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Nigeria national football team

National Football Team
NameNigeria
NicknameSuper Eagles
AssociationNigeria Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachSamson Siasia
CaptainJoseph Yobo
Most capsMudashiru Lawal (86)
Top scorerRashidi Yekini (37)
Home stadiumAbuja Stadium
FIFA codeNGA
FIFA ranking33
Highest FIFA ranking5 (April 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking82 (November 1999)
Elo ranking46
Highest Elo ranking14 (31 May 2004)
Lowest Elo ranking87 (27 December 1964)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalSierra Leone 0 - 2 Nigeria
Freetown, Sierra Leone; (10 August 1949)
Biggest winNigeria 10 - 1 Dahomey
(Lagos, Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Biggest defeatGold Coast 7 - 0 Nigeria
(Accra, Ghana; 1 June 1955)
Appearances4
First World Cup1994
Best resultRound of 16, 1994 and 1998
Regional cup statistics
African Nations Cup
Appearances16
First apps.1963
Best resultWinners, 1980 and 1994
Confederations Cup Statistics
Appearances1
First apps.1995
Best result4th, 1995

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The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994. They won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the Africa Cup of Nations on two occasions, and have reached the World Cup finals four times. As of 4 October 2010, the Nigerian National Football team has been banned from international football indefinitely due to government interference (fraud). The ban has been 'provisionally lifted' until the 26 October, the day after the National Association of Nigerian Footballers is expected to drop its court case against the NFF.

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Siasia in the grip of fear, failure - Nigeria Daily Independent Tweet this news
Nigeria Daily Independent--The -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) raises the hope of millions of Super Eagles players in December when it unveiled Samson Siasia as the man to succeed ... - Date : Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:25:51 GMT+00:00
2010/2011 women professional league begins Feb. 12 - Official - Vanguard Tweet this news
Vanguard--The Head of the Women Football Unit of the -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF), Mr Danlami Alanana, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the competition ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:29:54 GMT+00:00
Nigeria plays Sierra Leone in football friendly Wednesday - Afrique en Ligue Tweet this news
Afrique en Ligue---Football---Nigeria- - -Nigeria's- Super Eagles are billed to take on their Sierra Leonean counterparts in an international friendly in Lagos Wednesday, ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:57:41 GMT+00:00
RED CARD: Where are Nigerian footballers? - NEXT Tweet this news
NEXT--In all the time we have had -Nigeria's football- managers drag the game in the mud through knavery and chicanery; our footballers have remained strangely ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:46:50 GMT+00:00
Trio lead Eagles against S/Leone - SuperSport.com Tweet this news
SuperSport.com--The -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) has announced a list of 20-man Super Eagles that will play against Sierra Leone in an international friendly to be ... - Date : Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:04:08 GMT+00:00
Owumi Faces Life Ban? - Nigerian Observer Tweet this news
Nigerian Observer--This decision comes after Owumi's suit against the -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) challenging his recent ouster was thrown out for lacking merit ... - Date : Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:14:47 GMT+00:00
Nigeria: House Pushes for Direct Allocation for National Teams - AllAfrica.com Tweet this news
AllAfrica.com--In a ground breaking move - a direct incursion into the function of the -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) - the committee headed by Hon Mohammed Bello ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:54:25 GMT+00:00
Court throws out Owumi's motion - Nigerian Tribune Tweet this news
Nigerian Tribune--In the motion dated January 4, 2011, which was a fall out of a suit filed by a Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye against the -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) and ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:03:30 GMT+00:00
Nigeria to play Sierra Leone - SuperSport.com Tweet this news
SuperSport.com---...- last minute cancellation of the game, the -Nigeria Football- Federation (NFF) hastily settled for Sierra Leone as a replacement for the Central Americans. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:24:58 GMT+00:00
Fifa officials appeal against suspensions - swissinfo.ch Tweet this news
swissinfo.ch--Fifa's ethics committee handed executive committee member Amos Admau of -Nigeria- a three-year suspension from all -football- activity for seeking bribes for ... - Date : Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:49:02 GMT+00:00

Medal Record : Olympic
Men’s FootballIn the era of Nigeria's Olympic successes, the tournament has been restricted to squads with no more than three players over 23 years of age, and these matches are not usually regarded as part of the national team's record
Gold1996 AtlantaTeam
Silver2008 BeijingTeam

2010 World Cup/African Cup of Nations: 3rd Round Group B :
Legend
Countries that qualified for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations
Countries that qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations

2010 African Cup of Nations Group C :
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1

FIFA World Cup 2010 :

Managers Team managers of Nigeria and the dates they took over.>
FIFA World Cup 2010 :

Recent call-ups (Past twelve months) :

