Twenty (20) Nigeria U-20 players and officials have departed the country to Argentina for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
The tournament will kick-off in Argentina on May 20, 2023. Nigeria are drawn in group D alongside Dominican Republic, Italy and Brazil.
Nigeria`s Flying Eagles will start the tournament vs Dominican Republic on May 21.
Head Coach Ladan Bosso has named a 21-man squad for the tournament and the players will spend the next two weeks in South America, preparing for the Championship.
Midfielder Victor Eletu, will join the Flying Eagles team in Mendoza from Italy.
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NIGERIA`S 21-PLAYER LIST TO THE WORLD CUP
Goalkeepers: Chijioke Aniagboso, Nathaniel Nwosu, Saheed Jimoh
Defenders: Daniel Bameyi, Benjamin Fredrick, Solomon Agbalaka, Augustine Njoku, Abel Ogwuche, Israel Domingo
Midfielder: Samson Lawal, Daniel Daga, Tochukwu Nadi, Victor Eletu, Joshua John, Ibrahim Abdullahi
Forwards: Ibrahim Mohammed, Jude Sunday, Lawal Salem Fago, Emmanuel Umeh, Haliru Sarki, Kehinde Ibrahim
The 2023 edition will be the 24th finals of the biennial championship organized by FIFA for U-20 players.
Nigeria has never won this competition. In twelve (12) previous attempts, the Flying Eagles best finish was as runners-up in 1989 and 2005.
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Why is number 14 ugbelu ormitted from the final squad? He was the finest midfieder in the first leg
I mean afcon
I don’t have confidence in this team. The olodos.
I would lower my expectations with this team and hope for a spectacular surprise from Bozzo
Bozzo iz gonna disgrace 9ja..this team cannot and will not make it pass the group. Impossible
@ Head Coach Ladan Bosso, the Nigeria fans don’t trust you and your squad. Can we count on you to make Nigeria proud?
Hope to hear from you when the competition starts.
Why they did take Ideho and Akinsanmiro?
Ideho has ankle injury.Inter Milan would rather Akinsanmiro joins the flying eagles camp a week to the competition which didn’t go down well with Bosso.
I’m baffled by Bosso’s selection in all honesty. Ogbelu was a monster at the AFCON and deserves to be on the list, there is no way Bosso can tell me dat Sarki is better than Ideho from what we saw at the AFCON. why didn’t he invite the Crystal palace boy vonsidering he needs goalscorers but elects to pick a player playing in Bulgaria with only 1 goal all season, cant help scratching my head. Why allow Victor Eketu to meet up with the team in Argentina but deny the inter milan boy thesame tin (dats double standard if u adk me). Is samson lawal better than dat inter milan boy? I highly doubt it. His useless excuse was that he didn’t want to commit same mistake he made with Abdulahiof Gent, it was clearly reported that Abdulahi was returning from injury and hadn’t played a game however in the case of the inter milan boy, he has been playing regularly so fitness won’t be a problem. 9ja might lose dat Ideho boy to Netherland, he has been to dis Bosso team twice abd has been disappointed, when he becomes a star in d future dats wen we will start running kiti kiti kata kata. I hope I’m syrorised when the tournament starts and the team does well. I’m not in camp so am not sure the quality of the players he has invited but i know there has to be better players than sarki and lawal. I wisg Bosso abd the Flying Eagles good fortune and as usual will be rooting for dem