Bruno Labbadia will certainly be the instructor of the Nigerian nationwide group. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) revealed this on social media sites on Tuesday early morning (29.08.2024).
No details was provided regarding the period of the agreement.
The 58-year-old Labbadia, that was sacked in April 2023 by VfB Stuttgart, that were after that intimidated with transfer, is the 6th German on the mentoring bench of the “Super Eagles” after Karl-Heinz Marotzke, Gottlieb Göller, Manfred Höner, Berti Vogts andGernot Rohr For Labbadia, it is his very first job with a nationwide group.
The 58-year-old is successful Finidi George at Nigeria, that just replaced Portuguese Jose Peseiro in April.
Early departure intimidates in World Cup certification
Labbadia, that trained Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, is encountering an uphill struggle with his brand-new group. In the certification for the 2026 World Cup in the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico, Nigeria is just in 5th location in Group C after 3 factors from 4 video games without a win, and remains in risk of a very early departure. The following suit in the certification is not up until March 2025. Then Labbadia and Nigeria will certainly encounter table leaders Rwanda, that are presently 4 factors in advance.
The certification in Africa will certainly be played in 9 teams of 6 groups each. The victors of each team will certainly certify straight for the 2026 competition. The 8 ideal runners-up will certainly play in a ko style to identify an organization that will certainly be enabled to participate in a playoff competition with 6 groups as Africa’s rep. Two a lot more areas for the World Cup will certainly be granted in March 2026.
