Lagos – Nigeria’s Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh has named the squad for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda, the country’s soccer ruling body said.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said in a statement reaching Xinhua in Lagos on Sunday that the coach released the team’s final list of 23 players for the championship.
The Super Eagles B team, alongside technical and backroom staff, left the country on Saturday afternoon for Cape Town in South Africa, the statement said.
The squad will stage a 10-day pre-Championship training camp, and play two friendly games against Angola and Cote d’ Ivoire, who are also CHAN-bound on Jan. 6 and Jan. 11 respectively, it added.
The NFF said that Oliseh had arrived in South Africa ahead of the delegation.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles B had finished third at the third edition of the African Nations Championship held in South Africa in 2014.
The Eagles will campaign in Group C of this year’s championship alongside 2011 winners Tunisia, Niger Republic and Guinea, with matches to be played at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Kigali.
The championship runs from January 16 to February 7.
– XINHUA NEWS AGENCY