Nigeria’s Under 20 girls, the Falconets will camp in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as from today ahead of their 2020 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso this month.
The first leg of the second round qualifying fixture will take place at the August 4 Stadium in Ouagadougou March 21, with the return leg a week later at the Agege Stadium, Lagos.
Two –time World Cup runners-up Nigeria have participated at every edition of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup since it was launched as an Under 19 tournament in Canada 18 years ago. This year’s finals will be co-hosted by Costa Rica and Panama.
At the weekend, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) approved the appointment of Coach Moses Adukwu as First Assistant Coach, with Bilikisu Tijani as second Assistant and Audu Yahaya as Goalkeepers’ Trainer of the Falconets.
Adukwu, who will hold forth as head of the technical crew pending the appointment of a Head Coach, has called up 40 players to begin preparations for the clash with the fellow West Africans, who edged out Gambia 3-2 on aggregate in the first round of the campaign.
There are six goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 10 midfielders and 14 strikers on the roster.
