The provisional list for the African Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast in January 2024, have been released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). According to the list, Captain Ahmed Musa was included on the Super Eagles’ 41-man squard.
The list published by CAF on its website on Wednesday did not include the name of Maduka Okoye, goalkeeper for Udinese of Italy, who played in goal for the Nigerian team at the most recent AFCON in Cameroon.
Aside from Musa, William Troost-Ekong, Paul Onuachu, and Zaidu Sanusi are additional players who have been out of the team for a while yet made the preliminary list
The list will later be pruned down to 27 players and submitted on January 3, 2024 deadline. This addition is four more players for the tournament from the usual 23 players.
The African football-governing body, however, the registration of the four additional players on the final list is only option and not an obligation.
According to CAF, in case a team submits a final squad of between 24 and 27 players, only 23 of them will be available for selection for each match during the tournament.
It added that a player in the final squad can only be replaced after a serious injury no less than 24-hours before the team’s first match following the approval of the medical certificate by the CAF Medical Committee.
The final tournament will take place from 13 January to 11 February 2024 in the Ivorian cities of Abidjan, Bouake, Korhogo, San Pedro and Yamoussoukro.
