The list of eighteen Super Falcons players set to represent Nigeria at this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France has been officially unveiled.
Head Coach Randy Waldrum has selected a squad that includes captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Osinachi Ohale, forward Asisat Oshoala, and fourteen other talented players.
Among the squad are defenders Oluwatosin Demehin and Michelle Alozie, midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Halimatu Ayinde, Christy Ucheibe, and Toni Payne, as well as forwards Esther Okoronkwo, Chinwendu Ihezuo, and Uchenna Kanu.
Squad members who are currently on holidays in Nigeria will join home-based players and team officials from Abuja to Sevilla, Spain on Thursday night, with the rest of the playing body and technical team also arriving in Sevilla on Friday for a two-week training camp.
The team is scheduled to depart Sevilla for France on Thursday, 18th July.
Nigeria, nine-time African champions, will make their first appearance at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament since 2008 in China.
They will face Brazil, Spain, and Japan in that order at this year’s tournament, with their first match against Brazil on 25th July, followed by games against Spain on 28th July and Japan on 31st July.
