Nigeria A' national football team

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Nigeria A'
Nickname(s)CHAN Eagles
AssociationNigeria Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachGernot Rohr
Home stadiumAgege Stadium
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
African Nations Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2014)
Best result2nd (2018)
WAFU Nations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best result1st (2010)

The Nigeria A' national football team is the local national football team of Nigeria and is open only to indigenous domestic league players. The team represents Nigeria at the WAFU Nations Cup and the African Nations Championship and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. They are also known as the CHAN Eagles.

The CHAN Eagles came third at the 2014 African Nations Championship, at the 2018 edition hosted in Morocco, Nigeria reached the final but lost 4–0 to the hosts.[1]

They have also appeared at the WAFU Nations Cup 4 times, hosting the tournament twice and winning the 2010 edition.


African Nations Championship record[edit]

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 3
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009 Did not qualify
Sudan 2011
South Africa 2014 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 14 7
Rwanda 2016 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 5 3
Morocco 2018 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 7 6
Cameroon 2020 Did not qualify
Algeria 2022
Kenya 2024 To be determined
Total Runners-up 3/8 15 9 3 3 26 16

WAFU Nations Cup record[edit]

WAFU Nations Cup
Appearances: 4
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Nigeria 2010 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 1
Nigeria 2011 Second-place 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 4
Ghana 2013 Did not qualify
Ghana 2017 Second-place 2nd 6 3 2 1 6 4
Senegal 2019 Quarter-finals (PC) 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3
Nigeria 2021 Qualified
Total Champions 4/5 17 11 3 3 31 12

Results[edit]

22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualification  Togo 4–1  Nigeria Stade de Kégué, Lomé
16:00 (UTC±0)
Report Ibrahim 8' Referee: Adissa Ligali (Benin)
29 September 2019 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations  Nigeria 1–2  Togo Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès
18:00 (UTC±0) Sikiru 32' Report
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
5 October 2019 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations  Nigeria 1–1
(2–3 p)
 Cape Verde Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès
18:00 (UTC±0) Sikiru 65' Report Cardoso 87' Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
19 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualification  Nigeria 2–0  Togo Agege Stadium, Lagos
16:00 (UTC+1) Sikiru 9', 71' Report Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Al-Mustapha (Nigerien Football Federation)

Squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification and 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations matches against Togo and Cape Verde.


Caps and goals as of 19 October 2019 after the match against Togo.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Theophilus Afelokhai (1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 36) 4 0 Nigeria Enyimba
1GK Ikechukwu Ezenwa (1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 35) 21 0 Nigeria Katsina United

2DF Denis Nya (1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 27) 3 0 Nigeria Akwa United
2DF Ifeanyi Anaemena (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Nigeria Enyimba
2DF John Lazarus (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 25) 4 0 Nigeria Lobi Stars
2DF Daniel Itodo (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 27) 5 0 Nigeria Plateau United
2DF Ifeanyi Nweke (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26) 3 0 Nigeria Kano Pillars
2DF Ebube Duru (1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Nigeria Lobi Stars

3MF Mathias Martins (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 27) 4 0 Nigeria Lobi Stars
3MF Nyima Nwagua (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30) 3 0 Nigeria Kano Pillars
3MF Ibrahim Olawoyin 1 0 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
3MF Fatai Gbadamosi (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 25) 3 0 Nigeria Shooting Stars
3MF Anthony Shimaga (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26) 1 0 Nigeria Enugu Rangers

4FW Chisom Orji (2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Nigeria Collins Edwin
4FW Ndifreke Udo (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25) 5 0 Nigeria Akwa United
4FW Olisa Harold Ndah (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26) 4 0 Nigeria Remo Stars
4FW Mfon Udoh (1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 32) 7 1 Nigeria Akwa United
4FW Sunusi Ibrahim (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21) 2 1 Nigeria Nasarawa United
4FW Alimi Sikiru (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28) 4 4 Nigeria Lobi Stars

Previous squads[edit]

African Nations Championship squads

Honours[edit]

African Nations Championship:

WAFU Nations Cup

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Morocco crush Nigeria to win CHAN 2018 title". theafricancourier.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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