Local Black Stars coach Maxwell Konadu has named a strong 20-man squad for the 2015 COSAFA Cup, Africanfootball.com can confirm.

The list includes Nathaniel Asamaoh, who managed to score 12 goals in 13 matches in the Ghana top-flight.

*Black Stars’ – Ghana’s national football team players jog during a training session on October 9, 2013 in Accra. Ghana will play Egypt on October 15 in a qualification match for the 2014 Football World Cup. AFP PHOTO

League leaders AshantiGold and Asante Kotoko dominate the squad with four players each

Ghana’s squad also includes six players who played at the 2014 African Nations Championship

The home-based national team have been invited as a guest nation to the tournament meant for Southern African Nations.

Ghana will face the winner from Group B- which contains Lesotho, Madagascar, Swaziland and Tanzania- at the quarter-final stage on 24 May.

The team have been in camp in Accra since Monday and expected to leave Accra on Thursday.