Samson Siasia Invites Leon Balogun Ahead Of Egypt Clash

Stand by coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Samson Siasia has extended an invitation to Germany-based defender Leon Balogun for AFCON 2017 qualifiers against Egypt later this month.

According to the NFF official site, Mainz 05 defender Balogun will join a 42-man squad list announced by Siasia for matches against Egypt.

There has been a clamour for Balogun’s invitation on the back of his performances in the Bundesliga this season.

Rio 2016: Siasia Planning Brazil Friendly For Dream Team VI

Nigeria's wining coach, Samson Siasia is preparing top friendlies for the African conquering Dream Team VI ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Here from Siasia...

“We are working on a friendly against Brazil for next month, we will get more details about this game next week,” said Siasia.

The match was earlier scheduled for last year in London, but was later shelved after the Nigeria Olympic team complained it was too close to the U23 AFCON in Senegal.

Dream Team VI To Camp In Europe Ahead Of Rio 2016 Olympics

The African U-23 Champions will camp in Europe ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics with the coach also proposing top friendlies.

Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has said he plans Europe training camps and test matches as part of his team’s preparations for the Rio Olympics in August.

Nigeria will be in Rio as African U23 champions after they last featured at the Olympics in 2008.
The former Super Eagles manager disclosed that the African champions will commence preparations for the Rio Olympics in the first week of February.

Mikel Voices Intention To Play In 2016 Olympics

Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder John Mikel Obi as voiced out his intention to play for Nigeria in Rio 2016. Siasia and Mikel are believed not to be in good terms. Tough mission for Mikel..

Chelsea star Mikel Obi has said he wishes to feature at next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as one of three over-aged players, it has been exclusively gathered.

The 28-year-old Mikel has won almost every major trophy at stake including the UEFA Champions League and English Premier League, but he has so far missed out on playing at the Olympics.

AFCON U-23 Trophy Excites Samson Siasia

The coach of the victorious Dream Team VI has revealed his happiness following the success at the AFCON U-23 Championship and the gaffer has also hailed the team.

Head coach of Nigeria’s U-23 football team, Samson Siasia has spoken about his happiness following his side’s triumph at the just-concluded 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Senegal.

A double from tournament top scorer, Ogenekaro Etebo sealed a 2-1 win for Nigeria over Algeria in Dakar in the showpiece game on Saturday.

AFCON U-23 Championship: Dream Team VI Relaxed Ahead Of Algeria Clash - Samson Siasia

Samson Siasia spoke to the press ahead of the final AFCON U-23 Final clash against Algeria. The Coach of the Dream Team VI stressed that they know the opponent and are relaxed ahead of the match.

"it has been a very long journey, with a lot of ups and downs, some good games and some bad ones that we have actually learnt from."

"I guess we have not scored 2 goals again since our last game we played 2-2, the boys have improved in the back line, I think we still need to do a better job playing tomorrow against Algeria, we know them very well we have watched their videos, we have seen them play, and we are now more relaxed because we have the ticket to go to Rio, I think we are going to have a better game, the fans will enjoy themselves "

Money Crisis: Nigeria Sport Ministry To Bail Out Dream Team VI In Senegal

This is certainly good news for Samson Siasia and the Dream Team VI has reports have now confirmed that the ministry of sports in Nigeria has moved in to clear the outstanding bills and allowances of the team.

Prior to the AFCON U-23 Championship it was reported that Siasia even spent his personal money on the team. The team have not been given a kobo since they have been in Senegal. Must the sports ministry or NFF wait till the team performs well before the needed finance are been made available?

Nigeria’s sports ministry has come to the rescue of the country’s team, who have not been paid up to when they booked a ticket to the Rio Olympics and qualified for the final of the U23 AFCON in Senegal.

Nigeria: Samson Siasia Happy For Olympic 2016 Ticket

As described by a sport analyst Wale Scott, Siasia is a slow starter but when it comes to youth football development is the best in the country. The Dream Team picked up an Olympic ticket for 2016 and progressed to the final of AFCON U-23 Championship. Siasia has showed his appreciation and the man is certainly an happy man despite the fact that no dime has been payed to the players and coach since the tournament kicked off.

