FIFA Confirms Super Eagles As Youngest Squad During 2018 W/Cup Qualifiers

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says Nigeria paraded the youngest players during the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

This was announced on FIFA’s official website on Tuesday by a Switzerland-based independent study Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES) in it’s issue number 30 of Observatory Monthly Report.

The CIES Football Observatory is a research group founded in 1995 by FIFA in partnership with the canton and town of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

World Cup champions Germany emerged as the second country that had the youngest squad, while England were third.

A statement on FIFA’s website reads: “The CIES Football Observatory and FIFA have joined forces to analyse the profiles of the players who were fielded by the 32 qualified teams on the road to Russia. The analysis highlights the diversity of the squads in terms of both age and height, as well as the importance of migration with almost two thirds of players currently playing for clubs outside of the association they represent.



“While Nigeria fielded the youngest players (with an average age of 24.9 years) in the qualifiers, followed by title-holders Germany (25.7) and by U-17 and U-20 world champions England (25.9), at the opposite end of the spectrum were two newcomers Panama (29.4 years) and Iceland (29.0), as well as 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists Costa Rica (29.0).

“There were also considerable differences among the teams in terms of the average height of players. At one extreme, seven associations fielded players with an average height of less than 180cm: Peru, Argentina and Uruguay (CONMEBOL), Saudi Arabia and Japan (AFC), Mexico (CONCACAF), and Spain (UEFA). At the other extreme, the average height of the players fielded by four European nations – Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Serbia – was at least 185cm.

“The study also revealed that about 9% of players were born outside of the association they represent. Only seven of the 32 teams did not field any players born abroad. The number of footballers playing for clubs outside of the association they represent also revealed the importance of migration in football. In total, 64.6% of footballers play abroad: from 0% for England and Saudi Arabia, to 100% for Croatia, Sweden and Iceland.”

The Super Eagles who are in Pot 4, will know their group stage opponents when the draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup holds on Friday, December 1st, in Russia


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Football age ni

If Ndidi is 20 then I'm Born Again.

lol...


Youngest indeed

Iro nla

Who put omeruo for the team biko

come Friday dec 1st 2017 if FIFA make mistake do rigging, pair us with brazil eh we no dey go Russia again.

Cool

I hope by this time next year they would have confirmed that they are the youngest team to win a senior world cup trophy.

good for us

Good for us, which means dey will spend more years together if only NFF nor go drink ogogoro begin sack our coach later

There are two types of age..ur real age,and the football age..

Okay

ok

we all know the truth

No b echiejile b dat??

Iheanacho's younger sister is 28 years
happily married with two kids

I will Atikulate in 2019

wow! I'm surprised o. we are getting there.

This didn't stop them from dropping us in their ranking

football age

Cool. I pray they go far

Why won't it be the youngest,when someone like ahmed musa is claiming 24

Ahmed musa that went pro around 2008

Obviously FIFA isn't aware of that something called football age!

Maybe by the time I finally present my Real Age Technology to them, they will ban Nigeria for 400 years for cataclysmic age cheating!

Ok that's great... that means their blood dey hot! Hope them go bring the cup come Naija

Lovely

What do there mean

Nice. Super Eagles will get to the semi-final of the 2018 Fifa world cup holding in Russia.

this guy above me ehh!!! U dey use gloss 12G?

That Nigeria team if balogun is below 25 I should just go and meet a doctor to know what happen why I grow these fast at my age

Chai

Youngest on paper. All we need is result.

Interesting

good one