LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Nigeria’s women’s national football team coach, Justine Madugu, has unveiled his official 25-player squad list for the Super Falcons Upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title defence in Morocco.
Madugu’s squad will be led by captain Rasheedat Ajibade and a strong backbone of experienced players like Francisca Ordega, Toni Payne and Asisat Oshoala.
Africa’s undisputed best goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was also named by Madugu in the squad.
2025/26 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Super Six Goalkeeper of the Season Fatima Oloko was the only player from Nigeria’s league that made the squad.
Attackers Folashade Ijamilusi and Esther Okoronkwo who was named player of the match in the last final will also be heading to Morocco.
Cup-holders Nigeria, gunning for a record-extending 11th title, are up against Egypt, Zambia and debutants Malawi in Group C, with matches to be played in Morocco’s administrative capital, Rabat.
All four teams that make it to the semi finals of the tournament, which will entertain 16 teams for the first time, will earn automatic spots at next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Brazil, while the fifth-placed team will go straight into an intercontinental playoff tournament.
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