Uganda Cranes head coach Bobby Williamson has dropped Young Africans striker Hamis Kiiza in his final squad for Sunday’s 2014 World Cup qualifier against Liberia.
The Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup champions will also be without long serving right fullback Simeon Masaba and striker Daniel Sserunkuma during the Group J match in Monrovia.
Simba’s goalkeeper Abel Dhaira and defender Musa Mudde make part of Williamson’s 18-member squad unveiled yesterday.
The three players were dropped by Williamson for different reasons.Masaba, who made his Cranes debut ten years ago against Rwanda, has been dropped due to poor form that has seen him miss a number of games for URA FC, including the 2013 CAF Champions League match against Cameroon’s Coton Sport Garua.
The same can be said of Sserunkuma, who has so far failed to find the form that saw him win the Kenya Premier League Most Valuable Player award last season.
The former Victors and Express FC forward, who made his national team debut in a friendly against Rwanda early this year, is yet to score a goal for Gor Mahia since the 2013 season kicked off, and has of recent been limited to substitute role.
His place has been taken by new signing from KCB Bob Kiongera. The trio joins Brian Umony (fitness) and Portugal-based William Luwagga Kizito (document problems) on the list of players out of the tie.
However, the same can’t be said of Yanga striker Hamis Kiiza, who scored his club’s only goal against Ruvu Shooting in the Vodacom Premier League match over the weekend.
The team, which enters residential today, is expected to depart for Accra, Ghana on Thursday where they will set a three day camp before heading to Liberia.
Uganda is second in the group with two points, same as third placed Angola and one ahead of Liberia while Senegal lead the group with four points.
Full squad: Goalkeepers- Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa) and Abel Dhaira (Simba SC, Tanzania.)
Defenders: Denis Guma (SCVU), Isaac Isinde (St. George, Ethiopia), Andy Mwesigwa (FC Ordabasy, Kazakhstan), Henry Kalungi (Richmond Kickers, US), Godfrey Walusimbi (CS Don Bosco, DR Congo) and Joseph Ochaya (Asante Kotoko, Ghana).
Midfielders: Baba Kizito, Boban Zirintusa (Dynamos, Zimbabwe), Hassan Waswa (KCC FC), Mike Mutyaba (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Moses Oloya, Musa Mudde (Simba SC, Tanzania) and Said Kyeyune (URA FC).
Strikers: Robert Ssentongo (St. George, Ethiopia), Emmanuel Okwi (Etoile Du Sahel, Tunisia) and Geoffrey Massa, who features for Yenicam, a Cyprus club.
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