Following the successful hosting of the 6th Adamu Yola Gombe South Unity Cup in Gombe, 18 players including two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and six potent attackers have been shortlisted for a short closed camping exercise in Abuja.
The Best Coach of the tournament Coach Zephaniah James of Samba Boys FC will lead the shortlisted players to the capital city of Abuja.
The 18 players are all expected to converge on Monday, 3rd January, 2022 and thereafter depart for Abuja on Tuesday 4th January, 2022.
Coach Zephaniah James will work alongside the Head coach of FWC Champions FC. Coach David Adediran.
The team will play series of matches with league clubs during their camping in Abuja.
Announcing the list, the Chairman, LOC, Promise Uwaeme confirmed that arrangements have been made to camp the players for couple of days before they engage in friendly games in the Federal Capital Territory.
“This is part of the promise we made from the beginning of the tournament, and part of our mandate is to discover, develop and promote budding talents discovered at the tournament,” Uwaeme told journalists.
“We have discovered them and the next thing is to develop them project them to the rest of the world.” He concluded.
The 18 players invited are:
GOALKEEPERS
- Innocent Joseph (Pokwangli United)
- Niphilip Nuhu (All Stars FC)
DEFENDERS
- Bappah Naye (Oska FC)
- Hassan Ibrahim (Pokwangli United )
- Jacob John (Kalkulum United )
- Pagel Danjuma (Sembe United )
- Habibu A. Wasa (Kulishin United)
MIDFIELDERS
- Peace Uwandu (Pokwangli United)
- Joseph Gambo (Oska FC)
- Naziru Umar (Balanga LGA Team)
- Asa E. Williams (Kulishin United)
- Ibrahim Haruna (Pero Boys FC)
ATTACKERS
- Musa Solomon Ibrahim (Pokwangli United)
- Boslam Dawi (Balanga United)
- Yambawo M. Amos (Balanga LGA Team)
- Bilyaminu Adamu (Oska FC)
- Sadiq Abubakar (Oska FC)
- Ayuba Adamu (Samba Boys)
COACH
Zephaniah James
