Harambee Stars coach Engin Firat has named the travelling team for the AFCON 2025 qualifier matches against Zimbabwe and Namibia, scheduled for September 6 and 10, 2024.
The team includes three goalkeepers, Levis Opiyo (AFC Leopards), Patrick Matasi( Tusker FC), and Byrne Omondi (KCB).
Defenders making the list are Sharrif Majabe(Bandari FC), Joseph Okumu(Reims-France), Johnstone Omurwa(Estrela da Amadora -Portugal), Amos Nondi(FC Ararat-Armenia ), Abud Omar(Kenya Police), Eric Ouma(Raków Częstochowa - Poland), Sylvester Owino (Gor Mahia), and Alphonce Omija(Gor Mahia).
The midfield area will have Chris Erambo(Tusker FC), Richard Odada(Dundee United- Scotland), Anthony Akumu(Kheybar Khorramabad - Iran), Kenneth Muguna(Kenya Police), Eric Johanna (FC UTA Arad- Romania), Ronney Onyango(Gor Mahia), Austine Odhiambo (Gor Mahia), Duke Abuya (Young Africans - Tanzania), and Timothy Ouma (IF Elsborg- Sweden).
The attacking forwards will comprise John Avire(Misr el Makasa-Egypt), Michael Olunga(Al-Duhail - Qatar) Jonah Ayunga(St Mirren - Scotland), Benson Omalla (Gor Mahia), and Victor Omune (AFC Leopards).
Foreign-based players—Captain Olunga, Ayunga, Ouma, Okumu, and Odada are set to join the team in Uganda.
The first match will be an encounter against Zimbabwe on September 6, 2024, in Uganda followed by another match against Namibia on September 10, 2024, in South Africa.
The team is expected to depart for Uganda on Monday, September 2, 2024, and travel to South Africa on Saturday, September 7, 2024.
