{"id":541823,"date":"2026-03-17T07:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:09:10","slug":"otto-addo-names-black-stars-squad-for-austria-and-germany-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/541823\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto Addo names Black Stars squad for Austria and Germany friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Players <\/a>Players of the Black Stars<\/p>\n

Otto Addo has named a 26-man squad for Ghana\u2019s upcoming international friendlies against Austria and Germany later in March 2026.<\/p>\n

The <\/a>Black Stars<\/a> will first travel to Vienna to face Austria on March 27, before heading to Stuttgart for a high-profile clash against Germany on March 30, 2026. <\/p>\n

The matches are expected to provide a strong test for Ghana as the team continues preparations for upcoming international competitions.<\/p>\n

Addo\u2019s squad features several new faces, with debut call-ups handed to Marvin Senaya, Derrick Luckassen, Daniel Agyei and Patric Pfeiffer. The quartet will be hoping to impress as they look to establish themselves in the national team setup.<\/p>\n

Among the goalkeepers selected are Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Benjamin Asare and Joseph Anang.<\/p>\n

In defence, Addo has called up players including Alexander Djiku, Jerome Opoku, Gideon Mensah and Derrick K\u00f6hn.<\/p>\n

The midfield will be anchored by experienced figures such as Thomas Partey and Elisha Owusu, alongside Ibrahim Sulemana and Kwasi Sibo.<\/p>\n

In attack, Ghana will rely on a mix of experience and youthful energy, with players like Jordan Ayew, I\u00f1aki Williams, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Antoine Semenyo and Kamal-Deen Sulemana leading the line.<\/p>\n

The friendlies are expected to allow Addo to assess his squad depth while integrating new players into the <\/a>Black Stars<\/a> setup.<\/p>\n

FKA\/BAI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Players of the Black Stars Otto Addo has named a 26-man squad for Ghana\u2019s upcoming international friendlies against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-541823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}