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- Eric Chelle has selected a 23-man squad, including skipper Junior Harrison Nduka, for the 8th African Nations Championship
- The squad volition acquisition a second-phase grooming campy successful Zanzibar from July 25–31, with friendlies against Zanzibar’s elder squad
- They are drawn successful Group D alongside Senegal, Sudan, and Congo, and volition play their archetypal 2 matches astatine the Amman Stadium
Head Coach Eric Chelle has named a beardown 23-man squad for the upcoming 2025 African Nations Championships (CHAN).
Team skipper Junior Harrison Nduka, defender Sikiru Alimi, and guardant Godwin Obaje made the squad for the 8th variation of the tourney acceptable from August 2 to 30 successful Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Chelle included goalkeeper Ozoemena Ani, defenders Sodiq Ismaila and Stephen Mayo, midfielders Hadi Haruna and Alex Oyowah, and forwards Anas Yusuf and Ijoma Anthony successful the team.
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They volition depart for Zanzibar connected Thursday evening via Ethiopian Airlines for a second-phase grooming campy from July 25 to 31, per All Nigeria Soccer.
Drawn successful Group D, Nigeria, who are metallic medalists successful 2018 and bronze medalists successful 2018, volition look Senegal, Sudan, and Congo successful the preliminary rounds.
They play their archetypal 2 matches successful Zanzibar’s Amman Stadium and the 3rd astatine Dar es Salaam’s Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Lagos Television reports.
The squad volition prosecute successful affable matches against Zanzibar’s elder squad scheduled for July 28 and 31.
Super Eagles squad for African Nations Championship
Goalkeepers:
Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United); Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars); Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC).
Defenders: Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Ngengen Leonard (Ikorodu City); Bankole Afeez (Kwara United); Steven Mayo Egbe (Rivers United); Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City).
Midfielders:
Alex Oyowah (Remo Stars); Akanni Qudus (Remo Stars); Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars); Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars); Adedayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars); Otaniyi Taofik (Rivers United).
Forwards:
Godwin Obaje (Rangers International); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors); Jabbar Malik (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City).
Why Ahmed Musa was overlooked
Meanwhile, Ahmed Musa was near out of the CHAN squad contempt expectations, and a study has emerged explaining wherefore helium was overlooked.
Musa returned to the NPFL for the 3rd clip with Kano Pillars and has been awesome since his return, bagging 3 goals, including 2 connected his debut.
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The competiton is strictly for players who are citizens of African countries and play successful their countries' home leagues, which makes Musa eligible.
However, section 16, nonfiction 38 enactment his eligibility successful check, stating that lone players with imperishable contracts are eligible. The erstwhile Al-Nassr prima signed temporarily with Pillars and could permission should an connection get from Europe.
Chelle preparing for World Cup qualifiers
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Nigerian nationalist squad caput manager Eric Chelle has disclosed the enactment criteria for the squad up of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier successful September.
The Franco-Malian took implicit the squad successful January, and his contiguous work was to crook astir the World Cup qualifying run and unafraid the ticket.
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