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  Nickname Super Eagles
  Association Nigeria Football Association
  Coach Augustine Eguavoen , 2005 -
  Most Caps Mudashiru Lawal (86)
  Top Scorer Rashidi Yekini (37)
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  First Game Ghana 1 - 0 Nigeria<br/>( Accra , Ghana 28 May , 1950 )
  Largest Win Nigeria 8 - 1 Uganda <br/>( Ismailia , Egypt 23 September , 1991 )
  Largest Loss Ghana 7 - 0 Nigeria<br/>( Accra , Ghana 1 June , 1955 )
  World Cup Apps 3
  World Cup First 1994
  World Cup Best Round 2, 1994 and 1998
  Regional Name African Nations Cup
  Regional Cup Apps 14
  Regional Cup First 1963


The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the ''Super Eagles'', is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Association . They reached the World Cup for the first time in Football World Cup 1994 and have been there the two times since. They have yet to make it out of the second round. Nigeria won the African Nations Cup twice ( 1980 and 1994 ), and also won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

Nigeria's youth teams won the inaugural Under-16 World Championship in 1985 and the Under-17 (the age limit was raised) title in 1993 .


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