Nigeria Under-23 coach Samson Siasia says he is happy seeing his side qualify for the final of the 2015 Caf Africa Cup of Nations after a hard fought 1-0 win over hosts Senegal in Wednesday’s semifinal at the Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar.

The Les Lionceaux had the better chances in the game and Nigeria had goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel to thank for staying in the game.

Senegal vs Nigeria Preview: Match Facts & Statistics

Siasia and the Dream Team VI will be facing their toughest test against the host Senegal who have picked all points available in this Championship. The winner of the match today picks up an automatic ticket to the Olympics in Rio in 2016.

Nigeria u23 coach Samson Siasia will be back to the stadium where he has fond memories as the Olympic team prepare to take on host Senegal in the semifinal of the Caf U23 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday.

Siasia, alongside an exciting cast of Super Eagles led by Stephen Keshi defeated Senegal 2-1 in the opening game of the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations which was ironically hosted by Senegal.

AFCON U-23 Championship: Nigeria To Face Senegal In Semi-Final

Siasia's boys did their best to get the full three points against Algeria but the game ended in a goaless draw. Luck smiled on the team when the Malian team did the unthinkable by beating Algeria to render the outcome of Nigeria, Algeria match unuseful. Siasia now has an high task of stopping the high flying hosts.

Nigeria will face hosts Senegal in the semi-final of the U23 AFCON on Wednesday after they held Algeria to a goalless draw in Dakar.

The other semi-final will be between Group B winners Algeria and South Africa, who finished as runners-up in Group A.

Nigeria vs Algeria: Injury Rules Stanley Dimgba Out Of Crucial Clash

Samson Siasia's led Dream team has recently suffered various set backs in their bid to reach Rio 2016. At the verge of getting pass the group stage the players surrendered a 2-goal lead which has now placed them in a tight spot for qualification. Siasia has been dealt another injury blow has one of the players he counts on has been ruled out of the crucial match against Algeria. 

Nigeria have suffered a major injury blow as the team’s most influential player at the U23 AFCON Stanley Dimgba has been ruled out of tonight’s decisive Group B clash against Algeria. A loss today could see coach Samson Siasia’s team exit the competition in Senegal.

The nature of Dimgba’s injury is not immediately known, but he will be dearly missed against Algeria as Nigeria are under pressure to get a favourable result to lift them to the last four of the tournament, which also doubles as a qualifier for next year’s Rio Olympics.

Samson Siasia's Mother Released After 600,000 Naira Payment

According to Goal.com a token of 600,000 naira has been paid by Siasia's family to the captors of Samson Siasia's mother for her freedom. The release will certainly send easing waves to the coach and his team at large who are already set to take on Mali tomorrow in the AFCON U-23 championship in Senegal.

Goal has learnt that Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, mother of Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia, has been released by her abductors 12 days after she was kidnapped.

The coach had cried out that he wasn’t a rich man and there was no way he could have raised the initial N150 million naira asked for, which was later cut to N50 million then N32 million before they finally agreed to take whatever the Siasia family could offer, an amount which is said to be around N600,000.

AFCON U-23 Championship: Nigeria to battle Mali On Sunday

This group seems like the group of death in the tournament but Nigerian fans trust the abilities of Samson Siasia when it comes to youth football. Popular sports analyst Wale Scott backed Siasia to deliver the Rio 2016 ticket for Nigeria.

The two top teams in the U23 AFCON Group B, Nigeria and Mali, will slug it out on Sunday evening in the tourists’ resort of Mbour in Senegal in what many believe could determine the winners of this group.

Nigeria U23 team, Dream Team VI, will begin their campaign at the U23 AFCON on the artificial pitch of Caroline Faye Stadium by 5pm after they rounded up their training camp in The Gambia with a big 5-0 win over Gambia U20 team after both teams first drew 1-1 in another warm-up game.

