Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has named his strongest squad led by in-form playmaker Osaze Odemwingie to face Ghana in next month’s international friendly in London.
Odemwingie, who plays for English side West Brom, was banned from the team for breaking camping rules in March.
But he has been recalled to face the Black Stars in a game that is expected to be fiery for both sides as matches between the countries are fiercely contested.
There were some recalls but Nigeria’s top players including Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi, AC Milan defender Taye Taiwo, Joseph Yobo, Kalu Uche – Almeria, Obinna Nsofor of Lokomotiv Moscow and Victor Anichebe of Everton.
Also making a return to the Super Eagles squad is Elderson Echiejile who will battle for the left-back position alongside Taiwo.
Siasia also handed a call-up to former Enyimba star Emmanuel Ekpo who now plays for American side Columbus Crew.
Solomon Okoronkwo, who like Ekpo, was in the Nigerian side that won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China was also recalled.
Surprisingly, Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike, who was recently fingered in match fixing scandal in Turkey was named.
Nigeria’s squad is guaranteed to give Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic his sternest test since taking over the Black Stars at the start of the year.
The match will be played on 9 August at Watford’s Vicarage Road Stadium in London.
Ghana thrashed Nigeria 4-1 the last time the two sides met in London four years ago.
Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama – Lille (France), Bamidele Aiyenugba – Bnei Yehuda Fc (Israel), Chigozie Agbim – Warri Wolves (Nigeria)
Defenders: Chibuzor Okonkwo – Heartland FC, Taye Taiwo – AC Milan (Italy), Gege Soriola – Heartland FC, Elderson Echiejile – Sporting Braga (Portugal), Joseph Yobo – Everton (England), Efe Ambrose – Ashdod Ms (Israel)
Midfielders: Mikel Obi – Chelsea Fc (England), Yusuf Ayila – Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Fegor Ogude – Valerenga Fc (Norway), Joel Obi – Inter Milan (Italy), Kalu Uche – Almeria Fc (Spain), Emmanuel Ekpo – Columbus Crew (USA), Solomon Okoronkwo – Valerenga Fc (Norway)
Strikers: Obinna Nsofor – Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia), Victor Anichebe – Everton Fc (England), Ikechukwu Uche – Zaragoza Fc (Spain), Osaze Odemwingie -West Bromwich Albion (England), Ekigho Ehiosun – Samsunspor (Turkey), Emmanuel Emenike – Fenerbahce Fc (Turkey)
There was a name missing in the squad,Goodluck Jonathan.
they can call whoever they want to call but we’ll still give them a drubbing of their lives..oseeee Ghana…
this chickens have taken like 6 months to select those players to play against Ghana,
but what we all know is they are super chikens if they like it or not ….we have giving them 4-1 already ,our under 20 squad disgrace them in Angola,
we eliminated both their female team and male teams[HUSBAND AND WIFE] from AAG ,
NIGERIANS HAVE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME WITH THER MOUTH ALREADY ON THEIR SPORTS WEBSITES SUCH AS http://www.completesportsnigeria.com,http://www.kickoff.com/league/nigeria/ ,
SINCE THEY HAVE TAKING MONTHS FOR BRINGING THIS SQUAD OUT WE WILL TAKE A WEEK TO BRING OUR UNDER 23 TEAM TO BEAT THEM AS ALWAYS.
GOD BLESS GHANA
Imagin our big guns.we beat their smelling armpitt witj our youth players so imajin our top guns.they should not let the argentina friendley go to their head.they cheated anyway
poor ravaged country,go to nungua,hunger is killing ur country men,accra unclean,4 weeks no water,u making noise in the net,lazzy people
THE OLD GUNS. IF THIS IS THEIR STRONGEST SQUAD THED I BEG NIGERIA IS DOOMED
3 out of 3 comments and they are all senseless. Why not stick to soccer instead of attacking a whole country? @21guns, has any Nigerian offended you before that you so much hate anything Nigerian. I know you will not hesitate to shoot down any Nigerian.
