CAF Schools Football Championship: Nigeria Drawn Against Côte d’Ivoire, Benin Republic

Posted : 01 December 2025

Nigeria will face representative teams from Benin Republic and Côte d’Ivoire in the group stage of the WAFU B zonal qualifiers for this year’s CAF Schools Football Championship.

The zonal qualifying tournament will take place this week in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

The four-day competition features both male and female categories, although Nigeria is participating only in the male division. Group A of the male category comprises hosts Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger Republic, while Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Benin Republic make up Group B.

In the female category, hosts Burkina Faso will take on Côte d’Ivoire in the two-team Group A, while Ghana, Benin Republic, and Niger Republic will compete in Group B.

On Monday, Nigeria’s squad—made up of players selected from schools that competed in the national finals in Abuja two months ago—will face Côte d’Ivoire at Stade du 4 Août in Ouagadougou at 11 a.m. On Tuesday at 9 a.m., the Nigerian schoolboys will take on their counterparts from Benin Republic.

Semi-final matches are scheduled for Wednesday, while both the third-place match and the final will be played on Thursday.

The Nigerian contingent, consisting of 19 players and six officials, travelled through Lagos and Abidjan before arriving in Ouagadougou on Saturday. They are currently lodged at Hotel Splendid.

The 19 players in the Nigeria squad are drawn from Government Basic Education School, Kaduna; Government Junior Secondary School, Jalingo; Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu; National Grammar School, Enugu; and Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti. The team is led by Coach Oluwaseun Oyeniyi.

Goalkeepers:
Sa’adu Tukur (Government Junior Secondary School, Jalingo); Joshua Chima (Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu)

Defenders:
Mujaheed Nura (Government Basic Secondary School, Kaduna); John Oruomoni (National Grammar School, Enugu); Hamza Ibrahim Aliyu (Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu); Tobiloba Adedeji (Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti); Divine Juwe (Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu); Timothy Ijachi (National Grammar School, Enugu)

Midfielders:
Yusuf Auwal (Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu); Isaac Ajang (Government Junior Secondary School, Jalingo); Thomas Titus (National Grammar School, Enugu); Peter Moses (Government Basic Secondary School, Kaduna); Abdulsalam Mohammed (Government Basic Secondary School, Kaduna); Ayomide Adeleke (Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti); Nnamdi Echeruozo (National Grammar School, Enugu)

Forwards:
Marcus Adeyanju (Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti); Wisdom Okonkwo (Adaigbo Secondary School, Ogwashi-Ukwu); Umar Faruk Shuaibu (Government Basic Secondary School, Kaduna); Abdulrazzaq Mufutau (Ekiti Parapo College, Ido-Ekiti)

CAF Schools Football Championship: Nigeria Drawn Against Côte d’Ivoire, Benin Republic

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