Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye has congratulated the 30 players called to camp by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to face Ghana in the African Nations Championship qualifiers.
Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen invited the 30 players to camp as part of preparations to ensure the qualification of the Super Eagles B for next year’s African Nations Championship finals.
The championship is reserved exclusively for footballers who play with clubs in their country’s domestic Leagues and possessing standard contracts. It is scheduled to hold in February 2025 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Elegbeleye reminded the invited players that they are the ambassadors of the NPFL and must play at their best to re-establish Nigeria’s place in continental football.
“As the best of the NPFL, you are expected to give a very good account by not only going past the qualifiers but also contesting for the title at the finals”, the NPFL Chairman charged the team which has veteran Rabiu Ali of Kano Pillars on the list.
Ali, who has scored eight goals this season, is joined by Remo Stars’ goalkeeper Kayode Bankole, Rivers United defender Steven Mayo, and Abia Warriors’ exciting forward Sunday Megwo.
There are also Enyimba goalkeeper Henry Ozoemena, Remo Stars’ wing-back Ismail Sadiq, Enugu Rangers’ midfield ace Kazeem Ogunleye and Nasarawa United forward Anas Yusuf.
Victor Collins, the Nasarawa United defender called up for last month’s 2025 AFCON qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda, and Plateau United’s Adamu Abubakar, are also called up.
The players are to arrive at the Remo Stars Sports Institute, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State on Wednesday, 4th December 2024, where the team will train ahead of the first leg of the qualification fixture against Ghana’s Black Stars B, billed for the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, 22nd December. The second leg will take place at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo on Saturday, 28th December.
THE 30 PLAYERS FOR CHAN EAGLES CAMPING
Goalkeepers: Henry Ozoemena (Enyimba FC); Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars); Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United)
Defenders: Ismail Sadiq (Remo Stars); Waliu Ojewole (Ikorodu City); Imo Obot (Enyimba FC); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Junior Nduka (Remo Stars); Victor Collins (Nasarawa United); Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Rangers International); Steven Mayo (Rivers United); Abiam Nelson (Kano Pillars)
Midfielders: Jide Fatokun (Remo Stars); Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars); Saviour Isaac (Rangers International); Musa Zayyad (El-Kanemi Warriors); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes); Kazeem Ogunleye (Rangers International)
Forwards: Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Adamu Abubakar (Plateau United); Osy Martins (Lobi Stars); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Samuel Ayanrinde (3SC); Meyiwa Oritseweyimi (Bendel Insurance); Ngbemena Ikechukwu (Heartland FC); Sunday Megwo (Abia Warriors); Umar Al-Amin Ibrahim (El-Kanemi Warriors); Adams Aminu Sani (Kano Pillars); Emmanuel Ogbole (Kwara United)