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The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations winners, with their most recent title in 2013. In February 2024, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings.
This article provides details of international football games played by the Nigeria national football team from 2020 to present. Results. Key Win Draw Defeat ...
Africa Cup of Nations. Runner-up. 2023 Ivory Coast. *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 9 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2024 (UTC) Stanley Bobbi 'Bobo' Nwabali MON (born 10 June 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer ...
The Nigerian National League (formerly known as National Division 1 ) The Nigerian National League shortly known as the NNL in Nigeria and is the second-highest overall in the Nigerian football league system after the Nigeria Professional Football League, and is currently contested by 46 clubs. Each season, four teams are promoted to the ...
The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final . Nigeria has reached the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, the first being in 1994 where they reached the second round. Their sixth and most recent appearance was the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The following table summarizes the all-time record for the Nigeria national football team. Nigeria has played matches against 92 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a loss against Argentina on 26 June 2018. Legend. 0–0–0. Win–Draw–Loss.
The Nigeria national football team played their first international match against Sierra Leone in Freetown on 8 October 1949. [21] Nigeria won 2–0. Their biggest win recorded was 16–1 against Benin . Nigeria's best performances at the World Cup are the 1994, [22] 1998, [23] and 2014 [24] where they reached the second round.
Nigeria Football Federation. The Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria 's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined CAF in 1959 and FIFA in 1960. The NFF headquarters is located in the city of Abuja .