The home-based Eagles in training ahead of the CHAN in August
Eric Chelle has unveiled the home-based Eagles’ 23-player squad for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in August.
The team comprises eight players from the Remo Stars team, which was recently crowned champion of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
Second-placed Rivers United have three players in the CHAN squad, the same as Ikorodu City, which finished fourth in the league.
Also on the list is Anas Yusuf of Nasarawa United, the top goalscorer of the just concluded NPFL season, and Godwin Obaje, who won the league’s top marksman award in 2016.
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The contingent travelled out of the country to Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Thursday evening, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft. The team has been training for several weeks at the Remo Stars Sports Institute in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.
The team will embark on a second-phase training camp in Zanzibar, from July 25 to 31, before moving into official accommodation on the island.
The eighth edition of CHAN will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from August 2 to 30th.
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Nigeria are in Group D of the tournament alongside Senegal, the defending champion, Sudan and Congo.
The Super Eagles will play their first two matches of the competition, against Senegal and Sudan, at the Amman Stadium on the island of Zanzibar, before taking on Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
SUPER EAGLES B FOR 8TH AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
Goalkeepers: Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC); Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United); Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars)
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Defenders: Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Bankole Afeez (Kwara United); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Ngengen Leonard (Ikorodu City); Steven Mayo Egbe (Rivers United)
Midfielders: Adedayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars); Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars); Otaniyi Taofik (Rivers United); Akanni Qudus (Remo Stars); Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars); Alex Oyowah (Remo Stars)
Forwards: Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors); Godwin Obaje (Rangers International); Jabbar Malik (Remo Stars)
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