Head Coach Randy Waldrum has excluded team captain Onome Ebi and veteran winger Francisca Ordega from the Nigeria Super Falcons squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

On Wednesday, Coach Waldrum announced his final 18-woman roster for this year’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament in France, leaving out both Ebi and Ordega despite their expressed desires to participate.

Rasheedat Ajibade #15, Francisca Ordega #17, Toni Payne #9. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images)

Ebi (41) and Ordega (30) have not been included in the squad since the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Syrstad Engen of Norway and Onome Ebi. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)

New captain Rasheedat Ajibade will lead the squad, which includes goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Osinachi Ohale, and forward Asisat Oshoala.

The team also features defenders Oluwatosin Demehin and Michelle Alozie, midfielders Deborah Abiodun, Halimatu Ayinde, Christy Ucheibe, and Toni Payne, along with forwards Esther Okoronkwo, Chinwendu Ihezuo, and Uchenna Kanu.

The squad members currently on holiday in Nigeria are set to join the home-based players and team officials aboard an Air France flight from Abuja to Sevilla, Spain, on Thursday night.

The rest of the squad and technical team will arrive in Sevilla on Friday for a two-week training camp.

SUPER FALCONS FOR PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS:

Goalkeepers: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC); Tochukwu Oluehi (Shualat Alsharqia FC, Saudi Arabia)

Defenders: Osinachi Ohale (Pachucha Club de Futbol, Mexico); Oluwatosin Demehin (Stade de Reims, France); Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA); Nicole Payne (Portland Thorns FC, USA); Chidinma Okeke (Mynavi Sendai Ladies, Japan)

Midfielders: Deborah Abiodun (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Halimatu Ayinde (FC Rosengard, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Jennifer Echegini (Juventus Ladies, Italy); Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain)

Forwards: Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid FC, Spain); Esther Okoronkwo (Changchun FC, China); Asisat Oshoala (Bay FC, USA); Uchenna Kanu (Racing Louisville, USA); Chiwendu Ihezuo (Pachucha Club de Futbol, Mexico); Chinonyerem Macleans (Locomotiv Moscow, Russia)

Alternate Players: Jumoke Alani (Nasarawa Amazons); Ifeoma Onumonu (Utah Royals, USA); Gift Monday (Coasta Adeje Tenerife Egatesa, Spain); Morufa Ademola (Rivers Angels).