Nigeria national football team records and statistics
Appearance
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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]Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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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 |
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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]FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Did not enter | ||||||||
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Withdrew[n 1][2] | ||||||||
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
Group stage | 27th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Group stage | 27th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Group stage | 21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
To be determined | ||||||||
Total | Round of 16 | 6/22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 30 |
- Notes
- ^ All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.
African Cup of Nations
[edit]Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
Not affiliated to CAF | ||||||||
Withdrew | ||||||||
Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Withdrew | ||||||||
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Withdrew | ||||||||
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
Withdrew | ||||||||
Banned | ||||||||
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |
Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
To be determined | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |
Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 3/7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 |
WAFU Nations Cup
[edit]WAFU Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
Did not enter | ||||||||
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
Quarter-finals | ||||||||
Total | 1 Title | 4/5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
FIFA Confederations Cup
[edit]FIFA Confederations Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Squad | |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Squad | |
Did not qualify | |||||||||
Total | Fourth place | 2/10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | - |
Olympic Games[edit]
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African Games[edit]
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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 | |
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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 % |
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* | * | 0–1–1 | 1–2–3 | 2–1–2 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–2 | 8–4–8 | 20 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | 2–2–1 | * | 0–3–1 | * | 2–5–2 | 9 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–3 | 2–1–5 | 8 | 0.312 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | * | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
(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 |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | * | * | 2–0–0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
(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 |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | 2–3–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–1–3 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–1 | 2–1–0 | 10–6–4 | 20 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–2 | 3 | 0.167 | |
* | 0–2–2 | 1–2–0 | 1–5–1 | 4–0–2 | 0–1–2 | 2–0–1 | 8–10–8 | 26 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–2 | 2 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
(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 |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 0–2–0 | * | 0–0–2 | 2 | 0.000 | |
* | 1–0–1 | 3–0–1 | 1–3–0 | 1–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–2 | 6–6–6 | 17 | 0.529 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–1–2 | 3 | 0.167 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | * | * | 2 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–1–0 | * | 1–1–0 | 2 | 0.750 | |
* | * | * | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 | * | 4–1–0 | 7–1–1 | 9 | 0.833 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 2 | 0.500 | |
* | 1–1–0 | * | 1–1–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 | * | 5–3–1 | 9 | 0.722 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | * | * | 0–0–3 | 3 | 0.000 | |
(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 |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–1 | * | 0–1–1 | 1–1–2 | 4 | 0.375 | |
* | 1–1–1 | 1–2–1 | 2–2–0 | 1–1–2 | * | 0–1–1 | 5–8–5 | 18 | 0.278 | |
* | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 2 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 0.750 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–1 | 2 | 0.250 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 2–2–1 | * | 2–3–1 | 6 | 0.583 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 0–0–1 | * | 1–0–1 | 2 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | 4–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 4–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 12–2–0 | 14 | 0.929 | |
* | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | 0–1–1 | 0–1–1 | 0–2–3 | 5 | 0.200 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | * | 2–0–0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
* | * | 0–1–1 | 3–0–1 | * | 2–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 6–2–3 | 11 | 0.636 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–0–1 | * | 1–0–1 | 2 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 3–1–0 | 4 | 0.875 | |
* | * | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | * | 4–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 6–2–0 | 8 | 0.875 | |
* | 0–0–1 | 2–0–1 | 0–1–0 | * | 2–2–0 | 2–1–1 | 6–4–3 | 13 | 0.462 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–3–0 | 3 | 0.500 | |
* | 1–0–1 | 0–0–2 | 1–2–0 | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 4–2–5 | 11 | 0.455 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 4–1–0 | 5 | 0.900 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 3–1–0 | 4 | 0.875 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | 1–0–0 | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 4–1–0 | 5 | 0.900 | |
* | * | * | 0–1–0 | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | * | * | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–1–0 | * | 0–1–1 | 2 | 0.250 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | 3–2–1 | * | 2–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 6–3–2 | 11 | 0.682 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 2–1–0 | * | 2–1–0 | 3 | 0.833 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | * | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | * | 0–0–2 | 2 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–2–0 | 4 | 0.750 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1 | 0.500 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 0.750 | |
* | 0–0–1 | 0–0–2 | 2–2–0 | 1–3–0 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 6–7–4 | 17 | 0.559 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
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 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–1–0 | 4–0–1 | 2–3–1 | 7–4–2 | 13 | 0.692 | |
* | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 2 | 0.500 | |
* | 0–2–1 | 2–1–0 | * | 1–1–0 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 7–4–2 | 13 | 0.692 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 0.750 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | * | 0–0–2 | 2 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1-0-0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | 1–1–0 | 2–1–0 | * | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 5–3–0 | 8 | 0.813 | |
* | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | * | * | 0–2–0 | 2 | 0.500 | |
0–1–0 | 2–2–2 | 1–1–0 | 2–2–1 | 1–1–0 | * | 1–0–0 | 7–7–3 | 17 | 0.618 | |
* | 1–1–0 | 0–2–1 | 1–1–3 | 0–1–1 | 2–2–1 | * | 4–7–6 | 17 | 0.441 | |
* | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–1–4 | 7 | 0.357 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | * | 0–1–0 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | * | 0–1–2 | 3 | 0.167 | |
* | * | * | * | 2–0–0 | * | * | 2–0–0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | 1–0–0 | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 3 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | * | * | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
* | * | * | * | 0–0–1 | — | — | 0–0–1 | 1 | 0.000 | |
* | * | 1–1–1 | 0–0–3 | 2–1–1 | 1–1–0 | 3–1–0 | 8–4–5 | 17 | 0.588 | |
* | * | * | 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
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