CHAN 2023: Super Eagles B depart for Cape Coast

Nigeria's team will arrive in Cape Coast today in preparation for their match against Ghana in the seventh qualifying round for the African Nations Championship on Sunday.

For the previous few weeks, head coach Salisu Yusuf and his staff have been focusing on the 34 invited players. Just before the team departs on Friday morning, a final list of 22 players for the journey and for the return leg in Abuja on Saturday next week will be made public.

The match on Sunday will begin at 4 p.m. Ghana time at Cape Coast Stadium (5 pm Nigeria time).

Beninese officials have been chosen by the Confederation of African Football to oversee the match, with Issa Mouhamed serving as the referee. His countrymen Eric Ulrich Ayimavo, Koudogbo Kougbemede, and Tanisla Ahomlanto will serve as the first, second, and fourth officials, respectively.

Sanusie Rashid, also from Sierra Leone, will serve as the referee assessor, and Sierra Leonean Prince Kai Saquee will serve as the match commissioner.

On Saturday, September 3rd, the second leg will take place at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.