The Nigerian Under 17 is the most successful in terms of accolades won  3 world cups and  2 silver Titles.

Here is the team list of all the Eaglets from China 1985 to the last in Korea.

Which are your favorite Players from each of the teams

China 1985 Squad


[b]Nr. Name
1 Lucky AGBONSEVAFE
2 Tenworimi DUERE
3 Nduka UGBADE
4 Fatai ATERE
5 Binabei NUMA
6 Kingsley AIKHIONBORE
7 Salisu NAKADE
8 Sani ADAMU
9 Jonathan AKPOBORIE
10 Victor IGBINOBA
11 Billa MOMOH
12 Imama AMAPAKABOR
13 Baudwin BAZUAYE
14 Joseph BABATUNDE
15 Chukwuma NWOHA
16 Mohamed YAHAYA
17 Hilary ADIKI
18 Dele ABUBAKAR

Coach:  Sebastian BRODERICK IMASUEN (NGA)


Canada 1987

1 Angus IKEJI
2 Tonworimi DUERE
3 Baba JIBRIN
4 Fatai ATERE
5 Eli AYUBA
6 Taiwo ENEGWEA
7 Oladuni OYEKALE
8 Albert EKE
9 Mohammed OLADIMEJI
10 Olusegun FETUGA
11 Anthony EMOEDOFU
12 Lemmy ISA
13 Peter OGABA
14 Christopher NWOSU
15 Charles OBAZEE
16 Bawa ABDULLAHI
17 Philip OSUNDO
18 Sarafa SALAMI

Coach:  Sebastian BRODERICK IMASUEN (NGA)


Scotland 1989

1 Andrew AIKHUOMOGBE
2 Babajide OGUNTUNASE
3 Bobolayefa EDON
4 Nura MUHAMMED
5 Bala BOYI
6 Precious MONYE
7 Kayode KESHIRO
8 Patrick MANCHA
9 Sunny UMORU
10 Olusegun FETUGA
11 Victor IKPEBA
12 Lemmy ISA
13 John AGUM
14 Aondofa AKOSU
15 Godwin OKPARA
16 Chiedu ANAZONWU
17 Benedict AKWUEGBU
18 John SAKI

Japan 1993

1 Emmanuel BABAYARO
2 Mobi OPARAKU
3 Celestine BABAYARO
4 Pascal OJIGWE
5 Charles OKONEDO
6 Blessing ANYANWU
7 Manga MOHAMMED
8 Nwankwo KANU
9 Festus ODINI
10 Wilson ORUMA
11 Sambo CHOJI
12 Emmanuel OKHENOBOH
13 Ibrahim BABANGIDA


Ecuador 1995

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1 Olusegun ADEYEMI
2 Chiedu CHUKWUEKE
3 Haruna ABUBAKAR
4 Igeniwari GEORGE
5 Godfrey NWANKPA
6 Albert YOBO
7 James IGWILO
8 James OBIORAH
9 Edward ANYAMKYGH
10 Olatubosun AYENI
11 Emmanuel NWAKIRE
12 Munonye CHIJOKE
13 Kingsley SAMUEL
14 Kingsley AMUNIKE
15 Henry ONWUZURUIKE
16 Sampson UDOFIA
17 Johnson ORUMA
18 Kazeem ASHIMOLOWO
14 Festus OKUOGHA
15 Elokha ASOKUH
16 Abiodun OGBEBOR
17 Peter ANOSIKE
18 Destiny IYONU

Trinidad&Tobago 2001

1 Osaze UWELUYI
2 Kennedy CHINWO
3 Ndala IBRAHIM
4 Emmanuel BABA
5 Joseph EYIMOFE
6 Richard EROMOIGBE
7 Karimu SHAIBU
8 Austine NNAMDI
9 Moses AYUBA
10 Victor BROWN
11 Femi OPABUNMI
12 Ifeanyi UGO
13 Soga SAMBO
15 Cyril GONA
16 Omonigho TEMILE
17 Suleiman MOHAMMED
18 Akpan BASSEY


Finland 2003

1 Ambruse VANZEKIN
2 Efe UNUKPO
3 Awwalu AMINU
4 Omoh ATTAH
5 Nkem OVUNWO
6 Echezona ANYICHIE
7 Emmanuel SARKI
8 Ezekiel BALA
9 Promise ISAAC
10 John MIKEL
11 Chinedu OGBUKE
12 Mustapha SALIHU
13 Solomon OKORONKWO
14 Kola ANUBI
15 Chamberlain EKREBE
16 Chijioke EBIGBO
17 Charles AMAIHWE
18 Morufu ADETORO
19 John EGHAREVBA
20 Tope OKEOWO

