Ghana coach Ratomir Djukovic has named his final 23-man squad for the World Cup finals.

Dujkovic held discussions with the Emergency Committee of the Ghana Football Association last night over his list.

The FA would this morning at 09:00GMT in Accra hold a press conference and defend it before the local media.

Ratomir Dujkovic named his final squad from the pool of forty players.

Ten players from the Black Stars squad that crahed out of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt are missing from the list.

Four locally-based players - Goalkeeper George Owo, Dan Quaye, Shilla Illiasu and Habib Mohammed were included in the final squad.

Goalkeepers Sammy Adjei, George Owu and Richard Kingston will be vying for Ghana's number position in Germany.

The 23-man squad includes midfielder Eric Addo of Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven.

Addo only returned to the Black Stars last month after spending eight years in the international wilderness.

Five players have been placed on standby for possible call up in the event of an injury to any of the selected.

The standby players are: Philemon McCarthy, Aziz Ansah, Yusif Chibsah, Baffour Gyan and Baba Adamu Armando.

Stephen Appiah will captain the Black Stars during the tournament which begins with a tough-looking assignment against Italy on 12 June.

Their other Group E opponents are the Czech Republic and the United States.

President JA Kuffuor is due to host a farewell reception for the squad on 16 May, 24 hours before the Black Stars fly out to their training camp base in Austria.

Ghana squad:

Goalkeepers: Sammy Adjei (Mohadon Sports Ashdod, Israel), Richard Kingston (BB Ankaraspor, Turkey) George Owu (AshantiGold),

Defenders: Addoquaye Pappoe (Ashdod Tel-Aviv, Israel), John Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel), John Mensah(Rennes, France), Issa Ahmed (Randers, Denmark), Sammy Osei Kuffuor (AS Roma, Italy), Hans Adu Sarpei (Vfl Wolfsburg, Germany), Dan Quaye (Hearts of Oak), Habib Mohammed (King Faisal), Shilla Illiasu (Asante Kotoko)

Midfielders: Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache, Turkey), Michael Essien (Chelsea, England), Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy), Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro), Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven,Holland) Derek Boateng (AIK Solna, Sweden), Otto Addo (FSV Mainz 05, Germany)

Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Modena, Italy) Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Razak Pimpong (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Standby : Philemon McCarthy (Fetteh Feyenoord), Aziz Ansah (Asante Kotoko), Yusif Chibsah (Asante Kotoko), Baffour Gyan (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Baba Adamu (Krylia Sovetov, Russia)