By Eniwoke Ibagere BBC Sport Online, Lagos

A new coach for Nigeria's Super Eagles will be named next Tuesday.

"Our technical committee will conduct an interview with the 15 short-listed candidates in Abuja on Monday," Nigerian FA secretary-general Taiwo Ogunjobi told BBC Sport Online.

"We considered many things in picking the candidates from the 28 that applied for the job.

"We're hoping to select the best man and his first assignment is preparing the team for the 2004 Nations Cup group qualifier against Angola in Luanda in early September."

Ogunjobi said Tunde Disu, Christian Chukwu and Austin Eguavoen are among those short-listed.

Disu, ex-head of the Nigerian FA's technical department, worked as an assistant coach of the Eagles from 1990-1992 with Dutchman Clemens Westerhof in charge.

He led Nigeria's under-20 team to a silver medal at the 1989 World Youth Cup and took local club Julius Berger to the lucrative group stage of the African Champions League last year.

Glorious past

Christian Chukwu also worked as Westerhof's assistant and helped the Super Eagles win the African Nations Cup in 1994.

He was the national team's long standing centre-back and captained Nigeria to their first Nations Cup title in 1980.

"Chairman," as Chukwu is fondly called, managed the Kenyan national team but was sacked after a run of poor results.

Austin Eguavoen, one of three footballing brothers, is an ex-international defender, who had a professional career with Belgian club Kortrijk.

His career with the Super Eagles lasted 11 years, playing his last match against Paraguay at the 1998 World Cup.

A former captain of the Super Eagles, he worked briefly as an assistant coach under Jo Bonfrere.

Foreign coach

The FA said the issue of the team's manager would be handled later in the year.

"Definitely, he'll be a foreigner, as we'd planned and at least eight have applied to be considered for that position," Ogunjobi said.

Jo Bonfrere, a Dutch coach, had been the last foreigner in charge but he was replaced by Amodu Shaibu last year.

Amodu was also dismissed after failing to win the 2002 African Nations Cup in February.

Adegboye Onigbinde was subsequently drafted in for the World Cup finals, where Nigeria made a first round exit.

Onigbinde has since stepped down from his previous job as head of the FA's technical department, saying he cannot take instructions from a foreign manager.