Waldrum Lists Oshoala, Nnadozie, Ajibade, 15 Others for 2024 Olympics Head Coach Randy Waldrum has selected 17 players for Nigeria’s Super Falcons squad for this year's Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France. The squad includes prominent players like captain Rasheedat Ajibade, goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Osinachi Ohale, and forward Asisat Oshoala. The full list of players also features defenders Oluwatosin Demehin and Michelle Alozie, midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Halimatu Ayinde, Christy Ucheibe, and Toni Payne, and forwards Esther Okoronkwo, Chinwendu Ihezuo, and Uchenna Kanu. Players currently on holiday in Nigeria will join the home based players and team officials on an Air France flight from Abuja to Sevilla, Spain, on Thursday night. The rest of the squad and technical team will arrive in Sevilla on Friday for a two week training camp before departing for France on July 18. Nigeria, nine time African champions, will compete in their first Women’s Olympic Football Tournament since 2008. They will face Brazil, Spain, and Japan in the group stages, with their first match against Brazil scheduled for July 25 at Stade Bordeaux. Subsequent matches against Spain and Japan will be held at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
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