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Background
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Nigeria are a very talented team and are one of Africa's best. There are many players in the squad that participated in "The Super Eagles" first World Cup in 1994, that are still playing. The likes of Sunday Oliseh, Finidi Goerge and Jay Jay Okocha who are accompanied by the exciting talent of Kanu and Babayaro, should do well in this years finals. |
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| Squad | |
| Goalkeepers | |
| Ike Shorunmu | Lausanne |
| Austin Ejide | Gabros |
| Vincent Enyeama | Enyimba |
| Defenders | |
| Efe Sodje | Crewe Alexandra |
| Rabiu Afolabi | Standard Liege |
| Ifeanyi Udeze | PAOK Salonika |
| Justice Christopher | Royal Antwerp |
| Taribo West | unattached |
| Joseph Yobo | Olympique Marseille |
| Celestine Babayaro | Chelsea |
| Eric Ejiofor | Maccabi Haifa |
| Isaac Okoronkwo | Shaktar Donetsk |
| Midfielders | |
| Mutiu Adepoju | Salamanca |
| Austin Okocha | Paris St Germain |
| Pius Ikedia | Ajax |
| James Obiorah | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Benedict Akwuegbu | Shenyeng Gendi |
| Garba Lawal | Roda JC |
| Nwankwo Kanu | Arsenal |
| Femi Opabumni | Grasshoppers Zurich |
| Strikers | |
| Julius Aghahowa | Shaktar Donetsk |
| Bartholomew Ogbeche | Paris St Germain |
| John Utaka | Al Saad |
