Otu egwuregwu bọọlụ Naịjirịa na- anọchite anya Naịjirịa n'asọmpị bọọlụ mba ụwa . Ndị Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) na-achị, ha bụ ndị mmeri ugboro atọ n'Africa Cup of Nations, na aha ha kacha ọhụrụ na 2013 . N'April 1994, ndị otu egwuregwu bọọlụ Naịjirịa nwetara ọkwa nke ise n'ọkwa FIFA, ọkwa kachasị elu nke otu egwuregwu bọọlụ Afrịka nwetara. N'ime akụkọ ihe mere eme, ndị otu ahụ tozuru oke isii n'ime iko mba ụwa asaa ikpeazụ FIFA (dị ka nke 2018), na-efu naanị mbipụta 2006 wee rute agba nke 16 ugboro atọ.A putara mbu na mbipụta 1994 . Otu a na-anọchite anya FIFA na Confederation of African Football (CAF). Usòrò:Circa 1949 - Nigerian -UK Tourists- national team.jpg Mgbe ọ gbasịrị obodo ndị ọzọ na egwuregwu ndị na-akwadoghị kemgbe 1930s, Nigeria gbara egwuregwu gọọmentị mbụ na Ọktoba 1949, ebe ọ ka bụ obodo Britain . Ndị otu a gbara egwuregwu na-ekpo ọkụ n'England megide otu dị iche iche amateur gụnyere Bromley, Dulwich Hamlet, Bishop Auckland, na South Liverpool .