AHEAD of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games football event, head coach of the Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia on Monday named a final 21-man squad for the 2015 U-23 Champion- ship commencing Saturday in Dakar, Senegal.
According to sources close to the camp, Coach Siasia listed four overseas-based professionals with the rest of the squad drawn from the Nigeria league.
The pros are strikers Taiwo Awoniyi from German second division side FSV Frankfurt, Junior Ajayi of Tunisian club CS Sfaxien, Isaac success from La Liga side Granada as well as midfielder Azubuike Oke- chukwu, who is based in Turkey.
There are no players from seven- time champions Enyimba after the coach dropped Kingsley Sokari and Etor Daniel for insisting on leaving training camp to play a final league game with their club in Lagos.
There is also no room for any member of the victorious Golden Eaglets from the U17 FIFA World Cup in Chile as the duo of Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Nwakali did not make the cut.
As many as 12 players on the list were not at the recent All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, where Nigeria’s Dream Team VI placed third.
Nigeria will begin their campaign on Sunday against Mali in Mbour. They will also battle Egypt on December 2 in Mbour and three days later play their final group B match against Algeria in Dakar.
The top three teams will qualify automatically for next year’s Olym- pics in Rio.
The full squad:
Goalkeepers: Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers), Yusuf Mohammed (Kano Pillars), Emmanuel Iwu (Heartland)
Defenders: Sincere Seth (Su- preme Court FC), Seun Odudu- wa (Nath Boys), Zaharadeen Bello (Kano Pillars), Seun Ol- ubayo (Sunshine Stars), Chizoba Amaefule(Dolphins), Ebuka Iroha (Diamond Football Academy)
Midfielders: Ndifreke Effiong (Abia Warriors), Usman Moham- med (FC Taraba),Tiongoli Tobara (Bayelsa United), Bature Yaro (Na- sarawa United), Oghenekaro Etebo (Warri Wolves), Azubuike Oke- chukwu (Yeni Matalatyaspor/Tur- key), Godspower Aniefiok (Kano Pillars), Stanley Dimgba (Warri Wolves)
Forward: Kufre Ebong (Warri Wolves),Junior Ajayi (CS Sfax- ien/Tunisia), Taiwo Awoniyi (FSV Frankfurt/Germany),Isaac Success (Granada CF/Spain).
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