Nigeria national football team

**Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya**" yana wakiltar Najeriya a wasan kwallon kafa na duniya na maza. Hukumar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya (NFF) ce ke jagorantar su, sau uku ne suka lashe gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka (AFCON), tare da kofin na baya bayan nan a 2013." A watan Fabrairun 2024, kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ta kasance ta 28 a jadawalin FIFA. Tawagar ta samu gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA shida daga cikin takwas na baya bayan nan, ba tare da buga gasar 2006 da 2022 kadai ba. Sun kai zagaye na 16 sau uku. Fitowarsu ta farko a gasar cin kofin duniya shine a bugun 1994. Tawagar mamba ce ta FIFA da kuma hukumar kwallon kafa ta Afirka (CAF).

## Tarihi
Najeriya ta fara bugamwasan kallon kafa da sauran kasashen da aka yi wa mulkin mallaka a wasannin da ba na hukuma ba, tun a shekarar 1938 lokacin da suka buga Gold Coast tare da tawagar 'yan wasa da ke Legas." Najeriya ta kafa wata tawagar wakilai ta kasa da za ta tura kasar waje don yin rangadi a Ingila, inda ta isa Liverpool a ranar 29 ga watan Agustan 1949, kuma ta buga wasanni da kungiyoyin masu son shiga ciki har da Marine A.F.C. (wanda ya zana ƴan kallo 6,000, rikodin filin su na Rossett Park"), Bishop Auckland, Leytonstone, Dulwich Hamlet da Bromley."Sannan Najeriya ta buga wasanta na farko a hukumance a watan Oktoba na shekarar 1949, yayin da har yanzu kasar Ingila ke mulkin mallaka.

## 1963–1980

Najeriya dai ta fara buga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ne a shekarar 1963, inda aka hada ta a rukuni daya da Sudan, sannan kuma a lokacin da kasar Larabawa ta United Arab Republic. Ba su ci gaba zuwa mataki na gaba ba.

Nasarar farko da kungiyar ta samu ita ce lambar zinare a wasannin Afrika ta biyu a shekarar 1973 karkashin jagorancin kyaftin, Victor Oduah. Kungiyar ta ci gaba da zuwa mataki na 3 a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a 1976 da 1978. A shekarar 1980, tare da ‘yan wasa irinsu Segun Odegbami da Best Ogedegbe, kungiyar karkashin jagorancin Christian Chukwu, ta lashe gasar cin kofin Afrika a karon farko a Legas.

Tawagar kwallon kafa ta maza ta Najeriya ta lashe gasar kwallon kafa a gasar Olympics da aka yi a Atlanta a shekarar 1996, inda ta doke Mexico da Brazil da kuma Argentina. Sun kasance a matsayi na biyu a gasar Olympics ta 2008 a birnin Beijing, inda suka sha kashi a hannun Argentina a karawar da suka yi a wasan karshe na 1996.""

A cikin 1984, 1988 da 2000, " Najeriya ta kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Kamaru. Uku daga cikin kofunan Afirka biyar da Kamaru ta lashe sun samu nasarar doke Najeriya. Rashin zuwa Kamaru a lokuta da dama ya haifar da gamuwa mai tsanani tsakanin kasashen biyu. Manyan lokuta uku; da kyar aka yi rashin nasara a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a shekarar 1988, da neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a shekarar 1990, da kuma wasan karshe mai cike da cece-kuce na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta 2000, inda Victor Ikpeba ya ci kwallo a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, an yanke hukuncin cewa alkalin wasa bai ketare layin raga ba."

Tawagar ta fice daga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka guda biyu tsakanin shekarun 1963 zuwa 1974, saboda rashin zaman lafiya a siyasance da kuma a shekarar 1996. A shekarar 1976, ta sake dawowa gasar cin kofin kwallon kafa ta duniya inda ta zo matsayi na uku a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a 1976 da 1978.

## 1980-1990

Najeriya ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a shekarar 1980, sannan kuma ta lashe kofin gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka na farko a wannan shekarar a Legas. Ghana dai ta zo ta biyu a matsayi na uku sau uku, kuma ta yi waje da ita a matakin rukuni daya, tsakanin 1982 zuwa 1990. Haka kuma ta kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika da Masar ta karbi bakunci a 1986.

## 1992–2006

Najeriya ta sake fitowa a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a shekarun 1992 da 1994, ta zo na uku a shekarar 1992 kuma ta lashe gasar cin kofin Afrika a 1994, wanda shi ne karo na biyu da ta lashe gasar.