South Korea 2007

1 Laide OKANLAWON (NGA)
2 Ganiyu OSENI (NGA)
3 Usman AMODU (NGA)
4 Azeez BALOGUN (NGA)
5 Kingsley UDOH (NGA)
6 Daniel JOSHUA (NGA)
7 King OSANGA (NGA)
8 Kabiru AKINSOLA (NGA)
9 Macauley CHRISANTUS (NGA)
10 Rabiu IBRAHIM (NGA)
11 Matthew EDILE (NGA)
12 Oladele AJIBOYE (NGA)
13 Yakubu ALFA (NGA)
14 Lukman ABDULKARIM (NGA)
15 Sheriff ISA (NGA)
16 Mustapha IBRAHIM (NGA)
17 Uremu EGBETA (NGA)
18 Ademola RAFEAL (NGA)
19 Saheed FABIYI (NGA)
20 Lukman HARUNA (NGA)
21 Uche OKAFOR (NGA)[/b]

Phock the golden eaglets. How many of these nuccas went on to do anything at the senior stage where it really counts? Even when they make Senior team, they only perform for 3 or 4 years, after which they hold the team hostage to their old legs. Thank God for MRI scans. No longer do we have to celebrate pyrric victories anymore.

Ibime:

Phock the golden eaglets. How many of these nuccas went on to do anything at the senior stage where it really counts? Even when they make Senior team, they only perform for 3 or 4 years, after which they hold the team hostage to their old legs. Thank God for MRI scans. No longer do we have to celebrate pyrric victories anymore. 

Shut your gob and blame the spastic NFA who continue to fail us grooming the kids.
U can not deny the talents of Osundo, Dimeji Lawal, Ikpeba, Keshinro, Goddy Opara, etc.
Those were raw talents back in the days whose life woulda turned around under Wenger or SAF.

more recently our national team players dont come thrugh the ranks anymore cos when they are meant to be at their prime, the truth is by then they are past their footballing prime.
MRI scans is the way to go, so what if we lose cadet championships, we have world beaters a few years in waiting.
but its not only in africa these things are done, its almost everywhere.

slimshay:

more recently our national team players dont come thrugh the ranks anymore cos when they are meant to be at their prime, the truth is by then they are past their footballing prime.
MRI scans is the way to go, so what if we lose cadet championships, we have world beaters a few years in waiting.
but its not only in africa these things are done, its almost everywhere.

Nothing to do with MRI scans. . . . . .People like Kanu Nwankwo, Oruma, Ikpeba and few others made it cos they were lucky to have worked with brilliant man managers. Majority of the so called Eaglets of em yesteryears fled to useless clubs in Europe in a bid to escape the poverty echelon in Nigeria.

memories

U failed 2 include Anosike in the Japan 93 squad. Memories indeed.

you forgot christiana odlanor

whiteroses:

you forgot christiana odlanor

most of dem were in thier 30s when they played as U17
shame on dem

tkb417:

most of dem were in thier 30s when they played as U17
shame on dem

Na lie. . . .
I will punch anyone who says Osundo was more than 17 in Canada 87.

~Sauron~:

Na lie. . . .
I will punch anyone who says [b]Osundo [/b]was more than 17 in Canada 87.

Osundo ?

or did u mean to say OSONDU ?

that guy was a baller, in fact he was under 13 and thereafter set the world ablaze with his skills

Dr Kitaun:

Osundo ?
or did u mean to say OSONDU ?

Dr. Kit. . . . . .His name is Phillip Osundo.

that guy was a baller, in fact he was under 13 and thereafter set the world ablaze with his skills

Exactly ma sentiment. . . . . .Phillip Osundo and Peter Ogaba were teenagers in 1987.

Sharrap dia . . .

Ogaba was the only youngster amongst them jare . . .Phillip was an old man, they give him growth boosters with which they hoped to help him develop but then NO SHOW . . .that was the beginning of the end of his career

Kai dat 1993 squad was something else. Chei see as name after name just dey roll off man pikin's tongue. I can also see a few players made it through based on their surnames alone. Dem no even get shame. Living off their bruva's talent.

