Nigeria 2002 World Cup Squad – The Entire Team List
Two different indigenous coaches – Amodu Shuaibu and Stephen Keshi – qualified Nigeria for the Japan/Korea 2002 World Cup. But who were the footballer who featured in the Nigeria 2002 World Cup squad?
Amodu and Keshi were brought in for a rescue mission after the NFF sacked Bonfrere Jo.
But after the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali where the Super Eagles lost to Senegal in the semifinal, the pair were sacked few months to the World Cup and Adegboye Onigbinde was engaged.
The politics that engulfed the team was so much that some players like Sunday Oliseh and Finidi George were dropped from the Nigeria 2002 World Cup squad.
To cut my long story short, that particular Super Eagles team failed woefully, losing two matches and drawing one against England who didn’t need to win to move on the to the next stage.
You know the saddest part, they scored just a goal in that competition!
Yes, that’s how bad it was.
The Nigeria 2002 World Cup squad in Japan/Korea were – and still are – incomparable to the squad at USA ’94 and France ’98 squad.
SEE ALSO | Best All-Time Super Eagles of Nigeria XI
Nigeria squad in the 2002 World Cup
| POSITION | JERSEY NO. | NAME | CLUB | DOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOALKEEPER | ||||
| 12 | Austin Ejide | Gabros International FC | 1984-04-08 | |
| 22 | Vincent Enyeama | Enyimba Aba | 1982-08-29 | |
| 1 | Ike Shorunmu | FC Luzern | 1967-10-16 | |
| DEFENDER | ||||
| 13 | Rabiu Afolabi | Standard Liège | 1980-04-18 | |
| 3 | Celestine Babayaro | Chelsea FC | 1978-08-29 | |
| 19 | Eric Ejiofor | Maccabi Haifa | 1979-12-17 | |
| 5 | Isaac Okoronkwo | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1978-05-01 | |
| 16 | Efe Sodje | Crewe Alexandra | 1972-10-05 | |
| 14 | Ifeanyi Udeze | PAOK Saloniki | 1980-07-21 | |
| 6 | Taribo West | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1974-03-26 | |
| MIDFIELDER | ||||
| 8 | Mutiu Adepoju | UD Salamanca | 1970-12-22 | |
| 15 | Justice Christopher | Royal Antwerp FC | 1981-12-24 | |
| 11 | Garba Lawal | Roda JC Kerkrade | 1974-05-22 | |
| 20 | James Obiorah | Lokomotiv Moskva | 1978-08-24 | |
| 10 | Jay Jay Okocha | Paris Saint-Germain | 1973-08-14 | |
| 2 | Joseph Yobo | Olympique Marseille | 1980-09-06 | |
| FORWARD | ||||
| 17 | Julius Aghahowa | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1982-02-12 | |
| 18 | Benedict Akwuegbu | Shenyang Haishi | 1974-11-03 | |
| Finidi George | Ipswich Town | 1971-04-15 | ||
| 7 | Pius Ikedia | AFC Ajax | 1980-07-11 | |
| 4 | Nwankwo Kanu | Arsenal FC | 1976-08-01 | |
| 9 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Paris Saint-Germain | 1984-10-01 | |
| 23 | Femi Opabunmi | Shooting Stars FC | 1985-03-03 | |
| 21 | John Utaka | Al Sadd | 1982-01-08 | |
| MANAGER | ||||
| Adegboye Onigbinde | 1938-03-05 |
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