Nigeria national under-20 football team

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Nigeria Under-20
Nigeria Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachMitchell Adebanjo
Home stadiumAgege Stadium
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
2022
)

The Nigerian men's national under-20 football team represents

African U-20 Cup of Nations titles and are also two-times runners-up of the FIFA U-20 World Cup
.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1977 Did not enter
1979 Semi-finalists 3rd 4 1 2 1 4 3
1981 Semi-finalists 3rd 4 1 0 3 7 8
1983 Champions 1st 8 5 1 2 13 7
1985 Champions 1st 8 4 2 2 14 8
1987 Champions 1st 8 6 1 1 11 9
1989 Champions 1st 8 5 3 0 16 6
Egypt 1991 Did not enter
Mauritius 1993 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 2 2
Nigeria 1995 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 6
Morocco 1997 Did not qualify
Ghana 1999 Second place 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 5
Ethiopia 2001 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 6
Morocco 2003 Did not qualify
Benin 2005 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 11 3
Republic of the Congo 2007 Second place 2nd 5 2 1 2 6 6
Rwanda 2009 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 5
South Africa 2011 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 9 4
Algeria 2013 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 5
Senegal 2015 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 12 4
2017
 Did not qualify
2019
 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 4 1
2021
 Did not qualify
2023
 Third place 3rd 6 4 0 2 8 2
Total 18/23 7 titles 97 56 14 27 151 90

A gold background colour indicates that Nigeria won the tournament.

*Draws include

penalty kicks
.

*There was no third place match from 1979-1989.

Team honours and achievements

Intercontinental

Continental

Sub-Continental

Staff

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.[13]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2023, after the match against Tunisia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Chijioke Aniagboso (2004-04-15) 15 April 2004 (age 20) 5 0 Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr
1GK Nathaniel Nwosu (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18) 1 0 Nigeria Water
1GK John Utoblo (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Nigeria Mavlon
2DF Solomon Agbalaka (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 20) 6 1 Nigeria MFM
2DF Benjamin Fredrick (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 18) 6 0 England Brentford B
2DF Daniel Bameyi (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0 Nigeria Yumyum
2DF Abel Ogwuche (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20) 5 0 Sweden Trelleborgs FF
2DF Chimezie Njoku (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 19) 4 0 Nigeria Abia Warriors
2DF Israel Domingo (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Nigeria FC Sports
2DF Salim Figo Lawal (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Nigeria Mavlon
3MF Samson Lawal (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 19) 6 1 Scotland Livingston
3MF Daniel Daga (2007-01-10) 10 January 2007 (age 17) 1 0
Dakkada
3MF Ibrahim Abdullahi (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 18) 0 0 Nigeria Samba
3MF Victor Eletu (2005-04-01) 1 April 2005 (age 19) 0 0
Milan
3MF Joshua John (2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Nigeria Nasarawa United
3MF Tochukwu Nadi (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
4FW Jude Sunday (2004-10-04) 4 October 2004 (age 19) 6 2 Nigeria Real Sapphire
4FW Ibrahim Beji Muhammad (2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20) 6 2 Nigeria Giants
4FW Rilwanu Sarki (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 6 0 Nigeria Mahanaim
4FW Umeh Emmanuel (2004-08-31) 31 August 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv
4FW Kehinde Ibrahim (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Nigeria 36 Lion

Former coaches

  • Christopher Udemezue (July 1, 1982 – June 30, 1987/1988)
  • Paul Hamilton
    (July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1986)
  • Olatunde Nurudeen Disu (1987–1997)
  • Thijs Libregts (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999)
  • Samson Siasia (January 1, 2005 – March 26, 2007; June 30, 2009)
  • Ladan Basso (2007–2009)
  • John Obuh (July 1, 2010 – February 1, 2013)
  • Emmanuel Amunike (July 1, 2014 – November 1, 2017)
  • Paul Aigbogun (January 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020)

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  6. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ "FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. ^ "FIFA U20 World Cup Egypt 2009™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  9. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  11. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  12. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Flying Eagles squad for 2023 FIFA World Cup in Argentina". The NFF - Twitter. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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