Nigeria national under-17 football team

Nigeria U-17

Nickname(s)	Golden Eaglets
Association	Nigeria Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Manu Garba
Captain	Samson Tijani
Home stadium	Abuja Stadium
FIFA code	NGA
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	8 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions, 2001, 2007
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions, 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015

Nigeria national under-17 football team

Medal record
U-17 World Cup
	1985 China	Team
	1993 Japan	Team
	2007 South Korea	Team
	2013 United Arab Emirates	Team
	2015 Chile	Team

The Golden Eaglets are Nigeria's national under-17 football team.^[1]

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Honours
  


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  3 Competitive record
  
  
  
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    3.1 FIFA U-17 World Cup record
    
  
  
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    3.2 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Staff
  
  
  
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    4.1 Management
    
  
  
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    4.2 Sports
    
  
  
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    4.3 Medical
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Current squad
  


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  6 Notable former players
  


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  7 See also
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

The team won the maiden edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1985 at China, the 1985 Edition tournament was sponsored by Kodak (when it was known as the U-16 tournament), 1993, 2007, 2013, and 2015 (Becoming only the second team since Brazil to win it back to back); making them the first team ever to win the junior world cup five times.^[2] They also won the African Under-17 Championship in 2001 and 2007, and were runners-up in 1995.

After the 2007 victory there was some discussion as to whether the success should be rewarded in the form of cash, or if longer-term investments were more suitable for teenage players. It was pointed out that some previous players had found themselves reduced to poverty due to injury or mismanagement of their funds.^[2]

Heading into the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, head coach Henry Nwosu was replaced by John Obuh, coach of Kwara United.^[3]

Although Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, they participated again in the 2013 edition of the tournament. Planning was thrown into disarray however in August when key members of the team was determined by MRI scanning to be overage and excluded from the team.^[4] In their first match, the team defeated the defending champions Mexico with a 6-1 score. They only failed to defeat Sweden in the group stage, but they did so in the semi-finals. In the final match they faced and defeated Mexico for a second time, obtaining their fourth U-17 World Cup and becoming the national team to win the most U-17 tournaments so far.

The team were again the subject of age cheating accusations when 26 members, almost half, of the squad failed MRI tests in 2016.^[5]

Honours

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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  Winners (2): 2001, 2007
  


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  Runners-up (2): 1995, 2013
  


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  Third (1): 2003
  

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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  Winners (5): 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015
  


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  Runners-up (3): 1987, 2001, 2009
  

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-17 World Cup record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 10 2 1987 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 7 5 1989 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 2 2 0 7 0 1991 Did Not Qualify 1993 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 20 3 1995 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 2 1 1 6 4 1997 Did Not Qualify 1999 2001 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 14 5 2003 Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 3 3 2005 Did Not Qualify 2007 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 16 4 2009 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 17 7 2011 Did Not Qualify 2013 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 26 5 2015 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 23 5 2017 Did Not Qualify Total 11/17 5 Titles 63 47 10 6 149 43

Africa U-17 Cup of Nations record African U-17 Championship Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 1995 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 13 5 1997 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 1999 Group stage 6th 3 1 1 1 5 5 2001 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 13 4 2003 Third Place 3rd 5 4 0 1 9 2 2005 Group stage 6th 3 1 1 1 8 6 2007 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 1 2009 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 18 5 2015 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 7 6 2017 Did not qualify - - - - - - - Total 8/12 2 titles 36 23 6 7 88 34

A gold background colour indicates that Nigeria won the tournament.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Staff

Management

• Team Coordinator: Suleiman Abubakar


• Secretary: Egbaiyelo Tayo


• Media Coordinator: Morakinyo Abodunrin

Sports

• Head Coach: Garba Manu^[6]
  


• Assistant Coaches: Nduka Ugbade^[6] and Emmanuel Amuneke^[6]
  


• Goalkeeper Coach: Emeka Amadi^[6]
  

Medical

• Doctor: Olarinoye Ayodeji


• Physiotherapist: Oyegunna Gabriel


• Equipment Manager: Mohammed Kafa Usman

Current squad

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	John Amah	(2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 (age 16)
16	1GK	John Essien	(2004-12-25) 25 December 2004 (age 14)
20	1GK	Joseph Oluwabusola	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 16)
6	2DF	David Ishaya	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 16)
3	2DF	Sunday Odey	(2002-06-16) 16 June 2002 (age 16)
5	2DF	Clement Ikenna	(2003-03-16) 16 March 2003 (age 15)
12	2DF	Muhammad Ibrahim	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 16)
15	2DF	Adam Mustapha	(2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 16)
	2DF	Sani Suleiman
18	3MF	Tunde Akinsola	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 15)
4	3MF	Samson Tijani	(2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 16)
10	3MF	Hassan Hussain	(2002-11-21) 21 November 2002 (age 16)			El Kanemi Warriors
13	3MF	Akinkunmi Amoo	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 16)
17	3MF	Peter Agba	(2002-12-20) 20 December 2002 (age 16)
19	3MF	Ibraheem Jabaar	(2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 16)
14	3MF	Olatomi Olaniyan	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 17)
9	4FW	Timilehin Adeniyi	(2002-05-12) 12 May 2002 (age 16)
	3MF	Saviour Isaac
7	4FW	Olakunle Olusegun Jr.	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 16)
11	4FW	Favour Akem	(2002-01-21) 21 January 2002 (age 17)

Notable former players

Macauley Chrisantus John Obi Mikel Philip Osondu David Nworah Ifeanyi Celestine Babayaro Mohammed Aliyu

Sani Emmanuel Terry Envoh Omoh Ojabu James Obiorah Stanley Okoro Wilson Oruma

Nwankwo Kanu Nduka Ugbade Victor Ikpeba Kelechi Iheanacho Austin Okocha Samuel Okwaraji

See also

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  Super Eagles (Nigeria national football team)


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  Flying Eagles (Nigeria national under-20 football team)


• African U-17 Championship

References

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   ^ ^ab "Nigeria: Golden Eaglets - Return of the Argonauts". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.
   


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   ^ Egbokhan, John (13 August 2009). "Nwosu predicts doom for Eaglets". Retrieved 15 October 2017.
   


4. 
   ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (19 August 2013). "Nigeria U-17 players fail age tests ahead of the World Cup". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
   


5. 
   ^ "Nigeria's under-17 squad wiped out as half are older than 17". BBC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
   


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   ^ ^abcd "Jonathan splashes cash on Golden Eaglets". Premiumtimesng.com. 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
   


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   ^ https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/golden-eaglets-squad-and-fixtures-for-wafu-zone-b-u-17-afcon-id8800692.html
   

External links

• Official website of the Nigerian Football Federation

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