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Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 April, 2004, 16:11 GMT 17:11 UK
Senegal name young squad
By James Copnall
West African football correspondent

El Hadji Diouf
Diouf will not play in the friendly

Senegal coach Guy Stephan has named a developmental squad for their 28 April friendly against French side Guingamp.

Notable players like El Hadji Diouf, Salif Diao and Aliou Cisse are not in the squad but have been called to Paris for a team meeting.

The meeting, to be held in the French capital on 26 April, involves 30 players, of whom only 20 will participate in next Wednesday's match.

According to Mbaye Ndoye, a vice-president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), the meeting will discuss a 'code of conduct' for the national team.

Senegal's players received ample criticism for their behaviour at the Nations Cup in Tunisia, where they crashed out in the quarter-finals.

Stephan's position will certainly be discussed, after the FSF announced they were 'sacking' him only for the ministry of sport, who pay Stephan's wages, to oppose the decision.

Stephan's list is thus an insight into his approach, as he attempts to restore his own popularity and authority.

Amdy Faye - with English Premiership side Portsmouth - heads the list of returnees after he was unable to play in the Cup of Nations due to injury.

Also back are Lens midfielder Pape Sarr, Sedan winger Moussa Ndiaye and Guingamp striker Souleymane Camara, all of whom played at the 2002 World Cup finals.

But Stephan has also included three new faces, which suggests he is also looking to the future.

Dino Djiba and Mamadou Gueye are both teenagers who have broken into the first team at French club Metz, while Nicholas Ndione from AS Douanes is the top scorer in the Senegalese league.

Squad

Goalkeepers:Tony Sylva (Monaco, France), Pape Mamadou Diouf (Jeanne d'Arc)
Defenders: Habib B�ye (Marseille, France) Lamine Diatta (Rennes, France), Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux, France), Malick Diop (Lorient, France), Ibrahima Faye (La Gantoise,Belgium)
Midfielders: Sylvain Ndiaye (Marseille) Pape Sarr (Lens), Pape Bouba Diop (Lens), Dino Djiba (Metz, France), Amdy Faye (Portsmouth)
Strikers: Henri Camara (Wolverhampton, England), Nicolas Ndione (As Douanes), Moussa Ndiaye (Sedan, France), Souleymane Camara (Guingamp), Diomansy Kamara (Modena, Italy), Babacar Gu�ye (Metz, France), Fr�d�ric Mendy (St Etienne, France)

List for Paris meeting only: El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool, England), Salif Diao (Liverpool, England), Aliou Ciss� (Birmingham, England), Pape Thiaw (Metz, France), Mamadou Niang (Strasbourg, France), Lamine Sakho (Leeds, England), Ibrahim Tall (Sochaux), Ferdinand Coly (P�rouse), Omar Daf (Sochaux)


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