NIGERIA
Nigeria Football Association
Founded: 1945
Affiliated to Fifa: 1959
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| 28/05/1955 | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | - | 1 | Loss | Friendly |
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| 09/07/2000 | Liberia | Liberia | 1 | - | 2 | Loss | African Cup of Nations - qualifier |
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| 23/09/1991 | Uganda | Egypt | 8 | - | 1 | Win | Friendly |
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| 01/06/1955 | Ghana | Ghana | 0 | - | 7 | Loss | Friendly |
Longest unbeaten streak: 12 (1993-94 & 1999-2000)
Current unbeaten streak: 0
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Algeria | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 |
| Angola | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Benin 1) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso 2) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Congo-Brazzaville | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Congo-Kinshasa 3) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Egypt | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 25 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Gabon | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ghana | 37 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 64 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Guinea | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
| Guinea-Bissau 4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Kenya | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Liberia | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
| Malawi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Morocco | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 17 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Niger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Senegal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
| Sierra Leone | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Sudan | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
| Surinam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 20 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Uganda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| West Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Zambia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Total | 337 | 135 | 100 | 102 | 477 | 399 |
Notes:
1. Benin: first 3 matches as Dahomey
2. Burkina Faso: first match as Upper Volta
3. Congo-Kinshasa: 3 matches as Zaire
4. Guinea-Bissau: as Portugese Guinea
Sources:
The Nigerian Soccer Page & Cyber Eagles Net
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Last updated 26/07/2000
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