Why Sunday Oliseh Fears Super Eagles Could Crumble After AFCON Success

• Sunday Oliseh fears the Super Eagles could face a downward spiral very soon
• The former Nigeria coach believes the team has reached its pinnacle
• Nigeria won silver at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast

Sunday Oliseh fears the Super Eagles are at a dangerous point and fears the team could nosedive following their success at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations where they won silver.

The Nigeria team is presently without a manager after parting ways with Jose Peseiro after the Portuguese tactician’s contract expired at the end of February.

Oliseh, who coached the Super Eagles between June 2015 to February 2016, believes Nigeria always suffers a downtrend whenever they achieve success and fears it could happen again, Soccernet reports.

“We are at a dangerous point as a football country. After my generation stopped, Nigeria stopped winning and becoming relevant. We started celebrating ‘golden bronze’. But Keshi was able to come up and make up a team that won the 2013 AFCON,” Oliseh noted.

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“However, immediately after that, we did not qualify for the 2015 and 2017 AFCON. Even though in 2015, the coach, in my opinion, is still one of the top coaches that we’ve ever had. So we had a nosedive then, which is something I am afraid that may happen again, and that is something we have to fight against.”

Oliseh has entered the race to become the next Super Eagles coach after applying for the job as Nigeria continues its search for a new manager after Peseiro's departure.

600 coaches apply for Nigeria job

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation has received no fewer than 600 applications from coaches for the Super Eagles and Golden Eaglets jobs after it was advertised, The Nation reports.

The NFF declared the Super Eagles head coach position and that of the male Under-17 team vacant and advertised the position two weeks ago, calling for expatriates to apply.

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Oliseh is among the coaches reportedly to have applied for the Super Eagles role alongside former internationals Emmanuel Amuneke, Samson Siasia, and Daniel Amokachi.

Super Eagles get lofty target

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that former Nigeria player, Sylvanus Okpala has set a target of winning the FIFA World Cup for the Super Eagles as the search for a new coach continues.

Okpala noted that Nigeria has quality players to achieve this target as the country boasts of superstars like Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman playing in the top leagues around the world.

The 62-year-old former Super Eagles assistant manager is among the coaches reportedly to have applied for the vacant job.