Nigeria U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, will on Wednesday travel to Senegal for the CAF African Youth Championship.
The team’s secretary Aliyu Ibrahim Awal said the squad will fly out of Abuja via Lagos and Banjul, Gambia, to Dakar.
The Flying Eagles will start their campaign against hosts Senegal at the Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar. Kick-off time is 5.30 pm Nigerian time.
Their remaining group games are against Congo on March 11 and Cote d’Ivoire on March 14.
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The four semi-finalists at the AYC will represent Africa at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be staged in New Zealand from May.
Flying Eagles squad
Goalkeepers: Joshua Enaholo, Sunday Alampasu, Olorunleke Ojo
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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
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