Jose Peseiro, the Super Eagles manager, don release 55-man provisional squad for AFCON2023, but only three NPFL players make the cut, and all of them na goalkeepers: Amas Obasogie from Bendel Insurance, Christain Nwoke from Sporting Lagos, and Ojo Olorunleke from Enyimba. Super Eagles dey Group A with Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau. Peseiro go submit the final 27-man squad on January 3, ten days before their first match against Equatorial Guinea.