Chelle unveils 23 home-based stars for CHAN 2025
Super Eagles B head coach, Eric Chelle, has named a 23-man squad for the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled to take place in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 2nd to 30th August 2025.
The squad includes team captain Junior Harrison Nduka, defender Sikiru Alimi, and forward Godwin Obaje. Also listed are goalkeeper Ozoemena Ani, defenders Sodiq Ismaila and Stephen Mayo, midfielders Hadi Haruna and Alex Oyowah, and forwards Anas Yusuf and Ijoma Anthony.
The team is scheduled to depart for Zanzibar on Thursday evening aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight. They have been in camp for several weeks at the Remo Stars Sports Institute in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has organized a second-phase training camp for the squad in Zanzibar from 25th to 31st July. The team, silver medallists at CHAN 2018, will then move into official tournament accommodation on the island.
As part of their preparations, the NFF has arranged two friendly matches against the Zanzibar senior national team—first on Monday, 28th July, and again on Thursday, 31st July.
Nigeria, bronze medallists in 2014, are drawn in Group D of the 19-team tournament, alongside defending champions Senegal, Sudan, and Congo. The Super Eagles B will play their first two matches against Senegal and Sudan at the Amman Stadium in Zanzibar, before facing Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Final 23-Man Squad
Goalkeepers:
Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC); Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United); Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars)
Defenders:
Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Bankole Afeez (Kwara United); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Ngengen Leonard (Ikorodu City); Steven Mayo Egbe (Rivers United)
Midfielders:
Adedayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars); Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars); Otaniyi Taofik (Rivers United); Akanni Qudus (Remo Stars); Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars); Alex Oyowah (Remo Stars)
Forwards:
Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors); Godwin Obaje (Rangers International); Jabbar Malik (Remo Stars)
