Nigeria national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Nigeria national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

Player records

As of 10 June 2024 ^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Nigeria.

Most appearances

Ahmed Musa is Nigeria's most capped player.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
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

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
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

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
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

1. All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.

African Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
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

African Nations Championship record
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

WAFU Nations Cup record
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

FIFA Confederations Cup record
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 Main article: Nigeria at the Olympics Olympic Games record Appearances: 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1900–1948 Part of   Great Britain  (GBR) 1952 Did not enter 1956 1960 Did not qualify 1964 1968 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 9 1972 Did not qualify 1976 Withdrew after qualifying 1980 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 5 1984 Did not qualify 1988 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 8 1992 Banned Since 1992 See Nigeria national under-23 football team Total Group stage 3/19 9 0 2 7 7 22

African Games See also: Nigeria national under-23 football team African Games record Year Result Pld W D L GF GA 1965 Did not qualify 1973 Gold Medal 5 4 1 0 14 7 1978 Silver Medal 5 2 2 1 4 2 1987 Did not qualify 1991–present See Nigeria national under-23 football team Total Gold Medal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

Head-to-head record

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
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 %
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 North 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

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Nigeria - Record International Players". RSSSF.
2. "VIII WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 1966) QUALIFYING STAGE". Lingua Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
3. Courtney, Barrie (15 August 2006). "Sierra Leone – List of International Matches". RSSSF . Retrieved 16 November 2016.

External links

• Nigeria National Football Team List of Results - RSSSF.com
• Nigeria National Football Team List of Results - 11v11.com
• History of Jalco Cup 1951-1959 - RSSF.com
• History of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Cup 1959-1967 - RSSF.com
• History of Azikiwe Cup 1961-1967 - RSSF.com