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Nigeria national football team results (2020–present)

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Nigeria national football team results

This article provides details of international football games played by the Nigeria national football team from 2020 to present.

Results

Key
Win
Draw
Defeat

2020

Nigeria v  Algeria
9 October 2020 Friendly Nigeria 0–1  Algeria Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
20:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
Nigeria v  Tunisia
13 October 2020 Friendly Nigeria 1–1  Tunisia Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
19:30 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Nigeria v  Sierra Leone
13 November 2020 2021 AFCONQ Nigeria 4–4  Sierra Leone Benin City, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium
Referee: Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Sierra Leone  v Nigeria
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

Benin  v Nigeria
27 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ Benin  0–1 Nigeria Porto-Novo, Benin
17:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade Charles de Gaulle
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Nigeria v  Lesotho
30 March 2021 2021 AFCONQ Nigeria 3–0  Lesotho Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)
Nigeria v  Cameroon
4 June 2021 Friendly Nigeria 0–1  Cameroon Wiener Neustadt, Austria
21:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Cameroon  v Nigeria
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)
Mexico  v Nigeria
3 July 2021 Friendly Mexico  4–0 Nigeria Los Angeles, United States
20:00 UTC−7
Report Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Nigeria v  Liberia
3 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Nigeria 2–0  Liberia Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium
Referee: Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe (Togo)
Cape Verde  v Nigeria
7 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Cape Verde  1–2 Nigeria Mindelo, Cape Verde
15:00 UTC−1 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Nigeria v  Central African Republic
7 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Nigeria 0–1  Central African Republic Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Central African Republic  v Nigeria
10 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Central African Republic  0–2 Nigeria Limbe, Cameroon
14:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Limbe Stadium
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Liberia  v Nigeria
13 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Liberia  0–2 Nigeria Tangiers, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Nigeria v  Cape Verde
16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification Nigeria 1–1  Cape Verde Lagos, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Teslim Balogun Stadium
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

2022

Nigeria v  Egypt
11 January 2022 2021 AFCON Nigeria 1–0  Egypt Garoua, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Nigeria v  Sudan
15 January 2022 2021 AFCON Nigeria 3–1  Sudan Garoua, Cameroon
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Guinea-Bissau  v Nigeria
19 January 2022 2021 AFCON Guinea-Bissau  0–2 Nigeria Garoua, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Nigeria v  Tunisia
23 January 2022 2021 AFCON R16 Nigeria 0–1  Tunisia Garoua, Cameroon
20:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Ghana  v Nigeria
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)
Nigeria v  Ghana
29 March 2022 2022 World Cup qualification Nigeria 1–1
(1–1 (a) agg.)
 Ghana Abuja, Nigeria
18:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Mexico  v Nigeria
28 May 2022 Friendly Mexico  2–1 Nigeria Arlington, United States
19:08 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: AT&T Stadium
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
Ecuador  v Nigeria
2 June 2022 Friendly Ecuador  1–0 Nigeria Chicago, United States
18:30 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Soldier Field
Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Nigeria v  Sierra Leone
9 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q Nigeria 2–1  Sierra Leone Abuja, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)
São Tomé and Príncipe  v Nigeria
13 June 2022 2023 AFCON Q São Tomé and Príncipe  0–10 Nigeria Agadir, Morocco
14:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stade Adrar
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Algeria  v Nigeria
27 September 2022 Friendly Algeria  2–1 Nigeria Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Costa Rica  v Nigeria
9 November 2022 Friendly Costa Rica  2–0 Nigeria San José, Costa Rica
Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
Portugal  v Nigeria
17 November 2022 Friendly Portugal  4–0 Nigeria Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 UTC±0
Report Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 43,621
Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)

2023

Nigeria v  Guinea-Bissau
24 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification Nigeria 0–1  Guinea-Bissau Abuja, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Guinea-Bissau  v Nigeria
27 March 2023 2023 AFCON qualification Guinea-Bissau  0–1 Nigeria Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:00 UTC±0 Report
Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Sierra Leone  v Nigeria
18 June 2023 2023 AFCON qualification Sierra Leone  2–3 Nigeria Monrovia, Liberia
16:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Nigeria v  São Tomé and Príncipe
10 September 2023 2023 AFCON qualification Nigeria 6–0  São Tomé and Príncipe Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Saudi Arabia  v Nigeria
13 October 2023 Friendly Saudi Arabia  2–2 Nigeria Portimão, Portugal
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão
Attendance: 200
Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)
Mozambique  v Nigeria
16 October 2023 Friendly Mozambique  3–2 Nigeria Albufeira, Portugal
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Venue Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
Attendance: 97
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
Nigeria v  Lesotho
16 November 2023 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Nigeria 1–1  Lesotho Uyo, Nigeria
16:00
Report Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium
Attendance: 30,500
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Zimbabwe  v Nigeria
19 November 2023 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Zimbabwe  1–1 Nigeria Butare, Rwanda
17:00
Report Stadium: Stade Huye
Attendance: 15,650
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

2024

Guinea  v  Nigeria
8 January Friendly Guinea  2–0  Nigeria Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4 Report Stadium: Baniyas Stadium
Nigeria  v  Equatorial Guinea
14 January 2023 AFCON GS Nigeria  1–1  Equatorial Guinea Abidjan, Ivory Coast
14:00 Osimhen 38' Report Salvador 36' Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Ivory Coast  v  Nigeria
18 January 2023 AFCON GS Ivory Coast  0–1  Nigeria Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00 Report Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium
Attendance: 49,517
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Guinea-Bissau  v  Nigeria
22 January 2023 AFCON GS Guinea-Bissau  0–1  Nigeria Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00 Report
Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium
Attendance: 15,650
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
Nigeria  v  Cameroon
27 January 2023 AFCON R16 Nigeria  2–0  Cameroon Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00
Report Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium
Attendance: 22,085
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Nigeria  v  Angola
2 February 2023 AFCON QF Nigeria  1–0  Angola Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00
Report Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium
Attendance: 18,757
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Nigeria  v  Ivory Coast
11 February 2023 AFCON F Nigeria  1–2  Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00 Report
Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium
Attendance: 57,094
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Nigeria  v  Ghana
22 March Friendly Nigeria  2–1  Ghana Marrakech, Morocco
15:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Nigeria  v  Mali
26 March Friendly Nigeria  0–2  Mali Marrakech, Morocco
19:00 UTC±0 Report Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

2025

Rwanda  v Nigeria
March 2025 (2025-03) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Rwanda  v Nigeria
Nigeria v  Zimbabwe
March 2025 (2025-03) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Nigeria v  Zimbabwe
Nigeria v  Rwanda
September 2025 (2025-09) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Nigeria v  Rwanda
South Africa  v Nigeria
September 2025 (2025-09) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification South Africa  v Nigeria
Lesotho  v Nigeria
October 2025 (2025-10) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Lesotho  v Nigeria
Nigeria v  Benin
October 2025 (2025-10) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Nigeria v  Benin

References

  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.
  4. "Nigeria vs South Africa match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
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