Sierra Leone U-23 Team Highlights Possible International Leone Stars Players For U-23 AFCON Qualifiers

Ahead of 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers in Morocco, Sierra Leone U-23 squad highlights Sierra Leone International players that are likely to be called to qualify the nation in the competition.

The Zambia U-23 men’s national team will face Sierra Leone in the second round of the 2023 TotalEnergies Morocco U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers.

The junior Chipolopolo are exempted from playing the first round and will only begin the 2023 U-23 AFCON journey with an away second-round fixture against the Leone Stars on the weekend of 21-23 October before hosting the Stars a week later.

Winner of the fixture will face the overall winners of the second-round tie. It could be either Egypt or the winners of the first-round match between Eswatini and Botswana who face-off in the first round.

The U-23 AFCON tournament will be played in Morocco in June 2023.

Ahead of the competition, Sierra Leone unveils possible foreign players that are likely to play for Sierra Leone in the tournament.

The Leone Meteors are set to host the East Africans in a second round double-header on October 21 and 23, with the winners on aggregate progress to the final round of the qualifiers.

The top three nations at the tournament will represent Africa at the 2024 Olympic men’s football tournament in Paris, France.

Below is a list of International players likely to be called for the U-23 AFCON 2023: