For the umpteenth time, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have once again snubbed Nigerian referees from officiating in the fast approaching 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Recall that Nigerian referees have faced challenges in gaining recognition from both CAF and FIFA in recent years, and this trend will continue at the upcoming tournament in Cote d’Ivoire.
CAF has selected officials from 19 different nationalities for the event, with Egypt and Morocco having three representatives each, and Algeria, Gabon, and Mauritania having two each.
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The 2023 AFCON finals are scheduled to take place from January 13 to February 11, 2024, with the Super Eagles drawn in Group A alongside hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
At the 2019 edition in Egypt which had 26 referees and 31 assistants, no Nigerian referee was selected but Abel Baba made his cut as assistant referee in the 2017 edition while Peter Edibe was on the list at the 2015 and 2013 editions.
In the last six editions, only three Nigerians have made the list, which speaks volume of how little Nigerian referees count when it comes to reckoning with them for continental duties.
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Even Nigeria’s home-based referees are just as poor as the home-based footballers. Something is wrong with this Country!!!
If there was a way to market these referees with the national team, our exes would have clamored for all our national team games to be henceforth officiated my Nigerian referees…..LMAOoo
Hahaha… Don’t mind those guys brodaman Dr Drey. They are having serious groove in a fools paradise. Homebased NI homebased ko.
Hahahahaha…..Coachee an his bunch of jesters….come and make a case for your “homebased” referees o.
They too cannot seem to “qualify” for continental tournaments like their brothers in the coaching and playing fields from the home front….LMAOoo
What is this nonentity saying. Even when the league was good, how many Nigerian refs were considered for major tournaments. Fool that doesn’t even know what the requirement for selection is would not come here and be calling out names. Abeg no come up with lies about what the criteria is for selection. If selection is based on league performance, definitely you wouldn’t say the Gabonese or Mauritania league is better than ours. Let them make the criteria for selection open
Okponu Ayirada….go and ask your wretched father who referees Chukwujeku, Tade and the likes who used to officate in AFCON and other CAF Competitions in the 2000s are….ODE OLORIBURUKU.
Since I don’t know the criteria for selection of referees why not tell us what the criteria is since you know….LMAOOO….oh i forgot….you were born stupid, so even your idiot self does not know.
I know your whore of a mother never told you anything about the Cooper Test.
Eranko alainilari….please come and tell us the criteria that has seen no Nigerian centre referee in CHAN and AFCON for over 10 years.
Won ni jere e layer.
Aja lasan lasan
Dem don say bomb dey your head so it would be a waste of time responding to your Alzheimer self. Mr know it all, no be you dey condemn our refs, so tell us why CAF is not appointing our refs you this SOB
Hahahah…..useless idiot….LMAOoo…he has borrowed data after 4 days of scavenging waste bins to give his usual Senseless replies.
It is when it time to substantiate his stupidity with facts that he will not have time to reply….LMAOoo. When it’s time to be am idiot, heg always has time
Unless bastard, okponu lasan lasan, shebi it is your idiot self that was asking if Nigerian referees used to officiate at caf tournaments b4…? I just dropped 2 names I can remember that used to officiate up thill the 2000s WHEN THE LEAGUE WAS GOOD, since the idiots that gave birth to you never educated you properly….LMAOoo
Mr okponu that know nothing but keep vomiting sewage, you are the one defending your refs, so you should be the one to tell us why they have not appeared in CAF competitions, CHAN, AFCON, CAFCl, CCC for over a decade now.
You were the fool that is claiming to know the requirements for selection…..LMAOoo….the same way you claim to watch the league but cannot mention the names of 11 players out of 600 registered in the league…..LMAOoo.
So you that knows the criteria for selection but has never heard of Coopers Test in your miserable life….Oya tell us the criteria for selection o….LMAOoo
Useless son of a street dog.
Okoponu alainilaakaye, ekeji aja.
The best time to rub sand in your mouth is to tell you to substantiate your point with facts….LMAOoo….that is when your stupidity and daftness gets exposed….LMAOoo. that is when you will not have time for replies.
Ko ni ye o laye. Won o ni jere e.