Recent call-ups (Past twelve months) :
Date appointed Manager name
1949 England John Finch
1954 � 1956 Nigeria Daniel Anyiam
1956 � 1960 England Les Courtier
1960 � 1961 Israel Moshe Beth-Halevi
1961 � 1963 Hungary George Vardar
1963 � 1964
1972 � 1973		 Brazil George Penna
1964 � 1965 Nigeria Daniel Anyiam
1965 � 1968 Hungary Joseph Ember
1969 � 1970 Nigeria Peter 'Eto' Amaechina
1970 � 1971
1974		 Germany Heinz Marotze
1974 � 1978 Yugoslavia Jelisavčić 'Tiki' Tihomir
1979 � 1982 Brazil Otto Gloria
1981 Germany Gottlieb Goller
1983 � 1984 Nigeria Adegboyega Onigbinde
1984 � 1986 Nigeria Chris Udemezue
1985 Nigeria Patrick Ekeji
1987 � 1989 Nigeria Paul Hamilton
1988 � 1989 Germany Manfred Hoener
1989 � 1994 Netherlands Clemens Westerhof
1994 � 1995 Nigeria Shaibu Amodu
1995 � 1996 Netherlands Johannes Bonfere
1996 � 1997 Nigeria Shaibu Amodu
1997 � 1998 France Philippe Troussier
1997 � 1998 Nigeria Monday Sinclar
1998 Serbia Mexico Bora Milutinović
1999 Netherlands Thijs Libregts
1999 � 2001 Netherlands Johannes Bonfrere
2001 � 2002 Nigeria Shaibu Amodu
2002 Nigeria Adegboyega Onigbinde
2002 � 2005 Nigeria Christian Chukwu
2005 � 2007 Nigeria Augustine Eguavoen
2007 � 2008 Germany Berti Vogts
2008 Nigeria James Peters
2008 � 2010 Nigeria Shaibu Amodu
2010 Sweden Lars Lagerbäck
2010 Nigeria Augustine Eguavoen
2010- Nigeria Samson Siasia

Recent call-ups (Past twelve months) :

Recent call-ups (Past twelve months) :
Goal scored Player name
37 Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
23 Nigeria Segun Odegbami
21 Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni
18 Nigeria Obafemi Martins
17 Nigeria Sunday Oyarekhua
14 Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
14 Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
14 Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
13 Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
13 Nigeria Samson Siasia


Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 18
6 7
6 7
6 3

— title="Equatorial Guinea v Nigeria"0 - 1 title="Equatorial Guinea v Sierra Leone"2 - 0 title="Equatorial Guinea v South Africa"0 - 1
title="Nigeria v Equatorial Guinea"2 - 0 — title="Nigeria v Sierra Leone"4 - 1 title="Nigeria v South Africa"2 - 0
title="Sierra Leone v Equatorial Guinea"2 - 1 title="Sierra Leone v Nigeria"0 - 1 — title="Sierra Leone v South Africa"1 - 0
title="South Africa v Equatorial Guinea"4 - 1 title="South Africa v Nigeria"0 - 1 title="South Africa v Sierra Leone"0 - 0 —


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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club

Football in Nigeria

Football AssociationNigeria Football Association
Domestic competitionsPremier League, National League A & B, Nigeria Amateur League, FA Cup
National teamsNational Team, U-20, U-17, Women's team

International association football

AsiaAFC � Asian Cup
AfricaCAF � Africa Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF � Gold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFC � Nations Cup
EuropeUEFA � European Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-Board � Viva World Cup

African Football

National competitions
African Cup of Nations, African Nations Championship, All-Africa Games
Youth competitions
Youth Championship, U-17 Championship
Club competitions
CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup
Federation
CAF
Prizes
African Footballer of the Year , CAF Awards
National Managers
List of African national football team managers
Rankings
CAF 5-Year Ranking
Sub-regions
Northern Africa |UNAF |Western Africa |WAFU |Central Africa |UNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFAUNAF |Western Africa |WAFU |Central Africa |UNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFA
Western Africa |WAFU |Central Africa |UNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFAWAFU |Central Africa |UNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFA
Central Africa |UNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFAUNIFFAC |Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFA
Eastern Africa |CECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFACECAFA |Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFA
Southern Africa |COSAFA |Arab |UAFACOSAFA |Arab |UAFA
Arab |UAFAUAFA

WAFU Football

International CompetitionsECOWAS Unity Cup, WAFU U-20 Championship
Club CompetitionsWAFU Club Championship
Affiliated Football AssociationsBenin , Burkina Faso , Cape Verde , Côte d'Ivoire , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Togo
National TeamsBenin , Burkina Faso , Cape Verde , Côte d'Ivoire , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Togo

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion �, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar �, Zimbabwe

2010 Africa Cup of Nations finalists

ChampionsEgypt
Runners-upGhana
Third placeNigeria
Fourth placeAlgeria
Eliminated in quarter-finalsAngola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Zambia
Eliminated in group stageBenin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Togo, Tunisia

2010 FIFA World Cup finalists

FinalsNetherlands, Spain
Runners-up
Third place
SemifinalsGermany, Uruguay
Eliminated in the quarterfinalsArgentina, Brazil, Ghana, Paraguay
Eliminated in the round of 16Chile, England, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, United States
Eliminated in group stageAlgeria, Australia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, France, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Korea DPR, New Zealand, Nigeria, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland



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