{"id":14949,"date":"2026-11-11T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/2027-u-23-afconq-olympic-eagles-arrive-in-lubumbashi-ahead-of-dr-congo-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:31:13","slug":"2027-u-23-afconq-olympic-eagles-arrive-in-lubumbashi-ahead-of-dr-congo-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/2027-u-23-afconq-olympic-eagles-arrive-in-lubumbashi-ahead-of-dr-congo-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 U-23 AFCONQ: Olympic Eagles Arrive In Lubumbashi Ahead Of DR Congo Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Olympic Eagles have arrived in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, ahead of their 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations second round qualifying first-leg encounter.<\/p>\n<p>All 23 invited players are now in camp as the team intensifies preparations for the crucial fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The squad comprises seven players from the domestic league and 16 foreign-based professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2027-u-23-afconq-chelle-makes-late-change-to-olympic-eagles-squad-ahead-of-dr-congo-clash\/\">2027 U-23 AFCONQ: Chelle Makes Late Change To Olympic Eagles Squad Ahead Of DR Congo Clash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assistant coach Deniran Ortega will take charge of the team for both legs of the encounter, with head coach \u00c9ric Chelle currently occupied with the Super Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The first leg is scheduled to take place at the TP Mazembe Stadium in Lubumbashi on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will host the return fixture at the Remo Stars Sports Complex in Ikenne next week Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the two-legged tie will advance to the final qualifying round, where they will face either Sierra Leone or Burkina Faso in March 2027.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Olympic Eagles have arrived in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, ahead of their 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations second round qualifying first-leg encounter. All 23 invited players are&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}