Nigeria national football team
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| March 25 2025 | Nigeria national football team played a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Zimbabwe |
| March 25 2025 | Nigeria national football team scheduled to play FIFA World Cup qualification match against Zimbabwe |
| 2025 | Nigeria qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco. |
| March 21 2025 | Nigeria national football team played a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda |
| March 21 2025 | Nigeria national football team scheduled to play FIFA World Cup qualification match against Rwanda |
| 2024 | NOI Polls conducted a survey on English Premier League club support in Nigeria, showing Arsenal at 21%, Chelsea at 28%, and Manchester United at 23%. |
| 2024 | NOI Polls conducted a survey on Nigerian Premier League club support, with Kano Pillars emerging as the most supported club at 27%. |
| 2024 | NOI Polls conducted a comprehensive survey revealing key football viewership statistics in Nigeria, including that 67% of Nigerians watch football and 86% watched the national team in the Africa Cup of Nations. |
| 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. |
| June 13 2022 | Statistics for Nigeria's leading goalscorers are updated during an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe |
| June 26 2018 | Nigeria national football team played its latest recorded match, a loss against Argentina. |
| 2017 | Victor Osimhen starts playing for the Nigeria national football team |
| 2016 | Gernot Rohr from Germany becomes the head coach of the Nigeria national football team, serving a long tenure from 2016 to 2021. |
| 2015 | BBC conducted Twitter research revealing football club support in Nigeria, with Arsenal at 26%, Chelsea at 25%, and Manchester United at 18%. |
| 2015 | Kelechi Iheanacho begins his international career with Nigeria, achieving 15 goals in 55 appearances, and is still an active player. |
| 2015 | Odion Ighalo joins the Nigeria national football team, achieving 16 goals in 37 appearances, and is still an active player. |
| 2015 | William Troost-Ekong begins his international career with Nigeria, achieving 71 appearances and 7 goals, and is still an active player. |
| 2015 | Alex Iwobi joins the Nigeria national football team, achieving 80 appearances and 10 goals, and is still an active player. |
| 2015 | Moses Simon joins the Nigeria national football team, achieving 72 appearances and 9 goals, and is still an active player. |
| 2015 | Victor Osimhen, Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Alex Iwobі start their national team careers. Osimhen and Iheanacho are forwards, Ighalo plays as a forward from 2015 to 2022, and Iwobі plays as a midfielder. |
| 2013 | Nigeria won their third Africa Cup of Nations championship, further solidifying their status as a top African football nation. |
| 2012 | Victor Moses and Alex Iwobі begin their national team careers. Moses plays as a forward, while Iwobі plays as a midfielder. |
| 2011 | Emmanuel Emenike starts his national team career as a forward, playing from 2011 to 2015. |
| 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. |
| 2010 | Ahmed Musa begins his national team career as a forward, playing from 2010 to 2016. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Football in Nigeria, List of leading goalscorers for the Nigeria national football team, Nigeria national football team records and statistics & Nigeria national football team, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.