Nigeria national football team records and statistics

Last updated November 16, 2025

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

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Ahmed Musa	109	16	2010–present
2	Vincent Enyeama	101	0	2002–2015
2	Joseph Yobo	101	7	2001–2014
4	Mikel John Obi	91	6	2005–2019
5	Alex Iwobi	90	10	2015–present
6	Nwankwo Kanu	86	12	1994–2011
	Mudashiru Lawal	86	11	1975–1985
	Moses Simon	86	10	2015–present
9	William Troost-Ekong	83	8	2015–present
10	Jay-Jay Okocha	73	14	1993–2006

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Rashidi Yekini	37	62	0.6	1983–1998
2	Victor Osimhen	31	45	0.69	2017–present
3	Segun Odegbami	22	47	0.47	1976–1981
4	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
8	Ahmed Musa	16	109	0.15	2010–present
10	Kelechi Iheanacho	15	55	0.27	2015–present

Manager records

Team records

Competition records

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

↑ 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	Not affiliated to CAF
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	Did not qualify
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	Did not qualify
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	To be determined
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
	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	Did not qualify
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

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	Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify
1964	Did not qualify
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

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. Nigeria has played matches against 92 current and former national teams, with the latest result, a won against Gabon on 13 November 2025.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Algeria	22	8	4	10	29	29	0	36.36%
Angola	12	4	6	2	11	8	+3	33.33%
Argentina	9	2	1	6	13	15	–2	22.22%
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Austria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Benin	26	21	3	2	68	13	+55	80.76%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Botswana	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Brazil	2	0	1	1	1	4	–3	0%
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100%
Burkina Faso ^[a]	17	10	6	1	34	10	+24	58.82%
Burundi	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Cameroon	26	13	9	4	39	20	+19	50.00%
Canada	1	0	0	1	1	3	–2	0%
Cape Verde	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	33.33%
Catalonia	1	0	0	1	0	5	–5	0%
Colombia	4	0	1	3	1	4	–3	0%
Congo	13	7	7	3	16	10	+6	53.84%
DR Congo	10	5	1	4	10	16	–6	50.00%
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2	0%
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2	0%
Denmark	1	0	0	1	1	4	–3	0%
Djibouti	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Egypt	20	8	6	6	29	25	+4	40.00%
England	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	0%
Equatorial Guinea	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	75.00%
Eritrea	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50.00%
Eswatini	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.005%
Ethiopia	10	8	1	1	24	5	+19	80.00%
France	2	1	0	1	1	2	–1	50.00%
Gabon	10	6	3	1	20	7	+13	60.00%
Gambia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Georgia	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100%
Germany ^[b]	3	0	0	3	1	3	–2	0%
Ghana	57	14	21	22	56	81	–25	24.56%
Greece	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	25.00%
Guinea	19	6	7	6	22	19	+3	31.57%
Guinea-Bissau	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	75.00%
Iceland	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	50.00%
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Iran	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50.00%
Italy	3	0	1	2	3	5	–2	50.00%
Ivory Coast	29	8	11	10	33	29	+4	27.58%
Jamaica	7	2	4	1	9	7	+2	28.57%
Japan	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00%
Jordan	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Kenya	14	12	2	0	33	7	+26	85.71%
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
South Korea	5	0	2	3	6	9	–3	0%
Lesotho	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	83.33%
Liberia	16	11	2	3	30	12	+18	68.75%
Libya	7	6	0	1	14	4	+8	85.71%
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Madagascar	4	3	1	1	5	2	+3	75.00%
Malawi	8	6	2	0	20	9	+11	75.00%
Mali	12	6	3	3	17	12	+5	50.00%
Mexico	7	0	4	3	7	13	–6	0%
Morocco	11	3	2	6	8	14	–6	27.27%
Mozambique	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6	80.00%
Namibia	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	75.00%
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	1	5	–4	0%
Niger	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13	83.33%
North Macedonia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Norway	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Oman	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	0%
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	2	4	–2	0%
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
Poland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	66.67%
Romania	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5	0%
Rwanda	9	4	4	1	9	3	+6	44.44%
São Tomé and Príncipe	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	100%
Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0%
Scotland	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	50.00%
Senegal	20	8	6	6	21	21	0	40.00%
Serbia ^[c]	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5	0%
Seychelles	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Sierra Leone	18	11	5	2	38	18	+20	61.11%
South Africa	17	7	8	2	25	12	+13	41.17%
Spain	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2	50.00%
Sudan	16	9	4	3	29	18	+11	56.25%
Sweden	2	0	0	2	2	5	–3	0%
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Syria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Tanzania	8	5	3	0	11	3	+8	62.50%
Thailand	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0%
Togo	19	8	7	4	34	25	+9	42.10%
Tunisia	21	5	10	6	20	26	–6	23.80%
Uganda	8	2	2	4	5	6	–1	25.00%
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	0%
United States	2	0	0	2	3	5	–2	0%
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100%
Venezuela	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	100%
Yemen	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Zambia	18	7	6	5	16	20	–4	38.89%
Zimbabwe	9	4	4	1	16	6	+10	21.05%
Total	661	332	197	132	1,254	660	+594	50.22%

↑ Includes matches against Upper Volta .
↑ Includes matches against West Germany .
↑ Includes matches against Yugoslavia .

References

↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Nigeria - Record International Players". RSSSF.
↑ "VIII WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 1966) QUALIFYING STAGE". Lingua Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[Protest-2] All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.

[4] Includes matches against Upper Volta .

[5] Includes matches against West Germany .

[6] Includes matches against Yugoslavia .

[1] Mamrud, Roberto. "Nigeria - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[3] "VIII WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 1966) QUALIFYING STAGE". Lingua Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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v t e Nigeria national football team
General	Nigeria Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Moshood Abiola National Stadium Lagos National Stadium Ahmadu Bello Stadium
Statistics	All-Time Record World Cup record Individual Records All-time goalscorers
Results	1949–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present Unofficial matches
Players	Players (by caps) Nigerian foreign players Born outside Nigeria
World Cup Finals	1994 1998 2002 2010 2014 2018
CAN Finals	1963 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1988 1990 1992 1994 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 2019 2021 2023
Other Cup's tournaments	African Nations Championship
Noted rivalries	Ghana
Games's tournaments	Olympic Games All-Africa Games
Other NFF teams	Men Under-23 Under-20 Under-17 Beach Soccer Women