A karshe Najeriya ta kai gasar cin kofin duniya a karon farko a shekarar 1994 bayan ta shafe shekaru tana fafutukar zuwa can. Clemens Westerhof ne ya kula da su. Najeriya ce ta daya a rukuninsu da suka hada da Argentina, Bulgaria, da kuma Girka. Najeriya ta lallasa Bulgaria da ci 3-0, inda Argentina ta sha kashi a hannun Argentina da ci 1-2, sannan ta kai zagaye na biyu bayan ta doke Girka da ci 2-0. A zagaye na biyu, Najeriya ta buga wasanta na farko da kasar Italiya, inda ta fara cin kwallo ta hannun Emmanuel Amunike a minti na 25 da fara wasa. A cikin mintuna biyu ne Najeriya ta tsallake zuwa zagayen kwata fainal, inda Roberto Baggio ya zura kwallo a ragar Najeriya a karin lokaci. Ya kuma zura kwallon da ta yi nasara. Wasan dai ya kare ne da ci 2-1 inda Italiya ta samu nasara. A shekarar 1996 kungiyar ta fice daga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka na wannan shekarar sakamakon matsin lamba daga shugaban mulkin sojan kasar Sani Abacha saboda sukar da kasar Afrika ta Kudu mai masaukin baki ta yi musamman ma shugabanta Nelson Mandela, kan hukuncin kisa da aka yiwa dan gwagwarmayar Ogoni Ken Saro-Wiwa. Daga baya aka dakatar da Najeriya shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a shekarar 1998.

A shekarar 1998, Najeriya ta koma gasar cin kofin duniya tare da Kamaru, Morocco, Tunisia, da Afirka ta Kudu. Kyakkyawan kyakkyawan fata ya kasance mai girma saboda manajansa Bora Milutinović da dawowar mafi yawan membobin 1994. A gasar karshe dai an fitar da Najeriya a rukunin D da Spain, Bulgaria, Paraguay. Najeriya ta samu babban bacin rai bayan ta doke Spain da ci 3-2 bayan ta dawo sau biyu daga 1-0 da 2-1. Eagles ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na biyu bayan da ta doke Bulgaria da kuma rashin nasara a hannun Paraguay. Fatan kungiyar na zarce wasanta na 1994 ya ruguje bayan rashin nasara da ci 1-4 a hannun Denmark. A yanzu dai wannan ita ce gasar cin kofin duniya da Najeriya ta samu ba tare da ta buga wasan karshe na gasar ba.

A shekara ta 2000 sun dawo gasar cin kofin duniya kuma su ne a matsayi na biyu kuma daga baya sun kare a matsayi na uku a gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka a 2002, 2004 da 2006.

## 2002 da 2006 gasar cin kofin duniya

Gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a Koriya ta Kudu da Japan a 2002, Najeriya ta sake samun gurbin shiga gasar da kyakkyawan fata. Tare da sabbin 'yan wasa da kayan aikin kore na pastel na musamman, ana sa ran Super Eagles za ta ci gaba da taka rawar gani a gasar cin kofin Afirka ta 2000 da 2002. An fitar da Najeriya a rukunin F da kasashen Sweden da Argentina da kuma Ingila. Wasan farko da Argentina ya fara ne da karfin tsaron da ya sa aka tashi wasan babu ci. A minti na 61 ne Gabriel Batistuta ya keta tsaron gida na Najeriya wanda hakan ya sa Argentina ta ci 1-0, kuma Argentina za ta yi nasara a wasan. Wasa na biyu da Najeriya ta buga da Sweden ta samu nasaran ci 2-1. Daga nan ne Najeriya ta yi kunnen doki 0-0 da Ingila, sannan ta yi kasa a zagayen farko.

Najeriya ta kasa tsallakewa zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2006, bayan da ta kammala da maki a rukunin neman cancantar da kasar Angola, amma tana da kasa da kasa a wasannin da kungiyoyin suka buga"

## 2008–2013
A gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afrika a shekarar 2008, Najeriya ta kawo karshen wasanta a wasan kusa dana karshe bayan ta sha kashi a hannun Ghana. Sun samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika a shekarar 2010, wadda Angola za ta karbi bakunci, amma Ghana ta fitar da su a wasan kusa da na karshe.

A ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 2009, Najeriya ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 bayan ta lallasa Kenya da ci 3-2 a Nairobi."

