SUPER Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro has released the final 25-man list that will prosecute Nigeria’s campaign at the continental fiesta billed to kick off in Ivory Coast from Saturday 13 January and run through to Sunday 11 Feb 2024.
The team include captain Ahmed Musa while Enyimba’s Olorunleke Ojo is the only home-based player.
The squad was posted on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) X handle on Friday.
A close look at coach Jose Peseiro’s shows that three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and eight forwards will be heading to Cote d’Ivoire in January.
South Africa-based Stanley Nwabali and NPFL star Olorunleke Ojo, Bruno Onyemaechi and Bright Osayi-Samuel made the cut.
Current African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen of Napoli and Victor Boniface are expected to lead the Eagles strike force.
Nice forward Terem Moffi was not included in the party going to Saudi Arabia to shape up for the Nations Cup.
Nigeria is drawn in Group A and will be facing host Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Nigeria squad for AFCON 2024
GOALKEEPERS
FRANCIS UZOHO – Omonia FC
OLORUNLEKE OJO – Enyimba
STANLEY NWABILI –
DEFENDERS
WILLIAM EKONG
BRIGHT SAMUEL
OLA AINA
ZAIDU SANUSI
BRUNO ONYEMAECHI
SEMI AJAYI
CALVIN BASSEY
CHIDOZIE AWAZIEM
KENNETH OMERUO
MIDFIELDERS
WILFRED NDIDI
JOE ARIBO
ALEX IWOBI
RAPHAEL ONYEDIKA
FRANK ONYEKA
FORWARDS
VICTOR OSHIMEN
VICTOR BONAFICE
SIMON MOSES
AHMED MUSA
ADEMOLA LOOKMAN
SODIQ UMAR
SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE
KELECHI IHEANACHO
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