U23 AFCON – Sports Village Square https://sportsvillagesquare.com Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:39:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sportsvillagesquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-sports-village-square-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 U23 AFCON – Sports Village Square https://sportsvillagesquare.com 32 32 142005557 Europa League’s fastest hat-trick scorer, Emmanuel Orban headlines Salisu Yusuf’s U-23 call ups https://sportsvillagesquare.com/2023/03/18/europa-leagues-fastest-hat-trick-scorer-emmanuel-orban-headlines-salisu-yusufs-u-23-call-ups/ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:39:02 +0000 http://13.38.71.160/2023/03/18/europa-leagues-fastest-hat-trick-scorer-emmanuel-orban-headlines-salisu-yusufs-u-23-call-ups/

Head Coach Salisu Yusuf has invited 16 overseas-based players to the team’s camp in preparation for this month’s U23 AFCON final qualifying fixture against Guinea.

Among the invitees is Emmanuel Orban who scored hattrick in the 4-1 defeat of Istanbul Basaksehir in the

Round of 16 UEFA Europa Conference League. His three goals that came within three minutes.

His scoring skill is expected to come to fore when the Olympic Eagles host their Guinean counterparts on Wednesday in Abuja.

The return leg is set for the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan from 7pm Morocco time on Tuesday, 28th March. Guinea does not have any venue approved in the country for international matches.

Yusuf’s list of invitees is headed by team captain Success Makanjuola, whose two converted spot kicks against Tanzania earned the 1996 Olympic gold-medallists passage to this final round. There are also midfielder Abiodun Ogunniyi and Bello Babatunde, as well as Belgium-based new headline-grabber Gift Emmanuel Orban.

As happened against the Tanzanians in Dar es Salaam and Ibadan in October last year, Makanjuola is expected to lead the charge against the Guineans in Abuja on Wednesday, perhaps alongside Orban, with Babatunde and Ogunniyi (nicknamed Omo-Jesu) pulling the strings from the middle.

The winner on aggregate will qualify for the Africa U23 Cup of Nations scheduled for Morocco later this year, at which Africa’s flag bearers at next year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament will emerge.

Guinea’s delegation for the encounter in Abuja is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday evening.

ALL THE INVITED PLAYERS:

Success Makanjuola (FK Liepaja, Latvia); Bello Babatunde (Future FC, Egypt); Isaiah Ejeh (Mjallby Alf, Sweden); Abiodun Ogunniyi (FK Auda, Latvia); Monsuru Opeyemi Abdullahi (FC Vizela, Portugal); Omole Akinyinka Olaoluwakitan (Athletic Newham, UK); Owen Tega Udoh (UD San Sebastian Reyes, Spain); Azeez Temitope Yusuf (Mjallby Alf, Sweden); Charles Uba (Lillestrom FC, Norway); Simon Omon (Clube Operation Desportivo, Portugal); Ihekuna Maximillian Ugochukwu (FC Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni, Moldova); Chukwudi Goodluck Igbokwe (KAA Gent, Belgium); Abass Saidi (Zagalata FC, Azerbaijan); Ibrahim Buhari (IF Elfsborg, Sweden); Gift Emmanuel Orban (KAA Gent, Belgium); Samuel Amadi (Eramica Cleopatra, Egypt)

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CAF appoints Sudanese officials for Nigeria, Guinea U23 AFCON qualifying match




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The Confederation of African Football has appointed officials from Sudan as referees for Wednesday’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations final qualifying fixture, first leg match between Nigeria and Guinea at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.

Sabri Mohamed Fadul will be the referee with his compatriots Abdelgabar Mohamed Abdelgabar and Ahmed Subahi as assistant referee 1 and assistant referee 2 respectively, while Ring Akech Malong from South Sudan will work as fourth official.

Munkaila Nassam Adam from Ghana will be the match commissioner.

The encounter will kick off at 4pm, and offers the Olympic Eagles the opportunity to build an impressive lead ahead of the return leg scheduled for Morocco’s administrative capital, Rabat on Tuesday, 28th March.

CAF has appointed officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo for the second leg, which will hold at the Complexe Sportif Prince Heritier Moulay Al Hassan starting from 7pm Morocco time.

Yannick Malala Kabanga will be referee for the encounter, with his compatriots Guylain Ngila, Rambo Neushiye and Tanguy Lopembe Tangi in the roles of assistant referee 1, assistant referee 2 and fourth official respectively.

Mr. Boussairi Boujlel from Tunisia will be the match commissioner.

]]> 69770 Moshood Abiola Stadium is Olympic Eagles’ nest in match against Guinea https://sportsvillagesquare.com/2023/03/09/moshood-abiola-stadium-is-olympic-eagles-nest-in-match-against-guinea/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:25:46 +0000 http://13.38.71.160/2023/03/09/moshood-abiola-stadium-is-olympic-eagles-nest-in-match-against-guinea/

Moshood Abiola Stadium is Olympic Eagles’ nest in match against Guinea




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Nigeria’s U23 boys, Olympic Eagles are meeting their Guinean counterparts for the third time ever as they eye a final qualification to the U-23 Africa Cup of nations in Morocco, the springboard to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Both teams last met in 1995 at the African Games in Harare in Zimbabwe. At the group stage, Guinea beat Nigeria 1-0.

Both later qualified for the losers’ final match for the third place and played a 1-1 draw. Nigeria won the eventual penalty shootout by 4-1.

Both are now meeting again on Wednesday as the qualification for the football event of the 2024 Olympics gathers momentum.

The first leg match was initially slated for Ibadan but has now been shifted to Abuja on the 43rd anniversary of Nigeria’s first Africa Cup of Nations triumph.

To reach this stage of the series, the 1996 champions defeated the Tanzania U23 team 3-1 on aggregate in October 2022, winning 2-0 at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan after both teams stalemated the first leg in Dar es Salaam at 1-1.

The winner over two legs between Nigeria and Guinea will advance to the finals of the Africa U23 Cup of Nations scheduled to be hosted by Morocco later in the year. It is also at the tournament in Morocco that Africa’s flag bearers at next year’s Men’s Olympic Football Tournament in Paris will emerge.

The return leg against the Guineans will be in Morocco on Monday, 27th March.

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