The team withdrew from two African Cup of Nations between 19, due to political instability. Three notable occasions narrowly losing out in the 1988 African Cup of Nations, qualifiers for the 1990 World Cup, and then the controversial final of the 2000 African Cup of Nations where a kick taken by Victor Ikpeba during the penalty shoot-out was adjudged not to have crossed the goal-line by the referee.
Missing out to Cameroon on many occasions has created an intense rivalry between both nations. Three of the five African titles won by Cameroon have been won by defeating Nigeria. In 1984,19, Nigeria reached the Cup of Nations final, losing to Cameroon. They were runners-up in the same event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, losing to Argentina in a rematch of the 1996 Final of the event. Nigeria Olympic men’s football team won the football event at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, beating Mexico, Brazil and Argentina in the process. In 1980, with players such as Segun Odegbami and Best Ogedegbe, the team, led by Christian Chukwu, won the Cup for the first time in Lagos.
The team’s first major success was a gold medal in the 2nd All-Africa games, with 3rd-place finishes in the 19 African Cup of Nations to follow. Nigeria first appeared in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1963, when they were drawn in a group with Sudan, and the then United Arab Republic. In this post we will be looking at The History of Football in Nigeria, when did Nigeria join FIFA and who introduced football in Nigeria and what year.
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