Vipers duo Najib Yiga and Siraje Ssentamu dropped as Cranes head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic confirmed his final CHAN squad.
Cranes have spent nine days in Tunisia and the squad has played three practice games against Sudan (2-2), Cameroon (1-1) and Mali (0-0) and all were played to stalemates.
“It’s tough for any coach realease players who have been part of the training for long,” Micho told FUFA Media.
“But factors beyound our control can not allow us to take Yiga and Ssentamu to Algeria. Both players will remain part of our future plans with the AFCON qualifiers cooming up in March,” he concluded.
The 23-man squad will travel to Algeria on Wednesday as they look forward to the upcomng CHAN tournament.
Uganda are in group B alongside DRC, Senegal and Ivory Coast.
Uganda will kickstart their campaign as they face DRC on Saturday January 14.
Uganda Cranes Final Squad CHAN 2022
Goalkeepers:
Nafian Alionzi (URA FC), Joel Mutakubwa (Gaddafi FC), Jack Komakech (Vipers SC)
Defenders:
Ashiraf Mandela (Vipers SC), James Begisa (URA FC), Derrick Ndahiro (URA FC), Isa Mubiru (Vipers SC), Hillary Mukundane (Vipers SC), Kenneth Semakula(SC Villa), Geofrey Wasswa (KCCA FC), Gift Fred (SC Villa)
Midfielders:
Marvin Youngman (Vipers SC), Abdu Karim Watambala(Vipers SC), Moses Waiswa (KCCA FC)
Forwards:
Milton Karisa (Vipers SC), Ibrahim Orit (Vipers SC), Travis Mutyaba (SC Villa), Moses Aliro (Wakiso Giants FC), Rogers Kassim Mato (KCCA FC), Bright Anukani (Vipers SC), Titus Ssematimba (Wakiso Giants), Frank Ssebufu (Wakiso Giants FC), Nelson Senkatuka(Soltilo Bright Stars FC)
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