AFCON U-23 Championship: Dream Team VI To Jet To Senegal On Wednesday

Coach Samson Siasia and his selected players for AFCON U-23 championship in Dakar, Senegal will leave Gambia where the team has camped for about 10 days to jet to Senegal where the championship is set to kick off. Siasia has a target of reaching the last 3 to ensure a ticket to the olympic games in Rio In Brazil.

U-23 National team, Dream Team VI will depart Banjul Gambia, on Wednesday where it has been camping for the past 10 days in preparation for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations billed for Senegal.

A statement issued by Ademola Olajire, Assistant Director, Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) quoted the team’s secretary Sirajo Hassan as saying that the delegation includes 23 players.

Siasia Replaces Isaac Success With Victor Osimhen For AFCON U-23 Championship

Victor Osimhen has finally been invited to join the U-23 team ahead of the AFCON championship. Most pundits are of the opinion that the team needs a real scoring striker.

FIFA U17 goal king Victor Osimhen has been made a late replacement for Granada striker Isaac Success on Nigeria squad to the U23 AFCON in Senegal.

Success was originally listed on the final squad submitted and Nigeria may now have to pay a fine to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for this late change.

U-23 AFCON: Samson Siasia Names 12 New Players

Despite the kidnap of his mother Mrs Beauty Siasia, Samson Siasia has invited 12 new players for AFCON U-23 which will kick off this weekend in Dakar, Senegal.

Nigeria coach Samson Siasia has made a dozen changes to his squad to the recent All Africa Games for the U23 AFCON in Senegal, which starts in Dakar on Saturday.

Nigeria finished third at the AAG in Congo Brazzaville and an unimpressed Siasia vowed to make changes to his squad for the U23 AFCON, which will serve as qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics as well.

Nigeria: Oliseh & Siasia Agrees To Work Together

Super Eagles’ coach, Sunday Oliseh and his U-23 counterpart, Samson Siasia, have told themselves that they need to work together, so they can both succeed in their roles.

The two former national team players made this commitment when they met at the office of the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi on Friday afternoon.

“Whatever we might feel, the truth is that we are both condemned to work together. We have no choice than to pool resources together and see how we can both help ourselves succeed in our different but complementary tasks,” Oliseh, who was the first to arrive, said.

Siasia Sure Of Foreign Based Players Participation In All African Games

With some of his key players securing contracts abroad, U-23 coach, Samson Siasia, says he hopes such players would be released to play at the All Africa Games next month.

Captain Okechukwu Azubuike has signed with Turkish side, Yeni Metalyaspor, while striker Junior Ajayi is on the verge of joining Esperance of Tunisia and Siasia says he had an understanding with the players about them playing at the All Africa Games.

Consequently, he hopes their clubs would release them when the time comes.

Nigeria: Awoniyi Tops Siasia's 31-Man List

Nigeria Under-23 national team head coach, Samson Siasia, has called up a 31-man squad in preparation for the football event of the All Africa Games scheduled for Congo from September 3 to 18.

The Dream Team smarting from their qualification for the Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations after eliminating Congo will kick-start their preparations towards winning the gold medal.

The team are populated by the players who won the ticket for the Under-23 Nations Cup but there are also new faces in the list.

All Africa Games: Samson Siasia Gunning For Gold In Congo

Basking from the eupho­ria of ending the dream of his Congolese counterpart in the Olympic Games qualifiers, chief coach of the national U-23 team, Samson Siasia, has expressed confidence of his team winning gold medal in the Brazzaville, Congo 2015 All Africa Games (AAG).

While declaring that win­ning the football gold of the Games will not be a challenge to him in a chat with sports writers, SiaOne maintained that such feat would add to his ratings and achievement as a coach, stressing that it is not a mission impossible.

Siasia who described his teams impressive display in Congo last weekend as a very daunting task, used the oppor­tunity to shower encomium on his players for making him proud, revealing that partici­pating in the AAG would help prepare his players for the last lap of the qualifiers for the football event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Senegal.