The Uganda Cranes interim coach Moses Basena addressed the media during a press conference held at FUFA House in Mengo, Kampala on Wednesday afternoon, naming 27 players for the upcoming 3rd 2018 World Cup qualification match against Egypt.
According to Basena the players will later be trimmed to 18 players.
Kizito Luwagga returns to the squad after he promised not to play for the national team again if Micho is the coach after the AFCON campaign in January.
The team will continue with the training sessions at Mandela national Stadium, Namboole today evening with the available players. The foreign-based players will join with the team over the weekend.
The first leg will be played on Thursday, 31 August at Mandela National stadium.
This weekend, the team will travel for the national team regional tours in North East (Bukedea).
Previously the Cranes have also visited the Western Region (Mbarara), North East (Soroti), Northern (Gulu), Kitara (Masindi), West Nile (Arua), Buganda region and the Eastern Region (Mbale).
Egypt currently leads Group D with six points, followed by Uganda with four points, Ghana with one point, and Congo with zero points.
Named Team:
Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Robert Odongkara (St George, Ethiopia), Ismail Watenga (Vipers), Benjamin Ochan (KCCA)
Defenders: Nico Wakiro Wadada (Vipers), Isaac Muleme (KCCA), Timothy Dennis Awany (KCCA), Murushid Juuko (Simba, Tanzania), Bernard Muwanga (SC Villa Jogoo), Geofrey ‘Jajja Walu’ Walusimbi (Gor Mahia, Kenya), Dennis Iguma (Al Ahed, Lebanon), Paul Musamali (KCCA), Isaac Isinde (Buildcon, Zambia)
Midfielders: Aucho Khalid (Unattached), Geofrey ‘Baba’ Kizito (Than Quảng Ninh, Vietnam), Ivan ‘Kojja’ Ntege (Township Rollers, Botswana), Muzamiru Mutyaba (KCCA), Moses Waiswa (Vipers), Shafiq Kagimu (URA), William Luwagga Kizito (CSM Politehnica Iași, Romania), Wasswa Hassan Mawanda (Njimeh Lebanon), Joseph Ochaya (Lusaka Dynamos, Zambia)
Strikers: Derrick Nsibambi (KCCA), Geofrey Sserunkuma (Buildcon, Zambia), Emmanuel Okwi (Simba, Tanzania), Milton Karisa (Vipers), Faruku Miya (Standard Liege, Belgium)
