Iheanacho, Musa Yayaha miss the trip to Senegal

Coach of the Nigeria Under-20 team, Manu Garba, has named a 21-man squad for the 19th African Youth Championship (AYC) in Senegal. 

Musa Yahaya

The Flying Eagles are to play hosts Senegal, DR Congo and Cote D’Ivoire in Group A of the championship, beginning 8 March through 22. Matches will be hosted in the Senegalese cities of Dakar and M’Bour.

All semi-finalists will represent the continent at the 2015 Fifa U-20 World Cup in New Zealand from 30 May to 20 June.

The winner of the AYC finals will join Brazil, Korea DPR and Hungary in Group E of the Fifa U-20 World Cup, while the runners-up, third and fourth best teams are drawn in Groups D, B and C respectively.

Flying Eagles final AYC squad:

Goalkeepers: Joshua Enaholo, Sunday Alampasu, Olorunleke Ojo

Defenders: Musa Muhamed, Zaharadeen Bello, Izu Omego, Mustapha Abdullahi, Samuel Okon, Abdulganiyu Saheed

Midfielders: Ifeanyi Matthew, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Akinjide Idowu, Obinna Nwobodo, Bernard Bulbwa, Abdullahi Alfa

Strikers: Taiwo Awoniyi, Christian Pyagbara, Abdullahi Ibrahim Alhassan ‘Muazam’, Usman Saleh, Chidera Ezeh, Wasiu Jimoh