Posts Tagged ‘U23 Afcon’
Afcon U23: Black Meteors to begin training this evening in Cairo
Ghana Black Meteors will commence training this evening in Cairo after arriving in Egypt on Monday evening The team which consist of 19 playing contingents and technical members will hold their first training session ahead of preparations for their opening clash against Cameroon on Friday, November 8 Ghana is competing at the tournament for the…
Read MoreAfcon U23: Ghana Football Association president and other Exco members sees off Black Meteors as they depart for Egypt
The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku and some members of the Executive Council were at the Kotoka International Airport to see off the national Under 23 team, the Black Meteors for the African Under 23 Championship in Egypt The President was accompanied by Messrs Randy Abbey, Kingsley Osei Bonsu and Samuel Anim…
Read MorePHOTOS: Black Meteors depart for Egypt ahead of Afcon U23
The Black Meteors have departed Ghana for Egypt ahead of the upcoming Afcon U23 Championship in Egypt Head coach Ibrahim Tanko and his squad left the Accra Kotoka International Airport on Monday, November 4 enroute to Egypt to the tournament The tournament starts from the 8-22 of November with the last three teams making it…
Read MoreAfcon U33: Huge boost for the Black Meteors as frontman Ropapa Mensah is set to join team
Black Metoers has been boosted by the arrival of forward Ropapa Mensah ahead of the upcoming U23 AFCON tournament in Egypt His early return is as a result of his club’s Nashville SC elimination from the USL Eastern Conference semi-finals playoffs on Saturday night Ropapa Mensah played as a second half substitute as Nashville SC…
Read MoreBlack Meteors beat lower tier side Shooting Stars ahead of trip to Egypt
Black Meteors beat lower tier side Shooting Stars 2-0 in their final preparatory game ahead of their trip to Egypt A brace from Samuel Obeng on Saturday morning sealed victory for Coach Ibrahim Tanko and his team The U23 team will depart Ghana on Monday to Egypt ahead of the tournament which kick gets underway…
Read MoreAfcon U23: No Ghanaian match official for the upcoming tournament as Caf appoints three female officials on the list
Ahead of the upcoming Afcon U23 in Egypt this month, Caf have appointed match officials for the upcoming tournament and there isn’t any Ghanaian on the list For the second time in male Caf competitions, the appointment committee has named three female officials on the list ahead of the tournament The first of such was…
Read MoreAfcon U23: Black Meteors head coach Ibrahim Tanko announce squad ahead of tournament in Egypt
Head coach of the Ghana U23 team Ibrahim Tanko has released a 21-man squad for the upcoming U23 Africa Cup of Nations Championship in Egypt this month The squad comprises eleven foreign based players and ten local based players with notably exclusion of midfield dynamo Majeed Ashimeru and left back Gideon Mensah as their respective…
Read MoreAfcon U23: Black Meteors to embark on two weeks training camp in Egypt ahead of the Afcon U23 Championship
The Black Meteors of Ghana will embark on two weeks training camp in Egypt ahead of the upcoming Africa U23 Championship to be hosted in Egypt after the Ghana Football Association has approved of the move by the technical and management handlers of the National U23 team The team led by head coach Ibrahim Tanko…
Read More2019 AFCON U-23: Coach Ibrahim Tanko Names All-Local 18 Man Squad
After dramatically qualifying the Black Meteors for the 2019 U-23 African Cup of Nations in Egypt, coach Ibrahim Tanko has hit the ground running with preparations as he named 18 man squad. He has invited 18 local players to the Black Meteors camp Ahmed of the tournament in November. See full squad below: Goalkeepers Kwame…
Read MoreAFCON U-23: Black Meteors Drawn in A ‘Group of Death’
The draw for the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations was held at the Haramlek Palcae in the iconic Montaza Complex in Alexandria. The draw saw the eight teams drawn into two groups of four. The host Egypt were seeded in Group A (position 1), and the defending champions Nigeria were seeded Group B (position…
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