Nigeria national under 20 football team

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Nickname(s) Flying Eagles FIFA code NGA Manager Manu Garba Location Nigeria		Home stadium Abuja Stadium Arena/Stadium Abuja National Stadium Head coach Emmanuel Amunike

Association Nigeria Football Federation Confederation Confederation of African Football (Africa)

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Nigeria U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Nigeria Under-20s or nicknamed Flying Eagles, is the youth team for national soccer in Nigeria. It plays a large role in the development of Nigerian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Nigeria men's national soccer team and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation.

Former coaches

Christopher Udemezue (1982-1987)

Paul Hamilton (1983-1985)

Olatunde Nurudeen Disu (1987-1997)

Thijs Libregts (1998-1999)

Samson Siasia (2005-2007,2009)

Ladan Basso (2007-2009)

John Obuh (2011-2013)

Achievements

African Youth Championship: Champions 7 times

FIFA World Youth Championship

1983 - Group Stage

1985 - 3rd

1987 - Group Stage

1989 - 2nd

1999 - Quarterfinals

2005 - 2nd

2007 - Quarterfinals

2009 - Second Round

2011 - Quarterfinals

2013 - Second Round

2015 - Round of 16

WAFU U-20 Championship

2008- Quarterfinals

Staff

Head Coach: Emmanuel Amunike

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification Caps as of 10 July 2016

Older Squads

2015 African U-20 Championship

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

Nigeria national under-20 football team Wikipedia

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