Home-Based Super Eagles Kick Off Training For CHAN 2024 With 21 Players
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By Sportsgister
The home-based Super Eagles have begun their preparations for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) with a first training session attended by 21 players in Ikenne, Ogun State.
The training session, which started at 7 pm under floodlights, marks the beginning of the team’s camp ahead of the tournament.
The 21 players who attended the first training session are:
1. Nduka Junior (Remo Stars)
2. Harrison Austin (Ikorodu City)
3. Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars)
4. Abdulrafiu Taiwo (Rivers United)
5. Temitope Vincent (Plateau United)
6. Adedayo Olanipekun (Remo Stars)
7. Adelani Shola (Ikorodu City)
8. Nurudeen Badmos (Kwara United)
9. Sadiq Ismail (Remo Stars)
10. Taofeek Otaniyi (Rivers United)
11. Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars)
12. Ani Henry (Rivers United)
13. Egbe Stephen (Rivers United)
14. Atule Joseph (Enyimba)
15. Tochukwu Michael (Remo Stars)
16. Aniekeme Okon (Rivers United)
17. Ayomide Cole (Ikorodu City)
18. Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars)
19. Afeez Bankole (Kwara United)
20. Leonard Ngenge (Ikorodu City)
21. Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars)
According to the team’s media officer, Promise Efoghe, 14 other invited players are expected to join the camp on Tuesday, bringing the total number of players to 35.
The home-based Super Eagles are in Group D alongside defending champions Senegal, Sudan, and Congo in the 2024 CHAN. The tournament, scheduled for August 2-30, 2025, will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
This will be a chance for the team to redeem themselves after missing the 2022 edition.
The home-based Super Eagles have had mixed fortunes in previous CHAN tournaments. In 2018, they reached the final but lost 4-0 to host Morocco. They missed the 2018 and 2022 editions, but they avenged their 2022 playoff loss to Ghana by defeating them 3-1 on aggregate in the playoff for the 2024 edition.
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