Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has unveiled his final 21-man squad for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup, reports Completesports.com.
The squad is dominated by players that took part in the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt, captain Daniel Bameyi, right-back Odinaka Okoro, and Auwal Ibrahim are some of the regulars named in the squad by Zubairu.
Molde of Norway midfielder,Daniel Daga, Charles Agada, and top striker Kparobo Ariehi were also included.
The players, and their officials left the country for a 12-day camping in Chile on Sunday.
The seven-time African champions had training sessions in Abuja for some weeks, before Sunday’s departure.
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Zubairu’s charges are drawn in Group F with Norway, Colombia, and Saudi Arabia.
They will first confront Norway on Monday, 29th September, before clashes with Saudi Arabia (2nd October) and Colombia (5th October).
The Flying will play all their Group F matches at the Estadio Fiscal in Talca, a city 250 kilometres from the Chilean capital, Santiago.
Flying Eagles Final Squad
Goalkeepers: Ebenezer Harcourt (Sporting Lagos); Clinton Ezekiel (Bayelsa United); Rufa’i Abubakar (Mavlon FC)
Defenders: Ocheche Amos Onyejefu (Stade de Reims, France); Odinaka Okoro (Sporting Lagos); Daniel Bameyi (Bayelsa United); Marvelous Avberosou (Ikorodu City); Alatan Azuka (36 Lions); Akinyele Ahmed Olamide (Remo Stars)
Midfielders: Israel Ayuma (NK Istra, Croatia); Emmanuel Ekowoicho (FC Montana, Bulgaria); Mustapha Kamaldeen (Kwara Football Academy); Daniel Daga (Molde FC, Norway); Auwal Ibrahim (Akwa United); Nasiru Salihu (Qabala FC, Azerbaijan)
Forwards: Achichi Oseer (Royal Antwerp FC, Belgium); Sani Suleman (AS Trencin, Slovakia); Tahir Maigana (Wireless FC); Kparobo Arierhi (Lillestrom SK, Norway); Charles Agaba (NK Istra, Croatia); Abdullahi Shitu Ele (Manchester City FC, England)
By Adeboye Amosu
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Notable missing names:
Defence – Chukwu; midfield – Oliseh; Forward – Benjamin.
It’s like the guys that gave their all to qualify did so for nothing. Well, good luck to the team.
Hoffeinham did not release Chukwu and Benjamin as the under 20 World cup does not fall under the FIFA window…Oliseh’s absence is str8 fraud boy has been ever present since this team was assembled…He probably was sacrificed for the cabal. Nigeria always corrupt in every aspect…….This is supposed to be a developmental team…Country is cursed.
Kparobo Ariehi please get back to form and do what you’re known for!
**Abdullahi Shitu Ele (Manchester City FC, England)
Please, which Manchester City are they referring to? I just checked the junior teams and academies, but no player there has such a name.
Anyone who has information in that regard, please tag me on a link with information…..
I google tire and some names are just not popping up with the clubs they lied these players play for….WoW just wow.
Rumour has it that if you pay 10million naira, you get a place in this team. I still don’t understand why this pay to play is still happening in our junior teams. For now Eric Chelle is going with the best.
Notable absentees are Oliseh which the coach has no excuses for leaving out because this is the engine room of your midfield aside Daga. These coaches do this injustice to settle themselves with the addition of some corrupt incompetent players thinking all is well with the team because they’ll only need 11players on field. We have not learnt any lesson from our dismal outing the last time at the youth World Cup. But anyway let’s pray that he will not be exposed and then people start thinking there’s no talent in Nigeria. #EFCC start investigating NFF and our Coaches not only in football but other sporting sectors!
It’s a pity that African nations coaches engaged in this corrupt practices. Pay to play. Shame on to them. Some of them are now clamouring for ex players to be the chairman of nff. My prayers is all those evil will be exposed at the tournament