Nigeria Football Federation

Sports governing body

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March 25 2025 Nigeria national football team scheduled to play FIFA World Cup qualification match against Zimbabwe
March 21 2025 Nigeria national football team scheduled to play FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda
2024 Éric Chelle from Mali becomes the current head coach of the Nigeria national football team, taking over in 2025.
2023 Nigeria finished as runners-up in the Africa Cup of Nations, continuing their strong performance in the tournament.
2022 José Peseiro from Portugal takes over as head coach of the Nigeria national football team, serving from 2022 to 2024.
2016 Gernot Rohr from Germany becomes the head coach of the Nigeria national football team, serving a long tenure from 2016 to 2021.
2013 Nigeria won their third Africa Cup of Nations championship, further solidifying their status as a top African football nation.
2011 Stephen Keshi, a Nigerian coach, begins his first major coaching period with the national team, leading the team from 2011 to 2014 and briefly in 2015.

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