Coach Benni McCarthy has announced his provisional squad for the critical 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Gabon and Gambia.
Local-based players will report to the Harambee Stars camp tomorrow to begin preparations for the matches against Gambia and Gabon. Foreign-based players will join the squad starting on Sunday.
Harambee Stars will first face Gambia on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Stade Allasane Ouattara in Ivory Coast. They will then host Gabon at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The match against Gabon is scheduled to kick off at 4 PM.
Provisional Squad
Goalkeepers:
- Brian Opondo (Tusker FC)
- Faruk Shikhalo (Bandari FC)
- Ian Otieno (Richards Bay)
- Brian Bwire (Polokwane City)
Defenders:
- Sylvester Owino (Gor Mahia)
- Ronney Onyango (Gor Mahia)
- Alphonce Omija (Gor Mahia)
- Siraj Mohamed (Bandari FC)
- Daniel Sakari (Kenya Police FC)
- Levis Esambe (AFC Leopards SC)
- Eric Ouma (Rakow Czestochowa)
- Johnstone Omurwa (Kapaz FC)
- Joseph Okumu (Stade Reims)
- Collins Sichenje (FK Vojvodina)
- Daniel Anyembe (Viborg FF)
- Brian Mandela (Stellenbosch)
- Amos Nondi (Ararat)
Midfielders:
- Musa Katibi (Kenya Police FC)
- Chris Erambo (Tusker FC)
- Austine Odhiambo (Gor Mahia)
- Lawrence Juma (Gor Mahia)
- Kelly Madada (AFC Leopards SC)
- Ben Stanley (Gor Mahia)
- Mathias Isogoli (KCB FC)
- Andreas Odhiambo (Kariobangi Sharks)
- Alpha Onyango (Gor Mahia)
- Richard Odada (Dundee United)
- Duke Abuya (Yanga)
- Timothy Ouma (Slavia Prague)
- Apollo Otieno (Dodoma Jiji)
- Amos Nondi (FC Ararat)
- Eric Johanna (UTA Arad)
- Anthony Akumu (Kheybar Khorramabad)
- Ismail Gonzalez (Merida AD)
- William Lenkupae (Central Coast Mariners)
Forwards:
- Boniface Muchiri (Ulinzi Stars)
- James Kinyanjui (KCB FC)
- Alvin Mang’eni (Kenya Police FC)
- Mohamed Bajaber (Kenya Police FC)
- Eric Balecho (Tusker FC)
- Ryan Ogam (Tusker FC)
- Moses Shumah (Kakamega Homeboyz)
- Edward Omondi (Sofapaka FC)
