The 2015 African U-17 Championship will be the 16th edition of the competition for players aged 17 and below and organized by the Confederation of African Football.
The tournament will take place in Niger, and was originally scheduled to be held between 2 and 16 May. However, the date of the opening match was pushed forward to 15 February, with the tournament scheduled to conclude with the final on 1 March. The semi-finalists of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The Emmanuel Amuneke coached Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will be participating in Group A. Other participants in the group Niger, Guinea and Zambia. Group B has Ivory Coast, South Africa, Mali and Cameroon. The Ghana team were disqualified on 26 October, after medical test provided by the African Confederation after their first leg play off victory against Cameroon found that one of their players failed age eligibility confirmations. Ghana appealed but failed.
Nigeria’s team list is as below:
Akpan David Udoh
Emeka Nwokoecha
Usman Abass
Mohammed Anas
Lazarus John
Bamidele Samuel Ayodeji
Zakari Lukman Hilaru
Suleiman Abdullahi
Michael Kingsley
Samuel Chukwueze
Kelechi Nwakali
Jack Ipalibo
Douglas Uzama
Christian Ebere
Kehinde Ayinde
Promise Orji
Henry Okebugwu
Nuhu Umar
Victor Osimhen
Ernest Agenor
Adeyemi Adeyinka
Dayo Femi
Nigeria will qualify for world cup