Nigeria

Coach:

Augustine Eguavoen

Nickname:

Super Eagles

Africa Cup of Nations

 

Titles: 3 in 1980, 1994 and 2013

 

Previous participations: 18 

 

FIFA world ranking December 2021: 36

 

Road to AFCON 2021: (Top of Group L)

 

Results:

Nigeria 2-1 Benin
Lesotho 2-4 Nigeria
Nigeria 4-4 Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone 0-0 Nigeria
Benin 0-1 Nigeria
Nigeria 3-0 Lesotho

 

Key players:

Emmanuel Dennis (Watford FC, England)
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England)
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England)

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Groups
Group A W D L P
Cameroon
 2 1 0 7
Burkina Faso
 1 1 1 4
Cape Verde
 1 1 1 4
Ethiopia
 0 1 2 1
Group B W D L P
Senegal
 1 2 0 5
Guinea
 1 1 1 4
Malawi
 1 1 1 4
Zimbabwe
 1 0 2 3
Group C W D L P
Morocco
 2 1 0 7
Gabon
 1 2 0 5
Comoros
 1 0 2 3
Ghana
 0 1 2 1
Group D W D L P
Nigeria
 3 0 0 9
Egypt
 2 0 1 6
Sudan
 0 1 2 1
Guinea Bissau
 0 1 2 1
Group E W D L P
Cote d Ivoire
 2 1 0 7
Equatorial Guinea
 2 0 1 6
Sierra Leone
 0 2 1 2
Algeria
 0 1 2 1
Group F W D L P
Mali
 2 1 0 7
Gambia
 2 1 0 7
Tunisia
 1 0 2 3
Mauritania
 0 0 3 0