Harambee Starlets name provisional squad for U20 World Cup Qualifiers
2nd October 2023
The Kenyan youngsters are scheduled to start their campaign against West African nation Angola.
- The Kenyan youngsters are scheduled to start their campaign against West African nation Angola.
- The first leg will be played between Friday, October 6 and Sunday, October 8 in Nairobi while the return leg is expected to take place a week later.
- Three teams will proceed to the next stage where they will square it out with other 29 nations that were exempted from the first round.
Harambee Starlets tactician Beldine Odemba
has announced the Under 20 squad for the upcoming 2024 FIFA World Cup
qualifiers.
The Kenyan youngsters are scheduled to
start their campaign against West African nation Angola.
The first leg will be played between
Friday, October 6 and Sunday, October 8 in Nairobi while the return leg is
expected to take place a week later.
Three teams will proceed to the next stage
where they will square it out with other 29 nations that were exempted from the
first round.
Only two countries are expected to
represent the continent at the global edition slated for Thursday, September 5
to Sunday, September 22 in Colombia.
The backline has the likes of Dorcas
Glenda, Charity Luhavi, Elizabeth Ochaka, Velma Kaveza and Mollyne
Akinyi.
Odemba has called 10 midfielders including
Jane Hato, Clotilda Auma, Jerrine Adhiambo, Rebecca Kwoba, Rachel Adhiambo, and
Faith Atieno.
Nakuru City Queens FC star Elizabeth
Muteshi, and Kayole Starlets’ Anno Halima Dima have also made it to the
professional squad.
Odemba, who guided the senior team to the
next round of the 2024 African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) after edging
favorites Cameroon in penalty shootout has gone with a strong forward line up.
Ulinzi Starlets attacker Fasila “Kamama”
Adhiambo, Valerie Nekesa, Emily Okute, Faith Naliaka, Charity Midewa and Anne
Nabwire have received calls up to the Rising Starlets camp.
Lugari Progressive duo of Elizabeth Mideva
and Marion Serenge, who helped their team bag the Kakamega County Safaricom
Chapa Dimba title over the weekend are also expected to join the team.
Rising Starlets Professional Squad
Goalkeepers
Nelly Achieng, Judith Okumu, Scovia Awour,
Christine Omolo
Defenders
Dorcas Glenda, Ruth Akinyi, Charity Luhavi,
Mollyine Akinyi, Velma Kaveza, Purity Awino, Anne Brenda, Elizabeth Ochaka
Midfielders
Jane Hato, Clotilda Auma, Jerrine Adhiambo,
Rebecca Kwoba, Rachel Adhiambo, Faith Atieno, Elizabeth Muteshi, Anno Halima
Dima, Hellen Auma, Susan Akoth
Forwards
Valerie Nekesa, Emily Okute, Faith Naliaka,
Charity Midewa, Anne Nabwire, Elizabeth Mideva, Fasila Adhiambo, Marion Serenge