Tag: Super Eagles
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International Friendly: Nigeria to play Portugal in September
In order to boost the morale of the Super Eagles, they would be having an international friendly match in September with Portugal, the 2016 European champions. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretary General, Muhammad Sanusi reveal this on Thursday. The three-time African champions were initially scheduled to play Guinea Bissau in a double-header Africa Cup…
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FIFA Rankings 2022: Super Eagles Drops in World Power Rankings
The latest FIFA rankings have been released and Nigeria has dropped by one place. The FIFA rankings are released after every international break. The Super Eagles entered the last round of international games as the 30th strongest team in world football but FIFA has dropped them to 31st. This also sees their ranking in Africa…
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NFF Announces Peseiro as Super Eagles’ Head Coach
Finidi George is now first assistant coach Six months after his initial appointment of Super Eagles’ manager in place of the sacked Gernot Rohr, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, announced Jose Peseiro as the senior national team head coach. Peseiro was first announced as Super Eagles head coach in December 2021, but the decision…
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BREAKING: Eguavoen Quits As Super Eagles Coach After Team’s Failure To Qualify For World Cup
Austin Eguavoen has stepped down as Super Eagles head coach following the failure of Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Eguavoen has sent an official resignation letter to the NFF, according to a report by Brilla FM. The sports radio said Eguavoen will now return to his role as Technical Director of all…
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Football enthusiasts call for rebuild of Super Eagles
They made the call following the Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw against the Black Stars of Ghana at the second leg of the World Cup qualifier played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday. The draw saw the exit of Nigeria from the Qatar World Cup fiesta as the first leg played in Kumasi, Ghana,…
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Addo, Mensah vow to spoil Eagles party
Ghana’s interim head coach Otto Addo and defender Gideon Mensah are confident the Black Stars will secure qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup when they face Nigeria in the second leg of the play-off on Tuesday (today) at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Both sides played out a goalless draw four…
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Nigerian government redeems house allocation promise to 1994 Nation Cup winners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday redeems house allocation promise to the 22 members of the 1994 Super Eagles. The Super Eagles defeated Zambia 2-1 in the 1994 Tunisia Nation’s Cup final to win their second title. The tournament was hosted by Tunisia. The President said it was unfortunate that 28 years after the Super Eagles’…
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FIFA Ranking: Nigeria Now Third In Africa, 32nd In World
Nigeria has been ranked 3rd in Africa and has risen with four places to 32nd in the world, in the latest FIFA Ranking released by the World Football Governing Body on Thursday. Despite exiting prematurely from the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles have commanded an impressive display during the group stages,…
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AFCON: Super Eagles beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0, Maintains Perfect Group Lead
Nigeria’s Super Eagles head into the knockout stages of AFCON 2021 with full confidence after defeating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 at the last group stage match played on Wednesday. Umar Sadiq’s second-half strike put Nigeria in front before captain William Troost-Ekong doubled the lead after a long VAR review. The win means the Super Eagles are the…
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Super Eagles Set to Repeat 2006 Feat
The Super Eagles of Nigeria coach Austin Eguavoen says the current team are eager to emulate the class of 2006, who recorded three straight wins during the group stage of the competition. Eguavoen, 56, is the only man to have coached Nigeria to win all three matches in the group phase of the AFCON since…