Finally, after a week of anticipating the call-ups, the squad Black Stars of Ghana has been released.

The announcement of the squad comes a day after interim head coach Kim Lars Bjoekegren arrived in the country.

Many speculated the names of local players to be added. Some of the speculated names turned out to be true, others, not.

Aside from the Hearts of Oak goalie, Benjamin Asare, who is a mainstay in the team, four other locally based players were called.

Isaac Afful and Musa Hamzata of FC Samartex and Asante Kotoko respectively are named in the defensive department.

One player, keen followers of the Ghana Premier League would happy to seen in the team is Etse Dogli.

The midfielder of Medeama SC has been impressive since the 2025-2026 season during his time at former club Heart of Lions.

Emmanuel Annor makes up five GPL stars to be named in the squad ahead of the 2027 AFCON qualifiers against Somalia this month.