Head Coach of
Super Eagles B team, Salisu Yusuf on Tuesday released his final 23-man squad for
the 5th African Nations Championship (CHAN) holding in Morocco from January 13
to February 4.
The list
includes three goalkeepers led by Ikechukwu Ezenwa, eight defenders, four
midfielders and eight strikers.
The team of 23 players and their officials are
expected to fly out of the country in a few days, to continue preparations in
Morocco ahead of Nigeria’s first match of the campaign against Rwanda in
Tangier on Monday, 15th January.
The 2014
bronze medalists will also play 2014 champions Libya at the same Ibn Batouta
Stadium in Tangier on Friday, 19th January, before travelling to Agadir to
tackle Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday, 23rd January.
CHAN is a
tournament reserved for players playing in their domestic league. 16 teams will
battle to dethrone Democratic Republic of Congo as champions.
FULL LIST
Goalkeepers:
Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC); Oladele Ajiboye (Plateau United); Theophilus
Afelokhai (Enyimba FC).
Defenders:
Osas Okoro (Rangers International); Daniel James (Plateau United); Kalu Orji
Okogbue (Rangers International); Ikouwem Utin (Enyimba FC); Abdullahi Musa
(Wikki Tourists); Timothy Danladi (Katsina United); Ifeanyi Nweke (Kano
Pillars); Stephen Eze (Kano Pillars).
Midfielders:
Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (Akwa United); Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars); Augustine Oladapo
(Enyimba FC); Ekundayo Ojo (Sunshine Stars).
Forwards:
Emeka Atuloma (Rivers United); Anthony Okpotu (Lobi Stars); Eneji Moses
(Plateau United); Ibrahim Mustapha (Enyimba FC); Emeka Ogbuh (Rivers United);
Sunday Faleye (Akwa United); Nura Muhammed (El-Kanemi Warriors); Okechukwu
Gabriel (Akwa United).
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