Ghana names a 28-man squad to begin preparations for next year's African Nations Championship - CHAN - on December 17.

Only one second-tier player, Joseph Larweh from Tema Youth makes the list which is dominated by players from Premier League.

The selected players are to report to camp at the M-Plaza Hotel in Accra at 10:00am.

The home-based national team, who won the GoTV Wafu Cup last month are paired in Group C with Libya, Ethiopia and Congo for the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa.

The 16-nation tournament to be staged by South Africa will kick-off on 11 January and finishes on 1 February 2014.


Selected squad

Goalkeepers: Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars) Foli Adade (Medeama) Isaac Amoako (Asante Kotoko) 

Defenders: Godfred Saka (Aduana Stars), Tijani Joshua (AshantiGold) Francis Morton (Ebusua Dwarfs) Emmanuel Asante (Bechem United) Kwabena Adusei and Abeiku Ainooson (Asante Kotoko) Nuru Sulley (Hearts of Oak) Alfred Nelson (Liberty Professionals) Attamah Larweh Joseph (Tema Youth) 

Midfielders: Michael Akuffo, Jordan Opoku, Richard Mpong and Yahaya Mohammed (Asante Kotoko) Jackson Owusu (Berekum Chelsea) Moro Abubakar (Hearts of Oak) Edmund Owusu-Ansah (Heart of Lions) Daniel Darkwah (Aduana Stars) Theophilus Anobaah (Medeama) Aseidu Attorbrah (New Edubiase) Latif Mohammed and Francis Adjei (AshantiGold) 

Strikers: Sulley Mohammed (King Faisal) Richard Gadze (Ebusua Dwarfs) Samuel Yeboah (Hearts of Lions) Kennedy Boateng (Medeama)