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 Friendly	Guinea	2–0	Nigeria	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4	Ag. Camara 15' F. Conté 65'	Report		Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

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)

18 January 2023 AFCON GS	Ivory Coast	0–1	Nigeria	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report	Troost-Ekong 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Attendance: 49,517 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

22 January 2023 AFCON GS	Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Nigeria	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00		Report	Sanganté 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 15,650 Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

27 January 2023 AFCON R16	Nigeria	2–0	Cameroon	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00	Lookman 36', 90'	Report		Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 22,085 Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

2 February 2023 AFCON QF	Nigeria	1–0	Angola	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:00	Lookman 41'	Report		Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 18,757 Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

7 February 2023 AFCON SF	Nigeria	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	South Africa	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
17:00	Troost-Ekong 67' (pen.)	Report	Mokoena 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Paix Attendance: 31,227^[4] Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Moffi Omeruo Aina Troost-Ekong Iheanacho		Mokoena Mayambela Makgopa Mvala

11 February 2023 AFCON F	Nigeria	1–2	Ivory Coast	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
20:00	Troost-Ekong 38'	Report	Kessié 62' Haller 81'	Stadium: Alassane Ouattara Stadium Attendance: 57,094 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

22 March Friendly	Nigeria	2–1	Ghana	Marrakech, Morocco
15:00 UTC+0	Dessers 38' (pen.) Lookman 84'	Report	Ayew 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

26 March Friendly	Nigeria	0–2	Mali	Marrakech, Morocco
19:00 UTC+0		Report	Touré 18' K. Doumbia 87'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

7 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Nigeria	1–1	South Africa	Uyo, Nigeria
20:00 UTC+1	Dele-Bashiru 46'	Report	Zwane 29'	Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

10 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Benin	2–1	Nigeria	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
16:00 UTC+0	J. Dossou 37' Mounié 45+3'	Report	Onyedika 27'	Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

7 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Nigeria	3–0	Benin	Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Lookman 45+2', 83' Osimhen 78'	Report		Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Alamin Alhadi Mohamed (Sudan)

10 September 2025 AFCON qualification	Rwanda	0–0	Nigeria	Kigali, Rwanda
17:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Amahoro Stadium Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)

11 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Nigeria	1–0	Libya	Uyo, Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1	Dele-Bashiru 86'	Report		Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

15 October 2025 AFCON qualification	Libya	0–3 Awarded^[i]	Nigeria	Benghazi, Libya
21:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Martyrs of February Stadium Referee: Lenine Rocha (Cape Verde)
Note: The Libya v Nigeria match, originally scheduled for 15 October 2024, was cancelled after the Nigerian team was allegedly left stranded at Al Abraq International Airport for more than 12 hours upon arrival, two days before the match.^[9] This led the Nigeria Football Federation to refuse to play and send their team back home.^[10] CAF later confirmed that the match would not take place and stated that a decision regarding its outcome would be made.^[11]

14 November 2025 AFCON qualification	Benin	1–1	Nigeria	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
				Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

18 November 2025 AFCON qualification	Nigeria	1–2	Rwanda	Uyo, Nigeria
	Chukwueze 59'	Report	Mutsinzi 72' Nshuti 75'	Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium

2025

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

Notes

^ The Libya v Nigeria match, originally scheduled for 15 October 2024, was cancelled after the Nigerian team was allegedly left stranded at Al Abraq International Airport for more than 12 hours upon arrival, two days before the match.^[5] This led the Nigeria Football Federation to refuse to play and send their team back home.^[6] CAF later confirmed that the match would not take place and stated that a decision regarding its outcome would be made.^[7] On 26 October, CAF announced that Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 walkover win, and applied fines against Libya.^[8]

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.
^ "Nigeria vs South Africa match Report". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ "Nigeria players 'held hostage' in airport and left with no food and water ahead of Libya clash". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "Nigeria's Super Eagles boycott Libya match over 'mind games'". Deutsche Welle. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "CAF Media Statement on TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Fixture: Libya vs Nigeria". CAF. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ "Nigeria players 'held hostage' in airport and left with no food and water ahead of Libya clash". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "Nigeria's Super Eagles boycott Libya match over 'mind games'". Deutsche Welle. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "CAF views the disturbing and unacceptable experiences of the Nigerian National Football Team (Super Eagles) at an airport in Libya in a very serious light". CAF. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[LBY-9] The Libya v Nigeria match, originally scheduled for 15 October 2024, was cancelled after the Nigerian team was allegedly left stranded at Al Abraq International Airport for more than 12 hours upon arrival, two days before the match.^[5] This led the Nigeria Football Federation to refuse to play and send their team back home.^[6] CAF later confirmed that the match would not take place and stated that a decision regarding its outcome would be made.^[7] On 26 October, CAF announced that Nigeria were awarded a 3–0 walkover win, and applied fines against Libya.^[8]

[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.

[5] "Nigeria players 'held hostage' in airport and left with no food and water ahead of Libya clash". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[6] "Nigeria's Super Eagles boycott Libya match over 'mind games'". Deutsche Welle. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[7] "CAF Media Statement on TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Fixture: Libya vs Nigeria". CAF. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[8] "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[10] "Nigeria players 'held hostage' in airport and left with no food and water ahead of Libya clash". The Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[11] "Nigeria's Super Eagles boycott Libya match over 'mind games'". Deutsche Welle. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

[12] "CAF views the disturbing and unacceptable experiences of the Nigerian National Football Team (Super Eagles) at an airport in Libya in a very serious light". CAF. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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