Abuja National Stadium, home of Nigeria

Abuja

Nigeria

Founded:
(81 years)
Venue:
Abuja National Stadium
Capacity:
60.491
FIFA Ranking:
#26 (1,585 points)

Head coach:

Éric Chelle (Since )
Previous coaches· 5
Finidi George ( – )
José Peseiro ( – )
Augustine Eguavoen ( – )
Augustine Eguavoen ( – )
Gernot Rohr ( – )

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 · 8 October 1949
Biggest win
0:10
São Tomé and Príncipe vs Nigeria
Agadir, Morocco · 14 June 2022
Biggest defeat
7:0
Gold Coast and British Togoland vs Nigeria
Accra, Gold Coast · 1 June 1955
Association
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Confederation
CAF (Africa) (WAFU (West Africa))
Captain
Wilfred Ndidi
Home stadiums
Various

Links:

www.thenff.com@NGSuperEagles

Cover photo: Jeff Attaway / CC BY 2.0

All-time facts: Wikipedia, as of

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