The interim coach of the Senegal national football team, Mayacine Mar, has announced the list of 23 players who will face Niger on November 14 in a friendly match. Notable inclusions in the squad include the return of Issiar Dia and the presence of Pape Pathé Diouf, who plays in Molde (Norway), and Victor Demba Bindia. The friendly match against Niger will serve as preparation for Senegal’s upcoming competition, scheduled for the end of March 2013, with a match against Angola in the 3rd round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
Here is the composition of the Senegal national team for the match against Niger:
Goalkeepers:
- Ousmane Mané (Diambars)
- Bouna Coundoul (EN Paralimni, Cyprus)
- Khadim Ndiaye (Kalmar, Sweden)
Defenders: 4. Lamine Sané (Bordeaux, France)
- Zargo Touré (Le Havre, France)
- Cheikh Mbengue (Toulouse, France)
- Pape Ndiaye Souaré (Reims, France)
- Cheikhou Kouyaté (Anderlecht, Belgium)
- Saliou Ciss and Kara Mbodj (Tromso, Norway)
- Abdoulaye Ba (FC Porto, Portugal)
- Victor Bindia (Sandefjord, Norway)
Midfield: 12. Idrissa Gana Guèye (Lille, France)
- Mohamed Diamé (West Ham, England)
- Pape Kouly Diop (Levante, Spain)
- Sadio Mané (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria)
- Pape Pathé Diouf (Molde, Norway)
Forwards: 17. Dame Ndoye (Lokomotiv, Moscow)
- Demba Ba and Papiss Demba Cissé (Newcastle, England)
- Moussa Konaté (Krasnodar, Russia)
- Moussa Sow (Fenerbahçe, Turkey)
- Issiar Dia (Lekhwiya, Qatar).