Football: Ahmed Musa To Lead Super Eagles at Unity Cup

Musa Recalled To National Team For Exhibition Tournament

After over a year, Ahmed Musa is set to feature once again for the Super Eagles this month, as the team gears up for the 2025 Unity Cup, which will run from May 26 - 31 at the Gtech Community Stadium - home of English Premier League team Brentford. 

Musa last played for Nigeria during a pre-AFCON 2023 friendly international against Guinea back in January 2024. While he was a part of the silver-winning squad in the Ivory Coast last year, he did not play in any of the team’s games during the tournament. 

The 31-year-old is the country’s most capped player with 110 appearances spanning well over a decade, but his role with the Super Eagles has reduced in recent years, largely owing to the emergence of younger stars, such as Samuel Chukwueze, Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman. 

Having struggled to secure a European contract at the start of this season, Musa returned to the Nigerian Premier Football League with Kano Pillars. He had a solid season and helped the team to a top-half finish, though they were unable to challenge league champs Remo Stars, who confirmed our NPFL predictions to win the title. 

Sai Masu Gida confirmed Musa’s selection for the upcoming tournament via a post on the club’s official X account, which read: 

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has not made its final decision around the squad that will travel to London for the 2025 Unity Cup, but there is a belief that the team will be made up predominantly of locally-based players, and you can follow the competition using our football livescore tool here on SportyTrader.

Unity Cup 2025 Overview and Fixtures

The Unity Cup is set to return after a 21-year hiatus, having last been held in 2004 at The Valley, where it featured three teams, Nigeria, Jamaica and the Republic of Ireland, with the Super Eagles emerging as the tournament winners. 

This year, the competition has expanded to four teams: Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, intending to bring together elite footballing talent from Africa and the Caribbean, while also celebrating the cultural and sporting connections between the nations. 

Nigeria will get their Unity Cup tournament underway with a clash against long-time rivals Ghana, while the Dwight Yorke-led Trinidad and Tobago will face Jamaica in their opening match. Below is the schedule of the tournament: 

Fixtures:

• Tuesday 27 May – Semi-final 1: Trinidad and Tobago vs. Jamaica
• Wednesday 28 May – Semi-final 2: Nigeria vs. Ghana
• Saturday 31 May – Third Place Play-off & Final

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