The Super Falcons provisional squad for the 2024 WAFCON tournament in Morocco will be released in the coming days after head coach Justin Madugu has submitted his list to the Nigeria Football Federation, The PUNCH reports.
Nigeria will be seeking a 10th continental title at the tournament which will be played from July 5 to 26.
Madugu’s side are in Group B where they will face Tunisia, Algeria and Botswana.
The Super Falcons will begin their quest for the title they last won in 2018 on July 6, with an opening Group B match against Tunisia at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca.
Less than a month before the tournament, the Super Falcons will be heading to Portugal for the final phase of preparations, where they will also face their Portuguese counterparts in a friendly game on Monday.
“The list has been submitted and it will be made public in the coming days by the federation. That is definitely going to be before our friendly against Portugal on Monday,” Madugu told PUNCH Sports Extra.
Madugu however didn’t state the calibre and the number of players in the provisional squad.
“We know the procedure, we have submitted the list and it will be made official by the federation. Maybe after it has been released, if there are questions for me to answer, I will attend to them.”
Madugu is leading the team to the first major tournament after taking over from American coach Randy Waldrum.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation says it has set in motion a media campaign, nicknamed Mission X, to mobilise and galvanise Nigerian ball fans at home and in the diaspora to support the Super Falcons’ quest for a 10th WAFCON title in Morocco next month.
Nigeria has won nine of 12 championships that have been contested since the CAF launched the event as a tournament in 1998 – to become Africa’s most-decorated women’s national team.
“We are committed to fully supporting the Super Falcons’ campaign for a 10th continental title, and that is why we are launching the Mission X campaign to sensitise football-loving Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, young and old, in high and low places, and male and female, to also come out and support the team.
“The Super Falcons remain the most decorated national team in African football. We are proud of what they have achieved and what they intend to achieve in Morocco,” NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, said from the United States of America on Tuesday.
The Super Falcons also won the lone ticket granted to Africa for the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in 1991 (China) and 1995 (Sweden), but there was no tournament-format Africa Cup of Nations competition in those years.
