Nigeria’s camp has “opened for the 2026 World Cup play-off against Gabon,” with “ten players already in camp as of early Monday” ahead of the crucial match.
The team is currently camped in Rabat, Morocco.
The players who have already arrived are:
- Calvin Bassey (Fulham defender)
- Alex Iwobi (Fulham)
- Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham)
- Tolu Arokodare (Wolves striker)
- Olakunle Olusegun (Pari Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
- Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas midfielder)
- Moses Simon (FC Paris winger)
- William Troost-Ekong (Captain)
- Benjamin Fredericks (Fast-rising defender)
- Chidozie Awaziem (FC Nantes)
Coach Eric Chelle had invited a total of 24 players for the match, weeks after the Super Eagles “made the play-offs with a 4-0 thumping of neighbours, Benin Republic.”
Nigeria is scheduled to play the Panthers of Gabon on Thursday, November 13, 2025, in the semi-final of the African play-offs.
The winner of this semi-final will advance to face either Cameroon or DR Congo for the chance to secure Africa’s sole ticket to the intercontinental play-off, which is scheduled for March 2026.
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