The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has invited 21 Super Falcons players for the 2024 Olympics third qualifying round fixture against Cameroon.
Among the Super Falcons players, invited are Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, six-time African Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala and Esther Okoronkwo.
This fixture is the third round of the African qualifying series and the penultimate round of the series before the continent’s flag-bearers to the 2024 Olympics are known ahead of the Games in five months.
Goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi, defenders Osinachi Ohale and Oluwatosin Demehin, midfielders Deborah Abiodun and Christy Ucheibe, and forwards Toni Payne, Uchenna Kanu and Omorinsola Babajide are also called.
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Versatile defender Ashleigh Plumptre returns to the team after the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia last summer.
The Super Eagles, nine-time African champions will face Cameroon in the first leg at the Stade de la Reunification in Douala, Cameroon, on Friday, February 23, with Ugandan official Shamirah Nabadda as referee.
Her compatriots Lydia Nantabo, Jane Mutonyi and Diana Murungi will serve as assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official respectively. Khadija Rezzag from Morocco will be the referee assessor while Lukusa Kanjinga from the Democratic Republic of Congo will be the commissioner.
The second leg match will place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Monday, February 26.
For the second leg match in Nigeria, taking place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Monday, February 26, CAF has appointed Namibian official Ndemugwanitha Twanyanyukwa as the referee, with her compatriots Eveline Augustinus, Olivia Amukuu and Vistoria Shangula in the roles of assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official respectively.
Alice Wangari Kimani from Kenya will serve as referee assessor while Christine Ziga from Ghana will be the commissioner.
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List of Invited Players:
Goalkeepers: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris -FC); Tochukwu Oluehi (Shualat Alsharqia FC, Saudi Arabia); Linda Jiwuaku (Bayelsa Queens)
Defenders: Osinachi Ohale (Pachucha Club de Futbol, Mexico); Ashleigh Plumptre (Ittihad Ladies, Saudi Arabia); Oluwatosin Demehin (Stade de Reims, France); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA); Akudo Ogbonna (Remo Stars Ladies); Rofiat Imuran (Stade de Reims, France)
Midfielders: Deborah Abiodun (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosengard, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Jennifer Echegini (Juventus Ladies, Italy); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid FC, Spain); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain)
Forwards: Omorinsola Babajide (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain); Esther Okoronkwo (Henan FC, China); Ifeoma Onumonu (SLC Utah, USA); Asisat Oshoala (Bay FC, Spain); Uchenna Kanu (Racing Louisville, USA); Gift Monday (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain)
