Five former Super Eagles players, three of who was in the all conquering Tunisia 1994 Nations Cup winning side attended the unveiling of EuroMatch as the Official Title Sponsor of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
EuroMatch Group is a Poland-based private investment company that focuses on building and scaling technology ventures within the global gaming industry.
The NPFL and EuroMatch penned the league’s naming rights for a deal worth $7.5m over three years. President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, former Sports Minister and now Special Adviser on Public Communications to the President, Dr. Sunday Dare, amongst other guests, witnessed the unveiling ceremony.
Austin Eguavoen, the stand-in captain during the 1994 campaign led the Super Eagles cast of Daniel Amokachi, Samson Siasia and Brown Ideye, a later years Super Eagles player who won the golden boot in Nigeria’s third AFCON success in 2013 in South Africa.
Amokachi, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues described the deal as a good start to the recovery of the domestic league and urged the clubs to channel their share from the revenue to improving players’ welfare.
