Nigeria’s Under 20 female football team Falconets are expected to depart the country on Friday for the first leg of their 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Tanzania.
The players and their officials will travel in the afternoon from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos via an Ethiopia Airline.
The encounter is billed for the Azam Sports Complex, Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
The reverse fixture will take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja a week later.
Ahead of the game Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma invited goalkeepers Faith Omilana and Linda Jiwuaku, defenders Jumoke Alani and Tumininu Adeshina, midfielders Taiwo Afolabi, Chinyere Kalu and Chidera Okenwa, and forwards Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Yina Adoo and Opeyemi Ajakaye among a roster of 30.
Nigeria drew bye after their second round opponent Mauritius withdrew for the match
Danjuma has picked a few of his World Cup quarter-finalists from Costa Rica last year, and an impressive number from the Flamingos squad that won the bronze medals at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India a year ago.
FIFA has increased the number of finalists for next year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia to 24, from the 16 that participated in Costa Rica, and also increased the number of Africa’s flag bearers to four.
This means that after the Tanzania fixture, the Falconets will have one round to go before qualification for the big world cup in Colombia in September 2024.
