2021 AFCON
CECAFA teams Sudan, Ethiopia to face-off in AFCON build-up tie
Sudan and Ethiopia will play in an international friendly match in Yaounde, Cameroon on December 30th.
The two teams from the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) region will use the match to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 which runs in Cameroon between January 9th to February 6th.
The Sudan team arrived in Yaounde this afternoon and head coach Burhan Tia confirmed that they will play Ethiopia and later face Zimbabwe in another friendly match on January 2nd, 2022.
The coach said he will trim the 34 man squad after the two friendly matches in Yaounde.
Sudan who also played in the recent FIFA Arab Cup 2021 in Qatar is placed in Group D alongside Guinea Bissau, Nigeria and Egypt.
]The 33rd edition of the AFCON that will feature 24 teams will take place January 9th to February 6th in Cameroon.
The Falcons of Jediane will start their campaign against Guinea-Bissau on January 11, before facing the Super Eagles of Nigeria on January 15th. Tia’s team will face Egypt on January 19th in the last group match.
Sudan Squad
Goalkeepers: Ali Abdalla, Ishag Adam (Al Hilal), Mohamed Almustafa (Al Merreikh)
Defenders: Salahalden Nimir, Mustafa Mohamed (Al Merriekh), Mazin Mohamdin (Touti), Mohamed Kesra ( Hay Alarab Port Sudan), Amar Kano (Hay Alwady Nyala), Ali Mohamed (Al Hilal Port Sudan), Alsadig Musa (Alshorta Algadarif), Amgad Esmaeal (Al Ahli Shendi), Muayad Abdin (Alamal Atbara), Ahmed Amin (Forgouda, Sweden)
Midfielders: Mohamed Alrashed, Dyaa Mahgoub (Al Merreikh), Alshaikh Mohamed (Khartoum Watani), Waliadeen Khider, Abdarazig Yagoub, Gumaa Abas (Al Hilal), Sherif Omer (Al Hilal Alfashir), Mohamed Almonzir ( Al Hilal Obied), Mugtaba Almardi, Mohamed Alhag (Al Ahli Shendi), Ahmed Bashir, Suliman Hamid (Alamal Atbara), Awad Zayed (Al Ahli Khartoum)
Strikers: Mohamed abdulrahman(Al Hilal), Algozoli Hussain, Mohammed Aballa (Al Merreikh), Mustafa Ahmed (Al Ahli Shendi), Mohamed Hasoun (Hay Alwadi Nyala), Suliman Zakrya (Alamal Atbara), Musab Ahmed (Al Hilal Obied), Yasin Hamid (Spartcus, Hungary)