Jump to content

Nigeria national football team records and statistics

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of the Nigeria national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

[edit]

Player records

[edit]
As of 10 June 2024[1]
Players in bold are still active with Nigeria.

Most appearances

[edit]
Ahmed Musa is Nigeria's most capped player.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Ahmed Musa 109 16 2010–present
2 Vincent Enyeama 101 0 2002–2015
Joseph Yobo 101 7 2001–2014
4 Mikel John Obi 91 6 2005–2019
5 Nwankwo Kanu 86 12 1994–2011
Mudashiru Lawal 86 11 1975–1985
7 Alex Iwobi 80 10 2015–present
8 Jay-Jay Okocha 73 14 1993–2006
9 Moses Simon 72 9 2015–present
10 William Troost-Ekong 71 7 2015–present

Top goalscorers

[edit]
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Rashidi Yekini 37 62 0.6 1983–1998
2 Segun Odegbami 22 47 0.47 1976–1981
3 Victor Osimhen 21 35 0.6 2017–present
Yakubu Aiyegbeni 21 58 0.36 2000–2012
5 Ikechukwu Uche 19 46 0.41 2007–2014
6 Obafemi Martins 18 42 0.43 2004–2015
7 Samson Siasia 17 49 0.35 1984–1998
8 Odion Ighalo 16 37 0.43 2015–present
Ahmed Musa 16 109 0.15 2010–present
10 Kelechi Iheanacho 15 55 0.27 2015–present

Manager records

[edit]

Team records

[edit]

Competition records

[edit]

FIFA World Cup

[edit]
Main article: Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962 Did not qualify
England 1966 Withdrew[n 1][2]
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify
Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Round of 16 9th 4 2 0 2 7 4
France 1998 Round of 16 12th 4 2 0 2 6 9
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 27th 3 0 1 2 1 3
Germany 2006 Did not qualify
South Africa 2010 Group stage 27th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Brazil 2014 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 5
Russia 2018 Group stage 21st 3 1 0 2 3 4
Qatar 2022 Did not qualify
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Total Round of 16 6/22 21 6 3 12 23 30
Notes
  1. ^ All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.

African Cup of Nations

[edit]
Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Not affiliated to CAF
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962 Withdrew
Ghana 1963 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 3 10
Tunisia 1965 Withdrew
Ethiopia 1968 Did not qualify
Sudan 1970 Withdrew
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify
Egypt 1974
Ethiopia 1976 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 11 10
Ghana 1978 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 8 5
Nigeria 1980 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 8 1
Libya 1982 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 5
Ivory Coast 1984 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 3 1 7 8
Egypt 1986 Did not qualify
Morocco 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 1 3 1 5 3
Algeria 1990 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 5 6
Senegal 1992 Third place 3rd 5 4 0 1 8 5
Tunisia 1994 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 9 3
South Africa 1996 Withdrew
Burkina Faso 1998 Banned
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 12 5
Mali 2002 Third place 3rd 6 3 2 1 4 2
Tunisia 2004 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 11 5
Egypt 2006 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 7 3
Ghana 2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 3 3
Angola 2010 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 6 4
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Did not qualify
South Africa 2013 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 4
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Did not qualify
Gabon 2017
Egypt 2019 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 9 7
Cameroon 2021 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 6 2
Ivory Coast 2023 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 8 4
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
Total 3 Titles 20/34 104 57 24 23 146 95
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via a penalty shoot-out.
**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

African Nations Championship

[edit]
African Nations Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009 Did not qualify
Sudan 2011
South Africa 2014 Third place 3rd 6 3 2 1 12 8
Rwanda 2016 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 5 3
Morocco 2018 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 7 6
Cameroon 2020 Did not qualify
Algeria 2022
Total Runners-up 3/7 15 8 4 3 24 17

WAFU Nations Cup

[edit]
WAFU Nations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Nigeria 2010 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14
Nigeria 2011 Runners-up 2nd 4 1 0 0 9
Ghana 2013 Did not enter
Ghana 2017 Runners-up 2nd 4 1 0 0 9
Senegal 2019 Quarter-finals
Total 1 Title 4/5 13 7 0 0 32 9

FIFA Confederations Cup

[edit]
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995 Fourth place 4th 3 1 2 0 4 1 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did not qualify
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003
Germany 2005
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 7 6 Squad
Russia 2017 Did not qualify
Total Fourth place 2/10 6 2 2 2 11 7 -

