Official: Owen Replaces Gernot Rohr As Super Eagles Coach

After weeks of uncertainty over Rohr’s future, the Nigerian Football Federation has this Sunday December 12, confirmed – there will be a new man at the helm of the Super Eagles.

The Nigerian Football Federation confirmed parting ways with Rohr, via an official statement.

‘The relationship between the Nigeria Football Federation and Mr Rohr has come to an end.

‘We thank him for his services to the Super Eagles and Nigeria.’ NFF stated.

Augustine Owen Eguavoen has been named new caretaker manager. He is no new name to the business, as he acquired 49 caps for the Super Eagles between 1987-1998.

This is Eguavoen’s second stint as caretaker, after he did same in 2010.

It turns out to be the end of an era for Rohr. The German took over the job as Super Eagles coach on August 9, 2016 and recorded a 41.88 win percentage in his stint as head coach.

Rohr came under a lots of stick for his underwhelming performances, intertwined with bonus disputes with the Nigerian FA, since the start of this year.

The trainer had some special moments with the three times AFCON winners, like in 2017, when Nigeria became the first amongst the lot of African teams, to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

17 July 2019, Rohr led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. On 27 May 2020, president of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF Amaju Melvin Pinnick announced the contractual extension of Rohr’s contract with the team.

Rohr, prior to these turn of events, was given a target of guiding the team to win the 2021 Africa Nations Cup to be hosted by Cameroon. The new contract signed in 2020 also included qualifying the Super Eagles to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The NFF is however yet to officially confirm this reports through hand written, or verbal means.