Malawi National Football Team Coach, Ronny van Geneugden, has named a 27-member provisional squad ahead of the June 10\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations\u2019 home qualifier against the Comoros Islands.<\/p>\n
The surprise inclusion in the squad is last season\u2019s TNM Super League top scorer Richard Mbulu, who now plays for Costa do Sol in Mozambique, whereas South Africa\u2019s Golden Arrows forward Chiukepo Msowoya, who has not scored in six months, has been excluded.<\/p>\n
Nyasa Big Bullets striker Muhammad Sulumba, midfielder Chimango Kayira, deposed captain Dave Banda, Harvey Nkacha and Manase Chiyesa from Kamuzu Barracks have also been dropped alongside Be Forward Wanderers sweeper Lucky Malata, attacker Joseph Kamwendo and Silver Strikers\u2019 keeper Brighton Munthali.<\/p>\n
Another notable inclusion in the squad, which regrouped Tuesday after briefly suspending camp training due to lack of funds, is Tanzania-based goalkeeper Owen Chaima from Mbeya City FC.<\/p>\n
The former Bullets\u2019 custodian is back alongside Mozambique\u2019s HC Songo goalkeeper Charles Swini, midfielder Frank Banda and his Ferroviaro de Nampula\u2019s elder brother John.<\/p>\n
As expected, South Africa Premier Soccer League-winning striker Gabadinho Mhango from Bidvest Wits has made the squad alongside Captain, Limbikani Mzava, of Golden Arrows, Platinum Stars\u2019 Gerald Phiri Junior and Robert Ng\u00e1mbi.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Wanderers and Silver have pleaded with Football Association of Malawi (Fam) to exempt the two clubs\u2019 players from the national team camp for them to concentrate on Saturday\u2019s Airtel Top 8 Cup final scheduled for Bingu National Stadium.<\/p>\n
Silver General Secretary, Thabo Nyirenda, said they need to prepare for the final against Wanderers with a full house.<\/p>\n
However, Fam General Secretary, Alfred Gunda, said the coach has indicated that it would not be possible to exempt the players.<\/p>\n
Full squad: <\/strong><\/p>\n Goalkeepers<\/strong>: Lemani Nthala (Kamuzu Barracks), Ernest Kakhobwe (Nyasa Big Bullets), Swini (Songo, Mozambique), Chaima (Mbeya FC).<\/p>\n Defenders<\/strong>: Simeon Singa (Wizards), Chikoti Chirwa (Red Lions), Ng\u00e1mbi, Phiri (Stars, SA), Levison Maganizo (Silver Strikers).<\/p>\n Midfielders\/ wingers<\/strong>: Simeon Singa (Wizards), Chikoti Chirwa (Red Lions), Ng\u00e1mbi, Phiri (Stars, SA), Levison Maganizo (Silver Strikers).<\/p>\n Strikers: <\/strong><\/p>\n Binwell Katinji (Silver Strikers), Yamikani Chester, Jabulani Linje (Be Forward Wanderers), Mbulu (Costa do Sol, Mozambique), Mhango (Wits, SA), Micium Mhone (Blue Eagles), Dalitso Sailesi (Nyasa Big Bullets), Innocent Bokosi (Red Lions), John Banda (Nampula, Mozambique), Frank Banda (Songo, Mozambique).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Malawi National Football Team Coach, Ronny van Geneugden, has named a 27-member provisional squad ahead of the June 10\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations\u2019 home qualifier against the Comoros Islands. The surprise inclusion in the squad is last season\u2019s TNM Super League top scorer Richard Mbulu, who now plays for Costa do Sol in Mozambique, whereas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47515,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47486\/revisions\/47515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}