Desmond Ofei names Ghana's Black Meteors squad for the U-23 AFCON qualifier in Libya
Barcelona B's Aziz Issah leads eight foreign-based players as Ghana chase a first Olympic football place since 2004.
Accra — Ghana U-23 coach Desmond Ofei has named a 23-man Black Meteors squad for the first leg of their CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, in Benghazi on Wednesday 11 November.
The squad
Barcelona B forward Aziz Issah leads eight foreign-based players, alongside David Oduro (Annecy), Oscar Frimpong (Real Madrid II), Aaron Essel (Sacramento Republic), Phyenyin-Denis Marfo (SC Internacional), Lord Afrifa (SC Austria Lustenau), Joseph Opoku (Swansea City) and Dan Adu-Adjei (HNK Rijeka).
The home-based players include Hubert Gyau and Emmanuel Sanja of Asante Kotoko, Kelvin Nkrumah of Medeama, Alidu Labaran of Vision FC, Raymond Agyemang of Aduana, Ishmael Addo of Heart of Lions, Eric Wiafe of Swedru All Blacks, Owusu Ansah of Port City and Firdaus Mohammed of Steadfast.
The road to the finals
The winner over two legs faces Equatorial Guinea or Niger in the next round. Three qualifying rounds will decide the seven teams joining hosts Egypt at the eight-team finals in 2027.
The Black Meteors are trying to end Ghana's long absence from men's Olympic football: the country last played at the Games in Athens in 2004.
Source: Ghana Football Association, November 2026.
