The Super Eagles are drawn in Group A with hosts Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea. SUPER EAGLES AFCON SQUAD JERSEY NUMBERS 1. Francis Uzoho 2. Ola Aina 3. Zaidu Sanusi 4. Alhassan Yusuf 5. William Troost-Ekong 6. Semi Ajayi 7.
Brazil coach, Tite, has named a 23-man squad for their international friendly with Nigeria and Senegal. Both games will be played in Singapore next month. Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr, is yet to name his squad for the match.
CAF has also decided that all the participating countries can name a maximum 27 players in their squad for the 2023 AFCON finals as against the usual 23. The final roster is expected to be submitted by January 3, 2024.
Ezenwa earned his first two international caps for the Super Eagles, on Matchday 3 and 4 of the qualifiers against Cameroon in Uyo and Yaounde last month.
The World Cup winning team will receive £28 million in prize money from FIFA, with 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams receiving £21million, £18million and £16million respectively.
Three days earlier, Tite's squad will face 2019 Afcon runners-up Senegal at the National Stadium in Singapore. The Super Eagles lost 3-0 to Brazil in their last meeting at the National Stadium in Abuja.
Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has revealed why he has not fielded some of the players in the Super Eagles squad for the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations.
Note that the Super Eagles squad officially commenced their preparation for the 2023 AFCON earlier today, January 3, in UAE and they are expected to remain there until January 9.
Despite being overlooked by Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro in his latest Super Eagles list, Orban delivered a remarkable display to showcase his ability as Gent overcame their hosts 3-2 on Thursday night.
I just think Tammy Abraham would have been a good back up to Osimhen in this squad. Good match! #BRANGA." @egbas, "Decent Super Eagles display overall. I liked how we kept our shape and shut out the Brazilians whenever they attacked.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria and other teams that crashed out on the group stages of the 2018 World Cup will be paid only £6.1 million each by the football governing body, FIFA.