HIKI HAPA KIKOSI CHA STARS KITAKACHOSHIRIKI COSAFA

Kocha Mkuu wa timu ya Tanzania ‘Taifa Stars’, Salum Shabani Mayanga, leo Jumatano Juni 14, 2017 ametangaza majina ya wachezaji 22 watakaounda kikosi kinachokwenda kushindana kuwania Kombe la Castle Cosafa nchini Afrika Kusini.

Taifa Stars inayodhaminiwa na Bia ya Serengeti, inatarajiwa kuanza kambi rasmi Jumapili Juni 18, mwaka huu. Kambi hiyo itakuwa kwenye Hoteli ya Urban Rose, iliyoko Mtaa wa Jamhuri katikati ya jiji la Dar es Salaam.

Taifa Stars inajiandaa na michuano ya Cosafa inayotarajiwa kuanza Juni 25, mwaka huu. Michuano hiyo, inaandaliwa na Baraza la Mpira wa Miguu la nchi za Kusini mwa Afrika ambako Tanzania - mwanachama wa Cecafa, imepata mwaliko kushiriki.

Tanzania imepangwa kundi A ambako wapinzani wake ni Mauritius, Malawi na Angola wakati Kundi B ni Msumbiji, Shelisheli, Madagascar na Zimbabwe. Timu za Botswana, Zambia na Afrika Kusini kadhalika Namibia, Lesotho na Swaziland zitakuwa na mechi maalumu (play off) ili kuingia robo fainali.

Kwa mujibu wa Mayanga kikosi hiko kinaundwa na

MAKIPA

Aishi Salum Manula  (Azam FC), Benno David Kakolanya  (Young Africans SC) na Said Mohammed Said (Mtibwa Sugar FC).

WALINZI

Shomari Salum Kapomb (Azam FC)  Hassan Ramadhan ‘Kessy’ (Young Africans SC) Gadiel Michael (Azam FC) na Amim Abdulkarim (Toto Africans FC).Erasto Nyoni  (Azam FC), Salim Hassan Abdallah (Mtibwa Sugar), Abdi Banda (Simba SC) na Nurdin Chona (Tanzania Prisons)

VIUNGO

Himid Mao (Azam FC) na Salmin Hoza wa Mbao FC.Mzamiru Yassin Selembe (Simba), Simon Happygod Msuva (Young Africans SC), Raphael Daudi (Mbeya City) na Shizza Ramadhani Kichuya (Simba SC).

WASHAMBULIAJI

Thomas Emmanuel Ulimwengu (AFC Eskilstuna – Sweden), Mbaraka Abeid Yusufu (Kagera Sugar), Stamili Mbonde, Elius Maguli (Dhofar SC) na Shabani Idd Chilunda (Azam FC).