ESPN FC’s Colin Udoh previews the WAFU Cup of Nations and discusses the tournament’s recent revival. To watch the WAFU Cup, subscribe to ESPN+.
In the past, luck has not really been on the side of Nigeria players featuring at the WAFU Cup of Nations while nursing Super Eagles ambitions, with Ahmed Musa the only real success story.
The tournament, on the go in Senegal for the next two weeks, caters to home-based talents in West African countries, much like the CHAN tournament does on a continental scale.
The wannabe Eagles’ road is made even harder by head coach Gernot Rohr’s seeming disdain for players in the Nigerian local league, as he…
Nigeria’s latest squad call-up once again brought disappointment for admirers of QPR’s Ebere Eze.
On Thursday, the Super Eagles named their 23-man squad to face Brazil in a prestigious friendly game scheduled for mid-October, with just one new addiction to the list in Slavia Prague’s Peter Olayinka.
It meant that, once again, there was no space for the 21-year old, who has shown such good form that there has been reports he could be an English Premier League player sooner rather than later, with…
The sixth edition of the West Africa Football Union Cup of Nations kicks off in Thies, Senegal, on Saturday, with 15 of the region’s sides plus guests Morocco contesting the two-week competition.
The tournament kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 28, with home team Senegal playing Guinea-Buisseau before Burkina Faso face off against Mauritania.
Ghana are the most successful team in the tournament’s history, having won the past two editions in 2013 and 2017, both on home soil. Nigeria and Togo had won the…
The sixth edition of the West Africa Football Union Cup of Nations kicks off in Thies, Senegal, on Saturday, with 15 of the region’s sides — plus guests Morocco — contesting the two-week competition.
Past editions of the tournament have thrown up some star players and memorable performers, some of whom have used it as a launch pad to greater things in their career, and others who failed to build on the promise they demonstrated in the regional showpiece for local players.
Anthony Okpotu was one…
The WAFU Cup of Nations is upon us again, and Nigeria, as usual, will be contenders for the title. The Super Eagles B side has been to the final at each of the three editions they have contested, winning once.
In doing so, they have thrown up a …
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The Chelsea man is eligible to play for Nigeria through his paternal lineage and said he is not…
Ghana may be one title better, but no other country has made more appearances in the West African Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations final than Nigeria.
Of the four finals played, the Super Eagles have contested three, winning one; Ghana and Senegal are tied on two each. The only final that Nigeria missed was in 2013, when they failed to attend the tournament. Incidentally, one of their final losses was to Togo, their opening-day opponents at this year’s tournament in Senegal; but we will return…
Nwankwo Kanu, Finidi George, Sunday Oliseh, and Tijani Babangida are four famous Nigerians who made their marks at Amsterdam ArenA, and Chidera Ejuke wants to do the same… but not for Ajax, for Heerenveen.
While the four Super Eagles legends played for the home side, with Kanu and Finidi helping them to UEFA Champions League titles, 21-year-old Ejuke has little by way of credentials.
He’s not got a senior Nigeria cap, and came to the Eredivisie from Norwegian top flight side Valerenga, but is…
If there were those who felt a bit underwhelmed about the Super Eagles’ third place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations – and there were more than a few – watching the side against the Ukraine on Tuesday would have boosted the spirits.
Gernot Rohr’s refreshed team buzz their way close to nearly embarrassing Euro qualifying Group G leaders Ukraine in front of their home fans, and the 2-2 draw would have felt like a welcome breath of fresh air.
For the first 45 minutes in Dnipro, Nigerians would have…
Ukraine scored twice in a minute to draw 2-2 with Alex Iwobi and Nigeria in an international friendly.