Najeriya ta yi rashin nasara a wasanta na farko da Argentina da ci 1-0 a filin wasa na Ellis Park bayan da Gabriel Heinze ya zura da kai a minti na 6."" A wasanta na biyu ne Najeriya ta jagoranci ragamar ragar ta da kwallo ta hannun Kalu Uche. Jan kati da aka yi wa Sani Kaita ne ya baiwa Girka nasara. A karshen wasan ne Girka ta zura kwallo a ragar Najeriya kuma Najeriya ta zura kwallo ta biyu a wasan da ci 2-1. A wasansu na karshe na rukuni-rukuni da kasar Koriya ta Kudu, Najeriya ta farke kwallon a minti na 12 da fara wasa ta hannun Kalu Uche, bayan da Chidi Odiah ya buga ta kasa. Sai dai kwallayen da Lee Jung-Soo da Park Chu-Young suka ci suka baiwa Koriya ta Kudu 2-1, abin da ake ganin ya isa Koriya ta Kudu ta tsallake zuwa zagayen zagaye na 16. Sai dai Najeriya ta samu dama a minti na 66, a karshen bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida na Koriya ta Kudu, Ayila Yussuf da ya ci ta hanyar tsaron gidan Koriya ta Kudu, ba kowa ba ne illa Yakubu, da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Yakubu ya yi waje da kwallo ta kusan hudu. Har yanzu Koriya ta Kudu ta ci 2-1. Minti uku tsakani Yakubu ya samu nasarar kammala bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida cikin nutsuwa inda aka tashi wasan biyu, amma Najeriya ta kasa sake zura kwallo a raga, inda aka tashi 2-2. Da wannan sakamakon Najeriya ta fitar da Najeriya daga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 da maki daya kacal, yayin da Koriya ta Kudu ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16 da maki hudu. A ranar 30 ga watan Yunin 2010, bayan ficewar kungiyar tun da wuri da rashin nuna kyama, shugaban Najeriya na lokacin, Goodluck Jonathan ya dakatar da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasa shiga gasar kasa da kasa na tsawon shekaru biyu" Wannan dakatarwar ta jefa kungiyar cikin kasadar dakatar da kungiyar daga shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da FIFA ta yi saboda wasu dalilai na kutsawa na siyasa."

A ranar 5 ga watan Yuli, 2010, gwamnatin Najeriya ta soke haramcin da ta yi wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasa shiga gasar kwallon kafa ta FIFA/CAF,"amma FIFA ta yi amfani da takunkumin dakatarwa bayan watanni uku."A ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 2010, an dakatar da Najeriya daga shiga gasar cin kofin duniya har abada saboda katsalandan da gwamnati ta yi bayan gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010." Sai dai bayan kwanaki hudu, an dage haramcin na wucin gadi har zuwa ranar 26 ga watan Oktoba, washegarin da kungiyar 'yan wasan da ba a amince da su ba a hukumance - kungiyar 'yan wasan kwallon kafa ta kasa (NANF) ta janye karar da ta shigar a kan hukumar ta NFF."

Najeriya ta kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin Afrika ta 2012 bayan ta kammala wasannin share fage da ci 2-2 da Guinea da kwallaye daga Ikechukwu Uche da Victor Obinna," amma sun yi nasara a gasar neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka na 2013, inda suka samu tikitin shiga gasar karshe a Afirka ta Kudu bayan da ta yi nasara a kan Liberiya da ci 8-3 jumulla wasan da suka yi da Burkinabeaso. 1 – 0 a wasan karshe don daga kofin gasar a karo na uku."Duk da haka, ba su cancanci shiga ko ɗaya daga cikin gasa biyu na gaba ba."

## A Shekara ta 2014
 
**gasar cin kofin duniya 2014**
An bude kamfen din Najeriya a gasar cin kofin duniya na shekarar 2014 da ci 0-0 da Iran. Bayan kwana hudu kungiyar ta buga wasanta na biyu da Bosnia da Herzegovina. Kwallon da Peter Odemwingie ya ci a minti na 29 mai cike da cece-kuce, ya baiwa Najeriya damar lashe gasar cin kofin duniya karo na farko tun shekarar 1998. Sun kara da Argentina bayan kwana hudu: minti 3 da Lionel Messi ya ci wa 'yan adawa kusan nan take Ahmed Musa ya rama. Messi ne ya baiwa Argentina tamaula ana dab da tafiya hutun rabin lokaci. A karo na biyu ne Musa ya sake ramawa wasan, aka sauya Lionel Messi sannan ya mika kyaftin dinsa ga Marcos Rojo sai dai Rojo ya ci Argentina 3-2 mintuna kadan.

Najeriya ta yi rashin nasara a wasan, amma duk da haka ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16, a zagaye na 16, Najeriyar ta kara da Faransa, a minti na 18 da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, Emmanuel Emenike, ya ga kwallon a ragar mai tsaron ragar Faransa, amma dan wasan ya hana kwallon daga gefe. Najeriya ta rike su har zuwa minti na 79 a lokacin da aka ci kwallo da kai da Paul Pogba ya baiwa Faransa kwallo ta farko. Kwallon da Kyaftin Joseph Yobo ya zura a ragar Super Eagles na bazata a lokacin rauni ya sanya sakamakon babu shakka: Najeriya ta fita. Wannan shi ne karo na uku da Najeriya ke fitar da ita a zagaye na 16 kuma har yanzu ba ta samu damar shiga zagayen Quarter final a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ba.

