Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma has named Opeyemi Ajakaye, Sebastine Flourish, Taiwo Afolabi and 17 others for the WAFU B U20 Women’s Tournament.
The tournament is set to take place in Kumasi, Ghana from May 20 to June 4.
Danjuma, who steered the Nigerian girls to the last eight of last year’s World Cup in Costa Rica, has also picked goalkeeper Inyene Etim, defenders Comfort Folorunsho and Jumoke Alani, midfielders Chioma Olise and Blessing Emmanuel, and forwards Omowunmi Bello and Goodness Osigwe.
Afolabi, Folorunsho, Ajakaye and Emmanuel were in the Nigeria U17 girls’ team that won the bronze medals at last year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India.
Falconets are in Group B against the U20 girls of Niger Republic, Burkina Faso and Togo.
Hosts Ghana will confront the U20 girls of Benin Republic and Cote d’Ivoire in Group A.
Ghana and Benin Republic will lift the curtain on the tournament at the Baba Yara Stadium on Saturday, 20 May before FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria take on Niger Republic and Burkina Faso tango with Togo on Sunday, 21 May.
The Falconets will then play Togo on 24 May, also at the Baba Yara Stadium, before trading tackles with Burkina Faso Paa Joe Stadium on Sunday, 28 May.
FULL LIST
Goalkeepers: Inyene Etim, Shukura Bakare, Chinyere Mgbechi
Defenders: Jumoke Alani, Oluchi Ohaegbulem, Chidinma Ogbuchi, Comfort Folorunsho, Blessing Okpe, Monica Ameh
Midfielders: Taiwo Afolabi, Chioma Olise, Chinyere Kalu, Esther Onyenezide, Blessing Emmanuel
Forwards: Shukurat Oladipo, Goodness Osigwe, Flourish Sebastine, Omowunmi Bello, Opeyemi Ajakaye, Judith Okah
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God bless you our girls. You always make us proud.
Thank God for good days ahead.
God bless Nigeria
Focus focus focus! Falconets must beware of that swagger and overconfidence that kills Nigerian national teams. When things go wrong they turn around to say it was God’s will.