Nigeria national football team

{{National football team |
Name = Nigeria |
Badge = Nigeria_national_team.gif |
Nickname = Super Eagles |
Association = Nigeria Football Association |
Coach = Christian Chukwu |
Most caps = Mudashiru Lawal (86) |
Top scorer = Rashidi Yekini (37) |

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(Accra, Ghana; 28 May, 1950) | Largest win = Nigeria 8 - 1 Uganda
(Ismailia, Egypt; 23 September, 1991) | Largest loss = Ghana 7 - 0 Nigeria
(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 = 13 | Regional cup first = 1963 | Regional cup best = Winners, 1980 and 1994 }} 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.