Ghana’s national football team coach, Kwesi Appiah, has expanded his initial World Cup squad to 26 players. The additional players are goalkeeper Razak Brimah from CD Guadalaraja (Spain), defender Kwabena Adusei from Asante Kotoko (Ghana), midfielder Yussif Chibsah Rahman from Sassuolo (Italy), and forward Mahatma Otto from Sogndal (Norway).
After a friendly match against the Netherlands on May 31, three players will be dropped from the squad, reducing it to the final 23 players for the World Cup.
Ghana, known as the Black Stars, reached the quarter-finals in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but were eliminated by Uruguay in a penalty shootout.
In Group G for the upcoming World Cup, Ghana will face Germany, Portugal, and the United States. Their first match is against the United States on June 16 at the Arena das Dunas in Natal.
Here’s the complete 26-man squad:
Goalkeepers: Adam Kwarasey (Strömsgodset IF/Nor), Fatau Dauda (Orlando Pirates/AfS), Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars)
Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (Platanias Chania/Grè), Daniel Opare (Standard/BEL), Harrison Afful (Esperance Tunis/Tun), Jeffrey Schullp (Leicester City/D2 Ang), John Boye (Stade Rennais/Fra), Jonathan Mensah (FC Évian Thonon Gaillard/Fra), Jerry Akaminko (Eskisehirspor/Tur), Rashid Sumaila (Mamelodi Sundowns FC/Afs)
Midfielders: Michael Essien (AC Milan/Ita), Mohammed Rabiu (Kuban Krasnodar/Rus), Agyemang Badu (Udinese/Ita), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus/Ita), Sulley Muntari (AC Milan/Ita), Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough/D2 Ang), Wakasu Mubarak (Rubin Kazan/Rus), Christian Atsu (Vitesse Arnhem/PB), David Accam (Helsingborgs IF/Sweden), Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille/Fra), Afriyie Acquah (FC Parma/ Ita)
Forwards: Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ain FC.EAU), Kevin Prince Boateng (Schalke 04/All), Abdul Majeed Waris (FC Valenciennes/Fra), Jordan Ayew (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard/Fra)
Tags: Ghana, Kwesi Appiah, World Cup squad, Black Stars