Head-to-head record

[edit]

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
* No games played
 — Team defunct during period
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)
  • Win %- Number of wins divided by number of games played (ties count as half a win)
  • Defunct nations are listed in Italics (nations that changed names are listed under their most recent name; nations that have separated into two or more new nations are listed as defunct)
  • Table lists only full senior team competitions. Olympics, underage competition and African Nations Championship matches are excluded
  • Matches which are won after extra time with penalty kicks are listed as draws, per official FIFA designation.
Nation 1949–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 Totals Games Played Win %
 Algeria * * 0–1–1 1–2–3 2–1–2 3–0–0 1–0–2 8–4–8 20 0.500
 Angola * * * 2–2–1 * 0–3–1 * 2–5–2 9 0.500
 Argentina * * * * 0–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–3 2–1–5 8 0.312
 Australia * * * * * 0–0–1 * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Austria * * * * * 0–1–0 * 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Benin
(Rep. of Dahomey p.1955) 		0–0–2 4–0–0 5–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 15–2–2 19 0.789
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Botswana * * * * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Brazil * * * * * 0–0–1 * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Bulgaria * * * * 2–0–0 * * 2–0–0 2 1.000
 Burkina Faso
(Upper Volta p.1984) 		* 0–0–1 2–0–0 2–2–0 * 3–2–0 3–2–0 10–6–1 17 0.765
 Burundi * * * * 1–0–0 * * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Cameroon * 2–3–0 1–1–0 1–1–3 2–0–0 2–0–1 2–1–0 10–6–4 20 0.500
 Canada * * * 0–0–1 * * * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Cape Verde * * * * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Chad * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Colombia * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–2 3 0.167
 Côte d'Ivoire * 0–2–2 1–2–0 1–5–1 4–0–2 0–1–2 2–0–1 8–10–8 26 0.500
 Croatia * * * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Czech Republic * * * * 0–0–1 * 0–0–1 0–0–2 2 0.000
 Dem. Peoples Rep. of Korea * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Zaire fr.1971-97) 		* 1–0–2 1–0–0 0–0–1 2–0–0 * 1–1–0 5–1–3 9 0.611
 Denmark * * * * 0–0–1 * * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Djibouti * * * * * 0–2–0 * 0–0–2 2 0.000
 Egypt * 1–0–1 3–0–1 1–3–0 1–1–1 0–1–0 0–1–2 6–6–6 17 0.529
 England * * * * 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–2 3 0.167
 Equatorial Guinea * * * * * 2–0–0 * * 2 1.000
 Eritrea * * * * * 1–1–0 * 1–1–0 2 0.750
 Ethiopia * * * 2–0–0 1–0–1 * 4–1–0 7–1–1 9 0.833
 France * * * * * 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 2 0.500
 Gabon * 1–1–0 * 1–1–1 2–0–0 1–1–0 * 5–3–1 9 0.722
 The Gambia * * * * * 1–0–0 * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Georgia * * * * 1–0–0 * * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Germany * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–1 * * 0–0–3 3 0.000
 Ghana
(Gold Coast p.1957) 		4–1–5 1–9–9 1–3–2 1–0–3 0–3–3 5–2–2 1–1–2 13–19–26 58 0.207
 Greece * * * * 1–0–1 * 0–1–1 1–1–2 4 0.375
 Guinea * 1–1–1 1–2–1 2–2–0 1–1–2 * 0–1–1 5–8–5 18 0.278
 Iceland * * * 0–0–1 * * 1–0–0 1–0–1 2 0.500
 Indonesia * * * 1–0–0 * * * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Iran * * * * 1–0–0 * 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 0.750
 Italy * * * * 0–0–1 * 0–1–0 0–1–1 2 0.250
 Jamaica * * * * 0–1–0 2–2–1 * 2–3–1 6 0.583
 Japan * * * * 1–0–0 0–0–1 * 1–0–1 2 0.500
 Jordan * * * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Kenya * * * 4–0–0 2–1–0 4–0–0 2–1–0 12–2–0 14 0.929
 Korea Republic * * * 0–0–1 * 0–1–1 0–1–1 0–2–3 5 0.200
