CHAN 2018 preps: UMS, Union D’la Dominate Coach Song’s list

Coach Rigobert Song has named a 25-man squad for a last training session ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship dubbed CHAN.

Coach Song talking to players

The list was unveiled in a press conference which held Wednesday 29 November 2017 at the conference room of the FECAFOOT Headquarters in Yaoundé.

Union FC of Douala and UMS Loum are most represented in the list with four players each, while 2017 league winners Eding Sport of the Lekié and Coton Sport of Garoua are represented by 3 players each. 

The final CHAN preparations will take place in two stages. The first starts on Sunday the 3rd of December in Yaoundé, to end on the 23rd of December, 2017. The last phase takes place from the 27th of December, 2017, to the 11th of January 2018 in Rabat Morocco.  

The players retained for this last session include:

Anye Fru Derrick (Union of Douala)

Ebembe Elimbi (Aigle)

Tientcheu Alphonse (Eding Sport)

Kaou Fabril (Coton Sport)

Omossola Simon (Coton Sport)

Souleymanou Moussa (Coton Sport)

Touffic Aristide (Eding Sport)

Moukoko Moussombo (Colombe)

Banga Bindjeme(Colombe)

Eto’o David (Union of Douala)

Anteh Akupia Franklin (Unisport of Haut-Nkam)

Abate Etoundi (Fortuna)

Pangop Frantz (Union of Douala)

Gwot Kalati Jean Oscar (Eding Sport)

Bonny Elame (Dragon)

Bawak Etta Thomas (UMS)

Messi Bouli Raphaël (Apejes)

Namedji Willy (UMS)

Abouem Maya (UMS)

Otia Paul (UMS)

Bitang Clarence (Union of Douala)

Awono Junior (Yong Sport academy)

Owundi Eko’o (Astres)

Andoulo Serge (New Stars)

Ngoun Dokouoh (New Stars)

CHAN 2018 Draw

Group A (Casablanca)

Morocco, Guinea, Sudan, Mauritania

Group B (Marrakech)

Ivory Coast, Zambia, Uganda, Namibia

Group C (Tangier)

Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea

Group D (Agadir)

Angola, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Burkina Faso

The tournament, which is for African footballers based in their own domestic leagues, will be staged in Morocco between 12 January and 4 February.

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used for the first time at an African tournament at next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco.

Its use was confirmed by the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Referees' Committee at a meeting on 27 November in Cairo, Egypt.

The experiment with VAR will start at the quarter final stage of the tournament that kicks off on 13 January.

Each of the four host cities in Morocco, Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangiers and Agadir, will host a quarter-final match.