If  you have not notice it then i want to bring it to your notice that Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah did not call any local player for the crucial game against Zambia. The tension in this game and the return of some senior players to the Black Stars gave the coach a tough time in selection as he did not give attention to any local player.

All the 26 man squad called for the game are foreign based players . Ghana is currently on top of Group D and will need to avoid defeat to reach the final phase of the 2014 World Cup.

Following is the squad:

Goalkeepers: 

Fatau Dauda (Orlando Pirates, South Africa)

Adam Kwarasey (Stromgodset, Norway)

Razak Braimah (Guadalajara, Spain)

Defenders:

Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro, Ukraine)

Daniel Opare (Standard Liege, Belgium)

Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia)

Kissi Boateng (TP Mazembe, DR Congo)

John Boye (Rennes, France)

Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France)

Rashid Sumaila (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa)

Mohammed Awal (Maritzburg United, South Africa)

Midfielders:

Rabiu Mohammed (Kuban Krasnodar, Russia)

Yussif Raman Chibsah (Sassuolo, Italy)

Michael Essien (Chelsea, England)

Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy)

Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese, Italy)

Albert Adomah (Middlesbrough, England)

Solomon Asante (TP Mazembe, DR Congo)

Mubarak Wakaso (Espanyol, Spain)

Christian Atsu (Chelsea, England)

Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht, Belgium)

Strikers:

Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE)

Andre Ayew (Marseille, France)

Kevin Prince Boateng (Schalke 04, Germany)

Abdul Majeed Waris (Spartak Moscow, Russia)

Mahatma Otoo (Sogndal, Norway)