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Nigeria national football team-Custom

Nigeria
Shirt badge/Association  crest
Nickname(s) Super Eagles
Association Nigeria Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Lars Lagerbäck
Asst coach Roland Andersson
Captain Nwankwo Kanu
Most caps Mudashiru Lawal (86)
Top scorer Rashidi Yekini (37)
Home stadium Abuja Stadium
FIFA code NGA
FIFA ranking 20
Highest FIFA ranking 5 (April 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking 82 (November 1999)
Elo ranking 28
Highest Elo ranking 14 (31 May 2004)
Lowest Elo ranking 87 (27 December 1964)

Away colours
First international
Flag of British Colonial Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2 – 0 Sierra Leone Ng westafricasettlements.png
Freetown, Sierra Leone; (8 October 1949)
Biggest win
Flag of British Colonial Nigeria.svg Nigeria 10 – 1 Dahomey Flag of Benin.svg
(Lagos, Nigeria; 28 November 1959)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Gold Coast.svg Gold Coast 7 – 0 Nigeria Flag of British Colonial Nigeria.svg
(Accra, Ghana; 1 June 1955)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1994)
Best result Round of 16, 1994 and 1998
African Nations Cup
Appearances 16 (First in 1963)
Best result Winners, 1980 and 1994
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1995)
Best result 4th, 1995


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