The NFF today made public details of a 2025 AFCON warm-up game against Egypt, which the Super Eagles are kicking against.
In an official statement, the football federation disclosed that a new date of December 16 has been fixed for the friendly to prepare both Nigeria and Egypt for the AFCON in Morocco.
The original date was December 14 until a FIFA directive that clubs can only release players for the continental tournament from December 15.
Besides the shift in dates, the game will now be a practice match in order to allow the two teams to make use of more than five substitutes in the encounter.
The game will kick off at 8pm Egypt time (7pm Nigeria time) at the Cairo Stadium.
The Super Eagles are in Group C of the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals alongside 2004 champions Tunisia, 1978 runners-up Uganda and Tanzania.
Nigeria’s first match is on Tuesday, 23 December against Tanzania’s Taifa Stars at the Complexe Sportif de Fes, where they will also tackle Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles (Saturday, 27 December) and the Cranes of Uganda (Tuesday, 30 December).
The Pharaohs, who hosted the finals in 2019, are in Group B alongside 1996 hosts and winners South Africa, 2010 hosts Angola, and Zimbabwe. Their matches will be at the Stade d’Agadir.
