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After five years in the international wilderness, Nigeria’s Super Eagles will depart Nigeria for Nouakchott on Friday morning for their 2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against their Mauritanian counterparts, scheduled for Saturday.
The match, which will be the first of a two-legged series, will be refereed by Egyptian officials. Hany Farouk El-Sayed Eleraky will be the referee, with Ahmed Mohamed Elwan Nofal as referee 2 and Ibrahim El-Sayed Mahgoub as referee 3. Khaled Mohamed Elewa will be the timekeeper, while Moroccan El Mansouri Taha will be the commissioner.
The NFF had appointed Abdullahi Isa, a veteran goalkeeper who later became an assistant coach for the team, as the new head coach of the Supersand Eagles, with Christopher Kadiri as assistant coach and Bashar Samaila as goalkeeping coach.
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Experienced players Victor Tale and Emeka Ogbonna are part of the playing staff, which also includes Arome Isah, Adams Taiwo, Emmanuel Ohwoferia, Godwin Tale, Egan-Osi Ekujimi, Chidozie Frank and Hassan Abdullahi.
The return match is scheduled for Saturday, July 27 in Nigeria.
Following the debacle of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 that saw the NFF quietly expel the team from the international sphere, a group of enthusiasts, led by Mallam Mahmoud Hadejia, kept the fire of beach soccer burning across the country with the annual Nigeria Beach Soccer League and a variety of tournaments.
