Rasheedat Ajibade captains the team, which includes significant players such as goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Osinachi Ohale, and forward Asisat Oshoala.
The roster also includes defenders Oluwatosin Demehin and Michelle Alozie, midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Halimatu Ayinde, Christy Ucheibe, and Toni Payne, and attackers Esther Okoronkwo, Chinwendu Ihezuo, and Uchenna Kanu.
Players on vacation in Nigeria will join home-based players and officials on an Air France trip from Abuja to Sevilla, Spain, on Thursday night. The rest of the players and technical staff will arrive in Sevilla on Friday for a two-week training camp.
The team is scheduled to leave Sevilla for France on Thursday, July 18th.
Nigeria, the nine-time African champions, will make their first participation at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament since 2008. They will face Brazil, Spain, and Japan in this year’s competition.
The Falcons qualified for the 12-team competition after overcoming South Africa’s Banyana Banyana 1-0 in Abuja, due to a penalty strike from Ajibade, which separated Africa’s top two teams over two legs in April.
Nigeria’s first match will be against Brazil on July 25 at the Stade Bordeaux, followed by games against Spain on July 28 and Japan on July 31 at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes. This venue is noteworthy for the Super Eagles’ 3-2 triumph over Spain in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals.
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