Nigeria national football team results (2020–present)

This article provides details of international football games played by the Nigeria national football team from 2020 to present.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Key
	Win
	Draw
	Defeat

2020

9 October 2020 Friendly	Nigeria	0–1	Algeria	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
20:30 UTC+2		Report	Bensebaini 6'	Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

13 October 2020 Friendly	Nigeria	1–1	Tunisia	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
19:30 UTC+2	Iheanacho 21'	Report	Dräger 44'	Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

13 November 2020 2021 AFCONQ	Nigeria	4–4	Sierra Leone	Benin City, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Iwobi 4', 27' Osimhen 21' Chukwueze 29'	Report	Quee 41' Kamara 72', 86' Bundu 80'	Stadium: Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Referee: Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya)

17 November 2020 2021 AFCONQ	Sierra Leone	0–0	Nigeria	Freetown, Sierra Leone
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

2021

27 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ	Benin	0–1	Nigeria	Porto-Novo, Benin
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Onuachu 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Charles de Gaulle Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

30 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ	Nigeria	3–0	Lesotho	Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Osimhen 23' Etebo 50' Onuachu 83'	Report		Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

4 June 2021 Friendly	Nigeria	0–1	Cameroon	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
21:30 UTC+2		Report	Zambo Anguissa 37'	Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

8 June 2021 Friendly	Cameroon	0–0	Nigeria	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

3 July 2021 Friendly	Mexico	4–0	Nigeria	Los Angeles, United States
20:00 UTC−7	Herrera 2', 52' Funes Mori 4' Dos Santos 78'	Report		Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

3 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Nigeria	2–0	Liberia	Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Iheanacho 22', 44'	Report		Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)

7 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Cape Verde	1–2	Nigeria	Mindelo, Cape Verde
15:00 UTC−1	D. Tavares 19'	Report	Osimhen 30' Rocha Santos 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

7 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Nigeria	0–1	Central African Republic	Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Namnganda 90+1'	Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

10 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Central African Republic	0–2	Nigeria	Limbe, Cameroon
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Balogun 29' Osimhen 45+1'	Stadium: Limbe Stadium Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

13 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Liberia	0–2	Nigeria	Tangiers, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Osimhen 15' (pen.) Musa 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Nigeria	1–1	Cape Verde	Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Osimhen 1'	Report	Stopira 5'	Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

2022

11 January 2022 2021 AFCON	Nigeria	1–0	Egypt	Garoua, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Iheanacho 30'	Report		Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

15 January 2022 2021 AFCON	Nigeria	3–1	Sudan	Garoua, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1	Chukwueze 3' Awoniyi 45' Simon 46'	Report	Khedr 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

19 January 2022 2021 AFCON	Guinea-Bissau	0–2	Nigeria	Garoua, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Sadiq 56' Troost-Ekong 75'	Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

23 January 2022 2021 AFCON R16	Nigeria	0–1	Tunisia	Garoua, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Msakni 47'	Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

25 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Ghana	0–0	Nigeria	Kumasi, Ghana
19:30 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Baba Yara Stadium Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

29 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification	Nigeria	1–1 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Ghana	Abuja, Nigeria
18:00 UTC+1	Troost-Ekong 22' (pen.)	Report	Partey 10'	Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

28 May 2022 Friendly	Mexico	2–1	Nigeria	Arlington, United States
19:08 UTC−5	Giménez 12' Troost-Ekong 56' (o.g.)	Report	Dessers 54'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

2 June 2022 Friendly	Ecuador	1–0	Nigeria	Chicago, United States
18:30 UTC−5	Estupiñán 3'	Report		Stadium: Soldier Field Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

9 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q	Nigeria	2–1	Sierra Leone	Abuja, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Iwobi 16' Osimhen 41'	Report	Morsay 11'	Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)

13 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q	São Tomé and Príncipe	0–10	Nigeria	Agadir, Morocco
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Osimhen 9', 48', 65', 84' Simon 28' Moffi 43', 60' Etebo 55' Lookman 63' Dennis 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Adrar Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

27 September 2022 Friendly	Algeria	2–1	Nigeria	Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1	Mahrez 42' (pen.) Atal 61'	Report	Moffi 9'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

9 November 2022 Friendly	Costa Rica	2–0	Nigeria	San José, Costa Rica
	Duarte 7' Waston 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

17 November 2022 Friendly	Portugal	4–0	Nigeria	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 UTC±0	Fernandes 9', 35' (pen.) Ramos 82' João Mário 84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 43,621 Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

2023

24 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification	Nigeria	0–1	Guinea-Bissau	Abuja, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1		Report	M. Baldé 29'	Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

27 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification	Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Nigeria	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Simon 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

18 June 2023 2023 AFCON qualification	Sierra Leone	2–3	Nigeria	Monrovia, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0	Bundu 41' Kargbo 84'	Report	Osimhen 19', 32' Iheanacho 90+5'	Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

10 September 2023 2023 AFCON qualification	Nigeria	6–0	São Tomé and Príncipe	Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Osimhen 13', 69' (pen.), 79' Lookman 27' Awoniyi 51' Chukwueze 84'	Report		Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

13 October 2023 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Nigeria	Portimão, Portugal
17:00 UTC+1	Al-Faraj 60' Kanno 90+10'	Report	Al-Amri 73' (o.g.) Iheanacho 81'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão Attendance: 200 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

16 October 2023 Friendly	Mozambique	3–2	Nigeria	Albufeira, Portugal
17:00 UTC+1	Moffi 19' Onyeka 30' Simon 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Catamo 6' Dove 38' Bangal 55'	Stadium: Venue Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Attendance: 97 Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)

16 November 2023 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Nigeria	1–1	Lesotho	Uyo, Nigeria
16:00	Ajayi 67'	Report	Mkhwanazi 56'	Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

19 November 2023 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Zimbabwe	1–1	Nigeria	Butare, Rwanda
17:00	Musona 26'	Report	Iheanacho 67'	Stadium: Stade Huye Attendance: 15,650 Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

2024

8 January 2024 Friendly	Guinea	2–0	Nigeria	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
12:00 (UTC+04:00)	Camara 14' Conté 64'	Report		Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

Upcoming matches

The following matches are currently scheduled:

14 January 2024 2024 Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	v	Equatorial Guinea	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
14:00		Report		Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium

18 January 2024 2024 Africa Cup of Nations	Ivory Coast	v	Nigeria	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report		Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium

22 January 2024 2024 Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	v	Guinea-Bissau	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report		Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium

June 2024 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria

v

South Africa

June 2024 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Benin

v

Nigeria

March 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Rwanda

v

Nigeria

March 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria

v

Zimbabwe

September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria

v

Rwanda

September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

South Africa

v

Nigeria

October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Lesotho

v

Nigeria

October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Nigeria

v

Benin

References

↑ "Nigeria - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.
↑ "Nigeria national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.
↑ "World Football Elo Ratings: Nigeria". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.

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[1] "Nigeria - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway.

[2] "Nigeria national team". worldfootball.net. World Football.

[3] "World Football Elo Ratings: Nigeria". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings.

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Nigeria national football team
General	Nigeria Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Abuja 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
Other Cup's tournaments	African Nations Championship
Noted rivalries	Ghana
Games's tournaments	Olympic Games All-Africa Games
Other NFF teams	Men Under-23 Under-20 Under-17 Beach Soccer Women