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Confederation of African Football  (CAF) has appointed FIFA badged referee Ferdinand Udoh has been appointed for Champions league match between Al Alhy of Egypt and Coton  Sport of Cameroon in Cairo, Egypt. The crucial CAF Champions League qualifier between the two top African sides which will  hold on 8-7-2017 has enterprising, Ferdinand as the center referee, and will be assisted on the lines by a perfect and experienced Abel Baba as Assistant Referee 1. A recent WAFU cup final medallist,  Sani Usman and Basheer Salisu all from Nigeria will serve as Assistant Referee 2 and Fourth Official respectively. Elated by the development, President of referees in Nigeria, Tade Azeez, said that the members of the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA are in cloud 9 with the new dawn of the  heartwarming fortunes at the international level adding that the appointed officials should showcase class and perfection to sustain the tempo and attract more patronage from the Confe...

FIFA-badged referee Ferdinand Udoh has been appointed to officiate the final match of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Super 4 Pre-season invitational tournament. Udoh will be handling the match between the Flying Eagles and the Under 23 national team this evening by 5 pm at the Abuja National Stadium, he will be assisted by Abel Baba, Isah Usman, Benjamin Odey. He has officiated two key fiixtures in the on-going pre-season tournament, he was in charge of the game between Enyimba vs Flying Eagles, game ended 0-2 in the favour of the Under 20, Dream team vs Enyimba, it ended in a one all draw. Ferdinand he's much respected for his athletism, firmness and strict application of the rules of the game, has been selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as one of the referees for the 11th African U-17 Championship taking place in Niger Republic, 15th February – 1st March, 2015.