Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will depart for the African Youth Championship in Senegal on Wednesday, officials have announced.
The Flying Eagles Secretary, Aliyu Ibrahim Awal, disclosed that the team will fly out of Abuja via Lagos and Banjul, Gambia, to Dakar.
“We will leave Abuja Wednesday afternoon on our way to Dakar,” said the top team official.
The team will begin their quest for the 2015 AYC on Sunday against hosts, Senegal.
Kick-off time is 5.30pm Nigerian time at the Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar.
They will also take on Congo on March 11 and Cote d’Ivoire on March 14.
The final group game against the Ivorians will be played at the Stade Caroline Faye in M’bour, which is a short bus ride from Dakar and the base for Group B.
The four semi-finalists at this tournament will represent Africa at the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup to be staged in New Zealand from May.
Flying Eagles final AYC squad:
Goalkeepers: Joshua Enaholo, Sunday Alampasu, Olorunleke Ojo.
Defenders: Musa Muhamed, Zaharadeen Bello, Izu Omego, Mustapha Abdullahi, Samuel Okon, Abdulganiyu Saheed.
Midfielders:Ifeanyi Matthew, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Akinjide Idowu, Obinna Nwobodo, Bernard Bulbwa, Abdullahi Alfa.
Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Christian Pyagbara, Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan ‘Muazam’, Usman Hassan, Chidera Ezeh, Wasiu Jimoh.
