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The Falcons will aim to become the first African side to triumph at the tournament

Four months after being named the coach of the Nigeria national women’s football team, American coach Randy Waldrum has released his maiden squad list for his first Super Falcons’ assignment.

It will be the first run-out for the Super Falcons, who reached the Round of 16 at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in in the summer of 2019, and since being shockingly edged out of the Tokyo Olympic Games by Cote d’Ivoire .

It is also the first call for Waldrum, with the squad he is expected to mould into credible competitors for honours at the global level.

Ukraine, Serbia, India, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan and Equatorial Guinea are among teams confirmed so far for the 10-day tourney, though the Tokyo Olympics-bound Zambian team pulled out for undisclosed reasons.

Nine-time African champions Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea’s Nzalang Nacional have been lumped into the same pool alongside Uzbekistan, with the Guineans handed an opportunity to address a 6-0 spanking by the Nigerians in the group phase of the 2018 Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.

Also known as the Alanya Gold City Cup, the tournament ranks as one of the more notable events on the women’s football calendar worldwide.

The Falcons will aim to become the first African side to triumph at the tournament, following the third-place finish by Ghana’s Black Queens last year. Chile won the trophy and Hungary came in as the runner-up.

Poland (2017) and (2018 and 2019) are the other previous winners of the Alanya Gold City Cup.

Waldrum invited 23 players, mostly from the group that reached the Round of 16 at the 2019 World Cup. This list includes: goalkeepers Tochukwu Oluehi and Chiamaka Nnadozie; defenders Onome Ebi and Chidinma Okeke; midfielders Rita Chikwelu, Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene and Halimatu Ayinde, and forwards Gift Monday, Rasheedat Ajibade and Asisat Oshoala.

.@NGSuper_Falcons 23 for Gold City Tournament in Antalya, Turkey. #SoarSuperFalcons #Team9jaStrong pic.twitter.com/Tl7siZpB9b

— The NFF �� (@thenff) February 11, 2021

The 23-woman list
Goalkeepers: Tochukwu Oluehi (C.D. Pozoalbense, Spain); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, ); Christy Ohiaeriaku (Edo Queens)

Defenders: Onome Ebi; Glory Ogbonna (Edo Queens); Osinachi Ohale (Madrid CFF, Spain); Mariam Ibrahim (Nasarawa Amazons); Chidinma Okeke (Madrid CFF, Spain); Habeebat Akinwande (FC Robo)

Midfielders: Rita Chikwelu (Madrid CFF, Spain); Esther Sunday (ALG SPOR, Turkey); Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene (Eskilstuna, Sweden); Antoinette Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Halimatu Ayinde (Eskilstuna, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Patricia George (Sands FC, )

Forwards: Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona, Spain); Uchenna Kanu (Linkopings, Sweden); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain); Francisca Ordega; Chinwendu Ihezuo; Gift Monday (FC Robo); Charity Adule (SD Eibar, Spain)

https://www.timesng.com/sports/football/442147-turkish-womens-cup-super-falcons-coach-names-final-squad.html

well aint that just amazing

i dedicate this FTP to all my baby mamas. Daddy is still grinding

No oshoala

go girls

Good girls
But what about Oparanozie

Hmmmm

Eye dey pain you?

Udo

Violinistt:
No oshoala

she is there

Nice people from south .....

@ least they are now trying as they followed my footstep

Where are the Arewa people?

oluwaseunamos33:
@ least they are now trying as they followed my footstep

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Some of the girls are like crypto coins.

Time to see top class Asisat Oshoala doing it for naija again

Nice

LajaLaba:
Where are the Arewa people?

Ha na alụ di

athaboi:
Good girls But what about Oparanozie

Politics

athaboi:
Good girls
But what about Oparanozie

Politics at play

stanislaus67:
Ha na alụ di

AREWA PEOPLE AREN'T 4OR FOOTBALL. THIS IS 4 THOSE THAT KEEPS ASKING OF AREWA PEOPLE

robosky02:


https://www.timesng.com/sports/football/442147-turkish-womens-cup-super-falcons-coach-names-final-squad.html

Why I don't like watching women football,they are always making noise on the football field like parrot.

Violinistt:
No oshoala

Shine your eyes well

Violinistt:
No oshoala

bro, I know the country is somehow hard, please try to reduce your intake of drinking garri. thanks
just joking, her name is on the list

Where are the ladies because I dey see only boys here.

goingsolo:
Some of the girls are like crypto coins.

show us your picture and let's see what you look like.

Oparanozie??

merits:





Why I don't like watching women football,they are always making noise on the football field like parrot.

nice

robosky02:


https://www.timesng.com/sports/football/442147-turkish-womens-cup-super-falcons-coach-names-final-squad.html

Thank God my babe Asisat made d list...... Go and make me proud dear..

:No oshoalaShine your eyes well