Nigeria Team Profile World Cup 2010

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). According to the FIFA World Rankings, Nigeria ranks 15th and holds the second highest place among the African nations behind Egypt (10th). Their highest position ever reached on the ranking was 5th in April 1994.

Nigeria Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
29/03/09 15:00Maputo MozambiqueMozambique0:0NigeriaNigeria
07/06/09 17:00Abuja NigeriaNigeria3:0 (1:0)KenyaKenya
20/06/09 19:10Rades TunisiaTunisia0:0NigeriaNigeria
06/09/09 17:00Abuja NigeriaNigeria2:2 (1:1)TunisiaTunisia
11/10/09 17:00Abuja NigeriaNigeria1:0 (0:0)MozambiqueMozambique
14/11/09 16:00Nairobi KenyaKenya2:3 (1:0)NigeriaNigeria


Nigeria team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
TeamMPWDLGFGAPts
NigeriaNigeria *63309412
TunisiaTunisia63217411
MozambiqueMozambique6213357
KenyaKenya61055113


Nigeria Team Record in FIFA World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 to 1958 Did not enter
1962 Did not qualify
1966 Withdrew
1970 to 1990 Did not qualify
1994 Round of 16 9 4 2 0 2 7 4
1998 Round of 16 12 4 2 0 2 6 9
2002 Round 1 27 3 0 1 2 1 3
2006 Did not qualify
2010 Qualified
Total 3/18
11 4 1 6 14 16


 

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