Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Nigeria at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport 's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Nigeria have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, the first being in 1994 where they reached the second round. They will make their sixth appearance at the finals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Contents 1 FIFA World Cup record 2 By match 3 References 4 Squads 5 Record Players 6 Top Goalscorers 7 External links FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup record Year Host ( s ) Round Position Pld GF GA 1930 URU Did not enter 1934 ITA Did not enter 1938 FRA Did not enter 1950 BRA Did not enter 1954 SWI Did not enter 1958 SWE Did not enter 1962 CHI Did not qualify 1966 ENG Withdrew 1970 MEX Did not qualify FRG Did not qualify 1978 ARG Did not qualify 1982 ESP Did not qualify 1986 MEX Did not qualify 1990 ITA Did not qualify 1994 USA Round of 16 9th 0 7 1998 FRA Round of 16 12th 0 6 9 2002 KOR and JPN Group Stage 27th 0 2006 GER Did not qualify RSA Group Stage 27th 0 5 2014 BRA Round of 16 16th 5 2018 RUS Qualified for the world cup 2022 QAT To be decided World Cup total 18 5 10 20 26 Notes Jump up ^ All African nations withdrew due to a lack of qualifying berths. By match World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Nigeria scorers 1994 Group stage Bulgaria 3 -- 0 Dallas Yekini, Amokachi, Amuneke Argentina 1 -- 2 Foxborough Siasia Greece 2 -- 0 Foxborough George, Amokachi Round of 16 Italy 1 -- 2 ( aet ) Foxborough Amuneke 1998 Group stage Spain 3 -- 2 Nantes Adepoju, Zubizarreta ( og ), Oliseh Bulgaria 1 -- 0 Paris Ikpeba Paraguay 1 -- 3 Toulouse Oruma Round of 16 Denmark 1 -- 4 Saint - Denis Babangida 2002 Group stage Argentina 0 -- 1 Ibaraki & -- Sweden 1 -- 2 Kobe Aghahowa England 0 -- 0 Osaka & -- Group stage Argentina 0 -- 1 Johannesburg & -- Greece 1 -- 2 Bloemfontein Uche South Korea 2 -- 2 Durban Uche, Yakubu 2014 Group stage Iran 0 -- 0 Curitiba & -- Bosnia - Herzegovina 1 -- 0 Cuiabá Odemwingie Argentina 2 -- 3 Porto Alegre Musa ( 2 ) Round of 16 France 0 -- 2 Brasília & -- References Jump up ^ `` Nigeria beat Ethiopia to book berth in Brazil ''. BBC Sport. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014. Jump up ^ `` VIII WORLD CUP ( ENGLAND 1966 ) QUALIFYING STAGE ''. Lingua Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2012. Squads Nigeria squads -- FIFA World Cup Nigeria squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Rufai ( c ) 2 Eguavoen 3 Iroha 4 Keshi 5 Uche 6 Nwanu 7 George 8 Oliha 9 Yekini 10 Okocha 11 Amunike 12 Siasia 13 Ezeugo 14 Amokachi 15 Oliseh 16 Agu 17 Ikpeba 18 Ekoku 19 Emenalo 20 Okafor 21 Adepoju 22 Agbonavbare Coach : Westerhof Nigeria squad -- 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Rufai 2 Oparaku 3 Babayaro 4 Kanu 5 Uche ( c ) 6 West 7 Finidi 8 Adepoju 9 Yekini 10 Okocha 11 Lawal 12 W. Okpara 13 Babangida 14 Amokachi 15 Oliseh 16 Okafor 17 Eguavoen 18 Oruma 19 Iroha 20 Ikpeba 21 G. Okpara 22 Baruwa Coach : Milutinović Nigeria squad -- 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Shorunmu 2 Yobo 3 Babayaro 4 Kanu 5 Okoronkwo 6 West 7 Ikedia 8 Adepoju 9 Ogbeche 10 Okocha ( c ) 11 Lawal 12 Ejide 13 Afolabi 14 Udeze 15 Justice 16 Sodje 17 Aghahowa 18 Akwuegbu 19 Ejiofor 20 Obiorah 21 Utaka 22 Enyeama 23 Opabunmi Coach : Onigbinde Nigeria squad -- 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Enyeama 2 Yobo 3 Taiwo 4 Kanu ( c ) 5 Afolabi 6 Shittu 7 Utaka 8 Yakubu 9 Martins 10 Ideye 11 Odemwingie 12 Uche 13 Yussuf 14 Kaita 15 Haruna 16 Ejide 17 Odiah 18 Obinna 19 Obasi 20 Etuhu 21 Echiéjilé 22 Adeleye 23 Aiyenugba Coach : Lagerbäck Nigeria squad -- 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Enyeama 2 Yobo ( c ) 3 Uzoenyi 4 Gabriel 5 Ambrose 6 Egwuekwe 7 Musa 8 Odemwingie 9 Emenike 10 Mikel 11 Moses 12 Odunlami 13 Oshaniwa 14 Oboabona 15 Azeez 16 Ejide 17 Onazi 18 Babatunde 19 Nwofor 20 Uchebo 21 Agbim 22 Omeruo 23 Ameobi Coach : Keshi Record Players No. Name Matches World Cups Joseph Yobo 10 2002, 2010 and 2014 Jay - Jay Okocha 9 1994, 1998 and 2002 Finidi George 8 1994 and 1998 Sunday Oliseh 8 1994 and 1998 Peter Rufai 8 1994 and 1998 Rashidi Yekini 8 1994 and 1998 Vincent Enyeama 8 2002, 2010 and 2014 8 Mutiu Adepoju 7 1994 and 1998 Uche Okechukwu 7 1994 and 1998 10 Taribo West 6 1998 and 2002 Nwankwo Kanu 6 1998, 2002 and 2010 Peter Odemwingie 6 2010 and 2014 Top Goalscorers No. Name Goals World Cups Daniel Amokachi 1994 Emmanuel Amunike 1994 Kalu Uche Ahmed Musa 2014 5 Finidi George 1994 Samson Siasia 1994 Rashidi Yekini 1994 Mutiu Adepoju 1998 Tijani Babangida 1998 Victor Ikpeba 1998 Sunday Oliseh 1998 Wilson Oruma 1998 Julius Aghahowa 2002 Yakubu Peter Odemwingie 2014 External links Nigeria at FIFA World Cup Finals Statistics Nigeria national football team General Nigeria Football Federation History Managers Venues Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Abuja National Stadium Lagos National Stadium Ahmadu Bello Stadium Statistics All - Time Record World Cup record Individual Records All - time goalscorers Players Players ( by caps ) Other players Nigerian foreign players Born outside Nigeria World Cup Finals 1994 1998 2002 2014 CAN Finals 1963 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1990 1994 2000 2002 2006 2008 2013 Other Cup 's tournaments African Nations Championship Noted rivalries Ghana Games 's tournaments Olympic Games All - Africa Games Other NFF teams Men Under - 23 Under - 20 Under - 17 Beach Soccer Women Countries at the FIFA World Cup Team appearances Teams with no appearances All - time table AFC Australia China Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates CAF Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia CONCACAF Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States CONMEBOL Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay OFC New Zealand UEFA Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark East Germany England France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name ( s ). 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Question: when was the last time nigeria went to world cup
Answer: 2014