HIS name is Phillip OSONDU. Osondu in Igbo language means race of life. The Canadian media misspelt it Osundo. He hails from Okigwe in Imo state but was raised in Aba. He started his football career with Falcon fc which later became Enyimba F.C.

Abiodun Ogbebor was in the Japan 1993 squad.

memories. . . . .

Dem NEVER born me then oooo  

Heard the stories sha  


i know Dr.Kit + Sauron will call me names now  

Andre Uweh:

HIS name is Phillip OSONDU. Osondu in Igbo language means race of life. The Canadian media misspelt it Osundo.

Jackal no know anything jare . . .no mind am !

Dr Kitaun:

Jackal no know anything jare . . .no mind am !

No be Jackal dey argue ooo na Sharon

Dr Kitaun:

Jackal no know anything jare  . . .no mind am ! 

Andre Uweh:

HIS name is Phillip OSONDU. Osondu in Igbo language means race of life. The Canadian media misspelt it Osundo. He hails from Okigwe in Imo state but was raised in Aba. He started his football career with Falcon fc which later became Enyimba F.C.

I guess FIFA spelt it wrong too, huh?
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193356/index.html

chic2pimp:

No be Jackal dey argue ooo na Sharon

Don't mind those little kids.
Where were they when i was following the likes of Segun Odegbami and Felix Owolabi of IICC in 1976?
I was in West Berlin in 1974 when East Germany pipped West Germany 1-0 and Dr. Kitaun is arguing Osundo's name with me.
Dis pikins nor sabi dem mates.

Osundo does not mean anything in Igbo language. A lot of Nigerian players' names have been unintentionally spelt wrongly for example, Michael Obi as Mikkel Obi. in Saudi 89, Nigerian commentaors were pronouncing OSONDU and not Osundo.
I happen to know this chap personally and even met him coincidentally in Jan 2007 at Aba.

The Scotland 1989 Squad of Victor Ikpeba, Kayode Keshinro, Segun Fetuga, Godwin Okpara etc is reputed to be the best set of Eaglets though they didn't win the championship.

Only Ikpeba and Okpara played at the highest level.

Do you guys remember John Zaki ? what a great Player he was then, go watch Mauritius 1993 you'll appreciate John Zaki, Precious Monye, Jide Oguntuase and even JJ oKocha was part of that illustrious team.

Lest i forget Patrick Mancha he did wonderfully well with the BCC Lions of Gboko side that won the Cup of Winners in the 90s.

Where is Victor Brown and Femi Opabunmi of Trinidad 2001 ?

Memories!
Lovely.

~Sauron~:

Na lie. . . .
I will punch anyone who says Osundo was more than 17 in Canada 87.

Osondu a teenager when he played for Nigeria?
ure high!!

Osondu teenager?

I still remember the 1987 final with Lemmy Isah in goal Dimeji Lawal was called Dimeji Mohammed.

The wing play of Dimeji Lawal and Tony Emodofu can spill defences like hot knife on butter. Bawa Abdulahi, captain I didnt know Segun Fetuga was in the 1987 squad. I also used to think Baba Jibrin a substitute in the finals was a son to Jubril Aminu mister of Education

The 1987 finals was the last time I cried because of a football game because I felt we were robbed.

I remeber Lemmy Isahs goal kicks were not going beyond the center line, Our defenders actually cleared a Russian (CCCP) ball off the line, A Nigerian player dribbled his way into the Russian 18yard box when the ref blew offside,

The match went to penalties and we lost. I cried so tay

yea

dayokanu:

Osondu teenager?

I still remember the 1987 final with Lemmy Isah in goal Dimeji Lawal was called Dimeji Mohammed.

The wing play of Dimeji Lawal and Tony Emodofu can spill defences like hot knife on butter. Bawa Abdulahi, captain I didnt know Segun Fetuga was in the 1987 squad. I also used to think Baba Jibrin a substitute in the finals was a son to Jubril Aminu mister of Education

The 1987 finals was the last time I cried because of a football game because I felt we were robbed.

I remeber Lemmy Isahs goal kicks were not going beyond the center line, Our defenders actually cleared a Russian (CCCP) ball off the line, A Nigerian player dribbled his way into the Russian 18yard box when the ref blew offside,
The match went to penalties and we lost. I cried so tay

It was Dimeji Lawal o,even Pele couldn't hide his disgust.It was day light robbery.Lemmy Isa the smiling GK. . . the 87 and 93 team had to be the best "under 17"

The Scotland 89 team that lost to Saudi Arabia(i think) had a certain Keshiro Kayode that uses his head very well. . .

