Senegal name weakened squad for Korea friendly

DAKAR, May 16 (Reuters) Senegal have named a weakened squad for their trip to South Korea for a friendly match on May 23, their first under new coach Henryk Kasperczak.

The country's English-based strikers El Hadji Diouf, Diomansy Kamara and Henri Camara have been given time off at the end of the season, the Senegal Football Federation said.

The match serves as a warm-up for South Korea, who play in the World Cup finals in Germany next month.

It is a return to Seoul for Senegal, who were victors in the opening match of the 2002 finals but did not qualify for the 2006 event.

Squad: Goalkeepers: Tony Sylva (Lille, France), Pape Mamadou Diouf (Jeanne d'Arc, Dakar) Defenders: Habib Beye (Olympique Marseille, France), Lamine Diatta (Olympique Lyon, France), Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux, France), Pape Malikou Diakhate (Nancy, France), Ibrahima Faye (Troyes, France), Guirane Ndaw (Sochaux, France), Ibrahima Tall (Hearts, Scotland) Midfielders: Issa Ba (Chateauroux, France), Malick Ba (Basel, Switzerland), Mouhamadou Dabo (St Etienne, France), Abdoulaye Diagne Faye (Bolton Wanderers, England), Moussa Ndiaye (Ajaccio, France) Strikers: Rahmane Barry (Lorient, France), Babacar Gueye (Metz, France) David Amadou Mbodji (Creteil, France), Frederic Mendy (St Etienne, France), Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille, France), Ibrahima Sidibe (Debrecen, Hungary).

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