History

The team won the FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to the FIFA U-17 World Championship and known by its current name since 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football...

 in 1985 (at the time it was U-16), 1993 and 2007. They also won the African Under-17 Championship

African Under-17 Championship

The African Under 17 Championship is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's Africaan governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995...

 in 2001 and 2007, and were runners-up in 1995.

After the 2007 victory there was some discussion as to whether the success should be rewarded in the form of cash, or if longer-term investments were more suitable for teenage players. It was pointed out that some previous players had found themselves reduced to poverty due to injury or mismanagement of their funds.

Heading into the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from October 24 to November 15, 2009.The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating 1-0 the host team, Nigeria...

, head coach Henry Nwosu

Henry Nwosu

Henry Onyemanze Nwosu is a former Nigerian footballer turned manager.-Career:Nwosu spent his career at home with New Nigeria Bank of Benin City and African Continental Bank of Lagos...

 was replaced by John Obuh, coach of Kwara United. The planning was thrown into disarray however in August when over half the team was determined by bone scan

Bone scan

A bone scan or bone scintigraphy is a nuclear scanning test to find certain abnormalities in bone which are triggering the bone's attempts to heal. It is primarily used to help diagnose a number of conditions relating to bones, including: cancer of the bone or cancers that have spread to the bone,...

ning to be overage and excluded from the team.

Management

• Team Coordinator: Garba Lawal
  Garba Lawal
  Garba Lawal is a football midfielder from Nigeria. He is currently a contracted player-assistant manager with Lobi Stars F.C..-Career:...
  
  
• Secretary: Sirajo Hassan
• Camp Commandant: Michael Oriola

Sports

• Head Coach: Manu Garba
• Assistant Coach: Emmanuel Amuneke
• Team Chef:
• Goalkeeper Coach: TBA

Notable former players

• Victor Igbinoba
• Lucky Agbons
• Charles Obaze
• Philip Osondu
• White Agwuocha
  White Agwuocha
  George White Agwuocha is a Nigerian football player, he currently plays for Odd Grenland in the Norwegian Premier League.- International :...
  
  
• Mohammed Aliyu
• Sani Emmanuel
  Sani Emmanuel
  Sani Shehu Emmanuel , commonly known as Sani Emmanuel, is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays for S.S. Lazio as a striker, as well as having a stint with Swedish outfit Bodens BK...
  
  
• Terry Envoh
  Terry Envoh
  Terrence Envoh is a Nigerian footballer. He currently plays for Sharks F.C..-Career:Envoh began his career with LEA Primary School Tudun Wada and signed in 2007 with Mighty Jets of Jos Nigeria...
  
  
• Omoh Ojabu
  Omoh Ojabu
  Omoh Alex Ojabu is a Nigerian football attacking midfielder currently playing for Dolphins FC.-International career:Ojabu represented his country at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria at the age of 16....
  
  
• Stanley Okoro
  Stanley Okoro
  Stanley Okoro is a Nigerian football Midfielder currently playing for KS Skenderbeu Korce in the Albanian Superliga, after a former experience with his homeland club Heartland F.C., and with Almería B .-Career:...
  
  
• Ugorji Silas
• Wilson Oruma
  Wilson Oruma
  Wilson Oruma is a former football midfielder from Nigeria.He became the tournament top goalscorer when Nigeria won the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championships...
  
  
• Nwankwu Kanu

See also

• Super Eagles (Nigeria national football team)
• Flying Eagles
  Nigeria national under-20 football team
  Nigeria U-20 men's national soccer team, also known as Nigeria Under-20s or nicknamed Flying Eagles, is the youth team for national soccer in Nigeria...
  
   (Nigeria national under-20 football team)
• African Under-17 Championship
  African Under-17 Championship
  The African Under 17 Championship is a bi-annual football competition organised by the sport's Africaan governing body, CAF. The competition has been held since 1995...