Kickoff (Cape Town)
14 October 2008
Kaduna United will on Wednesday play host to the home-based national football team at the Kaduna Township Stadium.
The Super Eagles Team B, coached by former CAF Champions League winner Okey Emordi, are preparing for their final round of qualifiers for the inaugural African Nations Championship, against Ghana next month.
Ghana will host the first leg of the fixture on November 30 with the second leg billed for Nigeria on December 14.
The winner over two legs will join hosts Ivory Coast and six other nations for the first -ever African Cup of Nations for home -based players, will takes place between February 22 and March 8, 2009.
Wednesday's match, which is part of the games being arranged for the Emordi coached team to shape up ahead of the big challenge, will be played at 8pm.
The players are to report at the Halal Fountain Hotel, Kaduna alongside assistant coaches Erasmus Onuh and Siji Lagunju and team co-ordinator Kabiru Baita.
SUPER EAGLES TEAM B:
Bassey Akpan, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Emma Nwachi, Bernard Okorowanta (Bayelsa United), Chinedu Effugh, Nnaemeka Anyanwu, Sunday Mbah (Rangers), Bello Kofarmata, Nazif Ammani, Babale Alaye (Kano Pillars), Ismaila Suleiman, David Tyavkase, Isiaka Olawale (Lobi Stars), Marshal Johnson (Akwa United), Uche Sheriff (Sharks), Efe Ambrose (Kaduna United), Rabiu Baita, Ibrahim Aliyu (Wikki Tourist), Igho Otegheri, Emma Omodiagbe (Heartland), Abdulazeez Adieze (Niger Tornadoes), Tonny Abawula (Ocean Boys), Adeyinka Adedeji (3SC), Hassan Aliyu (Gombe Utd), Gbenga Ajala (Nasarawa United).
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