Template:Infobox sport overviewWasan ƙwallon ƙafa ya fi shahara a Najeriya . Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya tana gasa akai akai don lashe kambun kasa da kasa kuma 'yan wasan kwallon kafa da dama na Najeriya suna gasa a Turai, musamman a Ingila.Najeriya tana daya daga cikin fitattun kungiyoyin kasa a Afirka kuma ta samar da fitattun 'yan kwallon da suka hada da Mudashiru Lawal, Rashidi Yekini, Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Vincent Enyeama, Joseph Yobo da Mikel John Obi. Baturen Ingila ne ya fara gabatar da kwallon kafa a Najeriya a farkon karni na ashirin.Wasan kwallon kafa na farko da aka yi rikodin a Nijeriya shi ne a shekara ta 1904. Zuwa shekarar ta 1950, kwallon kafa ta zama wasan kasa na kasar. A wannan lokacin a tarihin Afirka, ƙasashe da yawa sun fara shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin kishin ƙasa inda suka nuna rashin amincewa da ikon mulkin mallaka.A Najeriya, kwallon kafa ta bai wa 'yan kasa abin alfahari na kasa tare da zaburar da su don samun' yancin siyasa. Wani mutum mai suna Nnamdi Azikiwe ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimakawa Najeriya samun 'yanci daga Biritaniya.