3SC eyes NPL, Champions League

Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) Coach Tunde Odubola, a.k.a Zico has voiced it loud and clear that the club’s ambition next season is not only to win the 2012/2013 Premier League season, but to win the African Champions League for Oyo State and Nigeria in what would be the club’s major continental campaign in two decades.

“We are working very hard to ensure that we win the Nigeria Premier League and go ahead to win the CAF Champions League for our dear fans, the state government and the Management Board of the club.

“It’s been very long, since 1992, that is 20 years now that 3SC last won the CAF Cup called Confederation Cup. So, our ambition is not to only win the Premier League but to go on to win the lucrative CAF Champions League for the club for the very first time in the club’s history since the club missed out twice in the final of the competition”, Odubola told SportingLife.

He also boasted that the club has very good legs that could help achieve their targets for the coming season.

“Firstly, we have done everything possible to retain almost all our best players. Besides that, we have shortlisted some very good players that we found during our participation in both the Nigeria Premier League and the Federation Cup. The players are already with us blending with the team. We also negotiating with them presently”, Zico disclosed.

He eventually revealed their names as Sani Mohammed, a midfielder with the Ocean Boys; Charles Itue, a central defender from Crown FC, Ogbomosho; Jacob Eke, a striker from Kaduna United; Dolphins FC left winger and Azeez Shobowale.

“The other two players are our players which include our left full back Chima Akas who was injured while playing for the Nigerian Olympic team that crashed out of the last 2012 London Olympics. Akas scored six goals to emerge second highest goal scorer behind another left full back Mutiu Adepoju who scored seven goals”, Zico revealed.