Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria has been in 20 different Africa Cup of Nations finals. Nigeria has won the cup 3 times. The first time was in 1980. They won a 2nd title in 1994 in Tunisia. Their 3rd African title was in 2013, in South Africa.

## Overall record

|colspan=10|Africa Cup of Nations record|style="width:1%;" rowspan="39"||colspan=6|Africa Cup of Nations qualification record||||||||||||||||||||
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|1957|_Not affiliated to CAF_|colspan="6" rowspan="2"|_Not affiliated to CAF_||||||||||||||||||||||
|1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|1962|_Withdrew_|4|1|2|1|4|5||||||||||||||||||
|1963|Group stage|6th|2|0|0|2|3|10|Squad|2|0|1|1|2|3||||||||||
|1965|_Withdrew_|colspan="6"|_Withdrew_||||||||||||||||||||||
|1968|_Did not qualify_|4|1|1|2|4|5||||||||||||||||||
|1970|_Withdrew_|colspan="6"|_Withdrew_||||||||||||||||||||||
|1972|_Did not qualify_|2|0|1|1|1|2||||||||||||||||||
|1974|4|2|1|1|7|9|||||||||||||||||||
|1976|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**3**|**1**|**2**|**11**|**10**|**Squad**|2|2|0|0|3|1||||||||||
|1978|**Third place**|**3rd**|**5**|**2**|**2**|**1**|**8**|**5**|**Squad**|4|2|1|1|7|4||||||||||
|style="border: 3px solid red"|1980||**Champions**||**1st**||**5**||**4**||**1**||**0**||**8**||**1**||**Squad**|colspan="6"|_Qualified as hosts_||||
|1982|Group stage|6th|3|1|0|2|4|5|Squad|colspan="6"|_Qualified as holders_||||||||||||||
|1984||**Runners-up**||**2nd**||**5**||**1**||**3**||**1**||**7**||**8**||**Squad**|4|1|2|1|2|1|
|1986|_Did not qualify_|2|0|1|1|0|1||||||||||||||||||
|1988||**Runners-up**||**2nd**||**5**||**1**||**3**||**1**||**5**||**3**||**Squad**|4|2|1|1|6|3|
|1990||**Runners-up**||**2nd**||**5**||**3**||**0**||**2**||**5**||**6**||**Squad**|4|2|2|0|8|2|
|1992|**Third place**|**3rd**|**5**|**4**|**0**|**1**|**8**|**5**|**Squad**|8|4|3|1|15|3||||||||||
|1994||**Champions**||**1st**||**5**||**3**||**2**||**0**||**9**||**3**||**Squad**|6|3|2|1|12|1|
|1996|_Withdrew_|colspan="6"|_Qualified as holders_||||||||||||||||||||||
|1998|_Banned_|colspan="6"|_Banned_||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="border: 3px solid red"|2000||**Runners-up**||**2nd**||**6**||**4**||**2**||**0**||**12**||**5**||**Squad**|colspan="6"|_Qualified as hosts_||||
|2002|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**3**|**2**|**1**|**4**|**2**|**Squad**|6|4|2|0|9|1||||||||||
|2004|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**4**|**1**|**1**|**11**|**5**|**Squad**|4|2|2|0|7|3||||||||||
|2006|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**4**|**1**|**1**|**7**|**3**|**Squad**|10|6|3|1|21|7||||||||||
|2008|Quarter-finals|7th|4|1|1|2|3|3|Squad|6|5|0|1|10|3||||||||||
|2010|**Third place**|**3rd**|**6**|**3**|**1**|**2**|**6**|**4**|**Squad**|12|9|3|0|20|5||||||||||
|2012|_Did not qualify_|6|3|2|1|12|5||||||||||||||||||
|2013||**Champions**||**1st**||**6**||**4**||**2**||**0**||**11**||**4**||**Squad**|4|2|2|0|10|3|
|2015|_Did not qualify_|6|2|2|2|9|7||||||||||||||||||
|2017|4|1|2|1|2|2|||||||||||||||||||
|2019|**Third place**|**3rd**|**7**|**5**|**0**|**2**|**9**|**7**|**Squad**|6|4|1|1|14|6||||||||||
|2021|Round of 16|9th|4|3|0|1|6|2|Squad|6|4|2|0|14|7||||||||||
|2023|**Runners-up**|**2nd**|**7**|**4**|**2**|**1**|**8**|**4**|**Squad**|6|5|0|1|22|4||||||||||
|2025|_Qualified_|6|3|2|1|9|3||||||||||||||||||
|2027|_To be determined_|colspan=8|_To be determined_||||||||||||||||||||||
- _*Was a draw. It could also have been a penalty shoot-out._
- _**Red border colour shows tournament was in Nigeria._