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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. [3] In February 2024, the Nigerian national football team was ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings. The team has qualified for six of the last eight FIFA World ...
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Medal record. Men's football. Representing Nigeria. Africa Cup of Nations. Runner-up. 2023 Ivory Coast. *Club domestic league appearances and goals. Olorunleke Oluwasegun Ojo MON (born 17 August 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Enyimba, and the Nigeria national team.
FT Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast 22:44 , Mike Jones Nigeria is now tied with Ghana for the dubious honour of most Afcon final defeats. Each nation have been runners-up at this tournament five times.
Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on twenty occasions. Nigeria has won the cup three times: the first time was in 1980 [1][2] and they won a second title in the 1994, [3][4] held in Tunisia. Nigeria won their third African title in 2013, [5][6][7] held in South Africa.
Moshood Abiola National Stadium (formerly known as National Stadium, Abuja) is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian national football team, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious events.
Nigeria won the Women African Cup of Nations 2018, achieving a 4-3 penalty shootout victory against South Africa in the final. The title was Nigeria’s third consecutive and eleventh overall Africa Women Cup of Nations title and cemented their place in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they would subsequently reach the round of sixteen.
The Nigeria Federation Cup (known as the Tingo Cup due to sponsorship reasons) is the main football single-elimination tournament in Nigeria contested by 74 teams, representing the 36 states + 1 FCT of Nigeria.