Just ONE Chiefs player in 35-man Bafana squad

On Tuesday, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos named a 35-member preliminary squad for the crucial back-to-back 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Liberia later this month, notably including just the solitary Chiefs player.

Broos’ charges face the Liberians at Orlando Stadium, in Johannesburg, on Friday 24 March (kick off is at 6pm) and then travel by charter flight to Monrovia to tackle the West Africans on 28 March 2023. They return back to Johannesburg a day after the away match.

Notably, and in news that won’t be music to the ears of Chiefs fans, only one Amakhosi player has cracked the nod – namely goalkeeper Brandon Petersen.

The fact that no other Amakhosi player has been included does represent quite an indictment of the team’s progress and success so far this season, although in fairness, there are some players who are out injured.

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The preliminary squad will be trimmed to 23 players when Broos announces his final list for the two matches next week.

The South African senior men’s national team will go into camp in Johannesburg on Sunday 19 March 2023. 

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Chiefs are under-represented in the squad below:

NAME & SURNAME	POS	CLUB	LOCATION	PROVINCE
1. RONWEN WILLIAMS	GK	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
2. VELI MOTHWA	GK	AMAZULU FC	DURBAN	KZN
3. BRANDON PETERSEN	GK	KAIZER CHIEFS FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
4. RICARDO GOSS	GK	SUPERSPORT UNITED FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
5. SYDNEY MOBBIE	DF	SEKHUKHUNE FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
6. KHULISO MUDAU	DF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
7. SIYANDA MSANI	DF	RICHARDS BAY FC	RICHARDS BAY	KZN
8. INNOCENT MAELA	DF	ORLANDO PIRATES FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
9. TAARIQ FIELIES	DF	CAPE TOWN CITY FC	CAPE TOWN	WESTERN CAPE
10. NKOSINATHI SIBISI	DF	ORLANDO PIRATES FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
11. THAPELO MORENA	DF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
12. AUBREY MODIBA	DF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
13.GRANT KEKANA	DF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
14. MOTHOBI MVALA	DF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
15. THAPELO MASEKO	DF	SUPERSPORT UNITED FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
16. SIYANDA XULU	DF	TURAN TOVUZ	AZERBAIJANI	EUROPE
17. MIGUEL TIMM	MF	ORLANDO PIRATES FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
18. LUKE LE ROUX	MF	VARBERG BoIS FC	SWEDEN	EUROPE
19. NJABULO BLOM	MF	ST LOUIS CITY	USA	GAUTENG
20. SPHEPHELO SITHOLE	MF	BELENENSES SC	LISBON	PORTUGAL
21. SPHELELE MKHULISE	MF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
22. GRANT MAGERMAN	MF	SUPERSPORT UNITED FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
23. TEBOHO MOKOENA	MF	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
24. MONNAPULE SALENG	FW	ORLANDO PIRATES FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
25. KHANYISA MAYO	FW	CAPE TOWN CITY	CAPE TOWN	WESTERN CAPE
26. PULE MMODI	FW	GOLDEN ARROWS FC	DURBAN	KZN
27. THEMBA ZWANE	FW	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
28. ZAKHELE LEPASA	FW	ORLANDO PIRATES FC	JOHANNESBURG	GAUTENG
29. CASSIUS MAILULA	FW	MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FC	PRETORIA	GAUTENG
30.MIHLALI MAYAMBELA	FW	ARIS LIMASSOL FC	CYPRUS	CYPRUS
31.BONGOKUHLE HLONGWANE	FW	MINNESOTA	USA	USA
32.FAGRY LAKAY	FW	PYRAMID	EGYPT	EGYPT
33. LYLE FOSTER	FW	BURNLEY FC	LANCASHIRE	UK
34. PERCY TAU	FW	AL AHLY SC	EGYPT	EGYPT
35.KOBAMELO KODISANG	FW	MOREIRENSE FUTEBOL CLUBE	LISBON	PORTUGAL

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Goalkeepers: Ronwen Williams, Brandon Petersen, Ricardo Goss, and Veli Mothwa

Defenders: Sydney Mobbie, Siyanda Msani, Innocent Maela, Khuliso Mudau, Taariq Fielies, Nkosinathi Sibisi, Aubrey Modiba, Grant Kekana, Thapelo Morena, Mothobi Mvala, Thapelo Maseko, Siyanda Xulu

Midfielders: Miguel Timm, Luke Le Roux, Njabulo Blom, Sphephelo Sithole, Sphelele Mkhulise, Grant Magerman, Teboho Mokoena

Forwards: Monnapule Saleng, Khanyisa Mayo, Themba Zwane, Cassius Mailula, Zakhele Lepasa, Fagrie Lakay, Bongokuhle Hlongwane, Percy Tau, Lyle Foster, Kobamelo Kodisang