Abuja National Stadium, home of Nigeria

Abuja

Nigeria

Founded:
(81 years)
Venue:
Abuja National Stadium
Capacity:
60.491
FIFA Ranking:
#30 (1,568 points)

Head coach:

ร‰ric Chelle (Since )
Previous coaches5
Finidi George ( โ€“ )
Josรฉ Peseiro ( โ€“ )
Augustine Eguavoen ( โ€“ )
Augustine Eguavoen ( โ€“ )
Gernot Rohr ( โ€“ )

Owner:

Nigeria Football Federation

Nigeria records

Nigeria record holders and ranking extremes.
110Most capsAhmed Musa
37Top scorerRashidi Yekini
#5Best FIFA rankApril 1994
#82Worst FIFA rankNovember 1999

Nigeria at international tournaments

Nigeria at international tournaments: appearances, year of first entry, best result, and the years that result was achieved.
AppsTournamentFirstBest result
6World Cup1994Round of 16 1994, 1998, 2014
21Africa Cup of Nations1963Champions 1980, 1994, 2013
3African Nations Championship2014Runners-up 2018
1Afro-Asian Cup of Nations1995Champions 1995
2Confederations Cup1995Fourth place 1995

Nigeria all-time results

First international
0:2
Sierra Leone vs Nigeria
Freetown, Sierra Leone ยท 8 October 1949
Biggest win
0:10
Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe vs Nigeria
Agadir, Morocco ยท 14 June 2022
Biggest defeat
7:0
Gold Coast and British Togoland vs Nigeria
Accra, Gold Coast ยท 1 June 1955
Association
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Confederation
CAF (Africa) (WAFU (West Africa))
Captain
Wilfred Ndidi
Home stadiums
Various

Next matches:

11/11 withTanzaniaH

15/11 withTanzaniaA

24/03/27 withMadagascarA

Recent matches:

06/10draw 3:3 withRussiaA

29/09loss 0:3 toGuinea-BissauA

25/09win 2:1 overMadagascarH

Links:

www.thenff.com@NGSuperEagles

Cover photo: Jeff Attaway / CC BY 2.0

All-time facts: Wikipedia, as of

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