BREAKING: AFCON 2025: Chelle Names Final 28-Man Super Eagles Squad

Soccer-Five uncapped players in Nigeria’s Cup of Nations squad

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria named five uncapped players in a 28-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations with several surprise selections from coach Eric Chelle after World Cup elimination last month. Read full story

Okoye dropped, Uzoho returns as Nigeria unveils 2025 AFCON squad

Nigeria Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle has released the final 28-man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) this December.

BREAKING: AFCON 2025: Chelle names final 28-man Super Eagles squad

The head coach of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has named his final squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Chelle has trimmed his initial 50-man squad to 28 players. The most obvious absentee is captain William Troost-Ekong, who announced his retirement from international football last week. However, vice-captains Wilfred Ndidi and Victor Osimhen make the cut. The deadline for the submission of the final squads was December 10. The Super Eag…

AFCON 2025 Countdown: Super Eagles Coach names final 28-man squad as "big names" miss out

None of the players from the Nigeria Premier Football League — including rising prospects Ebenezer Harcourt, Abdulrasheed Shehu, Ekeson Okorie and Chisom Orji — survived the final round of decisions

Uzoho Returns as NFF Releases Super Eagles’ Final AFCON 2025 Squad

Goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has earned a surprise recall to the Super Eagles as the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday night released the country’s final 28‑man squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. Uzoho’s return comes as Maduka Okoye — who had been deputising for first‑choice keeper Stanley Nwabali — was left out of the squad entirely. Also making a comeback is in‑form striker Paul Onuachu, whose prolific run wit…

Nigeria announce final squad for AFCON 2025; Victor Osimhen included

Nigeria reduced their 54-man preliminary AFCON 2025 roster to a final 28, with Tolu Arokodare and Maduka Okoye being the unexpected omissions.