Super Eagles Camp Bubbles, Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa Playoffs

Nov. 10, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

The camp of the Super Eagles of Nigeria has opened in the Moroccan city of Rabat, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup CAF playoffs. The Super Eagles will face Gabon in the first playoff on Thursday, while the winner of the match will take on either Cameroon or the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final playoff on November 16. Reports indicate that ten players were already on ground in the Super Eagles camp at the Rive Hotel in Rabat as of Sunday afternoon, including CALVIN BASSEY, ALEX IWOBI, SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE, TOLU AROKODARE and OLAKUNLE OLUSEGUN. The team’s media officer, PROMISE EFOGHE, told newsmen that WILFRED NDIDI, MOSES SIMON, WILLIAM TROOST-EKONG, BENJAMIN FREDERICKS and CHIDOZIE AWAZIEM also arrived at the camp before nightfall. Recall that Super Eagles’ Head Coach ERIC CHELLE had invited twenty-four players for the crucial match, after Nigeria failed to secure a direct ticket during the group stage of the qualifiers. See List of 24 Super Eagles for 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa Play-Off Tournament Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania); Maduka Okoya (Udinese FC, Italy) Defenders: William Ekong (Al-Kholood, Saudi Arabia); Calvin Bassey (Fulham FC, England); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (Hull City, England); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Birmingham City, England); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiakos, Greece); Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC, France); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal); Benjamin Fredericks (Dender FC, Belgium) Midfielders: Alex Iwobi (Fulham FC, England); Frank Onyeka (Brentford FC, England); Alhassan Yusuf Abdullahi (New England Revolution, USA); Wilfred Ndidi (Besiktas FC, Turkey); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium) Forwards: Ademola Lookman (Atalanta BC, Italy); Samuel Chukwueze (Fulham FC, England); Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray FC, Turkey); Simon Moses (Paris FC, France); Chidera Ejuke (Sevilla FC, Spain); Tolu Arokodare (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England); Akor Adams (Sevilla FC, Spain); Olakunle Olusegun (Pari Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

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