Coach of Nigeria senior men football team, Eric Chelle has officially unveiled the squad list of Super Eagles B team (CHAN Eagles) ahead of the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN) to be co-hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
The 23-man team, made up entirely of players from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), will fly the country’s flag in the continental tournament designed exclusively for home-based talents.
The CHAN Eagles will be hoping to go one step better than their 2018 campaign where they lost to hosts, Morocco after 4-0 in the final.
Nigeria will battle Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in Group D.
The 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) will take place from 2 – 30 August.
Chelle’s Super Eagles B squad in full:
Goalkeepers:
Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC), Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United) and Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars)
Defenders:
Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars), Bankole Afeez (Kwara United), Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United), Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City), Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars), Ngengen Leonard (Ikorodu City) and Steven Mayo Egbe (Rivers United)
Midfielders:
Adedayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars), Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars), Olaniyi Taofik (Rivers United), Akanni Qudus (Remo Stars), Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars) and Alex Oyowah (Remo Stars)
Forwards:
Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United), Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City), Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars), Temitope Vincent (Plateau United), Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors), Godwin Obaje (Rangers International) and Jabbar Malik (Remo Stars).
Reporting by Friday Joshua