The Kenya U20 team is set to take their counterparts from Sudan in a friendly clash on Monday afternoon.
The match will Kick Off at 3pm at the MISC Kasarani and will be behind closed doors with the match being part of the team’s preps ahead of the CECAFA U20 Tournament slated for Tanzania.
The Rising Stars have been pooled in Group C of the tournament alongside Ethiopia and Sudan with Group A having hosts Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, and Djibouti; Group B comprising of Burundi, Eritrea, South Sudan, and Uganda.
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The top teams in each of the three groups will proceed to the tournament’s semi-finals, alongside one best runner-up with the finalists earning an automatic slot at the Africa U20 Cup of Nations.
The team reported to camp last week and has already played a friendly game against FKFPL side Wazito FC.
The 27 players in camp include:
Goalkeepers: Maxwell Mulili (AFC Leopards), Bixente Otieno ( Wazito), Elvis Ochieng (City Stars)
Defenders: Boniface Mwangemi (Kariobangi Sharks), Omar Somobwana (AFC Leopards), Joseph Levin (Naivas), Wardfine Akhatsika (Chebuyusi High School), Kelvin Mose (Uweza), Alphonse Omija (Gor Mahia), Frank Odhiambo (Gor Mahia), Lewis Bandi (AFC Leopards), Fredrick Alushula (Kariobangi Sharks), Rolland Ashimoto (Kakamega High School), Steiner Musasia (Talanta), Nicholas Omondi (Gor Mahia), Keith Imbali (Gor Mahia Youth)
Midfielders: Enoch Wanyama (Ligi Ndogo), Ronald Reagan (Kariobangi Sharks), Alphonse Washe (Bandari), Hamid Mohammed (Bandari), Danson Kiprono (Zoo), Ian Simiyu (Nzoia Sugar), Austine Odhiambo (AFC Leopards), Mwakio Kisaka (Riruta United), Timothy Ouma (Nairobi City Stars), Telvin Maina (Kisumu All-Stars), Arnold Onyango (USA)
Forwards: Benson Omala (Gor Mahia), Henry Meja (Tusker), Stephen Otieno (Bongonaya), Kappen Samuel (Liberty), Sellasie Otieno (Nzoia Sugar), Unaiz Shajani (Starfield Elite FC)
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