Nigeria

Squad

Coach: Lars Lagerbäck

Squad

No.	Player	Position	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
1	Vincent Enyeama	Keeper	Hapoel Tel-Aviv	27	55	0
2	Joseph Yobo	Defender	Everton	29	67	3
3	Taye Taiwo	Defender	Marseille	25	42	4
4	Nwankwo Kanu	Midfielder	Portsmouth	33	85	13
5	Rabiu Afolabi	Defender	Red Bull Salzburg	30	16	0
6	Danny Shittu	Defender	Bolton Wanderers	29	27	0
7	John Utaka	Forward	Portsmouth	28	44	5
8	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Forward	Everton	27	50	20
9	Obafemi Martins	Forward	Wolfsburg	25	34	17
10	Ideye Brown	Forward	Sochaux	21	0	0
11	Peter Odemwingie	Forward	Lokomotiv Moscow	28	49	8
12	Kalu Uche	Midfielder	Almeria	27	23	2
13	Yussuf Ayila	Midfielder	Dynamo Kyiv	25	27	2
14	Sani Kaita	Midfielder	Alania Vladikavkaz	24	22	0
15	Lukman Haruna	Midfielder	Monaco	19	5	1
16	Austin Ejide	Keeper	Hapoel Petah Tikva	26	19	0
17	Chidi Odiah	Defender	CSKA Moscow	26	26	1
18	Victor Obinna	Forward	Malaga	23	33	9
19	Chinedu Obasi	Forward	Hoffenheim	24	13	1
20	Dickson Etuhu	Midfielder	Fulham	28	14	0
21	Uwa Echiejile	Defender	Rennes	22	12	0
22	Dele Adeleye	Defender	Sparta Rotterdam	21	6	0
23	Dele Aiyenugba	Keeper	Bnei Yehuda	26	8	0

These details apply prior to the start of the tournament.

Matches

1. 3. Saturday 12th June, Johannesburg - JEP 15:00 BST
   Group B Match

   Argentina 1 - 0 Nigeria

   Scorers for Argentina: Heinze (6)
   Coverage: BBC1
2. 19. Thursday 17th June, Mangaung/Bloemfontein 15:00 BST
   Group B Match

   Greece 2 - 1 Nigeria

   Scorers for Greece: Salpigidis (44), Torosidis (71)

   Scorers for Nigeria: Uche (16)
   Coverage: BBC1
3. 35. Tuesday 22nd June, Durban 19:30 BST
   Group B Match

   Nigeria 2 - 2 South Korea

   Scorers for Nigeria: Uche (12), Yakubu (69 p)

   Scorers for South Korea: Lee JS (38), Park CY (49)
   Coverage: BBC3

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