As Nigeria prepares to face Ghana in the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers, Head Coach Austin Eguavoen has assembled a 35-man squad of home-based talent.
The roster features some of the Nigeria Premier Football League's most promising players, each hungry to secure a spot in the tournament scheduled for February 2025 in East Africa.
In a notable move, Remo Stars' energetic wing-back Ismail Sadiq, Kano Pillars' in-form forward Zikifilu Rabiu, and Enugu Rangers' creative midfielder Kazeem Ogunleye joined the squad.
League top scorer Anas Yusuf of Nasarawa United also makes the cut, alongside Remo Stars forward Sikiru Alimi, who previously starred for the Super Eagles B team in the 2021 CHAN campaign.
In defence, former Golden Eaglets left-back Abass Usman gets a look-in, while Enyimba's impressive midfielder Eze Ekwutoziam adds further depth to the line-up.
Muhammad Zilkifilu of Kano Pillars, Plateau United's Temitope Vincent, who has been a revelation this season and Bendel Insurance's Michael Enaruma are also set to join the camp in Abuja which opens on October 29.
The qualifiers mark a high-stakes match-up, especially after Nigeria's narrow penalty loss to Ghana in the last CHAN qualifiers.
The upcoming first-leg fixture is slated for the weekend of December 20-22, with the decisive return leg a week later.
The winner of this showdown will secure a spot at the 8th CHAN finals, set to take place across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Full Squad List for CHAN 2025 Qualifiers
Goalkeepers
- Ohisodumeya Osagie (Rivers United)
- Henry Ozomena (Enyimba FC)
- Mohammed Galadima (Nasarawa United)
Defenders
- Wisdom Ndom (Akwa United)
- Stephen Mayo (Rivers United)
- Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Enugu Rangers)
- Ismail Sadiq (Remo Stars)
- Yusuf Isa (Bayelsa United)
- Abba Maigari (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United)
- Kabiru Mohammed (Kwara United)
- Junior Nduka (Remo Stars)
- Victor Collins (Nasarawa United)
- Abbas Usman (El-Kanemi Warriors)
Midfielders
- Innocent Godwin (Abia Warriors)
- Jide Fatokun (Remo Stars)
- Musa Zayad (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Saviour Isaac (Enugu Rangers)
- Eze Ekwutoziam (Enyimba FC)
- Aimufua Aisosa (Kwara United)
- Tochukwu Michael (Remo Stars)
- Ifeanyi Assurance (Lobi Stars)
- Kazeem Ogunleye (Enugu Rangers)
- Seth Mayi (Sunshine Stars)
- Stanley Oganbor (Lobi Stars)
- Meyiwa Oritseweyimi (Bendel Insurance)
- Toyeeb Gidado (Ikorodu City)
Forwards
- Samuel Ayorinde (Shooting Stars)
- Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United)
- Abdul Sanusi (El-Kanemi Warriors)
- Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars)
- Abubakar Adamu (Plateau United)
- Rabiu Zikifilu (Kano Pillars)
- Temitope Vincent (Plateau United)
- Michael Enaruma (Bendel Insurance)
