Coach Tom Saintfiet and his charges secured qualification to the continent’s biggest football showpiece following their 1-0 victory over Angola in a tightly-contested qualifier match played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau last month.
The Scorpions are set to play against an African opposition in a warm up game in June 2021 to prepare themselves fit enough for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Gambia national team will use their international match to improve on their weakness ahead of the continent’s bi-annual biggest football jamboree to be held in Cameroon next year.
Meanwhile, the Scorpions finished top-spot in Group D of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with 10 points after six qualifier matches.
Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation (SESDO), Scorpions TV and Gam Women’s Football Fans, are set to organize the first-ever women’s nawetan at the Serrekunda East Mini Stadium.
Faye Alex Njie’s name will go down in the history books as the first Gambian to win a medal greater than bronze (silver) in the Commonwealth Games. Gambia’s Commonwealth Games medal was won in its maiden appearance in 1970 by Sheikh Tijan Faye.
Officials of The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) are currently attending a school football workshop in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, organised by FIFA.
The Gambia senior national team; the Scorpions will play against Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia in international friendly matches next month in Antalya, Turkey.