Is Sebastin Imasuen still alive?

Andre Uweh:

I happen to know this chap personally and even met him coincidentally in Jan 2007 at Aba.

so, what does he do for a living these days??

@DK
It was Dimeji Lawal that dribbled past the entire defence and when he was about to pull the trigger in the 18 yard box,
the referee blew for a direct free kick outside the box, claiming dimeji had been impeded earlier
It's not today, we have been having buffoons as referees.

It's a pity many of these guys were over aged when playing the youth competitions.
Only a few of them went on to greater things after these competitions.

The golden Eaglets didn't really play well in the Canada 87 final against the Russians.
Although, they shoulda won it but they bottled the shoot-out.
I think the best under 17 match i saw then was Nigeria Vs Italy when a certain Cappellini made Nigerian players look like amateurs.
He was immense and Lemmy Isa took everything the tall Italian threw at him.

[size=28pt]ALL HAIL THE AGE CHEATERS. [/size]

That match flash memories of great football skills from the wonderful Italian side,here is the team list of that wonderful side and the match analysis.


Italy - Nigeria
0:1 (0:0)
Match

Date 29 22 July 1987

Venue / Stadium Toronto / TORONTO

Time 20:00

Attendance 20000


      Goals scored
    * Christopher NWOSU (NGA) 63

Italy

      Line-up
   
    Italy

      Line-up
    *
      [1]
      Silvio LAFUENTI (GK)
    *
      [2]
      Giovanni DI ROCCO
    *
      [3]
      Donatello GASPARINI
    *
      [4]
      Ildebrando STAFICO
    *
      [6]
      Marcello MELLI
    *
      [7]
      Alessandro BRUNETTI (-66')
    *
      [8]
      Gianluca PESSOTTO
    *
      [9]
      Fabio GALLO
    *
      [10]
      Andrea BIANCHI
    *
      [11]
      Massimiliano CAPPELLINI
    *
      [15]
      Carlo BOCCHIALINI

      Substitute(s)
    *
      [5]
      Davide GROSSO
    *
      [12]
      Davide MICILLO
    *
      [13]
      Lorenzo AMOROSO
    *
      [14]
      Daniele MORRA
    *
      [16]
      Vincenzo ESPOSITO
    *
      [17]
      Andrea VILLA
    *
      [18]
      Libero MANFREDI (+66')

Coach
Comunardo NICCOLAI (ITA)



Nigeria

      Line-up
    *
      [12]
      Lemmy ISA (GK)
    *
      [3]
      Baba JIBRIN
    *
      [6]
      Taiwo ENEGWEA
    *
      [7]
      Oladuni OYEKALE
    *
      [9]
      Mohammed OLADIMEJI
    *
      [10]
      Olusegun FETUGA
    *
      [11]
      Anthony EMOEDOFU
    *
      [13]
      Peter OGABA
    *
      [14]
      Christopher NWOSU
    *
      [16]
      Bawa ABDULLAHI
    *
      [17]
      Philip OSUNDO

      Substitute(s)
    *
      [1]
      Angus IKEJI (GK)
    *
      [2]
      Tonworimi DUERE
    *
      [4]
      Fatai ATERE
    *
      [5]
      Eli AYUBA
    *
      [8]
      Albert EKE
    *
      [15]
      Charles OBAZEE
    *
      [18]
      Sarafa SALAMI

Coach
Sebastian BRODERICK IMASUEN (NGA)

      Cautions
    Baba JIBRIN (NGA) 40
, Massimiliano CAPPELLINI (ITA) 75

      Sent off

Match Officials
Referee
John BLANKENSTEIN (NED)
Assistant Referee 1
Kenneth WALLACE (NZL)

Assistant Referee 2
Douglas Kenneth HOPE (SCO)


The man of the match undoubtedly was the Italian number 11 Massimiliano CAPPELLINI, that guy scored 2 disallowed goals but Lemmy Isa made saves from the number 9 Fabio Gallo, Melli and Gasparini.

The Eaglets played so well too Osondu was a torn in the flesh, also Anthony Emeodofu.

Even from the Italian side the only name i knew that made it to the national team was Pessotto .

Please try watch this match and re-ignite fond memories.