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| UAE 2013 Golden Eaglets |
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| Japan 1993 Golden Eaglets |
This is most certainly good times
for Nigerian Football, because during the nations cup in February this year
Nigerian Super Eagles did the nation proud by winning the trophy for the third
time and just November another trophy is been added to the Nations trophy room.
This does not go without saying that the U-17 boys did marvelously well.
Playing to the gallery at all times, not being selfish with the ball, playing
with so much amazing confidence and most of all, playing as a team. But of
course the trophy itself will not be complete without recounting the road to
it.
Firstly it was the defending
champions, Mexico who were given a bitter pill of defeat, 6-1 the match ended
in. Secondly, Sweden, the Golden Eaglets got into that match with
over-confidence and almost paid for it when the Swedes quickly hammered in two
goals in the early minutes of the game, but for bravery on our side the Golden
Eaglets bounced back and snatched a narrow draw ending 3-3. Phew! That was
indeed close. Thirdly, Iraq felt our wrath and followed closely by their
brother, Iran, who as well couldn’t escape. Uruguay was a sweet revenge;
hammering them 2-0 was a delight. Followed by the Swedes who almost gave us
heart attack in the preliminaries, they were wounded in battle 3-0 this time
and finally, after scaling the Swedes we had to face our first “love”, the Mexicans,
who I thought were really going to give the Golden Eaglets a very tough time
but surprisingly we played them hands down beating them 3-0, I still didn’t see
that toughness (or maybe I missed it).
We can only thank God that the
Golden Eaglets scaled past the finals to the trophy, (though the match had some
really unfair judgments in it), but thank God we scaled through. I just hope
and pray that those boys will be groomed together to senior teams and they
won’t let pride destroy their footballing career. Below is a table of U-17
winners since the inception of the tournament, Enjoy!
Honours
Year
|
Round
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Position
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GP
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W
|
D*
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L
|
GS
|
GA
|
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Champions
|
1st
|
6
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5
|
1
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0
|
10
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2
|
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Runners-up
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2nd
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6
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3
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
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Quarter-Finals
|
6th
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
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Did Not
Qualify
|
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Champions
|
1st
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
3
|
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Quarter-Finals
|
7th
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
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Did Not
Qualify
|
|||||||||
Did Not
Qualify
|
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Runners-up
|
2nd
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
14
|
5
|
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Group
Stage
|
11th
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
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3
|
3
|
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Did Not
Qualify
|
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Champions
|
1st
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
16
|
4
|
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Runners-up
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2nd
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
17
|
7
|
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Did Not
Qualify
|
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Champions
|
1st
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
26
|
5
|
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To Be
Determined
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Total
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10/15
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4
Titles
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56
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41
|
10
|
5
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126
|
38
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Current
Squad
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