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2023 will be a busy year for Nigerian football, particularly the male national teams.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has challenged the country's senior men's national team, the Super Eagles, as well as their under-23 counterparts, the Olympics Eagles, to fly Nigeria's flag high when they engage in their respective qualifying matches for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the 2024 Olympic Games.
The Super Eagles will get back to attempting to qualify for Africa's premier football competition in March when they play Guinea Bissau in a doubleheader.
The National U-23 men's team, will on their own part, play Guinea in two matches in March in a bid to make it to the U-23 AFCON in June - where the actual qualifications for the Olympics would be decided.
NFF charges national teams
To the Super Eagles, ahead of their final qualifying matches against Sierra Leone and Sao Tome & Principe, the NFF board projected that six points will make the team unassailable in its group contest for a spot at the AFCON finals.
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To the Olympic Eagles, the board stated that going all out to defeat their opponents, Guinea, home and away in their final qualification fixture for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations, was an assignment that was non-negotiable.
NFF extend message to Golden Eaglets
The NFF board have also expressed satisfaction with the preparations of the under-17 men's team: the Golden Eaglets, adding that Nigerians expect nothing less than a World Cup ticket from the squad, as well as, the continental title.
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The Golden Eaglets will be on 12 nations to participate at this year's U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in a bid to pick tickets to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. Nigeria have been drawn into Group B of the competition alongside Morocco, Zambia and South Africa.
The U-17 team are scheduled to play their first match against Zambia, on April 30.
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