Its about time for the Under 20 Africa Cup of Nations which will be hosted by Egypt from the 19 February to 11 March 2023.

A total of 12 teams will be participating in this year’s event with countries like Egypt, Mozambique, Senegal and Nigeria making up Group A. In group B we have Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Congo. While In group C we have countries like Tunisia, Gambia, Benin and Zambia.

After 3 games, the top two teams of each group will advance to the quarter finals along with the two best 3rd placed teams. Nigeria flying eagles are the most successful team in this competition with a total of 7 trophies, followed by Ghana with 4 trophies who failed to qualify this time around.

The Nigerian team is coached by Mr Ladan Bosso who was actually the coach of the under 20 team from 2007 to 2009 when the Flying Eagles came second and third respectively at the Under 20 AFCON.

The tournament will also serve as the African qualifiers for the world cup as the top four teams will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be hosted in Indonesia. Out of 17 tournament Nigeria has qualified for, we only failed twice to make it out of the group twice. Though the last time we lifted the trophy was in 2015, in 2017 we didn't qualify, in 2019, we came 4th and in 2021, we also did not qualify.

Flying Eagles 21-man full list for U20 AFCON 2023
Nathaniel Nwosu, Augustine Njoku, Solomon Agbalaka, Daniel Daga, Abel Ogwuche, Daniel Bameyi, Rilwanu Haliru Sarki, Nicholas Jonathan, Ahmed Abdullahi, Muhammad Aminu, Ibrahim Muhammad, Benjamin Frederick, Emmanuel Uchegbu, Onuche Ogbelu, Jude Sunday, Akanbi Saheed Jimoh, Ayuba Francis Abubakar, Samson Lawal, Olamilekan Adams, Caleb Ochedikwu, Chijioke Aniagboso.

The flying eagles will play their first group game against Senegal on Sunday, the 19th of February by 6pm Nigerian time, their second game will be played on Wednesday the 22nd of February against Egypt while the final group game will be played on Saturday the 25th of February against Mozambique.

The Flying Eagles have already played some warm-up games to prepare for the tournament. They defeated Zambia U20 4-2, Congo Brazzaville 2-1, and Kawkab Athletics U23 6-1. These victories have boosted their confidence, but they know that the tournament games will be much tougher.


Nigeria Flying Eagles Ready to face Senegal, Egypt and Mozambique in the U20 AFCON 2023
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUclQ4frO_k

Scouts from top clubs will be available in this competition, and outstanding players will surely get signed by these clubs. Let’s hope the flying eagles will do well.



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Wishing them the very best

Nigeria Flying Eagles VS Senegal U20 - 2023 Under 20 African Cup of Nations - Preview & Predictions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYK7O1n_fo