| Federation
founded: 1945 |
| FIFA
member since: 1959 |
|
WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - Did not participate |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not participate |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Second
round exit |
| 1998 - Second
round exit |
| 2002 - First
round exit |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
|
|
STATISTICS
|
| Played |
11
|
| Won |
4
|
| Drawn |
1
|
| Lost |
6
|
| Goals for |
14
|
| Goals against |
16
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| Points |
13
|
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Nigeria
are 35th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
3-0 vs Bulgaria
in 1994.
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Biggest
defeat:
1-4 vs Denmark
in 1998.
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Overall
topscorer:
Daniel Amokachi
and Emmanuel Amunike, 2 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Augustine Okocha, 9 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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|
GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Sunday
Oliseh |
|
1930 to 1958
NIGERIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1962
(CAF First round - Group C)
28.Aug 60 Ghana 4-1 NIGERIA
10.Sep 60 NIGERIA 2-2 Ghana
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
NIGERIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1970
(CAF First round)
07.Dec 68 NIGERIA 1-1 Cameroon
22.Dec 68 Cameroon 2-3 NIGERIA
(CAF Second round)
10.May 69 NIGERIA 2-1 Ghana
18.May 69 Ghana 1-1 NIGERIA
(CAF Final round)
13.Sep 69 NIGERIA 2-2 Sudan
21.Sep 69 Morocco 2-1 NIGERIA
03.Oct 69 Sudan 3-3 NIGERIA
08.Nov 69 NIGERIA 2-0 Morocco
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Morocco 4 2 1 1 5- 3 5
2.NIGERIA 4 1 2 1 8- 7 4
3.Sudan 4 0 3 1 5- 8 3
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(CAF First round)
05.Aug 72 NIGERIA 2-1 Congo
15.Aug 72 Congo 1-1 NIGERIA
(CAF Second round)
10.Feb 73 NIGERIA 0-2 Ghana
(abandoned at 2-3, awarded 0-2 by FIFA.)
25.Feb 73 Ghana 0-0 NIGERIA
NIGERIA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(CAF First round)
16.Oct 76 Sierra Leone 0-0 NIGERIA
30.Oct 76 NIGERIA 6-2 Sierra Leone
(CAF Second round)
Zaire withdrew so NIGERIA had walkover.
(CAF Third round)
10.Jul 77 NIGERIA 4-0 Ivory Coast
25.Jul 77 Ivory Coast 2-2 NIGERIA
(CAF Final round)
25.Sep 77 Tunisia 0-0 NIGERIA
08.Oct 77 NIGERIA 4-0 Egypt
21.Oct 77 Egypt 3-1 NIGERIA
12.Nov 77 NIGERIA 0-1 Tunisia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Tunisia 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Egypt 4 2 0 2 7-11 4
3.NIGERIA 4 1 1 2 5- 4 3
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(CAF First round)
29.Jun 80 Tunisia 2-0 NIGERIA
12.Jul 80 NIGERIA 2-0 Tunisia
(NIGERIA won 4-3 on penalties.)
(CAF Second round)
06.Dec 80 NIGERIA 1-1 Tanzania
20.Dec 80 Tanzania 0-2 NIGERIA
(CAF Third round)
12.Apr 81 Guinea 1-1 NIGERIA
25.Apr 81 NIGERIA 1-0 Guinea
(CAF Final round)
10.Oct 81 NIGERIA 0-2 Algeria
30.Oct 81 Algeria 2-1 NIGERIA
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(CAF First round)
20.Oct 84 NIGERIA 3-0 Liberia
04.Nov 84 Liberia 0-1 NIGERIA
(CAF Second round)
06.Apr 85 Kenya 0-3 NIGERIA
20.Apr 85 NIGERIA 3-1 Kenya
(CAF Third round)
06.Jul 85 NIGERIA 1-0 Tunisia
20.Jul 85 Tunisia 2-0 NIGERIA
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
NIGERIA had walkover to the second round.
