Nigeria national football team 2008

The Nigeria men's national football team results and fixtures for 2008.

The NIgeria Football Federation replaced Berti Vogts with Shaibu Amodu as head coach after a quarterfinal appearance in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA
International Friendly 3 1 1 1 3 2
2008 Africa Cup of Nations 4 2 1 1 3 3
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 6 0 0 11 1
Total 13 9 2 2 17 6

Goal scorers

Player Goals
Ikechukwu Uche 4
Yakubu 3
Joseph Yobo 2
Chidi Odiah 1
Kalu Uche 1
Christian Obodo 1
Victor Obinna 1
Obinna Nwaneri 1
John Obi Mikel 1
Peter Odemwingie 1
Manasseh Ishiaku 1

Appearance leaders

Player Appearances (Starts)
Taye Taiwo 12 (12)
Yakubu 12 (11)
Ikechukwu Uche 12(10)
Obinna Nwaneri 11(11)
Joseph Yobo 10(10)
Peter Odemwingie 10(6)
John Obi Mikel 8(7)

Debuts

Match results

Friendly
Sudan 0–2 Nigeria
Report I. Uche  2H'
Ishiaku  2H'
MNPS Field, Estepona, Spain
2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Nigeria 0–1 Ivory Coast
Kalou  66'
Attendance: 16,000
2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Nigeria 0–0 Mali
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Nigeria 2–0 Benin
Mikel  53'
Yakubu  86'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Kacem Bennaceur (Tunisia)
2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Ghana 2–1 Nigeria
Essien  45+2'
Agogo  83'		 Yakubu  35' (pen.)
Attendance: 45,000
Friendly
Austria 1–1 Nigeria
Kienast  13' K. Uche  19'
Attendance: 15,000
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
Nigeria 2–0 South Africa
I. Uche  10'
Nwaneri  45+1'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
Sierra Leone 0–1 Nigeria
Report Yobo  88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sam Korti (Liberia)
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
Equatorial Guinea 0–1 Nigeria
Report Yobo  5'
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: John Mendy (Gambia)
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
Nigeria 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
Yakubu  45'
I. Uche  84'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (Libya)
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
South Africa 0–1 Nigeria
Report I. Uche  71'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Verson Lwanja (Malawi)
2010 WC/AFCON Qualifier
Nigeria 4–1 Sierra Leone
Obodo  21'
Obinna  35'
Odemwingie  45'
Odiah  51'		 Report Yobo  32' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)
Friendly
Colombia 1–0 Nigeria
Falcao  82'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)

References

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