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Abdullahi Biffo may replace Abdu Maikaba as U20 Flying Eagles coach as the U20 AFCON 2027 may be expanded to include Nigeria.

TheSuperNerd:
I recall when we failed at the semis last time out and finished 3rd, I said, shouted, pleaded for early plans to be launched about getting the very best U17 lads who were still 2yrs away from 17 ready for the 2026 WafuB and subsequently the U17 Afcon in 2027. But as usual, we went to sleep and hired a man who has some qualifications but cant seem to coach a side in a game of football.

Sporting Lagos Academy coach you say?? Where is the Sporting Academy coach who won the Gothia Cup with them? Coz it is not Eboboritse

If Eboboritse is not the Sporting Lagos coach then who is he because from what I watched today, those boys don't look as if they were properly coached. It looked like they were hurriedly assembled. The Nigerian community in Burkina Faso were so disappointed this evening by their performance.

Now we have to beat Cote D'Ivoire to stand any chance of qualifying for the next round.

Niger- 4pts
Cote D'Ivoire - 1pt
Nigeria- 0pt

oloriooko:
Where can I watch pls

Watching on YouTube. The boys have been poor

Half time

TheSuperNerd:
Golden Eaglets XI vs Niger today

Niger 1-0 Nigeria (19')

U17 WAFU B Boys cup 2026

Ghana 3-1 Benin Rep
Burkina Faso 1-0 Togo

Group A
Ghana - 6pts
Burkina Faso - 4pts
Benin Rep- 1pt
Togo- 0pt

Today
Nigeria vs Niger

OGN reports that Tim Irogbenum is close to featuring for Nigeria as he has submitted his papers to FIFA.

oloriooko:
WAFU Boys U17 AFCON Qualifiers 2026 - Burkina Faso

Group B Fixtures & Match Times

Because Group B only consists of three nations, one team sits out each matchday.

• Matchday 1: Côte d'Ivoire vs. Niger — October 11, 2026 at 16:00 GMT (Nigeria rests)

• Matchday 2: Niger vs. Nigeria — October 14, 2026 at 16:00 GMT (Côte d'Ivoire rests)

• Matchday 3: Nigeria vs. Côte d'Ivoire — October 17, 2026 at 16:00 GMT (Niger rests)

Just finished Cote d'Ivoire 1-1 Niger

TheSuperNerd:
In CECAFA's East African Zone U17 Afcon Qualifiers tournament today, Scots-Ugandan, Sebastian Fisher Quinn (16) scored a hattrick in Uganda's 8-0 win vs Burundi.

His elder bro, 18y/o Olly Quinn also features for the Ugandan U20s.

So yeah, dont feel too shocked when Uganda parades some "white boys" in their senior NT in a couple years. Lol

While WAFU A and B U17 boys are sweating it out to even score high margin goals, here in CECAFA, goals are pouring like rain and tomorrow someone will tell me we are developing in Africa.

yinkeys:
Chelle managing both u23 & Super Eagles could be worrying
Back & forth with film study, scouting, quality player selections etc
I just hope the sky scraper they’re building with faulty foundation doesn’t come crashing down at once

U23 Olympic Eagles will play DRC on the 9th and 17th November. Super Eagles play Tanzania on the 11th and 15th November. How would Chelle cope?

TheSuperNerd:
As in ehn My Good man. We all know where the football superpowers of Africa reside.

Wafu B is the strongest sub region and boasts,
Nigeria
CIV
Ghana
Burkina faso
Benin
Togo
Niger

UNAF is the next strongest with Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.

Wafu A is 3rd strongest and have Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mauritania.



The rest of the 3 are in this order:

4th strongest: Central Zone (UNIFFAC) - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe.


5th strongest/2nd Weakest: South Zone (COSAFA) - South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Weakest: Central-East Zone (CECAFA) - Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.


Make CAF dey whine themselves.

CAF just dey deceive themselves. You can't get the best to represent the continent through such process. How do UEFA, North and South America do theirs?

