National Teams
Sunday Oliseh laments how miserable NFF treated him as Super Eagles coach
By Saheed Afolabi
Sunday Oliseh has revealed the miserable and embarrassing treatment he got from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) when he was the head coach of the national team.
Oliseh had a short spell as the gaffer of the Super Eagles following the his fallout with the NFF and some players which led to the abrupt international retirement of Vincent Enyeama.
Oliseh said he had a successful reign with the Eagles by only losing two matches in 14 games.
The ex international revealed he was owed salaries and faced ridicule due to health challenges.
“I coached the Super Eagles for fourteen games; we won four; we lost only two games. One was a friendly against Congo in Belgium,” Oliseh told Elegbete TV.
“After being unpaid for four months, and my assistants being unpaid for six months, and after me falling sick and not getting any support, spending thousands of dollars to cure myself, and still being laughed at by some of your media friends for falling sick. I resigned because I didn’t get support.
“I left the job, and Nigeria was still on track to qualify for the 2017 Nations Cup. Nigeria needed to beat Egypt and qualify.”
Oliseh only managed the Super Eagles for seven months from July 2015 to February 2016.
