Ghana’s U23 lads departed Accra for Maputo on Thursday, for their upcoming U-23 Africa Cup of Nations second round 1 leg qualifier against Mozambique.

Twenty- two players made the trip together with technical staff and officials of the Black Meteors.

The team is expected to arrive in Maputo on Friday morning after a brief transit in Johannesburg.

Coach Ibrahim Tanko’s side are poised to secure a positive result away in Maputo ahead of the return leg which will be played at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi on October 30.

The winner of the two legs will progress to the next round of the qualifiers as search for a ticket to the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco intensifies.

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.

Kick off is on Sunday, October 23 at the Estadio Nacional do Zimpeto.

List Players that made the trip:

1 IBRAHIM DANLAD
2 ESSU WILLIAM EMMANUEL
3 RANDOLF AUGUSTINE
4 SARFO ALEX OPOKU
5 ESSEL AARON
6 AFRANE DAVID OPPONG
7 ABBEY-ASHIE QUAYE SAMUEL
8 AMANKWAH EUGENE AMPOFOH
9 NSOBILA DOMINIC
10 SURAJ SEIDU
11 IBRAHIM HAFIZ
12 SAMARI SALIFU ABASS
13 ADJEI EMMANUEL
14 HAGAN FRIMPONG
15 SIMBA SYLVESTER
16 DEDE ISHMAEL
17 DUODU CLINTON
18 AFRIYIE BARNIEH DANIEL
19 YUSIF ABDUL RAZAK
20 SEBEH ISAAC AKWASI
21 ANIM BISMARK
22 BAFFOUR PHILOMON