Remo Stars Players Lead as Coach Chelle Unveils Home-Based Eagles Squad for CHAN
Remo Stars Players Lead as Coach Chelle Unveils Home-Based Eagles Squad for CHAN
Eric Chelle has announced a 23-man home-based Eagles squad for the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled for August.
The squad features eight players from Remo Stars, the newly crowned champions of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
Second-placed Rivers United have three players in the CHAN squad, the same as Ikorodu City, which finished fourth in the league.
Also on the list is Anas Yusuf of Nasarawa United, the top goalscorer of the just concluded NPFL season, and Godwin Obaje, who won the league’s top marksman award in 2016.
The contingent travelled out of the country to Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Thursday evening, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft. The team has been training for several weeks at the Remo Stars Sports Institute in Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State.
The team will embark on a second-phase training camp in Zanzibar, from July 25 to 31, before moving into official accommodation on the island.
The eighth edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) will take place from August 2 to 30, with Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda serving as co-hosts.
Nigeria has been drawn into Group D alongside defending champions Senegal, as well as Sudan and Congo.
The Super Eagles will kick off their campaign with matches against Senegal and Sudan at the Amman Stadium on the island of Zanzibar, before facing Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
