The National U23 will begin residential camp today, Wednesday at the  Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Pampram to begin preparations for the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.

Coach Ibrahim Tanko has invited 27 players ahead of the AFCON Qualifiers.

Six players of the victorious Black Galaxies team, namely, Augustine Randolph, Suraj Seidu, Dominic Nsobila, Samuel Osei Kuffuor, Danlad Ibrahim and Daniel Afriyie Barnieh have been excused from the first week of camping.

The Black Meteors failed to qualify for Beijing 2008 and even though they were at the 2011 All-Africa Games, the Ghana Olympic football team failed to qualify for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship, thus did not participate in London 2012.