Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, says he is
optimistic that Nigeria will win the forthcoming
Africa Nations Championship to boost the
country’s FIFA world ranking.
Oliseh made the declaration via a message he
sent through the Eagles Media Officer, Toyin
Ibitoye, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Oliseh, who has expressed concern over Nigeria’s
low position in the FIFA table, expressed his
desire to go for the trophy in order to improve
Nigeria’s status and also attract FIFA’s proper
attention to the competition.
He said, “The Nigeria Football Federation and the
Eagles coach Oliseh are taking CHAN very
seriously because it has become an
internationally recognised competition, which
means that it can affect the FIFA ranking. It is
hoped CHAN can be used to improve the Eagles
ranking before draws for the 2018 World Cup in
June.”
The CHAN tournament is scheduled to take place
in Rwanda from January 16 to February 7, 2016.
Oliseh, who is in Belgium, stated that the team
would do better than they did at the 2014
edition, when Nigeria left South Africa as the
third best team.
No clear date has been announced for the
players to begin the final camping but it is
expected that they will reassemble in December.
The team, made up only of the players from the
Nigerian league, defeated their Burkina Faso
opponents to qualify for the Rwandan finals.
Meanwhile, NFF officials have confirmed that the
U-23 national team will on Wednesday depart
Banjul, Gambia, where they have been camping
for the past 10 days for the CAF U-23 Africa Cup
of Nations billed for Senegal.
The secretary of the team, Sirajo Hassan, said
the delegation, made up of 23 players and 10
officials, would depart the Banjul International
Airport at about 11pm aboard an Arik airline
flight for the 30 minutes flight to Dakar. The
U-23 team are expected to play their last friendly
game against the Gambian U-20 side, on
Wednesday by 4pm local time (5pm Nigerian
time) before heading to the airport.
The team on arrival in Dakar will then proceed to
Mbour, venue of their first two Group B games. The
Nigerians will begin their quest to qualify for the
Rio Olympics when they take on West African rivals
Mali on Sunday at the Caroline Faye Stadium, in
Mbour.
optimistic that Nigeria will win the forthcoming
Africa Nations Championship to boost the
country’s FIFA world ranking.
Oliseh made the declaration via a message he
sent through the Eagles Media Officer, Toyin
Ibitoye, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Oliseh, who has expressed concern over Nigeria’s
low position in the FIFA table, expressed his
desire to go for the trophy in order to improve
Nigeria’s status and also attract FIFA’s proper
attention to the competition.
He said, “The Nigeria Football Federation and the
Eagles coach Oliseh are taking CHAN very
seriously because it has become an
internationally recognised competition, which
means that it can affect the FIFA ranking. It is
hoped CHAN can be used to improve the Eagles
ranking before draws for the 2018 World Cup in
June.”
The CHAN tournament is scheduled to take place
in Rwanda from January 16 to February 7, 2016.
Oliseh, who is in Belgium, stated that the team
would do better than they did at the 2014
edition, when Nigeria left South Africa as the
third best team.
No clear date has been announced for the
players to begin the final camping but it is
expected that they will reassemble in December.
The team, made up only of the players from the
Nigerian league, defeated their Burkina Faso
opponents to qualify for the Rwandan finals.
Meanwhile, NFF officials have confirmed that the
U-23 national team will on Wednesday depart
Banjul, Gambia, where they have been camping
for the past 10 days for the CAF U-23 Africa Cup
of Nations billed for Senegal.
The secretary of the team, Sirajo Hassan, said
the delegation, made up of 23 players and 10
officials, would depart the Banjul International
Airport at about 11pm aboard an Arik airline
flight for the 30 minutes flight to Dakar. The
U-23 team are expected to play their last friendly
game against the Gambian U-20 side, on
Wednesday by 4pm local time (5pm Nigerian
time) before heading to the airport.
The team on arrival in Dakar will then proceed to
Mbour, venue of their first two Group B games. The
Nigerians will begin their quest to qualify for the
Rio Olympics when they take on West African rivals
Mali on Sunday at the Caroline Faye Stadium, in
Mbour.
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