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Nigeria national under-20 football team

national association football team

The Nigeria national under-20 football team represents Nigeria in international football completions. They have attended the FIFA U-20 World Cup 12 times with its best placing as runners-up twice in 1989 and 2005.

Nigeria Under-20
Nickname(s)Flying Eagles
AssociationNigeria Football Association
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachMitchell Adebanjo
Home stadiumAgege Stadium
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1981)
Best resultRunners-up (1989, 2005)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances18 (first in 1978–79)
Best resultChampions (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015)
WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2022)

Competitive record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

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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
  1991 Did not enter
  1993 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 2 2
  1995 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 6
  1997 Did not qualify
  1999 Second place 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 5
  2001 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 6
  2003 Did not qualify
  2005 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 11 3
  2007 Second place 2nd 5 2 1 2 6 6
  2009 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 5
  2011 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 9 4
  2013 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 5
  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 knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

References

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  1. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Mexico 1983™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  3. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Saudi Arabia 1989™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Nigeria 1999™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. ↑ "FIFA U20 World Cup Canada 2007™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  8. ↑ "FIFA U20 World Cup Egypt 2009™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  9. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  10. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  11. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  12. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019™". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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