Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world,^[1] with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Nigeria has reached the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, the first being in 1994 where they reached the second round. Their sixth and most recent appearance was the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[2]

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962	Did not qualify
1966	Withdrew^{[n 1]}^[3]
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	Did not qualify
2030	To be determined
2034	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	6/23	21	6	3	12	23	30

Notes

↑ All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	5	0	0	5	4	9	−5	000.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Bulgaria	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Denmark	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
France	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Greece	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Iceland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Iran	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
South Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Spain	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	21	6	3	12	23	30	−7	028.57

List of matches

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Nigeria scorers
1994	Group D	Bulgaria	3–0	W	Dallas	Yekini, Amokachi, Amuneke
		Argentina	1–2	L	Foxborough	Siasia
		Greece	2–0	W	Foxborough	George, Amokachi
	Round of 16	Italy	1–2 (a.e.t.)	L	Foxborough	Amuneke
1998	Group D	Spain	3–2	W	Nantes	Adepoju, Zubizarreta (o.g.), Oliseh
		Bulgaria	1–0	W	Paris	Ikpeba
		Paraguay	1–3	L	Toulouse	Oruma
	Round of 16	Denmark	1–4	L	Saint-Denis	Babangida
2002	Group F	Argentina	0–1	L	Ibaraki	—
		Sweden	1–2	L	Kobe	Aghahowa
		England	0–0	D	Osaka	—
2010	Group B	Argentina	0–1	L	Johannesburg	—
		Greece	1–2	L	Bloemfontein	Uche
		South Korea	2–2	D	Durban	Uche, Yakubu (pen.)
2014	Group F	Iran	0–0	D	Curitiba	—
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	W	Cuiabá	Odemwingie
		Argentina	2–3	L	Porto Alegre	Musa (2)
	Round of 16	France	0–2	L	Brasília	—
2018	Group D	Croatia	0–2	L	Kaliningrad	—
		Iceland	2–0	W	Volgograd	Musa (2)
		Argentina	1–2	L	Saint Petersburg	Moses (pen.)

1994 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]
3	Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]
4	Greece	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head result: Argentina 0–2 Bulgaria.

June 21, 1994

6:30 p.m. CDT

Nigeria	3–0	Bulgaria
Yekini 21' Amokachi 43' Amunike 55'	^{[Report 1]}

Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Attendance: 44,132

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

June 25, 1994

4:00 p.m. EDT

Argentina	2–1	Nigeria
Caniggia 21', 28'	^{[Report 2]}	Siasia 8'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 54,453

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

June 30, 1994

7:30 p.m. EDT

Greece	0–2	Nigeria
	^{[Report 3]}	George 45+2' Amokachi 90+5'

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 53,001

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

July 5, 1994

1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC–4)

Nigeria	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Amunike 25'	^{[Report 4]}	R. Baggio 88', 102' (pen.)

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 54,367

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

1998 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: FIFA

13 June 1998

14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Spain	2–3	Nigeria
Hierro 21' Raúl 47'	^{[Report 5]}	Adepoju 24' Zubizarreta 73' (o.g.) Oliseh 78'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

19 June 1998

17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria	1–0	Bulgaria
Ikpeba 28'	^{[Report 6]}

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)

24 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria	1–3	Paraguay
Oruma 11'	^{[Report 7]}	Ayala 1' Benítez 58' Cardozo 86'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse

Attendance: 33,500

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

28 June 1998

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Nigeria	1–4	Denmark
Babangida 77'	^{[Report 8]}	Møller 3' B. Laudrup 12' Sand 58' Helveg 76'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

2002 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: FIFA

2 June 2002

14:30

Argentina	1–0	Nigeria
Batistuta 63'	^{[Report 9]}

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki

Attendance: 34,050

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

7 June 2002

15:30

Sweden	2–1	Nigeria
Larsson 35', 63' (pen.)	^{[Report 10]}	Aghahowa 27'

Wing Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 36,194

Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)

12 June 2002

15:30

Nigeria	0–0	England
	^{[Report 11]}

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 44,864

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: FIFA

12 June 2010

16:00

Argentina	1–0	Nigeria
Heinze 6'	^{[Report 12]}

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 55,686

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

17 June 2010

16:00

Greece	2–1	Nigeria
Salpingidis 44' Torosidis 71'	^{[Report 13]}	Uche 16'

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 31,593

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

22 June 2010

20:30

Nigeria	2–2	South Korea
Uche 12' Yakubu 69' (pen.)	^{[Report 14]}	Lee Jung-soo 38' Park Chu-young 49'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 61,874

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

2014 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA

16 June 2014

16:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Iran	0–0	Nigeria
	^{[Report 15]}

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 39,081

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

21 June 2014

18:00 AMT (UTC−4)

Nigeria	1–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Odemwingie 29'	^{[Report 16]}

