Malawi Under 20 Women’s National Team head coach Maggie Chombo has named a 27-member squad to begin preparations for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup preliminary round qualifiers against Guinea Bissau scheduled for February.
Chombo has recalled 18 players who were part of the squad that faced South Sudan in the second preliminary round of the U20 World Cup qualifiers played in September last year.
The team is expected to enter camp in Blantyre on 26 January.
Malawi will begin their World Cup qualifying campaign away in Bissau on 7 February before hosting the return leg at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday, 14 February.
The winner on aggregate will advance to the final qualifying round, where they will face the winner between Nigeria and Senegal.
The full squad is as follows:
GOALKEEPERS:
Ireen Sibande (Silver Strikers Ladies), Fortune Bwitubwitu (Ekhaya FC Women), Emily Nkhwazi (Kukoma Ntopwa Women)
DEFENDERS:
Maureen Keneth (Ascent Soccer Academy), Olivia Phikani (Kukoma Ntopwa Women), Talandira Chinyamvula (Ascent Soccer Academy), Emily Samuel (Civil Service Women), Effa Msukwa (FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women), Alefa Nsoka (FACT), Judith Dzowawasa (Chitoliro Heroines)
MIDFIELDERS:
Leticia Chinyamula (Ascent Soccer Academy), Victoria Mkwala (Ascent Soccer Academy), Anna Baziliyo (Civil Service Women), Enelesi Fabiano (Mzuzu City Hammers Queens), Funny Moyo (Mighty Wanderers Queens), Sarah Mulimbika (Kukoma Ntopwa Women), Carolyne Mlezo (FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women), Alinafe Milanzi (Civil Service Women), Hope Chikumba (Ekhaya FC Women) Linda manda ( Silver Strikers Ladies)
FORWARDS:
Fatima Lali (Ascent Soccer Academy), Kondawo Banda (Kukoma Ntopwa Women), Vanessa Issa (FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women), Grace Kakangula (Silver Strikers Ladies), Evelyn Dallas (FACT), Mayamiko Mkandawire (Ascent Soccer Academy), Mary Chindeya (Kukoma Ntopwa Women)
