Forward of FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup, Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide staff, the Flamingos, will depart Abuja within the early hours of Wednesday, October 8, aboard Royal Air Maroc, as they start the ultimate part of their preparations for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup in Morocco.
The staff is scheduled to reach in Morocco’s industrial and financial capital, Casablanca the place they may settle into camp earlier than heading to Rabat for the match correct.
Whereas in Casablanca, the Flamingos will intensify their build-up with two high-profile worldwide friendlies — first in opposition to New Zealand on October 10, adopted by a conflict with Paraguay on October 14.
The staff will then transfer into the official FIFA lodge in Rabat on October 15, the place all taking part groups will likely be housed for the competitors.
The Flamingos have been drawn in Group D, alongside Canada, France, and Samoa. Nigeria will kick off their marketing campaign in opposition to Canada on Sunday, October 19, earlier than going through France three days later — each matches scheduled for 8 p.m Nigerian time on the Soccer Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 2) and Soccer Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 1) within the metropolis of Sale.
Their last group stage encounter will likely be in opposition to Samoa on October 25, with kickoff set for five p.m. on the Soccer Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 3) nonetheless in Sale.
Head Coach Bankole Olowookere’s facet head into the match stuffed with confidence, having performed 10 tune-up matches, scoring a powerful 44 objectives with out conceding any. Their dominant kind in camp thus far, coupled with a well-balanced squad, underscores their dedication to go one step additional than their quarter-final end on the final version within the Dominican Republic.
