Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team head coach Aliyu Zubairu on Tuesday called up 30 players in preparation for a two-match tour of Egypt, The Standard Gazette reports.
The friendlies in the North African country are geared towards building the team for the 2025 CAF U-20 men’s Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Cote d’Ivoire from 26 April to -18 May 2025.
The team’s Administrator, Aliyu Lawal disclosed to the official website of the Nigeria Football Federation that the games have been scheduled to be held on February 25 and 27.
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The four semifinalists at the tournament in the Ivory Coast will represent Africa at the FIFA U-20 men’s World Cup in Child to be held between 27 September and 19 October 2025.
The Flying Eagles were Africa U-20 champions in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011 and 2015.
They won the WAFU-B U-20 Championship held in Lome, Togo in October last year to be eligible for the finals in Cote d’Ivoire. They defeated Ghana’s Black Satellites 3-1 in the final match.
The two-time FIFA World Cup runners-up, in 1989 and 2005, came within breathing distance of the semi-finals at the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Argentina, before losing narrowly to the Korean Republic after extra time.
Flying Eagles Squad for Egypt Friendlies
Goalkeepers: Ifeanyi Harcourt (Sporting Lagos); Light Emerenonye (Diamond Academy); Abubakar Rufai (Mavlon FC)
Defenders: Adamu Maigari (El-Kanemi Warriors); Daniel Bameyi (Bayelsa United); Kenneth Igbokwe (Enugu Rangers); Haruna Aliyu (Wikki Tourists); Musa Ademu (Wireless FC); Shamsudeen Muhammad Mavlon FC); Ibrahim Abdullahi; Shamsudeen Ishaq (Grassrunner FC); Steven Jolomi (Mavlon FC).
Midfielders: Raphael Oyebanji (Shuffle Select FC); Mohammed Ibrahim (Niger Tornadoes); Kizito Opara (Campus Academy); Alabi Sulaiman Jojo (El-Kanemi Warriors); Sulaiman Abubakar (Diamond Academy); Shafiu Adamu (Wikki Tourists); Cletus Simon (Mavlon FC)
Forwards: Bidemi Amole (Real Sapphire Academy); Clinton Japhet (Enyimba FC); Matthew Chukwusa (Morack Academy); Nasiru Salihu (El-Kanemi Warriors); Divine Olisha (Fostar Academy); Jerry Salami (Aspire Academy); Oluwaseyi Akinfenwa (Real Sapphire Academy); Shola Adelami (Ikorodu City); Abdulrahman Ishaq (Sport Supply Academy); Ezekiel Anthony (Aspire Academy); Sodiq Olalekan Adewunmi (Jaguar Sports FC)
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