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The Super Eagles reached the last 16 in both ‘94 and ‘98, the iconic team of Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Finidi George and Daniel Amokachi, later added to by Nwankwo Kanu, Taribo West and ...
Nigeria booked their place in their first Africa Cup of Nations final since 2013 after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over South Africa.. After a slow first half, the Super Eagles took the ...
The Super Eagles head into the next round by finishing second in the group as an victory for Equatorial Guinea over Ivory Coast sees them top Group A. Nigeria 1-0 Guinea-Bissau 18:51 , Mike Jones
There had been deliberations for a while heading to the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations, where they were still called the Green Eagles, but at a reception after the tournament, the team's name was officially changed to the "Super Eagles". [51] [52] Today, only the senior men's national team uses the nickname. The women's national team is called the ...
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 is considered the feeder team for the senior team . It is controlled by the Nigerian Football Federation .
Awoniyi was selected by Gernot Rohr in late 2021 to represent Nigeria during the side's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making his senior debut in their 1–0 loss to the Central African Republic. [32] Awoniyi was then selected to represent Nigeria at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, where he led the line for his country throughout the ...
Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players marked in bold are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team.
In June 2018 he was named in Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 16 ] Troost-Ekong was named in the country's 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations , [ 17 ] where he scored an 89th-minute winner against South Africa to send his team through to the semi-finals on the way to a third-place finish.