Nigeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on twenty occasions. Nigeria has won the cup three times: the first time was in 1980 [1] [2] and they won a second title in the 1994, [3] [4] held in Tunisia.
Nigeria won their third African title in 2013, [5] [6] [7] held in South Africa.
Africa Cup of Nations record | Africa Cup of Nations qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
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![]() | Withdrew | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Squad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
![]() | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
![]() | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
![]() | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
![]() | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as holders | |||||||
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | Squad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
![]() | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
![]() | Withdrew | Qualified as holders | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Banned | Banned | |||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | ||
![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||
![]() | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | ||
![]() | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | ||
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | ||
![]() | Qualified | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | 3 Titles | 21/35 | 104 | 57 | 24 | 23 | 146 | 95 | — | 132 | 70 | 41 | 21 | 230 | 96 |