Niger have selected an expansive group of 28 players to travel to Tanzania for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier when the visitors must win to stand any chance of going to next year’s finals.
Niger’s French coach Jean Michel Cavalli has chosen players from clubs in 15 different countries for the Group F clash in Dar-es-Salaam.
Niger sit bottom of the standings with two points from four matches and will be eliminated if they lose.
SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Habiboulaye Haïnikoye (Sahel SC), Omar Soumaïla (Gendarmerie Nationale), Mahamadou Tandja (ASFAN), Naïm van Attenhoven (Valenciennes, France)
Defenders: Rahim Alhassane (Rayo Majadahonda, Spain), Ousmane Diabaté (Olympique Zawiya, Libya), Yac Diori (Castellon, Spain),Nasser Garba (AS Douanes), Abdoulaye Karim (Dakkada, Nigeria), Abdoulaye Katkoré (AS Douanes), Souley Salamoun (Gombe United, Nigeria), Zakary Souleymane (Lyon La Duchère, France), Najeeb Yakubu (Ilves Tampere, Finland)
Midfielders: Hassane Adamou (Burgos, Spain), Mohamed Ali (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Kader Arzakou (AS Douanes), Youssouf Oumarou Balley (US Monastir, Tunisia), Abdel Magid Boubacar (Al Shorta, Iraq), Moumouni Darankoum (Sherrif Tiraspol, Moldova), Amadou Sabo (Club Africain, Tunisia), Mohamed Wonkoye (Horoya, Guinea)
Forwards: Victorien Adebayor (Renaissance Berkane, Morocco), Boubacar Haïnikoye, Boubacar Marou Ibrahim (both Gendarmerie Nationale), Djibrilla Issa (Zira FK, Azerbaijan), Seybou Koita (Oman FC, Oman), Zakary Junior Lambo (La Louvière, Belgium), Daniel Sosah (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine).