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Nigeria national under-20 football team

For the women's team, see Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.

The Nigerian men's national under-20 football team represents Nigeria in men's international football also known as the Nigeria Under-20s or nicknamed the Flying Eagles. The Flying Eagles is the youth team for the national soccer in Nigeria. It plays a large role in the development of Nigerian football, and it’s considered to be the feeder team for the senior team. It is controlled by the Nigerian Football Federation. The team has won a record of seven African U-20 Cup of Nations titles and are also two-times runners-up of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Nigeria Under-20
Nickname(s)Flying Eagles
AssociationNigeria Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachMitchell Adebanjo
Home stadiumAgege Stadium
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1981)
Best resultRunners-up (1989, 2005)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances18 (first in 1978–79)
Best resultChampions (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015)
WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2022)

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-20 World Cup record edit

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record edit

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1977 Did not enter
1979 Semi-finalists 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 3
1981 Semi-finalists 3rd 4 1 0 3 7 8
1983 Champions 1st 8 5 1 2 13 7
1985 Champions 1st 8 4 2 2 14 8
1987 Champions 1st 8 6 1 1 11 9
1989 Champions 1st 8 5 3 0 16 6
  1991 Did not enter
  1993 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 2 2
  1995 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 6
  1997 Did not qualify
  1999 Second place 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 5
  2001 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 6
  2003 Did not qualify
  2005 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 11 3
  2007 Second place 2nd 5 2 1 2 6 6
  2009 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 5
  2011 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 9 4
  2013 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 5
  2015 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 12 4
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 4 1
  2021 Did not qualify
  2023 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2 8 2
Total 18/23 7 titles 97 56 14 27 151 90

A gold background colour indicates that Nigeria won the tournament.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

*There was no third place match from 1979-1989.

Team honours and achievements edit

Intercontinental

Continental

Sub-Continental

Staff edit

Current squad edit

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.[13]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2023, after the match against Tunisia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Chijioke Aniagboso (2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 20) 5 0   Polissya Zhytomyr
1GK Nathaniel Nwosu (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18) 1 0   Water
1GK John Utoblo (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Mavlon
2DF Solomon Agbalaka (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 20) 6 1   MFM
2DF Benjamin Fredrick (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 18) 6 0   Brentford B
2DF Daniel Bameyi (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0   Yumyum
2DF Abel Ogwuche (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20) 5 0   Trelleborgs FF
2DF Chimezie Njoku (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 19) 4 0   Abia Warriors
2DF Israel Domingo (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   FC Sports
2DF Salim Figo Lawal (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Mavlon
3MF Samson Lawal (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20) 6 1   Livingston
3MF Daniel Daga (2007-01-10) 10 January 2007 (age 17) 1 0   Dakkada
3MF Ibrahim Abdullahi (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 18) 0 0   Samba
3MF Victor Eletu (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 19) 0 0   Milan
3MF Joshua John (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Nasarawa United
3MF Tochukwu Nadi (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Botev Plovdiv
4FW Jude Sunday (2004-10-04) 4 October 2004 (age 19) 6 2   Real Sapphire
4FW Ibrahim Beji Muhammad (2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20) 6 2   Giants
4FW Rilwanu Sarki (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 6 0   Mahanaim
4FW Umeh Emmanuel (2004-08-31) 31 August 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Botev Plovdiv
4FW Kehinde Ibrahim (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0   36 Lion

Former coaches edit

  • Christopher Udemezue (July 1, 1982 – June 30, 1987/1988)
  • Paul Hamilton (July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1986)
  • Olatunde Nurudeen Disu (1987–1997)
  • Thijs Libregts (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999)
  • Samson Siasia (January 1, 2005 – March 26, 2007; June 30, 2009)
  • Ladan Basso (2007–2009)
  • John Obuh (July 1, 2010 – February 1, 2013)
  • Emmanuel Amunike (July 1, 2014 – November 1, 2017)
  • Paul Aigbogun (January 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020)

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  6. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ "FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. ^ "FIFA U20 World Cup Egypt 2009™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  9. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  11. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  12. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Flying Eagles squad for 2023 FIFA World Cup in Argentina". The NFF - Twitter. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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