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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Nigeria national football team

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Nigeria national football team


The national team of Nigeria  is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (N F F). Nigeria played their first official game in October 1949. The team's first major success was a gold medal in the 2nd All-Africa games, with 3rd place finishes in 1976 and 1978's African Cup of Nations. Nigeria played  the World Cup for the first time in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

African Nations Cup
In (1980 and 1994) Nigeria won the African Nations Cup .  They took third place at the 2002 African Nations Cup, the 2004 African Nations Cup, the 2006 African Nations Cup, and the 2010 African Nations Cup.


 Nigeria team configuration:

Nickname(s)----------------------Super Eagles
Association --------------------- Nigeria Football Federation
                                            Confederation     CAF (Africa)
Head coach---------------------Sweden Lars Lagerbäck
Asst coach -----------------------Sweden Roland Andersson
Captain----------------------------Nwankwo Kanu
Most caps0----------------------Mudashiru Lawal (86)
Top scorer -----------------------Rashidi Yekini (37)
Home stadium ----------------- Abuja Stadium
FIFA code -------------------------NGA
FIFA ranking --------------------15
Highest FIFA ranking--------- 5 (April 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking --------- 82 (November 1999)
Elo ranking     28


World Cup record 
1930 to 1958     Did not enter 
1962     Did not qualify
1966     Withdrew

1962     Did not qualify
1966     Withdrew

1994     Round of 16     
              position 09
              total goals conceded 4
               total games own  2
               total games draw  0 
               total games lost 2

1998     Round of 16     
              position 12  
               total goals conceded 9
             total games own  2 
            total games draw  0  
             total games lost 2   

2002     Round 1   
             position 27  
              total goals conceded 3
             total game own 0
             total game draw 1
             total game lost 02
2006     Did not qualify
2010     Qualified


Top goalscorers 
Goal scored        Player name
37     Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
23     Nigeria Segun Odegbami
19     Nigeria Yakubu Aiyegbeni
17     Nigeria Sunday Oyarekhua
16     Nigeria Obafemi Martins
14     Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
14     Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
14     Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
13     Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
13     Nigeria Samson Siasia 

 

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