The Black Stars have opened a nine-day camping in Kumasi on Monday, January 2, 2024 ahead of the AFCON 2023 to be staged in Cote D’Ivoire.
Twenty-four players arrived and trained on the first day of the camp at the Dr Kwame Kyei Sports Complex.
The team was initially scheduled to camp in South Africa and play a friendly match against Botswana, but the plans were changed due to public backlash and financial implications. The Black Stars is now camping in Kumasi and have friendly encounter on January 8, 2024 against Namibia in preparation towards the Afcon which commences on Saturday, Jan 13, 2024 and ends on Feb 11, 2024. The team’s training sessions in Kumasi will be behind closed doors, with no access granted to the public and media, except for a dedicated session with the media.
Among the 24 players who actively participated in Tuesday’s training were notable figures such as Joseph Wollacott, Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Alidu Seidu, Denis Odoi, Kingsley Schindler, Gideon Mensah, Abdul Fatawu Hamid, Nicholas Opoku, and Daniel Amartey, Salisu Mohammed, Alexander Djiku, Baba Iddrisu, Elisha Owusu, Abdul Samed Salis, Richmond Lamptey, Majeed Ashimeru, Andre Ayew, Ransford Yeboah Koningsdorffer, Osman Bukari, Joseph Painstil, Ernest Nuamah, Antoine Semenyo, and Jonathan Sowah.
