Super Eagles Call-Ups Mix Goals And Benches Across Europe's Leagues
Here is what Nigeria's recent call-ups did for their clubs in the Premier League, the NPFL, and leagues in between, from 5 to 11 October 2026.
Una Super Eagles people, the call-up list run plenty this week, and the gist come from every corner of football. Thirty-eight players carry the Nigeria tag into this round, the same group that started against Russia on Tuesday 6 October 2026 and against Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Twenty of those 38 actually played for their clubs between Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 11 October 2026. Make we waka through the leagues one by one.
England’s Premier League sends the biggest group into this round, 6 players on our list. Hull City drew 2-2 with Everton at home on Sunday 11 October 2026, and S. Ajayi played every minute of it. Ipswich beat Fulham 2-1 at home on Saturday 10 October 2026, with C. Bassey playing the full 90 and picking up a yellow card, and A. Iwobi also featuring for 87 minutes in that same defeat. Crystal Palace beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at home on Sunday 11 October 2026, and O. Aina lasted 83 minutes before coming off, also booked. Aston Villa drew 2-2 with Brentford at home on Saturday 10 October 2026, but Benjamin Fredrick only watched from the bench. Chibuzo Nwoko never made the matchday squad for that same Fulham defeat at Ipswich. Dem no fit all shine the same week.
Four more leagues send 2 players apiece: Czech Liga, Eliteserien, the English Championship, and Turkey’s Süper Lig. Bohemians 1905 beat Abdullahi Bewene’s Baník Ostrava 1-0 at home on Saturday 10 October 2026, and he played every minute, while Abdullahi Umar’s Hradec Králové lost 2-4 at home to Artis the same day, with Umar on for 27 minutes. Bodo/Glimt beat Wilfred George Igor’s Kristiansund BK 3-1 at home on Saturday 10 October 2026, Igor playing the full 90, and Fredrikstad drew 1-1 with Vince Osuji’s Tromso on Sunday 11 October 2026, Osuji coming on for 36 minutes. B. Osayi-Samuel’s Birmingham won 1-0 away at West Brom on Saturday 10 October 2026, 90 minutes and a yellow card for him, and A. Okonkwo played the full 90 in Charlton’s 1-1 home draw with Bristol City the same day. C. Nwaiwu scored as Trabzonspor won 3-0 away at Samsunspor on Saturday 10 October 2026, and W. Ndidi came on for 19 minutes as Beşiktaş won 2-1 at home over Kocaelispor on Sunday 11 October 2026. Na Nwaiwu carry the goal for that group, and the rest just grind minutes.
Scotland’s Premiership, Turkey’s 1. Lig, Greece’s Super League 1, Spain’s La Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie, Italy’s Serie A, and both Bundesliga divisions in Germany and Austria each send 1 player into this round. Rangers won 3-1 at home over Kilmarnock on Saturday 10 October 2026, Emmanuel Fernandez playing every minute. Bursaspor lost 1-2 at home to Mardin 1969 on Sunday 11 October 2026, but Kelechi Iheanacho scored Bursaspor’s goal in 90 minutes on the pitch. Ajax drew 1-1 at home with NEC Nijmegen on Saturday 10 October 2026, and T. Arokodare got the goal in 73 minutes. Sassuolo and AC Milan drew 1-1 on Sunday 11 October 2026, S. Chukwueze playing 85 minutes. Atletico Madrid won 2-1 away at Alaves on Saturday 10 October 2026, A. Lookman getting 45 minutes and a yellow card. Olympiakos Piraeus won 1-0 at home over Panathinaikos on Sunday 11 October 2026, S. Onyemaechi coming on for just 7 minutes. RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0 at home on Saturday 10 October 2026, R. Onyedika playing the full 90 and picking up a yellow card. Lask Linz lost 0-2 at home to Rapid Vienna on Sunday 11 October 2026, M. Usor getting 12 minutes. Iheanacho and Arokodare both find the net, but dem club still no carry clean win from both matches.
Not everybody on the list got a kit role. Moses Simon’s Paris FC left him out of their squad for a 1-0 away defeat at Lorient on Saturday 10 October 2026. Kenneth Igboke missed Enugu Rangers’ matchday squad as they drew 2-2 away at Barau FC in the NPFL on Sunday 11 October 2026. Ibraheem Ajasa was not named in FC Rostov’s squad for their 1-0 home win over Akron on Friday 9 October 2026, and G. Ilenikhena was left out as Al-Hilal Saudi FC beat Al-Ittihad FC 3-2 at home on Saturday 10 October 2026. Eight more never kicked a ball this week because their clubs simply did not play: Isaac James, Akor Adams, Umar Abubakar, Osayande Peter Edokpolor, Stanley Nwabali, F. Onyeka, M. Okoye, and T. Awoniyi. Four names on the list, Samuel Friday James, Stephen Michael, Aderemi Adeoye, and Michael Atata, dey tied to clubs our data feed no fit place this week. I no go pretend I sabi where dem dey ball for now.
Next Super Eagles duty come Wednesday 11 November 2026, 18:00 Lagos time, at home to Tanzania in the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers. Mark that date for una calendar.
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