(CAF Second round - Group C)
07.Jan 89 NIGERIA 1-0 Gabon
22.Jan 89 Angola 2-2 NIGERIA
10.Jun 89 NIGERIA 2-0 Cameroon
25.Jun 89 Gabon 2-1 NIGERIA
12.Aug 89 NIGERIA 1-0 Angola
27.Aug 88 Cameroon 1-0 NIGERIA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Cameroon 6 4 1 1 9- 6 9
2.NIGERIA 6 3 1 2 7- 5 7
3.Angola 6 1 2 3 6- 7 4
4.Gabon 6 2 0 4 5- 9 4
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(CAF First round - Group D)
10.Oct 92 NIGERIA 4-0 South Africa
20.Dec 92 Congo 0-1 NIGERIA
16.Jan 93 South Africa 0-0 NIGERIA
27.Feb 93 NIGERIA 2-0 Congo
P W D L Gls Pts
1.NIGERIA 4 3 1 0 7- 0 7
2.South Africa 4 2 1 1 2- 4 5
3.Congo 4 0 0 4 0- 5 0
(CAF Final round - Group A)
02.May 93 Ivory Coast 2-1 NIGERIA
03.Jul 93 NIGERIA 4-1 Algeria
25.Sep 93 NIGERIA 4-1 Ivory Coast
08.Oct 93 Algeria 1-1 NIGERIA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.NIGERIA 4 2 1 1 10- 5 5
2.Ivory Coast 4 2 1 1 5- 6 5
3.Algeria 4 0 2 2 3- 7 2
NIGERIA qualified for USA 1994.
1998
NIGERIA had walkover to the final round.
(CAF Final round - Group 1)
09.Nov 96 NIGERIA 2-0 Burkina Faso
12.Jan 97 Kenya 1-1 NIGERIA
05.Apr 97 NIGERIA 2-1 Guinea
27.Apr 97 Burkina Faso 1-2 NIGERIA
07.Jun 97 NIGERIA 3-0 Kenya
17.Aug 97 Guinea 1-0 NIGERIA
P W D L Gls Pts
1.NIGERIA 6 4 1 1 10- 4 13
2.Guinea 6 4 0 2 10- 5 12
3.Kenya 6 3 1 2 11-12 10
4.Burkina Faso 6 0 0 6 7-17 0
NIGERIA qualified for France 1998.
2002
(CAF First round)
09.Apr 00 Eritrea 0-0 NIGERIA
22.Apr 00 NIGERIA 4-0 Eritrea
(CAF Final round - Group 2)
17.Jun 00 NIGERIA 2-0 Sierra Leone
09.Jul 00 Liberia 2-1 NIGERIA
27.Jan 01 NIGERIA 3-0 Sudan
11.Mar 01 Ghana 0-0 NIGERIA
21.Apr 01 Sierra Leone 1-0 NIGERIA
05.May 01 NIGERIA 2-0 Liberia
01.Jul 01 Sudan 0-4 NIGERIA
29.Jul 01 NIGERIA 3-0 Ghana
P W D L Gls Pts
1.NIGERIA 8 5 1 2 15- 3 16
2.Liberia 8 5 0 3 10- 8 15
3.Sudan 8 4 0 4 8-10 12
4.Ghana 8 3 2 3 10- 9 11
5.Sierra Leone 8 1 1 6 2-15 4
NIGERIA qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(CAF - Group 4)
05.Jun 04 NIGERIA 2-0 Rwanda
20.Jun 04 Angola 1-0 NIGERIA
03.Jul 04 NIGERIA 1-0 Algeria
05.Sep 04 Zimbabwe 0-3 NIGERIA
09.Oct 04 Gabon 1-1 NIGERIA
26.Mar 05 NIGERIA 2-0 Gabon
05.Jun 05 Rwanda 1-1 NIGERIA
18.Jun 05 NIGERIA 1-1 Angola
04.Sep 05 Algeria 2-5 NIGERIA
08.Oct 05 NIGERIA 5-1 Zimbabwe
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Angola 10 6 3 1 12- 6 21
2.NIGERIA 10 6 3 1 21- 7 21
3.Zimbabwe 10 4 3 3 13-14 15
4.Gabon 10 2 4 4 11-13 10
5.Algeria 10 1 5 4 8-15 8
6.Rwanda 10 1 2 7 6-16 5
NIGERIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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