Amajimbos coach Molefi Ntseki has named his 25-man squad for the Cosafa U-17 Championship, taking place in Mauritius from 21-30 July.
Bidvest Wits Academy star Junior Kiba, Ajax Cape Town’s Dante Brown and Olefile Ramatlo have been included in Nteski’s provisional selection.
Amajimbos will be hoping for a better performance in this year’s edition after the narrow 5-4 penalty defeat suffered at the hands of Naminbia in the last edition.
“We have had a good weekend and are happy with the level of talent the players possess. Of course there is still a lot of work to be done before our opening match.
” We have kept four additional players; which we will make a final decision on later today but I am happy to say that we have the core squad” said coachNtseki.
They will kick off their campaign aganist Mozambique on Friday,21 July before a tricky encounter aganist Zambia two days later.
Their final group match will be ganist Madagascar on Tuesday 25 July.
GOALKEEPERS:
1. CONSTANDINO CHRISTODOULO Maritzburg United Academy SA)
2. THABANG MAEMA School of Excellence (SA)
3. SIPHO BUTA Supersport Academy (SA)
DEFENDERS
4. BONGOLWETHU SIYASI Ajax Cape Town Academy (SA)
5. STORM JONAS Wits Juniors (SA)
6. KIERON JACKS SuperSport United Academy (SA)
7. BARRY SITHOLE SuperSport United Academy (SA)
8. SIZWE NTANZI KZN Academy (SA)
9. KOKETSO MATHIBE SuperSport United Academy (SA)
10. BRYN DEELEY Alex Black Aces (SA)
11. JOSHUA MOMODU BidWits Academy (SA)
13. OMPHILE MOELETSI Platinum Stars Academy (SA)
14. JUNIOR KHIBA BidWits Academy (SA)
MIDFIELDERS:
15. JEAN-PIERRE JAFTHA Ajax Cape Town Academy (SA)
16. CADE ERICKSON Ajax Cape Town Academy (SA)
15. LUNGILE MAKHAMBI Augusto Palacios Academy (SA)
17. DANTE BROWN Ajax Cape Town Academy (SA)
18. AZOLA TSHOBENI Augusto Palacios Academy (SA)
19. MOHAMMED SHAHABODIEN BidWits Academy (SA)
20. JAMES McFARLANE Alex Black Aces (SA)
21. THABANI GUMEDE AmaZulu Academy (SA)
22. BOIKANYO SEGOTLONG Platinum Stars Academy (SA)
STRIKERS:
23. JUNIOR NARE Alex Black Aces (SA)
24. ALEX DA SILVA SuperSport United Academy (SA)
25. OLEFILE RAMATLO Meadowlands Academy (SA)
