Nigerians and Africans in the Champions League 2018/2019

[marutimon]

GROUP A:
Club Brugge - Dennis Bonaventure
AS Monaco - Elderson Echiejile (?)

Other Africans: Thomas Partey (Ghana, Athletico), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, Borussia), Jean-Eudes Aholou (Cote d'Ivoire, AS Monaco), Adama Traore (Mali, AS Monaco), Youssef Aït Bennasser (Morocco, AS Monaco), Pele (Guinea Bissau, AS Monaco), Seydou Sy (Senegal, AS Monaco), Almamy Toure (Guinea, AS Monaco), Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco, Club Brugge), Krepin Diatta (Senegal, Club Brugge), Marvelous Nakamba (Zimbabwe, Club Brugge), Clinton Mata (Angola, Club Brugge)
TOTAL: 14

GROUP B:
none

Other Africans: Serge Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire, Tottenham), Victor Wanyama (Kenya, Tottenham), Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana, Inter Milan), Balde Keita (Senegal, Inter Milan)
TOTAL: 14

GROUP C:
none

Other Africans: Adam Ounas (Algeria, Napoli), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal, Napoli), Amadou Diawara (Guinea, Napoli), Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria, Napoli), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool), Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool), Naby Keita (Guinea, Liverpool), Joel Matip (Cameroon, Liverpool), El Fardou Ben Nabouhane (Comoros, Red Star), Rashid Sumaila (Ghana, Red Star)
TOTAL: 10

GROUP D:
Lokomotiv - Brian Idowu
Galatasary - Henry Onyekuru
Porto - Chidozie Awaziem (?)

Other Africans: Chancel Mbemba (DRCongo, Porto), Moussa Marega (Mali, Porto), Yacine Brahimi (Algeria, Porto), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon, Porto), Marius Mouandilmadji (Chad, Porto), Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria, Schalke), Baba Rahman (Ghana, Schalke), Hamza Mendyl (Morocco, Schalke), Amine Harit (Morocco, Schalke), Salif Sané (Senegal, Schalke), Garry Rodrigues (Cape Verde, Galatasaray), Younès Belhanda (Morocco, Galatasaray), Badou Ndiaye (Senegal, Galatasaray), Sofiane Feghouli (Algieria, Galatasaray)
TOTAL: 17

GROUP E:
Benfica - Tyronne Ebuehi

Other Africans: Alfa Semedo (Guinea Bissau, Benfica), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco, Ajax), Zakaria Labyad (Morocco, Ajax), Hakim Ziyech (Morocco, Ajax), Andre Onana (Cameroon, Ajax), Hassane Bandé (Burkina Faso, Ajax)
TOTAL: 7

GROUP F:
Shakhtar - Olarenwaju Kayode

Other Africans: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City), Ishak Belfodil (Algeria, Hoffenheim), Kasim Nuhu (Schalke, Hoffenheim), Maxwel Cornet (Cote d'Ivoire, Lyon), Bertrand Traire (Burkina Faso, Lyon)
TOTAL: 6

GROUP G:
Viktoria - Ubong Ekpai
Roma - Nura Abdullahi (?)

Other Africans: none
TOTAL: 2

GROUP H:
none

Other Africans: Medhi Benatia (Morocco, Juventus), Eric Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire, Manchester United), Mohamed Ali Camara (Guinea, Young Boys), Moumi Ngamaleu (Cameroon, Young Boys), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Cameroon, Young Boys), Sékou Sanogo (Cote d'Ivoire, Young Boys), Roger Assalé (Cote d'Ivoire, Young Boys)
TOTAL: 7

BREAKDOWN BY COUNTRY:
Nigeria 9 (with 3 question marks)

10 Morocco 10
7 Algeria, Senegal
6 Cote d'Ivoire
5 Ghana, Cameroon
4 Guinea
2 Mali, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso
1 Zimbabwe, Angola, Kenya, Egypt, Comoros, DR Congo, Chad, Cape Verde

[olu]

Of the nigerians, Onyekuru and Bonaventure are the only ones getting significant playing time.

[marutimon]

Of the nigerians, Onyekuru and Bonaventure are the only ones getting significant playing time.

Ebuehi will be a likely starter once he recovers and Kayode is a starter, but is currently injured.

[Paveman]

Thanks for this. Ebuehi should return in the new year, at which point Benfica might probably already be eliminated. Is Kayode injured for long?

[marutimon]

Thanks for this. Ebuehi should return in the new year, at which point Benfica might probably already be eliminated. Is Kayode injured for long?

He's back in training:
https://www.completesportsnigeria.com/i ... sk-return/

[Rawlings]

Too many benchwarmers

90% of the Naija players will not even get any playing time