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The Nigeria national football team [a] represents Nigeria in men's international football. Governed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), they are three-time Africa Cup of Nations ( AFCON) winners, with their most recent title in 2013. In February 2024, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings.
2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League. The 2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 52nd season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league and the 33rd since attaining professionalism. The regular season started on 8 January 2023 and concluded with the playoffs on 11 June 2023.
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.
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The 2024 Nigeria Federation Cup is the 76th edition of the Nigerian Federation Cup. The tournament began with the National playoffs on 12 April and will conclude with the final in June. This year, the format remains unchanged, except for a slight modification in the number of qualifying clubs. 70 clubs instead of the usual 74 qualified as ...
Heartland , MFM & Lobi Stars (5 matches) ← 2020–21. 2022–23 →. All statistics correct as of 17 July 2022. The 2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 51st season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league and the 32nd since attaining professionalism. The season started on 17 December 2021 and was concluded on 17 ...
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 .
The League Management Company (shortly and commonly known as the 'LMC') is the legal association football League governing body of the Nigeria Professional Football League. It was created and incorporated by the Nigeria Football Federation in 2012 to take over the nearly-collapsed Nigeria Football League (NFL), the former league governing body.