boakye- FC Sheriff
- Denis Marfo- Internacional
- Maxwell Azafokpe- Tudu Mighty Jets
Midfielders
- McCarthy Ofori- Bylis
- Kelvin Ahiable- Dreams FC
- Ishmael Addo- Heart of Lions
- Aaron Essel- North Texas SC
- Hayford Boahen- Cheetah FC
- Edmund Asante- Vision FC
- Araphat Mohammed- FC Nordsjaelland
Attackers
- Emmanuel Mensah- Sogndal
- Joseph Opoku- Zulte Waregem
- Dennis Ameyaw Appiah-Kubi- Unattached
- Abdul Hakim Sulemana- Randers
- Jerry Afriyie- CD Lugo
- George Tei Nagadzi- Vision FC
- Andrews Adjabeng- Real Sociedad C
- Michael Amer- Nice Ibrahim Sporting Club
- Aziz Issah- Barcelona B
- Clinton Duodu- Apollon Limassol
- Kelvin Nkrumah- Medeama
- Aziz Musibau- Dreams FC
