21st May 2025 3:10:51 PM
2 mins readThe Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has unveiled a list of players in the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming 2025 Unity Cup, slated for the last week of this month.
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The list features several key players like Bayer Leverkusen's Victor Boniface, midfield stalwarts Wilfred Ndidi and Frank Onyeka and an attack side led by Kelechi Iheanacho, Samuel Chukwueze, and Moses Simon.
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Surprisingly, some big names such as Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi, Joe Aribo, and Calvin Bassey, and Ademola Lookman of Atalanta have been left out of the lineup.
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The Super Eagles will face their long-standing rivals, Ghana, in the semifinals of the tournament.
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The much-anticipated encounter will take place on Tuesday, May 28, at the Gtech Community Stadium in Brentford, with kickoff scheduled for 19:00 GMT.The Super Eagles are scheduled to participate in a four-nation tournament that features Ghana, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Tobago in the United Kingdom later this month.The four-day tournament is set to begin from the 28th to the 30th of this month, with Ghana set to face long-time West African rivals Nigeria's Super Eagles in the semifinal.
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The winner of that encounter will qualify for the final slated for May 31, with a 12:30 GMT kick-off, to take on either Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago.
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Meanwhile, Ghana’s head coach, Otto Addo, is expected to release his final squad for the tournament in the coming days.
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Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, made this known during an interview on Akoma FM on Saturday, May 17.
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He added that preparations are already underway, with new players joining the squad, and encouraged Ghanaians to expect the changes without surprise.
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Nigeria's squad below:
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