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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Unity Cup
| year = 2004
| other_titles = 
| image = Charlton Athletic football ground.jpg
|caption= Aerial view of [[The Valley (London)|The Valley Stadium]] <small>(August 2008)</small>
| country = England
| dates = 29 May – 2 June 2004
| num_teams = 3
| venues = [[The Valley (London)|The Valley]]
| city = [[London]]
| champion = NGR
| count = 1
| second = IRL
| third = JAM
| matches = 3
| goals = 6
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Bartholomew Ogbeche]] (three goals)
}}
The '''Unity Cup''' was an international football tournament held in May and June 2004 at [[The Valley (London)|The Valley Stadium]], [[London]]. [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] were the competing sides. [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] won the competition with [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] finishing second.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3763857.stm|title=Nigeria win Unity Cup|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=31 May 2004|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/may/30/newsstory.sport5|title=Nigeria turn on style to leave Ireland red-faced|website=theguardian.com|date=30 May 2004|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> The competitors were countries with large [[diaspora]]s in London.

==Results==
{{footballbox|
|date = 29 May 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
|score = 0&ndash;3
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Bartholomew Ogbeche|Ogbeche]] {{goal|36||69}}<br />[[Obafemi Martins|Martins]] {{goal|50}}
|stadium = [[The Valley (London)|The Valley]], [[London]]}}
{{footballbox|
|date = 31 May 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 0&ndash;2
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[John Utaka|Utaka]] {{goal|}}<br />[[Bartholomew Ogbeche|Ogbeche]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium = The Valley, [[London]]}}
{{footballbox|
|date = 2 June 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 0&ndash;1
|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Graham Barrett|Barrett]] {{goal|27}}
|stadium = The Valley, [[London]]}}

==Table==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!style="width: 40px;"|
!style="width: 200px;"|Team
!style="width: 45px;"|Pld
!style="width: 35px;"|W
!style="width: 35px;"|D
!style="width: 35px;"|L
!style="width: 45px;"|GF
!style="width: 45px;"|GA
!style="width: 35px;"|GD
!style="width: 45px;"|Pts
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|1||style="text-align: left;"|{{fb|NGA}}
|2||2||0||0||5||0||+5||'''6'''
|-
|2||style="text-align: left;"|{{fb|IRL}}
|2||1||0||1||1||3||&minus;2||'''3'''
|-
|3||style="text-align: left;"|{{fb|JAM}}
|2||0||0||2||0||3||&minus;3||'''0'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/london-3nat04.html RSSF]

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{{Friendly association football tournaments in England}}
{{Republic of Ireland national football team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Unity Cup}}
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by England|2004]]
[[Category:2004 in Republic of Ireland association football]]
[[Category:2003–04 in Nigerian football]]
[[Category:2004 in Jamaica]]