Surprisingly, goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is back with the Super Eagles, but Maduka Okoye, who has been filling in for Stanley Nwabali, was left out of Nigeria’s AFCON 2025 roster.
According to Channels TV, Paul Onuachu, who has been getting plenty of scoring opportunities with his Turkish club Trabzonspor, has also been called up to the squad.
Last night, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) validated its X handle and released the team list, which fans had been waiting for.
Three goalkeepers, eight defenders, eight midfielders, and nine strikers were picked by coach Eric Chelle to the final roster for the 2025–2026 tournament in Morocco.
With the competition beginning on December 21, the Super Eagles have assembled a 28-player roster that includes both established players and some new faces.
Tolu Arokodare, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Victor Boniface were all left off the roster, however Ebenezer Akinsanmiro got his first call-up.
Here is the complete roster:
In goal: Stanley Nwabali of Chippa United in South Africa; Amas Obasogie of Singida Blackstars in Tanzania; and Francis Uzoho of Omonia FC in Cyprus.
Among the defenders selected are Calvin Bassey of Fulham FC, Oluwasemilogo Ajayi of Hull City, Bright Osayi-Samuel of Birmingham City, Bruno Onyemaechi of Olympiakos, Chidozie Awaziem of Nantes FC, Zaidu Sanusi of FC Porto, Igoh Ogbu of Slavia Prague, and Ryan Alebiosu of Blackburn Rovers.
Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England), Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England), Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas FC, Turkey), Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (SS Lazio, Italy), Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (Pisa SC, Italy), Usman Muhammed (Ironi Tiberias, Israel), and Tochukwu Nnadi (Zulte Waregem, Belgium).
In the forward position, we have Ademola Lookman (Atalanta BC, Italy), Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham FC, England), Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray FC, Turkey), Simon Moses (Paris FC, France), Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla FC, Spain), Akor Adams (Sevilla FC, Spain), Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor AS, Turkey), Cyriel Dessers (Panathinaikos FC, Greece), and Salim Fago Lawal (NK Istra 1961, Croatia).
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