Nigeria national under-20 football team
The Nigeria men's national under-20 football team represents Nigeria in men's international football also known as the Nigeria Under-20s or nicknamed the Flying Eagles, is the youth team for national soccer in Nigeria. It plays a large role in the development of Nigerian football, and is considered to be the feeder team for the senior team. It is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. The team as won a record seven Africa U-20 Cup of Nations titles and are also two timer runners up of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Nickname(s) | Flying Eagles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Nigeria Football Association | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Paul Aigbogun | ||
| Home stadium | Abuja Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | NGA | ||
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1981) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1989, 2005) | ||
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1978–79) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, 2015) | ||
| WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2018) | ||
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | ||||||||
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| 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 |
 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Second place | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
 | Second Place | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
 | To be determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 17/22 | 7 titles | 91 | 52 | 14 | 25 | 143 | 88
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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.
Team honours and achievements
Intercontinental
Continental
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
- Football at the African Games
- Silver Medal: 2019
Sub-Continental
Staff
- Head Coach: Paul Aigbogun
- Assistants: Abdullahi Maikaba; Abubakar Bala
- Scout: Hassan Abdallah
- Goalkeepers' Trainer: Suleiman Shuaibu
Current squad
The following players were named to the squad for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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| GK | Detan Ogundare | 8 December 2000 (aged 18) | | |||
| GK | Olawale Oremade | 31 December 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| GK | Jonathan Zaccala | 8 October 2001 (aged 17) |  | |||
| DF | Valentine Ozornwafor | 1 June 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| DF | Olasunkanmi Aliyu | 28 September 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| DF | Igoh Ogbu | 8 February 2000 (aged 19) |  | |||
| DF | Ikouwem Udo | 11 November 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| DF | Muhammad Rabiu | 1 January 2002 (aged 17) | | |||
| DF | Jamil Muhammad | 12 November 2000 (aged 18) | | |||
| MF | Nnamdi Ofoborh | 7 November 1999 (aged 19) |  | |||
| MF | Peter Eletu | 24 January 2000 (aged 19) | | |||
| MF | Tom Dele-Bashiru | 17 September 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| MF | Kingsley Michael | 26 August 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| MF | Maxwell Effiom | 5 November 1999 (aged 19) | | |||
| MF | Aniekeme Okon | 8 May 1999 (aged 20) | | |||
| MF | Collins Sor | | ||||
| FW | Akor Jerome Adams | 29 January 2000 (aged 19) | | |||
| FW | Tijani Muhammed | 13 May 2000 (aged 19) |  | |||
| FW | Henry Offia | 26 December 1999 (aged 19) |  | |||
| FW | Chinonso Emeka | | ||||
| FW | Joshua Obioma | 17 March 2000 (aged 19) | | |||
Recent Callups
Players called for 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations and Qualification [4] [5] [6]
Caps as of 21 July 2018
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Akpan Udoh | 18 July 1999 | 1 | 0 |  | |
| DF | Zaruma Samuel | 16 April 2002 | 4 | 1 | | |
| GK | Mohammed Galadima | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Chidubem Nwosu | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Mubarak Abdulsalam | 0 | 0 | | ||
| DF | Solomon Onome | 16 May 1999 | 0 | 0 | | |
| DF | Ekene Olisema | 12 May 2000 | 4 | 0 | | |
| DF | Abdullahi Abubakar | 3 November 1999 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Douglas Achiv | 0 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Duarw Nuhu | 29 December 1999 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Ali Isah | 1 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Quadri Liameed | 0 | 0 | | ||
| MF | Aremu Afeez | 3 October 1999 | 2 | 1 | | |
| MF | Alhassan Ibrahim | 14 October 2000 | 4 | 1 | | |
| FW | Nazifi Yahaya | 16 December 2000 | 2 | 2 |  | |
| FW | Ibrahim Aliyu | 0 | 0 | | ||
| FW | Adeshina Gata | 8 February 1999 | 2 | 0 | | |
| FW | Ibrahim Abubakar Babawo | 24 January 2000 | 5 | 1 | | |
| FW | Okoh Victor | 0 | 0 | | ||
| FW | Mohammed Nur | 2 December 2002 | 0 | 0 | | |
| FW | Idris Guda | 15 December 2000 | 1 | 0 | | |
| FW | Eneji Moses | 8 April 1999 | 1 | 0 | | |
| FW | Wasiu Alalade | 6 July 1999 | 4 | 3 | | |
| FW | Jesse Akila | 27 December 2001 | 1 | 0 | |
Current Team Status
2019 FIFA U20 World Cup (Group Stage)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 |  |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.
2019 FIFA U20 World Cup (Knockout Stage)
Former coaches
- Christopher Udemezue (1982–1987)
- Paul Hamilton (1983–1985)
- Olatunde Nurudeen Disu (1987–1997)
- Thijs Libregts (1998–1999)
- Samson Siasia (2005–2007, 2009)
- Ladan Basso (2007–2009)
- John Obuh (2011–2013)
- Emmanuel Amunike (2016)
References
- http://www.thenff.com/2019/06/nigerias-23-man-afcon-squad-lands-in-ismailia/
- https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/329827-flying-eagles-coach-names-final-squad-for-fifa-u-20-world-cup.html
- https://www.livesoccertv.com/news/29936/nigeria-u-20-team-profile-key-players-full-squad-list-coach-for-2019-fifa-u-20-world-cup/
- http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=oMQ58GCx1odHOVWhH07Vcg%3d%3d
- "Flying Eagles Captain, Udoh: We're Going For Away Win Against Guinea Bissau - Complete Sports Nigeria". Complete Sports Nigeria. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21theditiontotalu-20africacupofnations,niger2019/MatchDetails?MatchId=L8YLZHpvN0oPNgyl76dBbXEGy8cbbynAlWIFUPdT%2fzRhxh6zHXBPZTj%2b6T1qI27a
- "Match report – Group D – Qatar v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Match report – Round of 16 – Senegal v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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