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Nigeria national under-20 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Nigeria women's national under-20 football team.

The Nigerian 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. The Flying Eagles is the youth team for the national soccer in Nigeria. It plays a large role in the development of Nigerian football, and is considered the feeder team for the senior team. It is controlled by the Nigerian Football Federation. The team has won a record seven African U-20 Cup of Nations titles and are also two-times runners-up of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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
Appearances13 (first in 1983)
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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FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
  1977 Did not qualify
  1979
  1981
  1983 Group stage 3 1 1 1 1 3
  1985 Third place 6 3 1 2 8 7
  1987 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 8
  1989 Runners-up 6 2 2 2 9 10
  1991 Did not qualify
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999 Quarter-finals 5 1 2 2 6 7
  2001 Did not qualify
  2003
  2005 Runners-up 7 3 2 2 10 5
  2007 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 5 5
  2009 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 7 6
  2011 Quarter-finals 5 4 0 1 15 5
  2013 Round of 16 4 2 0 2 7 5
  2015 4 2 0 2 8 5
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 6 5
  2023 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 6 4
  2025 To be determined
Total 13/24 61 26 11 24 90 75

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.

Team honours and achievements

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Intercontinental

Continental

Sub-Continental

Staff

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Current squad

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The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.[1]

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   Polissya Zhytomyr
1GK Nathaniel Nwosu (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18) 1 0   Water
1GK John Utoblo (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Mavlon
2DF Solomon Agbalaka (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 21) 6 1   MFM
2DF Benjamin Fredrick (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 19) 6 0   Brentford B
2DF Daniel Bameyi (2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 18) 5 0   Yumyum
2DF Abel Ogwuche (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 21) 5 0   Trelleborgs FF
2DF Chimezie Njoku (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 20) 4 0   Abia Warriors
2DF Israel Domingo (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   FC Sports
2DF Salim Figo Lawal (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Mavlon
3MF Samson Lawal (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20) 6 1   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 19) 0 0   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   Nasarawa United
3MF Tochukwu Nadi (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Botev Plovdiv
4FW Jude Sunday (2004-10-04) 4 October 2004 (age 20) 6 2   Real Sapphire
4FW Ibrahim Beji Muhammad (2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20) 6 2   Giants
4FW Rilwanu Sarki (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 6 0   Mahanaim
4FW Umeh Emmanuel (2004-08-31) 31 August 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Botev Plovdiv
4FW Kehinde Ibrahim (2006-01-15) 15 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0   36 Lion

Former coaches

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Flying Eagles squad for 2023 FIFA World Cup in Argentina". The NFF - Twitter. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

Head-to-head record

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The following table shows Nigeria's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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