Qatar 2022: Eguavoen Releases Provisional 25-Man Squad For Ghana Clash

The list is expected to be trimmed to 24 players.

Interim head coach of the Nigerian national football team, Augustine Eguavoen, has handed an invitation to 25 players ahead of Nigeria’s two-legged Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers clash against the Black Stars of Ghana scheduled to hold on March 25 and 29, 2022.

The trio of Taiwo Awoniyi, Peter Olayinka, and Chidozie Awaziem, who were part of the 2021 AFCON party was excluded from the squad and placed on a standby seven-man list which also includes Jamilu Collins who was at the 2021 AFCON.

Glasgow Rangers of Scotland central back, Leon Balogun, who missed out on the 2021 AFCON due to an injury is back in the team alongside his clubmates Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey. Regulars such as team captain, Ahmed Musa, vice-captain, William Troost-Ekong, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Victor Osimhen, Moses Simon, Samuel Chukwueze, and others also made the squad.

Ghana will host the Super Eagles on March 25, 2022, at the 20,000 capacity Cape Coast Sports Stadium, while the return leg will be at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The camp will officially open in Abuja on March 21 as the list is expected to be trimmed to 24 players.

Defenders

Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England)

Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain)

Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)

William Ekong (Watford FC, England)

Olaoluwa Aina (Torino FC, Italy)

Calvin Bassey (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)

Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus)

Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal)

Midfielders

Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England)

Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)

Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England)

Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford FC, England)

Akinkunmi Amoo (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

Forwards

Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey)

Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain)

Victor Osimhen (Napoli FC, Italy)

Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France)

Sadiq Umar (UD Almeria, Spain)

Odion Jude Ighalo (Al-Hilal FC, Saudi Arabia)

Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England)

Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England)

Ademola Lookman (Leicester City, England)

Standby List

Chidozie Awaziem (Alanyaspor FC, Turkey)

Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn 07, Germany)

Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia)

Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin, Germany)

Paul Onuachu (KRC Genk, Belgium)

Peter Olayinka (SK Slavia Praha, Czech Republic)

Ogenyi Onazi (Al-Adalah FC, Saudi Arabia)

Source:

Complete Sports