The Confederation of African Football, CAF have fined the Nigeria over #1 million over pitch invasion Super Eagles 2-0 victory over Chad some fans in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match day 1.
This decision was taken by Caf disciplinary board on September 20 and announced this week revealed that the offence committed during the Afcon qualifier is "pitch invasion when Nigeria scores."
Nigeria are currently behind Egypt in Group G of the 2017 AFCON qua lifers after playing a barren draw at Tanzania earlier in September.
The Super Eagles have 4 points from 2 games and are yet to concede a goal since the qualifiers kicked off.
The two nations meet on March 23, 2016 for the first time in the group with the Nigerians playing the hosts. Four days later, Nigeria will travel to Egypt in the return clash that could determine who stay top of the group.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is yet to pick a venue for the March 23 game against the Pharaohs of Egypt as the Eagles have shuttled their home games among UJ Esuene Stadium, the Akwa Ibom Stadium, Ahmadu Bello Stadium and the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in recent months.
The last time Caf fined Nigeria in an Afcon game was in February 2010 when they played co-hosts with Ghana for that year's edition of the African tournament.
Caf did fine Nigeria $10,000 in 2010 for pitch invasion by fans who thought the Super Eagles had won by the golden goal rule against Senegal after Julius Aghahowa scored in extra time in a quarterfinal match.
The African football body later reduce the fine on Nigeria by half. Africanfootball
CAF Slams Over #1M Fine On Nigeria
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