Our 'National Girlfriend' and Uchenna Kanu both did it tonight

Now we await the 2nd leg, same stadium 13th October at 4pm.

Diavolo:
Good game so far. Whoever is the DM though isn't up to par. No staying in position , can't open up to receive a pass , not particularly breaking down the opposition play. I hope the coach tells the lady to sit up

I hope these girls have learnt their lessons from WAFCON incidence because no one except Payne has threatened that kerper with better shot. If Gift Monday dosen't want to play Eguavoen should bring in someone else oo. We need goals.

AndSunGorilla:
Please could someone share the full game squad for today. Am assuming Tosin wasn't invited or something.

Nnadozie

Ucheibe
Alozie
Oladipo
Ogbonna

Igbokwe
Payne
Echiejini

Ajibade
Monday
Kanu

123jamessmith:
Comfirm news. Eric chelle has started following Francis onyeka on instagram. I think he has decided.

Action man. He knows what he wants and goes for what he wants.👍

If you ASPIRE to ACQUIRE the DESIRE that you ADMIRE and you FIRE and it BACKFIRES and you TIRE and fall in the MIRE, and then you shout 'NAWAYA'. Don't RETIRE but REFIRE before opportunity EXPIRES🙏😀

TheSuperNerd:
Like after the WafuB Tournament? Well, I bet if we qualify for the U17 Afcon as one of the 2 teams from the region, there would be room for more screening exercises to beef up the squad in areas that need it. But right now, focus is on the team getting the ticket in Burkina faso.

Please did the Flying Eagles qualify for 2027 AFCON?

SolaFide:
Nigeria Super Falcons to trade tackle with Morocco if we get past Comoros.

If dey like make dem do padi paid call up to the NT

Let's first beat Comoros first. I no dey trust any Nigerian team again after the poor WAFCON show. Comoros look very very serious in training and Eguavoen must not take that for granted.

Schemerkhiz:
I must say I do not see him as that Coach that would do great job with the SuperFalcons.

Maybe another Spanish or a Dutch Coach…

Half bread is better than kpofkpof😀

TheSuperNerd:
Match Schedule for 2026 WafuB U17 AfconQs tournament.

Golden Eaglets play group matches on October 14 and 17.

October and November will be loaded months of football for our
U17 Golden Eaglets
U17 Flamingoes-
Super Falcons
U23 Eagles
Super Eagles

Wishing all teams the very best.

Wow. Coach Eboboritse did not solely depend on his original 62 man list but decided to include 11 gate crashers in his final list. I love his openness in exploring other options. I pray he can qualify the Golden Eaglets for U17 AFCON.

I also feel for Chelle in November. He will be working with U23 Eagles and Super Eagles concurrently on November.

Schemerkhiz:
Eric Blahic Appointed Morocco Women’s National Team Head Coach

The French coach replaces Jorge Vilda and will lead the Atlas Lionesses into the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Olympic qualifying campaign.

Eric Blahic begins with two games against Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 after Congo 🇨🇬 withdrawal from the Olympic Qualifiers.

NFF should go for Jorge Vilda.

9JAMac10:
A positive for Nigeria in this game is the availability of possible under 23 players for the men Olympics soccer qualifiers. I hope Nigeria qualifies for the Olympics soccer tournament. Nigeria meets the winner of dr Congo and Mauritania in the next round if qualifiers

We would face DR Congo again because they just dispatched Mauritania 2-1 on aggregate.

Jojodjo:
Who wore the Captain's armband after Moses Simon exited the pitch?

Akor Adams

Schemerkhiz:
🇳🇬🦅 FLAMINGOS U17 WORLD CUP SQUAD LIST MOROCCO 2026

GOALKEEPERS

* Jane Ijirigho
* Mercy Felix
* Onyinyechi Opara

DEFENDERS

* Elizabeth Adesuyi
* Esther Stephen
* Chidera Oparanmegwa
* Azeezat Oduntan
* Opeyemi Sunday
* Rodiat Yusuf
* Kaosarat Akanji

MIDFIELDERS

* Awawu Bashiru
* Mary Dustan
* Muinat Rotimi
* Favour Nkwocha
* Shakirat Tobiloba

FORWARDS

* Tosin Rafiu
* Harmony Chidi
* Oluebube Umejiaku
* Queen Joseph
* Precious Oscar
* Oluwakemi Adegbuyi

I love this list. There's no stopping these Flamingoes. All the way girls🔥🔥

Goke7:
It’s obvious there’s a gang up against our football wow

What happened to the score? Will the match be replayed?

Goke7:
CAF now apologising to nff for the bad pitch in Guinea Bissau after banning the pitch 😂 they even claim the pitch went bad after inspection omo this is criminal

e no go better for this CAF president so truly they ruined our World Cup chances and still wants to ruin Afcon for us chai

FIFA also now admitting that one DRC player was ineligible meaning that DRC should not have played at the 2026 FIFA World cup but rejected Nigeria's petition on technical grounds.

Nigeria has been set up by FIFA and CAF

Schemerkhiz:
ijamilusi folashade arrives super falcons 🦅🇳🇬 camp yesterday night.

Was she originally in that list?
Rinsola Babajide was not called up. Why?

TheSuperNerd:
Released not quite long. Check it out.

Golden Eaglets 25-man squad for 2026 WafuB U17

I pray for Coach Eboboritse to succeed with this team.🙏

This October will be a busy month for our male and female U17 teams. Good luck to each of them

Schemerkhiz:
UK Based Favour Omenazu have been called up to the SuperFalcons

She can play as a Midfielder / Right-Back

Currently playing for MK Dons Women (serving as team captain)


Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Women is competing in the FA Women's National League Division One South East.

This could mean Alozie playing Left back again since Ashleigh Plumptre is injured.

TheSuperNerd:
🚨⚽The Golden Eaglets on the march again: Road to 2027 U17 Afcon and 2027 U17 WC begins

Note: 2019 was the last time Nigeria U17s qualified for the FIFA U17 WC. 7yrs ago.

The WAFU B U-17 AFCON Qualifiers are set to take place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 10 to 23 October! 🏆

🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇹🇬 Togo

Seven nations. One dream. One ticket to continental glory.
📍 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
📅 10-23 October

Group A
Burkina faso
Ghana
Benin
Togo

Group B
Nigeria
Cote d Ivoire
Niger

Is U17 Nigeria's squad list out

Something bugs me about the Super Eagles please.

With our rich football history and accomplishments why don't we get well established football managers? Look at Senegal and Patrick Viera, Ivory coast and Hervé Renard. I read somewhere that Dwight Yorke wants to coach Ghana.

JohnBullMySon:
The thing is not many have realized how serious this loss could turn out.

Tanzania has already qualified by virtue of hosting the tournament.

Only one spot is left in our group.

If Guinea Bissau keeps up their form we are going to sit out AFCON 27

Thank God that Madagascar could only manage a 1-1 draw with Tanzania to keep us in 2nd place. Now we need to win all our remaining matches and hope that Madagascar draws with Guinea Bissau in their next game.

Guinea Bissau - 6pts +5
Nigeria- 3pts -2
Madagascar- 1pt -1
Tanzania- 1pt -2

Everybody carry your calculator again😤😤

ekehopp2:
New look Falcons loading.
Glory Ogbonna get tight contact for NFF 😁🤣😂😅

Osohala and Uchenna Kanu are 2 most senior players here by first cap right?

I love the mix of youth and experience. Happy to see Flourish Sebastian, Moshood Shukurat, Kemi Adegbuyi in the fold. Even the girls who didn't make the U20 team were considered.

No place for that U20 no 13 defender, Kareem Ramatulahi and Tosin Rafiu.

Let's have a new look Super Falcons. I know that with time, they will all be recruited.