CHAN 2025: Super Eagles’ camp swell to 26 players

A total of 26 players are now at the Super Eagles’ camp in Ikenne, Ogun, as the team intensify preparations for the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025.

Our correspondent reports that Head Coach Eric Chelle had released a 35-man provisional list for the Super Eagles B squad ahead of the Championship.

The CHAN tournament which is exclusive to players competing in their domestic leagues, will be hosted in August by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

No fewer than 21 early birds had arrived at the camp on Monday and participated in the team’s first training session in the evening under the floodlights.

Super Eagles Media Officer, Promise Efoghe, confirmed to NAN that the CHAN Eagles camp swelled to 26 players on Tuesday in Ikenne, Ogun, with five more players participating in the team’s second training session.

“Five more players arriveed at the team’s camp today (Tuesday).

“A total of 26 players trained on Tuesday evening.

“The players include; Musa Zayad (El-kanemi Warriors), Aminu Adam (Kano Pillars), Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United), Godwin Obaje (Rivers United), and Kabiru Mohammed (Kwara United),” he said.

Nigeria, CHAN runners-up in 2018, are placed in Group D of the 19-nation competition.

They are grouped alongside title holders Senegal, as well as Sudan and Congo.
The Super Eagles will face Senegal and Sudan at Amman Stadium, located on Zanzibar Island.

Their final group game, against Congo, will be played at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam.