Siaisia Lists 18-Man Squad For Battle Of Lusaka

Nigeria U23 head coach Samson Siasia has named his squad for Sunday's All African Games Qualification second leg match against Zambia U23.


The Dream Team VI coach has selected 18 players for the crunch match in Lusaka.

Both teams played out a 0-0 draw in the first leg that took place at the Abuja National Stadium on Sunday 22nd March.
The winner of the fixture will qualify for the Men's Football Tournament of the 11th AAG coming up in Congo-Brazzaville from September 3rd to 18th this year.

Zambia will be favourites to go through in the final round of the qualifiers and they will be aiming to cause an upset against the 1996 Olympic Games Football Champions.

The match will come up on Sunday 12th April and commence at 3pm Zambian time.

Nigeria squad:

Goalkeepers: Emmanuel Daniel, Akande Abiodun

Defenders: Obanor Erhun, Segun Oduduwa, Amuzie Stanley, Atanda Sodiq, Mustapha Abdullahi, Iroha Chukwuebuka

Midfielders: Azubuike Okechukwu, Godwin Saviour, Usman Mohammed, Kingsley Sokari

Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Ajayi Junior, Peter Onyekachi, Oghenekaro Etebo, Ubong Ekpai, Bernard Bulbwa