The Flying Eagles Head Coach Aliyu Zubair has selected 20 players to fly Nigeria’s flag at the WAFU B U20 Championship kicking off in Lome, Togo on Thursday.
The championship is a qualifying tournament for next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations.
The contingent of 20 players and 12 officials arrived in Lome on Tuesday afternoon, following an intensive, one-week final camping programme at the high-grade Remo Stars Training Complex in Ikenne, Ogun State.
The Flying Eagles won the last edition of the competition staged in Niamey, capital of Niger Republic.
They will take on their counterparts from Burkina Faso on Friday, in their first match of the competition, and will also play Cote d’Ivoire in a three-team Group B, with the two best teams to reach the semi-finals.
Group A has hosts Togo, Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic.
FLYING EAGLES FOR 2024 WAFU B U20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Goalkeepers: Ifeanyi Harcourt; Nathaniel Nwosu
Defenders: Adamu Maigari; Daniel Bameyi; Kenneth Igboke; Haruna Aliyu; Musa Ademu; Olalekan Alabi.
Midfielders: Raphael Oyebanjo; Muhammad Ibrahim; Oluwaseyi Akinfenwa; Ibrahim Abdullahi; Isaac Ayuma; Nasiru Salihu.
Forwards: Divine Oliseh; Charles Agada; Kparobo Arierhi; Olalekan Amole; Olalekan Ibrahim; Clinton Jephta.
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