With renewed efforts made to reinvent and revive the NPFL league in recent months, it would be a massive boost to the league to see one or two outfield players invited for the Super Eagles list ahead of the AFCON tournament.
In a premier league comprising 20 clubs as well as a second tier football club, it is rather absurd and strange that our senior national team coach, JP finds it impossible to get any player fit enough to make a provisional squad for the biennial tournament.
With renewed efforts made to reinvent and revive the NPFL league in recent months, it would be a massive boost to the league to see one or two outfield players invited for the Super Eagles list ahead of the AFCON tournament.
In a premier league comprising 20 clubs as well as second tier football clubs, it is rather absurd and strange that our senior national team coach, JP finds it impossible to get any player fit enough to make a provisional squad for the biennial tournament.
The situation is really deplorable.
Nigeria, one of the most successful football brands in Africa cannot boast of just one credible referee for the Afcon. I had a look and saw match officials Chad, Benin, Kenya, Lesotho, Djibouti and Angola.
Is that how incompetent and corrupt our referees are?
Afcon 2024 match officials:
1 Ghorbal Mustapha Algeria 1 Abbes Akram Zerhouni Algeria
2 Gamouh Youcef Algeria 2 Mokrane Gourari Algeria
3 Djindo Louis Houngnandande Benin 3 Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos Angola
4 Ndabihawenimana Pacifique Burundi 4 Lopes Ivanildo Oliveira Angola
5 Alhadji Allaou Mahamat Chad 5 Ayimavo Ulrich Eric Benin
6 Traoré Ibrahim Kalilou Cote D’Ivoire 6 Tiama Seydou Burkina Faso
7 Ndala Ngambo Jean-Jacques DR Congo 7 Carine Atezambong (F) Cameroon
8 Amin Mohamed Omar Egypt 8 Elvis Guy Nguengoue Noupue Cameroon
9 Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour Egypt 9 Steven Danek Moyo Moutsassi Congo
10 Mohamed Adel Elsaid Hussien Egypt 10 Nouho Ouattara Cote d’Ivoire
11 Weyesa Bamlak Tessema Ethiopia 11 Ngoh Adou Hermann Cote d’Ivoire
12 Atcho Pierre Ghislain Gabon 12 Liban Abdoulrazack Djibouti
13 Mebiame Patrice Tanguy Gabon 13 Ahmed Hossameldin Taha Ibrahim Egypt
14 Kamaku Peter Waweru Kenya 14 Mahmoud Ahmed Kamedl Abouregal Egypt
15 Ibrahim Mutaz A. Ibrahim Libya 15 Ditsoga Boris Marlaise Gabon
16 Traore Boubou Mali 16 Gilbert Cheriyot Kenya
17 Beida Dahane Mauritania 17 Yiembe Stephen Kenya
18 Bouh Abdel Aziz Mauritania 18 Souru Phatsoane Lesotho
19 Guezzaz Samir Morocco 19 Amsaaed Attia M. Essa Libya
20 Jayed Jalal Morocco 20 Dimbiniaina Andriatianarivelo Madagascar
21 Karboubi Bouchra (F) Morocco 21 Samake Modibo Mali
22 Uwikunda Samuel Rwanda 22 Akarkad Mostafa Morocco
23 Sy Issa Senegal 23 Azgaou Lahsen Morocco
24 Omar Abdulkadir Artan Somalia 24 Arsenio Chadreque Maringule Mozambique
25 Abongile Tom South Africa 25 Dos Reis Monte Negro Abelmiro Sao Tome & P.
26 Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail Sudan 26 Bangoura Nouha Senegal
27 Camara Djibril Senegal
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They are not selected as Nigerians will sell matches for money
What is this nonentity saying. Even when the league was good, how many Nigerian refs were considered for major tournaments. Fool that doesn’t even know what the requirement for selection is would not come here and be calling out names. Abeg no come up with lies about what the criteria is for selection. If selection is based on league performance, definitely you wouldn’t say the Gabonese or Mauritania league is better than ours. Let them make the criteria for selection open
They are so corrupt. They see green, they say it’s black.
Na you offer them the bribe? Make CAF bring proof that they corrupt