Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will depart for the 2015 African Youth Championship in Senegal today, officials have announced.
The Flying Eagles Secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim Awal disclosed that the
team would fly out of Abuja via Lagos and Banjul, Gambia, to Dakar.
“We will leave Abuja Wednesday afternoon on our way to Dakar,” said the top team official.
The team would begin its quest for the 2015 AYC on Sunday against hosts, Senegal.
Kick-off time is 5.30 pm Nigerian time at the Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar.
The team would also take on Congo on March 11 and Cote d’Ivoire March 14.
The final group game against the Ivorians would be played at the
Stade Caroline Faye in M’bour, which is a short bus ride from Dakar and
the base for Group B.
The four semi-finalists at this tournament will represent Africa at
the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be staged in New Zealand from May.
Flying Eagles final AYC squad:
Goalkeepers: Joshua Enaholo, Sunday Alampasu, Olorunleke Ojo
Defenders: Musa Muhamed, Zaharadeen Bello, Izu Omego, Mustapha Abdullahi, Samuel Okon, Abdulganiyu Saheed
Midfielders: Ifeanyi Matthew, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Akinjide Idowu, Obinna Nwobodo, Bernard Bulbwa, Abdullahi Alfa
Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Christian Pyagbara, Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan ‘Muazam’, Usman Hassan, Chidera Ezeh, Wasiu Jimoh
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