The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has release the provisional lists of teams participating at the African Cup of Nations coming up in Ivory Coast in January, with Captain Ahmed Musa making the Super Eagles’ 41-man list.
The name of Udinese of Italy goalkeeper, Maduka Okoye, who was in goal for the Nigerian team at the last AFCON in Cameroon was missing from the list released by CAF on its website on Wednesday.
Apart from Musa, other players who have been away from the team for some time that made the provisional squad are William Troost-Ekong, Zaidu Sanusi, and Paul Onuachu.
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The list will later be pruned down to 27 players and submitted on January 3, 2024 deadline. This addition is four more players for the tournament from the usual 23 players.
The African football-governing body, however, the registration of the four additional players on the final list is only option and not an obligation.
According to CAF, in case a team submits a final squad of between 24 and 27 players, only 23 of them will be available for selection for each match during the tournament.
It added that a player in the final squad can only be replaced after a serious injury no less than 24-hours before the team’s first match following the approval of the medical certificate by the CAF Medical Committee.
The final tournament will take place from 13 January to 11 February 2024 in the Ivorian cities of Abidjan, Bouake, Korhogo, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro.
See full list below:
1 Francis Odinaka Uzoho2 Temitayo olufisayo Olaoluwa aina3 Jamilu Collins4 Ndidi Onyinye wilfred5 William paul Ekong6 Ajayi Oluwasemilogo adesewo7 Ahmed Musa8 Ogochukwu frank Onyeka9 Victor James osimhen10 Ayodele-aribo Temitope Joseph oluwaseyi11 Samuel chimerenka Chukwueze12 Ademola Olajide lookman13 Zaidu Sanusi14 Iheanacho Kelechi promise15 Moses daddy Simon16 Adebayo Adeleye17 Calvin Chinedu ughelumba18 Alexander Chuka iwobi19 Sadiq Umar20 Awaziem Chidozie collins21 Tyronne Efe Ebuehi22 Kenneth josiah Omeruo23 Ojo Olorunleke oluwasegun24 Akpoguma kevin John ufuoma25 Victor Okoh boniface26 Onyemaechi Sopuruchukwu bruno27 Samuel Osayi bright28 Bonaventure emmanuel Dennis29 Ebere paul Onuachu30 Terem Igobor moffi31 Dessers cyriel Kolawale paul32 Tella nathan Adewale temitayo33 Nwadike raphael Onyedika34 Oluwafisayo Faruq Dele35 Torunarigha Jordan36 Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi37 Kelechi Nwakali38 Christain Nwoke40 Stanley Bobo Nwabali41 Obasogie Amas