2026 W/Cup Qualifier: Confusion Rocks Equatorial Guinea, As FIFA Hammer Fall On Star Player

2026 W/Cup Qualifier: Confusion Rocks Equatorial Guinea, As FIFA Hammer Fall On Star Player

Sampson Adedeji

FIFA Disciplinary Committee finds that Emilio Nsue was ineligible to for Equitorial Guinea, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

That also means he was not to play Afcon in Cote d'Ivoire. 

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has rendered its decisions in relation to proceedings opened against both the Equatorial Guinean Football Association (FEGUIFUT) and the player Emilio Nsue López with regards to the latter’s participation in several matches of the national team of Equatorial Guinea, including two matches in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary competition, despite being ineligible.

After considering all elements brought before it, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee was comfortably satisfied that the player was ineligible and consequently decided to declare the matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminary competition in which the player was fielded (namely Equatorial Guinea v. Namibia and Liberia v. Equatorial Guinea played on 15 November 2023 and 20 November 2023, respectively) lost by forfeit by Equatorial Guinea (by a score of 3-0).