Nigeria’s footballers delivered a mix of goals, key returns and standout defensive displays across the Europa League and Conference League on Thursday night, Footynaija.com reports.
In Belgium, Philip Otele ended his eight-match goal drought but could not prevent Basel from falling 2-1 to Genk.
Hyun-Gyu Oh opened the scoring in the 14th minute before Konstantinos Karetsas doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime.
⚽️ GOAL | Genk 2-1 Basel | Philip Otele
— goalpostX (@GoalpostX) November 27, 2025
Genk is taking the lead against Basel with intense action unfolding now ⚽️!#Genk #Basel #GENBAS #Footballpic.twitter.com/rg70tltfpe
Otele pulled one back in the 57th minute, but Genk held on to secure their third Europa League win of the campaign. Basel remain in the playoff positions with six points from five matches, while Genk move up to ninth.
Kelechi Iheanacho returned to Celtic’s matchday squad for the first time in more than a month as the Scottish champions secured a 3-1 win away to Feyenoord.
Goals from Hyun-Jun Yang, Reo Hatate and substitute Benjamin Nygren overturned Ayase Ueda’s early strike.
Elsewhere, Terem Moffi endured a difficult night during Nice’s 3-0 loss at FC Porto. Gabri Veiga struck twice before Spanish-Nigerian forward Samu Aghehowa added a late third. Nice are without a point after five matches.
In Turkey, Yusuf Bamidele delivered an energetic 74-minute display in Ferencváros’ 1-1 draw with Fenerbahçe, while the goalless meeting between Viktoria Plzen and Freiburg featured three players of Nigerian descent: Rafiu Durosinmi, Junior Adamu and goalkeeper Noah Atubolu.
In the Conference League, Francis Uzoho produced four saves to secure Omonia Nicosia’s first victory of the group stage, a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv.
Сьогодні «Динамо» поступається у матчі з «Омонією» pic.twitter.com/lT7z6cRnFG
— FC Dynamo Kyiv (@DynamoKyiv) November 27, 2025
Willy Semedo converted a penalty before Angelos Neofytou doubled the lead. Elijah Ogundana featured for 63 minutes for Kyiv.
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