Nigeria A' national football team

Nigeria A'

Nickname(s)	CHAN Eagles
Association	Nigeria Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Gernot Rohr
Home stadium	Agege Stadium
FIFA code	NGA
First colours Second colours
African Nations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2014)
Best result	2nd (2018)
WAFU Nations Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2010)
Best result	1st (2010)

The Nigeria A' national football team is the local national football team of Nigeria and is open only to indigenous domestic league players. The team represents Nigeria at the WAFU Nations Cup and the African Nations Championship and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. They are also known as the CHAN Eagles.

The CHAN Eagles came third at the 2014 African Nations Championship, at the 2018 edition hosted in Morocco, Nigeria reached the final but lost 4–0 to the hosts.^[1]

They have also appeared at the WAFU Nations Cup 4 times, hosting the tournament twice and winning the 2010 edition.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2014	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	14	7
2016	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	3
2018	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	7	6
2020	Did not qualify
2022
2024	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	3/8	15	9	3	3	26	16

WAFU Nations Cup record

WAFU Nations Cup
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	14	1
2011	Second-place	2nd	4	3	0	1	9	4
2013	Did not qualify
2017	Second-place	2nd	6	3	2	1	6	4
2019	Quarter-finals (PC)	5th	2	0	1	1	2	3
2021	Qualified
Total	Champions	4/5	17	11	3	3	31	12

Results

 Togo v  Nigeria

22 September 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualification	Togo	4–1	Nigeria	Stade de Kégué, Lomé
16:00 (UTC±0)	Nane 16', 67' Tchakei 75' (pen.) Agoro 90+2'	Report	Ibrahim 8'	Referee: Adissa Ligali (Benin)

 Nigeria v  Togo

29 September 2019 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations	Nigeria	1–2	Togo	Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès
18:00 (UTC±0)	Sikiru 32'	Report	Adjahli 16' Ndah 43' (o.g.)	Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

 Nigeria v  Cape Verde

5 October 2019 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations	Nigeria	1–1 (2–3 p)	Cape Verde	Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès
18:00 (UTC±0)	Sikiru 65'	Report	Cardoso 87'	Referee: (Ms) Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

 Nigeria v  Togo

19 October 2019 2020 African Nations Championship qualification	Nigeria	2–0	Togo	Agege Stadium, Lagos
16:00 (UTC+1)	Sikiru 9', 71'	Report		Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Al-Mustapha (Nigerien Football Federation)

Squad

The following players were called up for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualification and 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations matches against Togo and Cape Verde.

Caps and goals as of 19 October 2019 after the match against Togo.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Theophilus Afelokhai	(1988-04-07) 7 April 1988 (age 35)	4	0	Enyimba
	1GK	Ikechukwu Ezenwa	(1988-10-16) 16 October 1988 (age 35)	21	0	Katsina United
	2DF	Denis Nya	(1996-12-01) 1 December 1996 (age 27)	3	0	Akwa United
	2DF	Ifeanyi Anaemena	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 31)	3	0	Enyimba
	2DF	John Lazarus	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 25)	4	0	Lobi Stars
	2DF	Daniel Itodo	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 27)	5	0	Plateau United
	2DF	Ifeanyi Nweke	(1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Kano Pillars
	2DF	Ebube Duru	(1999-07-31) 31 July 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Lobi Stars
	3MF	Mathias Martins	(1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 26)	4	0	Lobi Stars
	3MF	Nyima Nwagua	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 30)	3	0	Kano Pillars
	3MF	Ibrahim Olawoyin		1	0	Enugu Rangers
	3MF	Fatai Gbadamosi	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 25)	3	0	Shooting Stars
	3MF	Anthony Shimaga	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)	1	0	Enugu Rangers
	4FW	Chisom Orji	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Collins Edwin
	4FW	Ndifreke Udo	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25)	5	0	Akwa United
	4FW	Olisa Harold Ndah	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 25)	4	0	Remo Stars
	4FW	Mfon Udoh	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992 (age 31)	7	1	Akwa United
	4FW	Sunusi Ibrahim	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21)	2	1	Nasarawa United
	4FW	Alimi Sikiru	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 27)	4	4	Lobi Stars

Previous squads

African Nations Championship squads

• CHAN 2014 squad
• CHAN 2016 squad
• CHAN 2018 squad

Honours

African Nations Championship:

• Second place: 2018
• Third place: 2014

WAFU Nations Cup

• Champions: 2010

References

External links

This page was last edited on 27 November 2023, at 21:45