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
2	Joseph Yobo	101	7	2001–2014
4	Mikel John Obi	91	6	2005–2019
5	Nwankwo Kanu	86	12	1994–2011
5	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
3	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
2011	Did not qualify
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 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 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	—	—	—