Super Eagles’ Head Coach Eric Chelle has called up Seville of Spain’s forward Akor Adams, Nice of France attacker Terem Moffi and Russia based Olakunle Olusegun for this month’s final rounds of qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
While Moffi has been part of the Super Eagles set up, Adams has been a fringe player with the National team, but junior International, Olusegun is a complete new face with the team.
Semiu Ajayi returns to the set up after injury kept him out of the last two qualifiers against Rwanda and South Africa, Christantus Uche has been omitted and also Ola Aina, who is yet to recover from the injury sustained in the match against South Africa.
Raphael Onyedika of Club Brugge, who is still nursing an injury, has his place taken over by US based Alhassan Yusuf, who has been in and out of the squad.
In the meantime, team captain William Ekong, goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Bright Osayi-Samuel and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, and forwards Victor Osimhen and Simon Moses headline the 23-man squad for this month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho and Benin Republic.
Nigeria, now in third place and only three points off first-placed Benin Republic and second-placed South Africa, tackle the Likuena (Crocodiles) of Lesotho at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa on Friday, 10th October in a Matchday 9 encounter, before flying from South Africa to Uyo to battle leaders Benin Republic in a fiery final Matchday game on Tuesday, 14th October.
The players are scheduled to fly into South Africa from their different bases in Europe and elsewhere, to converge in Polokwane on Monday, 6th October.
23 SUPER EAGLES TO BATTLE LESOTHO AND BENIN REPUBLIC
Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania); Adeleye Adebayo (Volos FC, Greece)
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); Felix Agu (Werder Bremen, Germany); 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)
Forwards: Ademola Lookman (Atalanta BC, Italy); Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan, Italy); Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray FC, Turkey); Simon Moses (Paris FC, France); Cyriel Dessers (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Tolu Arokodare (KRC Genk, Belgium); Terem Moffi (OGC Nice, France); Akor Adams (Sevilla FC, Spain); Olakunle Olusegun (Pari Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)