Nigeria national under-20 football team

The **Nigeria national under-20 football team** represents Nigeria in international football completions. They have attended the FIFA U-20 World Cup 12 times with its best placing as runners-up twice in 1989 and 2005.

### FIFA U-20 World Cup record

- 1983 - Group stage
    - 1985 - Third place
    - 1987 - Group stage
    - 1989 - **Runners-up**
    - 1999 - Quarter-finals
    - 2005 - **Runners-up**
    - 2007 - Quarter-finals
    - 2009 - Round of 16
    - 2011 - Quarter-finals
    - 2013 - Round of 16
    - 2015 - Round of 16
    - 2019 - Round of 16
    - 2023 - Quarter-finals

### Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

|colspan=9|Africa U-20 Cup of Nations||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|_Did not enter_||||||||
|1979|Semi-finalists|3rd|4|1|2|1|4|3|
|1981|Semi-finalists|3rd|4|1|0|3|7|8|
|1983|**Champions**|**1st**|**8**|**5**|**1**|**2**|**13**|**7**|
|1985|**Champions**|**1st**|**8**|**4**|**2**|**2**|**14**|**8**|
|1987|**Champions**|**1st**|**8**|**6**|**1**|**1**|**11**|**9**|
|1989|**Champions**|**1st**|**8**|**5**|**3**|**0**|**16**|**6**|
|1991|_Did not enter_||||||||
|1993|Group stage|5th|3|1|0|2|2|2|
|1995|Third place|3rd|5|3|1|1|8|6|
|1997|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|1999|Second place|2nd|5|3|1|1|11|5|
|2001|Group stage|8th|3|0|1|2|1|6|
|2003|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2005|**Champions**|**1st**|**5**|**5**|**0**|**0**|**11**|**3**|
|2007|Second place|2nd|5|2|1|2|6|6|
|2009|Third place|3rd|5|3|0|2|8|5|
|2011|**Champions**|**1st**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**9**|**4**|
|2013|Third place|3rd|5|3|0|2|6|5|
|2015|**Champions**|**1st**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**12**|**4**|
|2017|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2019|Fourth place|4th|5|2|1|2|4|1|
|2021|_Did not qualify_||||||||
|2023|Third place|3rd|6|4|0|2|8|2|
|**Total**|**18/23**|**7 titles**|**97**|**56**|**14**|**27**|**151**|**90**|
_A gold background colour indicates that Nigeria won the tournament._

_*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks._

_*There was no third place match from 1979-1989._

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Nigeria Under-20
- **badge size**: 230px
- **nickname**: _Flying Eagles_
- **association**: Nigeria Football Association
- **sub-confederation**: West African Football Union, WAFU (West Africa)
- **confederation**: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa)
- **home stadium**: Agege Stadium
- **coach**: Mitchell Adebanjo
- **fifa trigramme**: NGA
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 12
- **regional cup first**: 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1981
- **regional cup best**: Runners-up (1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1989, 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2005)
- **2ndregional name**: Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 18
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1979 African Youth Championship, 1978–79
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champions (1983 African Youth Championship, 1983, 1985 African Youth Championship, 1985, 1987 African Youth Championship, 1987, 1989 African Youth Championship, 1989, 2005 African Youth Championship, 2005, 2011 African U-20 Championship, 2011, 2015 African U-20 Championship, 2015)
- **3rdregional name**: WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament
- **3rdregional cup apps**: 3
- **3rdregional cup first**: 2018 WAFU Zone B U-20 Tournament, 2018
- **3rdregional cup best**: Champions (2023_Africa_U-20_Cup_of_Nations_qualification#West_B_Zone, 2022)