Flames coach Kalisto Pasuwa has named a 27-man squad for the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2024 qualifier against Comoros next week.
The Flames will face Comoros in an away assignment at Bingu National Stadium on Sunday March 2 and in a home fixture at the same venue on Saturday March 8.
CAF has confirmed the fixtures of the two matches with Comoros playing their home match in Malawi as they do not have a homologated venue.
Pasuwa, who was confirmed as Flames full time coach on a two-year deal last week, has maintained the bulk of the backroom staff he worked with during his tenure as interim coach during the last two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against Burkina Faso and Burundi in November last year.
The only two new faces are Team Doctor Felix Mwalule and Analysts Michael Ngole.
The winner between Malawi and Comoros will face the winner between South Africa and Egypt in the last round of the qualifiers with the winner of that tie booking a place at the final tournament to be held in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in August.
The Flames are expected to regroup at Mpira Village in Blantyre today.
The following is the full squad:
Goalkeepers: Richard Chimbamba (Nyasa Big Bullets), George Chikooka (Silver Strikers) Amos Sande (Ekhaya FC)
Defenders: Khumbo Banda (Premier Bet Dedza Dynamos), Cris Lwemba (Creck Sporting) McDonald Lameck, Maxwell Paipi, Nixon Mwase (Silver Strikers) Timothy Silwimba (Mighty wanderers), Alick Lungu (Nyasa Big Bullets), Joseph MacDonald (Ekhaya FC)
Midfielders: Moses Banda (Civo), Yankho Singo, Lloyd Aaron, Wongani Lungu, Chikumbutso Salima (Nyasa Big Bullets), Charles Nkhoma (Moyale), Auspicious Kazongola (Mafco), Zebron Kalima, Zebron Kalima (Silver Strikers) Gaddie Chirwa, Wallace Adam, Wisdom Mpinganjira (Mighty Wanderers)
Strikers: Allen Chihana (Karonga), Ephraim Kondowe (Nyasa Big Bullets), Olson Kanjira (Kamuzu Barracks), Saviel Emmanuel (Ekhaya)
Technical panel: Kalisto Pasuwa (Head Coach), Peter Mponda (First Assistant Coach), Prichard Mwanza (Second Assistant Coach), James Chilapondwa (Team manager), Simplex Nthala (Goalkeeper Trainer), Peter Mgangira (Fitness Trainer), Taonga Chimodzi and Michael Ngole (Data Analysts), Michael Mwalule (Team Doctor) Dexter Killi (Physiotherapist), Richard Justin (Equipment Manager.
