Coaches get deadline to apply for Eagles job

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has advised any coach desirous of becoming the new Super Eagles’ handler to apply for the job before Wednesday, July 6.

The federation, which said in a statement yesterday that it would announce the list of candidates for the job on Friday, said the Wednesday deadline for the coaches would give the technical and development committee enough time to study the candidates’ profile before picking the right person for the position.

NFF Technical and Development Committee Chairman, Chris Green, said it was important the issue is sorted out quickly for the Eagles to begin preparations for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers, which kicks off in October.
Nigeria will play Algeria, Cameroun and Zambia in Group B of the African qualifiers.“We encourage applications from all highly –qualified persons, whether they be Nigerians or expatriates. Applications are welcome until Wednesday, and the Technical and Development Committee will meet on Friday to look through all applications and release a short-list,” Green stated.


The Super Eagles will begin their campaign on October 3 away to to Zambia and will then host the Fennecs of Algeria on November 7. They will also host Cameroun on August 28, 2017 and visit the Lions five days later, before hosting Zambia a month after and then rounding off the series by visiting Algeria on November 7, 2017.

Algeria beat Nigeria home and away in the qualifying series for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, but Nigeria returned the compliment in the qualifying series for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Meanwhile, Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has disclosed he will not stop the NFF from hiring a foreign coach saying the appointment usually was handled by the technical team of federation, while the ministry merely supervises the process.

“We are a supervising ministry; we have little to do with the process but we have a role in guiding what is best for Nigeria. I have always maintained that if we cannot pay indigenous coaches, it would be difficult to maintain a foreign coach.”