The Super Eagles’ first 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Le Sao of Chad will be held at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna, SL10.ng has been told.

In recent years, the Super Eagles have played their home matches in Calabar and Abuja, and lately in Uyo, but SL10.ng understands that the qualifier against Chad will be held in Kaduna.

The Super Eagles are not new to Kaduna as they have played several friendly matches in the ‘Crock City’, while the home based Eagles used Kaduna for their qualifiers for the last CHAN tournament in South Africa.

The Ahmadu Bello Stadium is a 25, 000 capacity facility, with natural grass turf, but it remains unclear why the Nigeria Football Federation have chosen Kaduna ahead of the much bigger Abuja National Stadium (60, 000) and Uyo Stadium (30, 000), both of which also have natural grass pitches.

But the Ahmadu Bello Stadium is not new to Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, as his second game in charge of the team was played in Kaduna against Zambia in November of 2011.

Meanwhile, the Eagles camp will open on May 18 with home based players, before they are joined by their overseas based counterparts.