What you guys do not know is that soccer is unpredictable. Ask Brazil and Argentina and you will know this. There are some other countries in africa with realistic chance of doing very well at the next nations cup: Senegal, Botswana and they are quietly planning. The noise about AAG qualification should stop. Let’s play soccer on the pitch and not by talking.
Moreover, @21guns, stop telling people lies. You are one of those who bring about hatred. Trust Nigerians to always criticize anything. Rather than boasting, people have been busy critiquing the team released by the coach.
is it our fault that we have take beaten nigeria as a hobby in ghana?i guess no,
naiaj no matter what you will do we will disgrace you in england …
i have a question
how many minutes can a chicken fly even though it got feathers ?
this a massacre for naija 6 – 0
@segun cant you get it for once ,i will stop hatting nigerians when you stop hatting ghanains,i will stop hatting when your entire country stop doing your 419 scum thing ,
can you shut up even a nigerian eat a flesh of his or her own nigerian brother FLESH [BOKO HARAM] WHO IS A HATTER LIKE A NIGERIAN ?
NIGERIANS ARE CRUEL AND INHUMANE [419,ARM ROBBING SUICIDE BOMBING ETC SO segun you need shut up again ...
no matter what you will do ghananins know what nigerians can do within a seconds [419]
IN SOCCER WE ARE NOT FRIEND ,SO DONT EXPECT GHANAINS TO PAMPER YOU CHICKENS ON THE PITCH WE ALL KNOW YOU CHICKENS ARE LAZY EVEN ON FOOTBALL PITCH ,COME ON SON CHICKENS ARE NOT EVEN LAZY BUT NIGERIAN SUPER CHICKENS ARE LAZY PERIOD alata yaw
Now just waiting to see our squad too, even though i know we will beat them on paper and on the pitch too, no doubt!
@21 guns you can never measure up to a Nigerian even in your own country Ghana in any level,,,,that is why your envy and hatred of the Nigerians have beclouded your memory you forget 9jer leads and others follows in Africa………..in your fucking country Ghana today there was an armed robbery involving a Nigerian and three Ghanaians…………..the foolish Ghanaians were caught as usual while the Nigerian escaped with the loot………..that’s how stupid and foolish the Ghanaians are………..keep watching and waiting,planning to beat the Super Eagles…..while Boko Haram is grouping in your country,as you know………whatever Nigerians do………the Ghanaians want to copy………………..for example 419……….now you Ghanaians have gone the extra mile and even called it SAKAWA………drugs??? I dont even want to go there………..all the same,,,,,,,,,,,,come Aug 9th……we shall see who laughs last after 90 plus 5mins
You are nothing but an epitome stupidity. foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
I mean an epitome of stupidity
hello guys what’s all this childishness for?this is no longer football but war,like to remind u that this two countries are brothers in Africa.football is all about fare play,love,and unity.that’s we all agreed that even though south Africa hosted the world cup to us in Nigeria we saw it Africa tournament.
look at how the naija boy is crying,,
aHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
SIASIA DID NOT CALL badluck Jonathan sorry Goodluck Jonathan. aha
Stupid nigerians full of gays
This is a useless website. Is there no moderator? Why are people being allowed to attack a whole country? Ghana has benefitted from the immense wealth of Nigeria in times past. Why this hate? Nigerians are presently enjoying the economic resurgence of Ghana also. If Europeans and Americans are as hateful as this, a lot of Africans abroad would have been sent back to their countries a long time ago. @21guns, you need a medical check up really fast. Instead of you to wish that Nigeria gets over her present predicament, you are making jest of us. You have forgotten that Nigeria was once in the same position that Ghana is now. Ok oooo, continue laughing, I hope it will last for long.
the 21gun is one big idiot! lool this nigga thinks is just one fuck**ing retard!! ..the players mentioned have and have always had better prospects than the shitty over-bloated Ghanaian squad, look at the imbecile-looking midget called Dominic Adiyiah get relegated to the worst Turkish league and second division for that matter..yet the bredas call him the “Golden Boy.” lmaooo look at Emenike banging goals in the top league and already playing in the champions league,same with Uche Kalu,Osaze,Ideye Brown…….we just want to test our new players on you assholes before facing the crucial deal——>African Nations Cup 2012.
Hi segun , what you dont know is that @21guns was a bastard born by a prostitute relationship between a Ghanian mother and a Nigerian seaman, so the hate is natural!!.Nigerians are loved all over Africa due to the fact that we are intelligent, daring, advanturous, happy people, fun, business like, rich, conning, hardworking, hansome, goodheart etc.That is why other Africans cant help nominating our guys/girls in Bigbrother Africa, we have won it two times, come second once and about to win another , scores 3:6.That is to show that inside an average African , they love Nigerians no matter the other bad comings!!.The other facts is that one in every ten Ghanians have a Nigerian blood in them, in which 21 guns is one.These they acquired in the sixties , seventies and early eighties through various relationships adventure in Nigeria.Due to the matrilinial system in Ghana, must of our sons “nigerians” join their mothers during the Ghana – must – go movement in Nigeria during the eighties!!.Therefore you guys can see that there is more than relationship between Ghana and Nigeria.Be that as it may , i know Ghana support nigeria when they are not in the fry such as football, bba etc and vice versa.Hate being preach by some Ghanians in this forum is due to ignorance….but i feel our Super eagles will still beat the Black Monkeys ahh sorry black s come 9th
what da fuck do u know about GHANA
When you said black monkeys, where u refering to Odemwinge?
Ghana 4 – 1 Nigeria. AGAIN!
@steve, you claim Nigerians are intelligent and yet you couldn’t even spell “adventurous”, “handsome”, WTF….
That says a lot about you,IDIOT!
My mother is a Nigerian, while my father is a Ghanaian, but I am supporting the Super Eagles this time, because most of us here in Ghana are full of hate and jealous for no reason, after all this just football
Up Super Eagle of Nigeria!! Up black Stars!!
9ja gay guys please stop coming to this site.
Homosexuality is legal in Ghana Innit??? loool bloody faggot
i’m a Ghanaian and for that matter i want Ghana to win,that’s natural.wheather Ghana or Nigeria,i believe we are all one people.
Ghanaians are rude as fuck and the hate is just disgusting to sat the least , Cameroon is a far better team than Ghana and we have had our better part of rivalries with Cameroon yet we never say as much as spew hate to each other..we share respect and handle our shit with maturity. i don’t even know how this crappy Ghana-Nigeria rivalry came about cause its just really preposterous to me.
Who the fuck says ghanaians have naija blood. i spit on ur face. i had friends from naija in ghana but i ceased befriending bcos they envied and hated ghana too much but can’t go back to their country. and who said naija takes lead and ghana follows? that person is a fool. where were u bastards when we were forming the ancient dominant world empires of egypt and ghana and in the recent pass centuries, asante empire and fante confederacy? when we imported slaves from naija to work on our farms and in our homes. even we took the lead in freedom fighting when the asantes fiercely fought the british, fante drove away the dutch and portuguese through war, the ewes resisting the danes and the akwamus ceasing the seat of power (christianborg castle). it was all crowned by the african of the millinuem kwame nkrumah who gave money and support to naija and other african nations in their freedom fight. has there been any nigerian greater than kwame nkrumah, kofi annan, k.a busia, and rawlings. thd legendary bob ‘kobina’ marley hails from gh. bill cosby, michael jackson and obama’s wife are royals from gh. even coming down to soccer, there has been no naija great like abedi pele who won best player of the french league when maradona was playing in the same league at his peak. what else, the greatest music band in the history of africa has been osibisa from ghana and even bob marley says they are his inspiration. when we are talking achievements, u talk about bba, where people fuck themselves left and right. i don’t even get the rational for that bba thing. the only african side to win the world youth championship and one of the only three to get to the quarter finals of the world cup. the second most successful country in the african cup of nations only to egypt. we are now ranked number 1 on the continent. i can go on and on but i will not waste my time on suicide bombers who console their sorry asses with bba. remember, i’m comparing a country of about 24 million people to the other with over 200 million people. wat a sham
I lov dat Mike. diiz are real facts dat any sensible being shud be proud of n nt a reality show wher indecency is the hall mark, inmates fuckin each oda in the pblic domain. I dnt blam the Nigerians cuz dats deir culture. Intanet fraud, 419, suicide bombin, homo n lesbianism has alw bin deir trademark. dey r nufin bt a dsgrace 2 Mama Afrka. We gona beat dem with the U23 side cum Aug 9, dey shud jux watch us out. We’ve alw bin the pacesetters in Afrca n we cntinue 2 sho dem the ABC of futbal cuz we r alw dema seniors.
More grease Mike, me feel ya 2 da maxx.
Dude stfu and stop your insane hype,and your long history/easy was inconsequential and dumb dude…made no sense to say the least..and how the f****ck are Nigerians jealous of Ghanaians? cuz the Ghanaians i have met here in the United States have that complex of inferiority and many of them are gay so they the only Africans that do that Gay sh***t. Bastard
Sorry your history is incomplete and one sided…………And then out of hate you wicked Ghanaians killed Kwame Nkrumah and the name Ghana was lost in oblivion for ages, just until now that you succeeded in transferring power from one democratically elected government to the other…the you open you stupid mouths to forget those who fed you during your miserable years in darkness……..to the extent your country wasn’t good enough for your parents to stay,who now found shelter in Nigeria and use Nigeria as the only airspace in Africa to travel…..if you are able to know the difference in size and population……..then you will know who the real giant is…..so when you are talking achievements,,you should know that in every 10 achievements Ghana have had….Nigeria has gotten and achieved in 100′s of folds………you can start by your statistics of dividing your poverty stricken 24million by 200 million….for your information……..no Nigerian living in Ghana will ever be your friend….hater
No matter how the EAGLES flies it cannot reach the (BLACK) STARS. My fellow Ghanaian do not worry about the Nigerians okay.
by Bala Wagon, Kumasi Poly.
Sorry STARS are NOT black……GFA should change that name.Shining STARS would have been better…..I assure you that even with our team in a building process……….your nerves will fry on that day and may the best team win
Still no fear black stars
Thanks man Anwarr. ur name even shows u are a real warrior. i give u titles ‘obrempon’ and ‘akatakyie’. well done with the compliments. GH FOR LIFE.
NIGERIA COUNTRY AND IT CHILDREN ARE FULL OF JOKES …
[1]THE FIRST AFRICAN TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IS A GHANAIN http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1413035.html Arthur Wharton
THE ONLY AFRICAN PLAYER WHO HAS BEEN CROWN IN THE WHOLE WORLD BY FIFA IS ABEDI PELE ASK ME WHERE THE NAME PELE COMES FROM? http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=161081/index.html
THE ONLY AFRICAN COUNTRY WHICH HAS WON THE UNDER 20 WORLD CUP IS GHANA WITH ONLY 10 AGAINST 11.
GHANA HAS MAKE IT TO THE QUARTEFINAL WHICH I DONT SEE NIGERIA WILL EVEN GOO NEAR ,GHANA HAS DOMINATE NIGERIA IN FOOTBALL FOR THE PAST DECADES ,GHANA HAS WON THE AFRICAN CUP MANY TIME THAN NIGERIA ,GHANA FOOTBALL HAVE A GOOD HISTORY THAN NIGERIA TEN TIMES ,GHANA HAS WON MANY GAMES THAN NNIGERIA COMPARING THE TWO,GHANA HAS SCORED MANY GOALS COMPARING THE TWO.SO I DONT SEE WHY NIGERIA AND IT CITIZENS WILL CHALLENGE GHANA IN ANY THING CONCERNING SOCCER .JUST LOOK AT THE CURRENT TWIN ELIMINATION BOTH MEN AND WOMEN TEAM FROM AAG ,SO WITH THIS ALL FACTS I DONT SEE NO WHY NIGERIA WILL COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH GHANA AT ANY MEANS IT MAKE NO SENSE ,IS LIKE COMPARING SRILANKAN FOOTBALL TO BRAZIL FOOTBALL.
i actually dont know what to say because i see what i want to say have been said by my great ghanain brothers here ….but i have something to say
if nigerians will play us with this old men then thank God ,all the above players are old men ,who have about 3 or 4 grandchildren ,but with this old men our under 23 team will disgrace them once again
did somebody ask why goodluck jonathan is not in the super chickens squad?
my ghanain brothers we should pray for nigerians to be frank ,even though we are rivals in football ,i just watched aljazeera and what i saw was too bad [BOKO HARAM KILLING THE CITIZENS LIKE CHICKENS ON A STREET ,NIGERIA NEED HELP IN TIMES OF THIS]
MAY GOD PREVENT BOKO HARAM FROM ATTACKING OUR FELLOW NIGERIANS amen
@21 GUNS WHY ARE YOU PRAYING FOR THIS WICKED NIGERIANS WHO KNOWS IF GOD IS PUNISHING THEM WITH THAT FOR HATTING GHANAINS …
ANY WAY NIGERIAS ARE LIKE ANT’S IN GHANAINS FACE INTERMS OF FOOTBALL BUT NOT INTERMS OF 419,ARM ROBBING AND KILLING .
GOD BLESS MY HOME LAND GHANA .
Hi sege , what you dont know is
that @21guns was a *******
born by a prostitute relationship
between a Ghanian mother and a
Nigerian seaman, so the hate is
natural!!.Nigerians are loved all
over Africa due to the fact that
we are intelligent, daring,
advanturous, happy people, fun,
business like, rich, conning,
hardworking, hansome,
goodheart etc.That is why other
Africans cant stop following our lead,
That is
to show that inside an average
African , they love Nigerians no
matter the other bad
comings!!.The other facts is that
one in every ten Ghanians have a
Nigerian blood in them, in which
21 guns is one.These they
acquired in the sixties , seventies
and early eighties through
various relationships adventure
in Nigeria.Due to the matrilinial
system in Ghana, must of our
sons “nigerians” join their
mothers during the Ghana – must
- go movement in Nigeria during
the eighties!! And dont forget u poopu stated it first .Therefore you guys
can see that there is more than
relationship between Ghana and
Nigeria..i Hate
Ghanians in this forum, due to
ignorance and talk shit….but i feel our Super
eagles will still beat the Black
Monkeys ahh sorry black shit come
9th so it will be. saiman is coming 9jah 4 life.
this chickens have taken like 6 months to select those players to play against Ghana,
but what we all know is they are super chikens if they like it or not ….we have giving them 4-1 already ,our under 20 squad disgrace them in Angola,
we eliminated both their female team and male teams[HUSBAND AND WIFE] from AAG ,
NIGERIANS HAVE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME WITH THER MOUTH ALREADY ON THEIR SPORTS WEBSITES SUCH AS http://www.completesportsnigeria.com,http://www.kickoff.com/league/nigeria/ ,
SINCE THEY HAVE TAKING MONTHS FOR BRINGING THIS SQUAD OUT WE WILL TAKE A WEEK TO BRING OUR UNDER 23 TEAM TO BEAT THEM AS ALWAYS.
GOD BLESS GHANA
point of correction black midget,the Nigerian coach was never mobilizing the team for the past 6 months for Ghana as you stupidly implied but for the crucial African Nations Cup qualifier come September,something more important than some stupid friendly with midgets from Ghana…but seems like the friendly will be a way for the Super EAGLES to test our new players even though the thrashing of your weak and over-hyped team is inevitable dude…yeah you beat us to the useless AAG olympics *clap for yourself*…you beat us in the Angola ANC 2010 with Gyan managing a fluke goal on our slippery defence in a game we totally dominated enought to put the fear of God and the “Big Brother’s” into your hearts
…wait for ANC 2012 while you watch our Flying Eagles play in a better olympics in London and Columbia!!! safe trip to useless Maputo Black Midgets!
but come to think of it? what generated the heat on this forum because i had to read through the topic and it simply read “Nigerian Coach names strong squad for Ghana friendly.” so how did that easily culminate to the idiocy i see on this forum with the stupid likes of 21guns(stupid name) spewing thrash about Ghana dominating Nigeria for decades? which decades fucking dumb Nigger the era of Ghana beating Nigeria consistently ended in the 70′s and you beat us those times when players did not even wear shoes to play..besides Soccer is the only sport Ghanaians strive at while the Nigerians are more diverse and featured great stars in other sports during the subsequent olympics,stars NO AFRICAN COUNTRY COULD EVER RIVAL. so Soccer aint our all-in-all sports like that even though we have acheived a global glory no African country not even Ghana with its overhyped ancient glory could match in generations to come. So stop the nonsense talks here…and why are there many gay ass dudes from Ghana??? they disgrace Africans here alot mehn! loooooool
if u ask me to choose between been gay and been a nigerian? (even though the are both cursed). i’ll choose to be gay because been a nigerian means to be a broke ass ugly looking pirate, suicide bomber, prostitute, armed robber, fraudster, a corrupt freak, human flesh eater, blood money beneficiary with juju all over in my household with a flat assed shapeless wife. tell me what medals have naija won in other sports? when ghana was taking every african and world title in boxing and dominating in long jump you guys were busy parading your sorry low i.q asses around in other engaging in armed robbery. in ghana, we are never hungry. a day does not go by without us enjoying a favourite meal. u.n report: 70% of nigerians live below $1 a day. u can’t take care of ur useless population. hunger and poverty go kill u. hahaha. ghana is now a middle income country. and naija? still corrupt, broke and a low income country. gh: gateway to africa 4 life.
define SAKAWA……idiot
My fellow Nigerians on this site, thank you very much for telling those acidic, pompous, myopic and coward Ghanians the truth. We (Nigerians) must not pay attention to their comments about us and our country. As regards the friendly match between our great country, Nigeria and Ghana which is slated for August 9, 2011 in England, I hope that the Ghanians would include their president/dem-god, Atta Mills in their so called Black Stars squad. We shall defeat them even if they use juju on us again. God bless NIGERIA!
ahaaa @Mikael Fante, China you are soo funny ,
michael please contact me we need to chat love_locker_2@yahoo.com
Gay don meet gay online Ghanasoccer take note ooo….kwasia sem
this chickens have taken like 6 months to select those players to play against Ghana,
but what we all know is they are super chikens if they like it or not ….we have giving them 4-1 already ,our under 20 squad disgrace them in Angola,
we eliminated both their female team and male teams[HUSBAND AND WIFE] from AAG ,
NIGERIANS HAVE STARTED PLAYING THE GAME WITH THER MOUTH ALREADY ON THEIR SPORTS WEBSITES SUCH AS http://www.completesportsnigeria.com,http://www.kickoff.com/league/nigeria/ ,
SINCE THEY HAVE TAKING MONTHS FOR BRINGING THIS SQUAD OUT WE WILL TAKE A WEEK TO BRING OUR UNDER 23 TEAM TO BEAT THEM AS ALWAYS.
GOD BLESS GHANA..
Story Story …Story………..who is Black moons of Ghana???who is U23 and who is U20……..hahaha dont make me laugh……hater
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
I LOVE NAIJAH NO MATTER WHAT DEMA CALL US.
WHAT IS STRONG SQUAD THIS ARE ALL PIG AND NIGERIAN ARE FOOLS . USELESS AND MOST OF ALL ARROGANT..THEY ARE NOT CIVILIZE WE WILL EVEN CALL THE SOUTH AFRICANS FRIENDLY THAM ANIMALS CALLING THEM SELVES PEOPLE LIVING IN A JUNGLE
A WOUNDED MONKEY DOES NOT FEAR STRETCHING.GHANAIANS ARE ALWAYS READY TO BEAT WHO EVER THINK COMES TO TEST OUR STRENGHT. THIS TIME SAY WE USED BLACK MAGIC.