CAF African Player of the year 2017 - Shortlist

Eleven players made the cut for the Player of the Year 2017.

4 Dec 2017
FIFA RANKING - NOVEMBER 2017 FOR AFRICA

Senegal achieve highest ever Fifa World Ranking.

24 Nov 2017
BBC AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR - NIGERIA - NOMINEE - Victor Moses

The asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier League

22 Nov 2017
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE- 6TH MATCHES - all results

Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Egypt qualify for World Cup 2018 in Russia.

15 Nov 2017
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE- 6TH MATCHES - preview

There are three of five places for African nations still available.

8 Nov 2017
FIFA RANKING - OCTOBER 2017 FOR AFRICA

Tunisia return to top spot in Africa for the first time since 2002.

16 Oct 2017
World Cup 2018 Qualifiers - GROUP STAGE- 5TH MATCHES - all results

Nigeria qualify for 2018 finals after win over Zambia.

8 Oct 2017
FIFA RANKING - SEPTEMBER 2017 FOR AFRICA

Cape Verde biggest global movers on Fifa rankings.

25 Sep 2017
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 4th MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Cameroon fail to qualify for 2018 World Cup

5 Sep 2017

Nigeria
WORLD CUP 2014 


GROUP F LAST SIXTEEN

The National Football Team of Nigeria won the African Cup of Nations 2013!

The three-time African champions will face Scotland in a friendly on 28 May at Craven Cottage, before they depart for their training camp in Houston, Texas. They will also play friendly internationals against Greece and the United States in June as part of their warm-up for this year's World Cup.

The West Africans will play Greece in Philadelphia on 3 June then face USA in Jacksonville, Florida on 7 June. The deadline to name the final 23-man squad is 2 June. Nigeria will face Argentina, Iran and Bosnia in Group F of this summer's tournament in Brazil.

Nigeria is one of the five african teams who will participate at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil.