{"id":70110,"date":"2025-07-09T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70110"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:59:50","slug":"flying-eagles-coach-zubairu-unveils-20-man-squad-for-wafu-b-u-20-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/09\/flying-eagles-coach-zubairu-unveils-20-man-squad-for-wafu-b-u-20-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Eagles Coach Zubairu Unveils 20-Man Squad for WAFU B U-20 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has released a 20-man squad as Nigeria prepares to defend its title at the WAFU B U-20 Championship, which kicks off on July 10 in Accra, Ghana.<br \/>\nThe squad features a blend of experienced players and fresh talents, reflecting the team\u2019s ambition to retain the regional crown.<br \/>\nNigeria has been drawn in Group A alongside hosts Ghana and Benin Republic.<br \/>\nThe Flying Eagles will open their campaign against Ghana on July 10 at 3:00 PM, followed by a second group match against Benin Republic on July 13. Both fixtures will be played at the Prampram Centre in Accra.<br \/>\nWith back-to-back titles under their belt, the Nigerian team is aiming for a third consecutive triumph in the tournament.<br \/>\nCoach Zubairu expressed confidence in the squad\u2019s ability to deliver, describing the tournament as a crucial stepping stone toward the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile later this year.<br \/>\nThe Flying Eagles enter the competition with a strong pedigree and high expectations, hoping to maintain their dominance in West African youth football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has released a 20-man squad as Nigeria prepares to defend its title at the WAFU B U-20 Championship, which kicks off on July 10 in Accra, Ghana. The squad features a blend of experienced players and fresh talents, reflecting the team\u2019s ambition to retain the regional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70112,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70110\/revisions\/70112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}