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 |
1930 | Did not enter | |||||||
1934 | ||||||||
1938 | ||||||||
1950 | ||||||||
1954 | ||||||||
1958 | ||||||||
1962 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1966 | Withdrew[n 1][2] | |||||||
1970 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1974 | ||||||||
1978 | ||||||||
1982 | ||||||||
1986 | ||||||||
1990 | ||||||||
1994 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
1998 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
2002 | Group stage | 27th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2010 | Group stage | 27th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2014 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2018 | Group stage | 21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2026 | 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 |
1957 | Not affiliated to CAF | |||||||
1959 | ||||||||
1962 | Withdrew | |||||||
1963 | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
1965 | Withdrew | |||||||
1968 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1970 | Withdrew | |||||||
1972 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1974 | ||||||||
1976 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
1978 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
1980 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
1982 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
1984 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
1986 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1988 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
1990 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
1992 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
1994 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
1996 | Withdrew | |||||||
1998 | Banned | |||||||
2000 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
2002 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
2004 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
2006 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
2008 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2010 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
2012 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2013 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2017 | ||||||||
2019 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
2021 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
2023 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
2025 | To be determined | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2014 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
2016 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
2018 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
2020 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2022 | ||||||||
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 |
2010 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
2013 | Did not enter | |||||||
2017 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
2019 | 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 |
1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1995 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Squad |
1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2001 | |||||||||
2003 | |||||||||
2005 | |||||||||
2009 | |||||||||
2013 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Squad |
2017 | 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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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
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