{"id":74569,"date":"2025-08-30T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74569"},"modified":"2025-08-30T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:35:34","slug":"super-eagles-coach-eric-chelle-unveils-23-man-squad-for-rwanda-south-africa-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/30\/super-eagles-coach-eric-chelle-unveils-23-man-squad-for-rwanda-south-africa-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Eagles Coach Eric Chelle Unveils 23-Man Squad for Rwanda, South Africa Clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has released a 23-man squad for Nigeria\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Rwanda and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The list features familiar names including captain William Troost-Ekong, Victor Osimhen, and Alex Iwobi, alongside a mix of new and returning players.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa), Amas Obasogie (Singida Black Stars, Tanzania), Adebayo Adeleye (Volos FC, Greece).<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: William Troost-Ekong (Al-Kholood, Saudi Arabia), Calvin Bassey (Fulham, England), Olaoluwa Aina (Nottingham Forest, England), Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City, England), Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos, Greece), Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes, France), Felix Agu (Werder Bremen, Germany), Benjamin Fredericks (Dender FC, Belgium).<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Alex Iwobi (Fulham, England), Frank Onyeka (Brentford, England), Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas, Turkey), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (SS Lazio, Italy), Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium), Christantus Uche (Getafe, Spain).<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray, Turkey), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta, Italy), Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan, Italy), Moses Simon (Paris FC, France), Cyriel Dessers (Rangers, Scotland), Tolu Arokodare (KRC Genk, Belgium).<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will host Rwanda at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, on September 6, before traveling to Bloemfontein to face South Africa on September 9.<\/p>\n<p>The matches are crucial for the Super Eagles\u2019 qualification hopes, as the team currently sits fourth in Group C with seven points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has released a 23-man squad for Nigeria\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Rwanda and South Africa. The list features familiar names including captain William Troost-Ekong, Victor Osimhen, and Alex Iwobi, alongside a mix of new and returning players. Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74569","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74571,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74569\/revisions\/74571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}