20 players and officials of Nigeria’s U-17 female national team, the Flamingoes will depart Abuja this morning for Kinshasa for the first leg of the second round qualifiers for this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in India.
The match is billed for Sunday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The Flamingos, quarter-finalists at the FIFA World Cup finals in 2010, 2012 and 2014, have been in camp for some weeks in the Federal Capital, Abuja and Head Coach Bankole Olowookere has selected the 20 players who will do the battle with the characteristically –feisty Congolese on Sunday.
In the squad are two goalkeepers, seven defenders, four midfielders and seven forwards.
The Flamingoes have participated in every edition of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, bar one since the tournament was launched in New Zealand in 2018.
The only finals the Flamingos have missed remain the 2018 finals staged in Uruguay when they were tripped at the final hurdle by Cameroon on the away-goal rule.
The return leg is scheduled for the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Saturday, March 19, with the winner over two legs to clash with the Egyptian U17 girls in the third round of the African qualifying campaign next month.
