DAKAR, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Senegal have named two new players from French clubs in a 20-man squad for a friendly match against Ghana on August 16.
New coaches Abdoulaye Sarr and Amara Traore, who have replaced the dismissed Frenchman Guy Stephan, have called up Rennes reserve goalkeeper Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye and 18-year-old Olympique Marseille forward Rachmane Barry for the match to be played at Reading in England.
The coaching duo have also recalled English-based Amdy Faye of Newcastle United and new West Bromwich Albion signing Diomansy Kamara. .
Next Tuesday's match serves as warm-up for Senegal's key World Cup qualifier away in Zambia on September 3 which the west Africans must win to keep up any hopes of a place n the World Cup finals in Germany next year. Senegal were quarter-finalists at the last World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye (Rennes, France), Tony Sylva (Lille, France)
Defenders: Habib Beye (Olympique Marseille, France), Ferdinand Coly (Perugia, Italy), Pape Malick Diakhate (Nancy, France), Lamine Diatta (Olympique Lyon, France), Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux, France), Boukhary Drame (Paris St Germain, France)
Midfielders: Issa Ba (Chateauroux, France), Aliou Cisse (Portsmouth, England), Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Bolton Wanderers, England), Amdy Faye (Newcastle United, England), Frederic Mendy (Saint-Etienne, France), Sylvain Ndiaye (Olympique Marseille, France), Ousmane Ndoye (Penafiel, Portugal)
Strikers: Rachmane Barry (Olympique Marseille, France), Henri Camara (Wigan Athletic, England), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers, England), Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion, England), Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille, France).
