Eric Chelle with Super Eagles players
Eric Chelle has included 10 home-based players in the 25-man Super Eagles squad for the 2025 Unity Cup in London, UK.
The Franco-Malian head coach invited Ahmed Musa of Kano Pillars alongside nine other players from the core of the Super Eagles B team that qualified for the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
The other invited home-based players are Junior Nduka, Sikiru Alimi, and Sodiq Ismaila of Remo Stars; Ifeanyi Onyebuchi, Saviour Isaac, and Collins Ugwueze of Enugu Rangers; and Papa Daniel Mustapha, Adamu Abubakar, and Waliu Ojetoye of Niger Tonadoes, Plateau United, and Ikorodu City, respectively.
Super Eagles regulars Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina, Alex Iwobi, and Victor Boniface are absent from the team’s squad for the Unity Cup.
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Present are Wilfred Ndidi, Simon Moses, Kelechi Iheanacho, Stanley Nwabali, Samuel Chukwueze, Cyriel Dessers and Frank Onyeka.
Chrisantus Uche of Getafe has also been handed his first-ever call-up to the Super Eagles camp.
The Unity Cup is a four-nation invitational tournament that will be held from May 27 to 31 at the Gtech Stadium in London. Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago are the participating teams.
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The Super Eagles will face Ghana on the first day in the tournament’s semi-final. The winners will play Jamaica or Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
All four teams will return on May 31 for the grand finale. The losers of the semi-final fixtures will play in the third-place game before the Final to determine the 2025 Unity Cup champions.
The Super Eagles will also face Russia on June 6 in an international friendly at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.
Ekong, Aina, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Raphael Onyedika, Victor Boniface, and Sadiq Umar will join the Eagles squad for the game against the Russians.
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SUPER EAGLES FOR UNITY CUP TOURNAMENT:
Goalkeepers: Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Udinese FC, Italy); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania)
Defenders: Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiacos FC, Greece); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Igoh Ogbu (SK Slavia Prague, Czech Republic); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Enugu Rangers); Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Waliu Ojetoye (Ikorodu City)
Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Frank Onyeka (Augsburg FC, Germany); Saviour Isaac (Enugu Rangers); Chrisantus Uche (Getafe CF, Spain); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes); Collins Ugwueze (Enugu Rangers)
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Forwards: Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan, Italy); Kelechi Iheanacho (Middlesbrough FC, England); Simon Moses (FC Nantes, France); Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany); Cyriel Dessers (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Tolu Arokodare (KRC Genk, Belgium); Ahmed Musa (Kano Pillars); Adamu Abubakar (Plateau United)
Available for training only: Felix Agu (Werder Bremen, Germany)
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SUPER EAGLES FOR RUSSIA FRIENDLY:
Goalkeepers: Maduka Okoye (Udinese FC, Italy); Amas Obasogie (Singida Blackstars, Tanzania)
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Defenders: William Ekong (Al-Kholood FC, Saudi Arabia); Olaoluwa Aina (Nottingham Forest, England); Bright Osayi-Samuel (Fenerbahce SK, Turkey); Bruno Onyemaechi (Olympiacos FC, Greece); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Igoh Ogbu (SK Slavia Prague, Czech Republic)
Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Frank Onyeka (Augsburg FC, Germany); Raphael Onyedika (Club Brugge, Belgium); Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio FC, Italy); Chrisantus Uche (Getafe CF, Spain); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes)
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Forwards: Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany); Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan, Italy); Kelechi Iheanacho (Middlesbrough FC, England); Simon Moses (FC Nantes, France); Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany); Tolu Arokodare (KRC Genk, Belgium); Sadiq Umar (Valencia CF, Spain)
