Ayobanmi Asekunowo, a central defender, formerly of Wikki Tourists and Pius Ibrahim a goalkeeper from Rangers have made the Dolphins match day squad.
Both Ayobanmi and Ibrahim could make their debuts for the club if they get to play on today against Sunshine Stars.
Stone Evbuomwan who made the match day squad against Heartland in Owerri but didn’t get to play is also in line for his first Dolphins’ start against Sunshine Stars.
The Dolphins Squad and jersey numbers
Goalkeepers
18- Austin Brown, 1- Pius Ibrahim
Defenders
31- Victor Ezuruike, 16- Chizoba Amaefule, 3- Chidiebere Okolie, 5- Joseph Douhadji, 6- Ayobanmi Asekunowo
Midfielders
15- Hope Ikiriko, 24- Nazeem Abutreka, 8- Emeka Atuloma, 20- Tijani Adamu, 4- Stone Evbuomwan, 7- Isiaka Olawale, 10- Victor Alegbe
Attackers
11- Emem Eduok, 9- Fred Okwara, 13- Ifeanyi Egwim, 32- Omo Johnson
Team News
Pius Ibrahim, Ayobanmi Asekunowo and Stone Evbuomwan are all set to make their debuts for the club if they play today.
Austin Brown, Victor Ezuruike, Chizoba Amaefule, Chidiebere Okolie, Joseph Douhadji and Hope Ikiriko have played every minute of both games for Dolphins so far this season.
Victor Alegbe who joined Dolphins from Wikki Tourists on a yearlong loan deal made his debut for the team in Ibadan last weekend against Crown FC.
The longest serving player in the match day squad is Austin Brown who joined the team in 2000. He however left in 2006 to play for Heartland but returned to the team in 2011.
Ifeanyi Egwim has already scored twice this season- in Owerri against Heartland and in Ibadan against Crown
Fred Okwara was the club’s joint top scorer in the League last season with seven goals. He is yet to score a goal this season.
Recent head to head
2012/ 13 season: Dolphins 1-1 Sunshine: Sunshine 3-0 Dolphins
Debuts: Tijani Adamu (Kaduna United), Hope Fiberesima (Sharks) got their debuts for Dolphins on match day 1 against Heartland in OWerri
Victor Alegbe (Wikki Tourists), Bolaji Sarkin (Wikki Tourists), and Ebube Okpokwu (Elkanemi) got their Dolphins debuts against Crown in Ogbomosho last weekend.
Injuries: The Dolphins team will have a clean bill of health as they go into Today’s game against Sunshine Stars as they have no injury worries ahead of the game.
Joseph Douhadji: “We need to win against Sunshine Stars on Today. Sunshine is a good side and they are always difficult for us to play. We still remember what happened last season to us against them.
“Besides, we will not expect any favours from referees because it seems like Nigerian referees have changed. After what we saw in Ibadan against Crown we now believe that Nigerians referees no longer aide home sides so we will give our best against Sunshine Stars.”
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