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Nigeria

Nickname(s)	Super Eagles
Association	Nigeria Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Gernot Rohr
Captain	Ahmed Musa
Most caps	Vincent Enyeama Joseph Yobo (101)
Top scorer	Rashidi Yekini (37)
Home stadium	Moshood Abiola National Stadium
FIFA code	NGA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	35 3 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest	5 (April 1994)
Lowest	82 (November 1999)
First international
Sierra Leone 0–2 Nigeria  (Freetown, Sierra Leone; 8 October 1949)[2]
Biggest win
Nigeria 10–1 Dahomey  (Lagos, Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Biggest defeat
Gold Coast and British Togoland 7–0 Nigeria  (Accra, Gold Coast; 1 June 1955)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1994)
Best result	Round of 16 (1994, 1998, 2014)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	18 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1980, 1994, 2013)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2014)
Best result	Runners-up (2018)
WAFU Nations Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2010)
Best result	Champions (2010)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1995)
Best result	Fourth place (1995)
Medal record African Games 1973 Lagos Team 1978 Algiers Team

Nigeria national football team is the national football team of Nigeria.

Top scorers[change | change source]

Players[change | change source]

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Algeria and Tunisia in Austria on 9 and 13 October 2020 respectively.^[4]
Caps and goals current as of 17 November 2019 after the match against Lesotho.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Dele Alampasu	(1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27)	1	0	Ventspils
	1GK	Maduka Okoye	(1999-08-28) 28 August 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Sparta Rotterdam
	1GK	Tobias Lawal	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 23)	0	0	LASK
	1GK	Mathew Yakubu	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	0	0	iClinic Sereď
	2DF	Kenneth Omeruo	(1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 (age 30)	52	1	Leganés
	2DF	William Troost-Ekong	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 30)	42	2	Watford
	2DF	Leon Balogun	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 35)	32	0	Rangers
	2DF	Chidozie Awaziem	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)	17	1	Boavista
	2DF	Ola Aina	(1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)	17	0	Fulham
	2DF	Jamilu Collins	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	15	0	Paderborn 07
	2DF	Semi Ajayi	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 30)	11	0	West Bromwich Albion
	2DF	Tyronne Ebuehi	(1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 28)	7	0	Twente
	2DF	Kevin Akpoguma	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim
	2DF	Zaidu Sanusi	(1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Porto
	3MF	Samuel Kalu	(1997-08-26) 26 August 1997 (age 26)	14	2	Bordeaux
	3MF	Samuel Chukwueze	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 24)	13	2	Villarreal
	3MF	Mikel Agu	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 30)	6	0	Vitória de Guimarães
	3MF	Frank Onyeka	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Midtjylland
	3MF	Samson Tijani	(2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Hartberg
	4FW	Ahmed Musa	(1992-10-14) 14 October 1992 (age 31)	91	15	Al-Nassr
	4FW	Alex Iwobi	(1996-05-03) 3 May 1996 (age 27)	40	7	Everton
	4FW	Moses Simon	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 28)	33	5	Nantes
	4FW	Kelechi Ịheanachọ	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27)	25	8	Leicester City
	4FW	Paul Onuachu	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 29)	7	1	Genk
	4FW	Cyriel Dessers	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Genk
	4FW	Chidera Ejuke	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	CSKA Moscow

Recent call-ups[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

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