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National team · Nigeria

«Super Eagles»

85 Matches
38 wins
25 draws
22 losses
129–86 Goals
+43 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Form D 31 Mar · Away Jordan · 2:2 W 26 May · Home Zimbabwe · 2:0 W 30 May · Away Jamaica · 3:0 D 3 Jun · Away Poland · 2:2 L 10 Jun · Away Portugal · 1:2 W 25 Sep · Home Madagascar · 2:1

Cameroon has answered Nigeria in four Africa Cup of Nations finals — 1984, 1988, 2000, 2019 — sharpened further by the "Jollof Derby" the Super Eagles play out against Ghana.

The Nigeria Football Federation that runs the team dates to 1945, though the side itself did not step onto a pitch for an official international until 8 October 1949, a year after an unofficial tour of the United Kingdom. Green and white have stayed the colours ever since.

The Africa Cup of Nations has been won three times, in 1980, 1994 and 2013, but the gold medal from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics sits apart from those. Nigeria came from behind to beat Argentina 3-2 in the final, and it was Emmanuel Amuneke who scored the winner.

Rashidi Yekini remains the team's all-time top scorer and the first African to score at a World Cup, back in 1994, while Jay-Jay Okocha is the name supporters reach for when the conversation turns to the most gifted player the country has produced. Ahmed Musa has since taken the appearance record past both of them.

None of it, though, has stretched to the one prize that has eluded every generation of Super Eagles: a place in a World Cup final.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
25 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Madagascar H 2:1 W
10 Jun Friendlies Portugal A 1:2 L
3 Jun Friendlies Poland A 2:2 D
30 May Friendlies Jamaica A 3:0 W
26 May Friendlies Zimbabwe H 2:0 W
26 May Friendlies India H

Standing

World Cup - Qualification Africa

Group stage · Group C

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 South Africa 10 5 3 2 15:9 18
2 Nigeria 10 4 5 1 15:8 17
3 Benin 10 5 2 3 12:11 17
4 Lesotho 10 3 3 4 9:12 12
5 Rwanda 10 3 2 5 5:9 11
6 Zimbabwe 10 0 5 5 5:12 5
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 85
85 Matches
38 wins
25 draws
22 losses
129–86 Goals
+43 Difference
1.5 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 85
38wins: 38 · 44% 25draws: 25 · 29% 22losses: 22 · 25%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
31 Mar · Away Jordan · 2:2
26 May · Home Zimbabwe · 2:0
30 May · Away Jamaica · 3:0
3 Jun · Away Poland · 2:2
10 Jun · Away Portugal · 1:2
25 Sep · Home Madagascar · 2:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 85 40 45
Scored 129 69 60
Conceded 86 33 53
Scored per game 1.5 1.7 1.3
Conceded per game 1.0 0.8 1.2
Difference +43 +36 +7

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Akor Jerome Adams Forward 3 Matches Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon Forward 3 Matches Frank Onyeka Midfielder 3 Matches Raphael Onyedika Midfielder 3 Matches Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi Midfielder 3 Matches Emmanuel Fernandez Defender 3 Matches Alexander Chuka Iwobi Midfielder 3 Matches C. Nwaevo Defender 2 Matches

Squad of Nigeria

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
22 Akor Jerome Adams Forward 3
15 Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon Forward 3
8 Frank Onyeka Midfielder 3
20 Raphael Onyedika Midfielder 3
4 Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi Midfielder 3
18 NG Emmanuel Fernandez Defender 25 3
17 Alexander Chuka Iwobi Midfielder 3
13 C. Nwaevo Defender 2
7 NG Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman Forward 28 2
12 NG Bright Osayi-Samuel Defender 28 2
11 Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze Midfielder 2
16 Arthur Okonkwo Goalkeeper 2
3 Onyemaechi Bruno Defender 2
6 Oluwasemilogo Adesewo Ibidapo Ajayi Defender 2
1 Maduka Okoye Goalkeeper 2
21 Calvin Bassey Ughelumba Defender 2
10 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru Midfielder 2
3 NG Zaidu Sanusi Defender 29 2
1 Francis Uzoho Goalkeeper 2
7 NG Philip Porwei Otele Forward 27 2
19 Ebere Paul Onuachu Forward 2
9 G. Ilenikhena Forward 1
14 NG Isaac James Defender 22 1
24 NG M. Usor Forward 24 1
10 NG Tolu Arokodare Forward 25 1
23 Stanley Nwabali Goalkeeper 1
2 Ola Aina Defender 1
19 Taiwo Awoniyi Forward 1
2 NG Abdullahi Bewene Defender 21 1
9 Terem Moffi Forward 1
12 Tochukwu Nnadi Forward 1
14 NG K. Akap Defender 21 1
14 Chidera Ejuke Forward 1
22 Yira Collins Sor Midfielder 1
5 Igoh Ogbu Defender 1
16 Adebayo Adeleye Goalkeeper 1

Fixtures of Nigeria

  • 29 Sep · 17:00 Guinea-Bissau A Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification

Honours of Nigeria

  • Africa Cup of Nations 1980, 1994, 2013 3
  • Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1995 1
  • Olympic Gold Medal 1996 1
  • Olympic Silver Medal 2008 1
  • Olympic Bronze Medal 2016 1

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