Senegal 2015: Siasia names killer squad for Rio 2016 ticket

By JOE APU
AHEAD of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games football event,
head coach of the Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia on
Monday named a final 21-man squad for the 2015 U-23
Champion- ship commencing Saturday in Dakar, Senegal.
According to sources close to the camp, Coach Siasia
listed four overseas-based professionals with the rest of
the squad drawn from the Nigeria league.
The pros are strikers Taiwo Awoniyi from German second
division side FSV Frankfurt, Junior Ajayi of Tunisian club
CS Sfaxien, Isaac success from La Liga side Granada as
well as midfielder Azubuike Oke- chukwu, who is based in
Turkey.
There are no players from seven- time champions
Enyimba after the coach dropped Kingsley Sokari and Etor
Daniel for insisting on leaving training camp to play a final
league game with their club in Lagos.
There is also no room for any member of the victorious
Golden Eaglets from the U17 FIFA World Cup in Chile as
the duo of Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Nwakali did not
make the cut.
As many as 12 players on the list were not at the recent
All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, where Nigeria’s
Dream Team VI placed third.
Nigeria will begin their campaign on Sunday against Mali
in Mbour. They will also battle Egypt on December 2 in
Mbour and three days later play their final group B match
against Algeria in Dakar.
The top three teams will qualify automatically for next
year’s Olym- pics in Rio.
The full squad:
Goalkeepers: Emmanuel Daniel (Enugu Rangers), Yusuf
Mohammed (Kano Pillars), Emmanuel Iwu (Heartland)
Defenders: Sincere Seth (Su- preme Court FC), Seun
Odudu- wa (Nath Boys), Zaharadeen Bello (Kano Pillars),
Seun Ol- ubayo (Sunshine Stars), Chizoba Amaefule
(Dolphins), Ebuka Iroha (Diamond Football Academy)
Midfielders: Ndifreke Effiong (Abia Warriors), Usman
Moham- med (FC Taraba),Tiongoli Tobara (Bayelsa
United), Bature Yaro (Na- sarawa United), Oghenekaro
Etebo (Warri Wolves), Azubuike Oke- chukwu (Yeni
Matalatyaspor/Tur- key), Godspower Aniefiok (Kano
Pillars), Stanley Dimgba (Warri Wolves)
Forward: Kufre Ebong (Warri Wolves),Junior Ajayi (CS
Sfax- ien/Tunisia), Taiwo Awoniyi (FSV Frankfurt/
Germany),Isaac Success (Granada CF/Spain).

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