Odion Ighalo, Yakubu and Kenneth Omeruo - Nigerians in the Championship: Season Review

Perhaps more so than ever, the Championship has been filled with key Nigerian protagonists this season. Some of the nation’s stars felt the biting reality of failure as they dropped out of the division, others still face the tortuous drama of the playoffs, while one basked in the glory of guaranteed promotion.

In this feature, we look back over the year that was and review the 2014-15 Championship season for Nigeria’s stars

Automatic Promotion

Odion Ighalo is, without a doubt, the great success story of the 2014-15 Championship season—certainly from a Nigerian point of view.

The 25-year-old recently topped our power ranking of Nigerian strikers in Europe’s major leagues, and his 20 goals in only 22 league starts this season mean that he ends the year joint-fourth in the Championship scoring charts.

Watford secured promotion to the Premier League last week, and while they were ultimately pipped to the title by Bournemouth—following a late draw against Sheffield Wednesday—their talented squad will be relishing the chance to join the elite next term.

Nigerian fans should be excited about seeing another of our fine hitmen join the Super Eagles strikers already in the EPL—Ighalo threatens to outscore the lot.