 Lesotho * * * * * 2–0–0 * 2–0–0 2 1.000
 Liberia * * 0–1–1 3–0–1 * 2–0–1 1–1–0 6–2–3 11 0.636
 Libya * * * * * 1–0–1 * 1–0–1 2 0.500
 Luxembourg * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Madagascar * * * * * 1–1–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 4 0.875
 Malawi * * 1–0–0 0–1–0 * 4–0–0 1–1–0 6–2–0 8 0.875
 Mali * 0–0–1 2–0–1 0–1–0 * 2–2–0 2–1–1 6–4–3 13 0.462
 Mexico * * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–3–0 3 0.500
 Morocco * 1–0–1 0–0–2 1–2–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 1–0–0 4–2–5 11 0.455
 Mozambique * * * * 1–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0 4–1–0 5 0.900
 Namibia * * * * * 2–0–0 1–1–0 3–1–0 4 0.875
 Netherlands * * * * 0–0–1 * * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Niger * 1–0–0 * * * 2–0–0 1–1–0 4–1–0 5 0.900
 Norway * * * 0–1–0 * * * 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Oman * * * * 0–0–1 * * 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Paraguay * * * * 0–0–1 0–1–0 * 0–1–1 2 0.250
 Peru * * * * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Poland * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Republic of the Congo * * 3–2–1 * 2–0–0 0–1–0 1–0–1 6–3–2 11 0.682
 Republic of Ireland * * * * * 2–1–0 * 2–1–0 3 0.833
 Republic of Macedonia * * * * * 0–1–0 * 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Romania * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 * 0–0–2 2 0.000
 Rwanda * * * * * 1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 0.750
 Saudi Arabia * * * * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 1 0.500
 Scotland * * * * * 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 0.750
 Senegal * 0–0–1 0–0–2 2–2–0 1–3–0 3–1–1 0–1–0 6–7–4 17 0.559
 Serbia * * * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Sierra Leone 0–0–1[3] 2–0–0 2–3–0 1–0–1 * 3–0–1 2–0–0 10–3–3 16 0.625
 South Africa * * * * 1–1–0 4–0–1 2–3–1 7–4–2 13 0.692
 Spain * * * * 1–0–0 * 0–0–1 1–0–1 2 0.500
 Sudan * 0–2–1 2–1–0 * 1–1–0 3–0–0 1–0–1 7–4–2 13 0.692
 Swaziland * * * * * * 1–1–0 1–1–0 2 0.750
 Sweden * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 * 0–0–2 2 0.000
  Switzerland * * * * * 1–0–0 * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Syria * * * 1–0–0 * * * 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Tahiti * * * * * * 1-0-0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Tanzania * * 1–1–0 2–1–0 * 1–0–0 1–1–0 5–3–0 8 0.813
 Thailand * * * 0–1–0 0–1–0 * * 0–2–0 2 0.500
 Togo 0–1–0 2–2–2 1–1–0 2–2–1 1–1–0 * 1–0–0 7–7–3 17 0.618
 Tunisia * 1–1–0 0–2–1 1–1–3 0–1–1 2–2–1 * 4–7–6 17 0.441
 Uganda * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–1 0–0–1 2–1–4 7 0.357
 Uruguay * * * * * * 0–0–1 0–0–1 1 0.000
 United States * * * 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–0–1 * 0–1–2 3 0.167
 Uzbekistan * * * * 2–0–0 * * 2–0–0 2 1.000
 Venezuela * * * 1–0–0 * 1–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 3 1.000
 Yemen * * * * * * 1–0–0 1–0–0 1 1.000
 Yugoslavia * * * * 0–0–1  —  — 0–0–1 1 0.000
 Zambia * * 1–1–1 0–0–3 2–1–1 1–1–0 3–1–0 8–4–5 17 0.588
 Zimbabwe * * * 1–1–1 * 3–0–0 1–0–0 5–1–1 7 0.786
Totals 4–2–8 17–21–22 28–22–16 34–33–28 39–20–29 72–32–24 54–34–24 248–164–151 563 0.586
Games Played 14 60 66 95 88 128 112  —  —  —
Win % 0.357 0.458 0.591 0.532 0.557 0.688 0.639  —  —  —

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Nigeria - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "VIII WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 1966) QUALIFYING STAGE". Lingua Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Courtney, Barrie (15 August 2006). "Sierra Leone – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_national_football_team_records_and_statistics&oldid=1235585587"