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 40,499

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

25 June 2014

13:00 BRT (UTC−3)

Nigeria	2–3	Argentina
Musa 4', 47'	^{[Report 17]}	Messi 3', 45+1' Rojo 50'

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre

Attendance: 43,285

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

30 June 2014

13:00 BRT (UTC−3)

France	2–0	Nigeria
Pogba 79' Yobo 90+2' (o.g.)	^{[Report 18]}

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 67,882

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

2018 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA

16 June 2018

21:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Croatia	2–0	Nigeria
Etebo 32' (o.g.) Modrić 71' (pen.)	^{[Report 19]}

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 31,136

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

22 June 2018

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	2–0	Iceland
Musa 49', 75'	^{[Report 20]}

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 40,904

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

26 June 2018

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Nigeria	1–2	Argentina
Moses 51' (pen.)	^{[Report 21]}	Messi 14' Rojo 86'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Squads

Player records

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Joseph Yobo	10	2002, 2010 and 2014
2	Jay-Jay Okocha	9	1994, 1998 and 2002
3	Finidi George	8	1994 and 1998
	Sunday Oliseh	8	1994 and 1998
	Peter Rufai	8	1994 and 1998
	Rashidi Yekini	8	1994 and 1998
	Vincent Enyeama	8	2002, 2010 and 2014
8	Mutiu Adepoju	7	1994 and 1998
	Uche Okechukwu	7	1994 and 1998
	John Obi Mikel	7	2014 and 2018
	Ahmed Musa	7	2014 and 2018

Goalscorers

On 21st June 1994, Rashidi Yekini made history by scoring Nigeria's first-ever FIFA World Cup goal, coming in their opening match against Bulgaria in Dallas.

Player	Goals	1994	1998	2002	2010	2014	2018
Ahmed Musa	4					2	2
Daniel Amokachi	2	2
Emmanuel Amunike	2	2
Kalu Uche	2				2
Rashidi Yekini	1	1
Samson Siasia	1	1
Finidi George	1	1
Mutiu Adepoju	1		1
Sunday Oliseh	1		1
Victor Ikpeba	1		1
Wilson Oruma	1		1
Tijani Babangida	1		1
Julius Aghahowa	1			1
Yakubu	1				1
Peter Odemwingie	1					1
Victor Moses	1						1
Total	22	7	5	1	3	3	3

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- "Croatia vs Nigeria | First stage | 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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External links

[Protest-3] All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths.

[table_hth_BUL0.2103590263102-5] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Argentina 0–2 Bulgaria.

[1] Baker, Alison (3 November 2023). "The Most Watched Sporting Events in The World". Roadtrips. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

[2] "Nigeria beat Ethiopia to book berth in Brazil". BBC Sport. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

[4] "VIII WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 1966) QUALIFYING STAGE". Lingua Sport. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

[6] 
"Nigeria vs Bulgaria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Nigeria v Bulgaria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBIg] "Nigeria vs Bulgaria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBJA] "1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Nigeria v Bulgaria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[7] 
"Argentina vs Nigeria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Argentina v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBJ8] "Argentina vs Nigeria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBKc] "1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Argentina v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[8] 
"Greece vs Nigeria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Greece v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBLY] "Greece vs Nigeria | Group Matches | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBL4] "1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Greece v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[9] 
"Nigeria vs Italy | Round of 16 | 1994 FIFA World Cup USA". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Nigeria v Italy". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[mwBNU] "1994 FIFA World Cup USA – Matches – Nigeria v Italy". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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"Spain vs Nigeria | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Spain v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"Match Statistics – Group D – Spain v Nigeria". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 13 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[mwBOw] "1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Spain v Nigeria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[mwBPU] "Match Statistics – Group D – Spain v Nigeria". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 13 June 1998. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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"Nigeria vs Bulgaria | Group Matches | 1998 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"1998 FIFA World Cup France – Matches – Nigeria v Bulgaria". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
"Match Statistics – Group D – Nigeria v Bulgaria". Comité Français d'Organisation de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1998. 19 June 1998. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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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 2025
Other Cup's tournaments	African Nations Championship
Noted rivalries	Ghana national football team Cameroon national football team
Games's tournaments	Olympic Games All-Africa Games
Other NFF teams	Men Under-23 Under-20 Under-17 Beach Soccer Women

v t e Countries at the FIFA World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia¹ China Indonesia² Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan²
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon Cape Verde DR Congo² Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic² Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany² Greece Hungary Iceland Israel¹ Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia² Scotland Serbia² Slovakia² Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine² Wales
¹ Have been member of multiple confederations. ² Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

FIFA World Cup record

Head-to-head record

List of matches

1994 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

1998 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

2002 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

2014 FIFA World Cup

Group Stage

Knockout stage

2018 FIFA World Cup

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Squads

Player records

Most appearances

Goalscorers

See also

References

Reports

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