Super Eagles land in Morocco for CHAN

CHAN Super Eagles

Ahead of the start of the African Nations Championship (CHAN), the Super Eagles have arrived in Casablanca, Morocco.

Nigeria touched down the North American nation at about 14:00 GMT+1 on Tuesday.

CHAN is a competition which features players exclusively active in the national championships.

Expatriate players, regardless of where they play, even on the continent, are not qualified to take part.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) shared a photo of the Super Eagles on Twitter, moments after they arrived the host city.


The tournament which runs from January 13 to February 4 features 16 teams distributed into four groups.

Salisu Yusuf’s team are drawn in Group C alongside Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda and Libya.

They begin the campaign on Monday against the Amavubi at the Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier.

This will be the Eagles’ third appearance at the biennial tourney, their best finish was third position in 2014.