## Gasar cin kofin Duniya ta shekarar 2018
A ranar 24 ga watan Yunin 2016, Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka ta fitar da jadawalin zagaye na 3 na wasannin neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya, inda aka hada Najeriya a cikin abin da aka bayyana a matsayin "Rukunin mutuwa"; tare da Zambia, Algeria, da Kamaru. Najeriya ta fara wasanninta na rukuni ne da ci 2-1 da Zambia a Ndola" sannan ta doke Algeria da ci 3-1 a wasa na biyu a filin wasa na Godswill Akpabio."Sun ci Kamaru da ci 5-1 gida da waje a fafatawar da suka yi a baya."

Super Eagles ta Najeriya ta zama tawagar Afirka ta farko da ta samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2018 bayan ta doke Zambia da ci 1-0 a Uyo.""" A ranar 3 ga Yuni 2018, koci Gernot Rohr ya gabatar da tawagar 'yan wasa 23 don gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2018." Najeriya ta yi rashin nasara a wasanta na farko a gasar da ci 0–2 a hannun Croatia a Kaliningrad," kafin ta samu nasara da ci 2-0 a wasa na biyu da wata jaruma Iceland," inda Ahmed Musa ya zura kwallaye biyu."Najeriya ta samu babbar dama ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na gaba yayin da Croatia ta lallasa Argentina da ci 3-0. Duk da wannan fa'idar, sun yi rashin nasara da ci 2-1 a wasansu na karshe na rukuni-rukuni da Argentina,"da kwallo daya ta hannun Victor Moses." Domin wannan rashin nasara, da kuma kashin da Iceland ta yi a hannun Croatia, Najeriya ta bata damar tsallakewa zuwa zagaye na 16 kuma ta fitar da ita daga gasar."

## Gasar Cin Kofin Kasashen Afirka2019
Super Eagles ta fara fafatawar ta ne a gasar AFCON ta 2019 bayan da ta doke Burundi da ci 1-0 a wasan farko na rukunin B. A wasan da suka buga na karshe na rukuni-rukuni ne suka doke Guinea da ci 2-0. Wasan zagaye na 16 ne kungiyar kwallon kafar Najeriya ta lallasa Kamaru da ci 3-2 da Jude Ighalo da Iwobi suka zura a ragar kasar, inda daga bisani suka kara da Afirka ta Kudu a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a gasar. Kwallon da Troost-Ekong ya zura a minti na 89 da fara wasa ne ya baiwa Najeriya damar zawarcin Afrika ta Kudu inda aka tashi wasan da ci 2-1. Najeriya ta kara da Algeria a wasan kusa da na karshe kuma an fitar da ita daga gasar bayan bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida da Riyad Mahrez ya yi a minti na 95 ya ba Algeria nasara. Super Eagles daga baya sun kara da Tunisia a matsayi na uku inda suka ci 1-0 da Ighalo ya ci kwallo daya tilo wanda ya sa ya zama dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallo a gasar.

## Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka2021

A ranar 18 ga Yuli, 2019, Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka (CAF) ta fitar da jadawalin shiga gasar cin kofin Afirka ta 2021. An hada Super Eagles ne a rukunin L tare da Lesotho, Benin, da Saliyo. Najeriya dai ta fara ne da doke Benin da ci 2-1 a Uyo a wasansu na farko na rukuni, daga bisani kuma ta doke Lesotho da ci 4-2 a wasan da suka buga a waje. A cikin Maris 2020, sakamakon cutar ta COVID-19, CAF ta dage dukkan wasannin share fage na AFCON har abada."Daga baya, a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2020, CAF ta sake tsara gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka ta 2021 zuwa 2022, wanda za a yi daga 9 ga Janairu zuwa 6 ga Fabrairu 2022." An ci gaba da wasannin share fage a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba 2020.""

An fara gasar AFCON ta shekarar 2021 ne a ranar 9 ga watan Janairun 2022, kuma Najeriya ce kadai a gasar da ta yi nasara a dukkan wasannin rukuni uku bayan ta doke Masar da ci 1-0, Sudan da ci 3–1, da Guinea-Bissau da ci 2-0." Sai dai Najeriya ta yi rashin nasara da ci 1-0 a wasan zagaye na 16 da Tunisia a ranar 23 ga watan Janairu."

## Gasar kofin kallon Duniya ta 2022

Najeriya ta kasa samun tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a karon farko cikin shekaru 16, inda Ghana ta sha kashi a hannun Ghana bisa ka'idar cin kwallaye a waje bayan da suka tashi 0-0 a Ghana da kuma 1-1 a Najeriya.""

## Gasar cin kofin Africa ta 2023
Super Eagles ta fara fafatawar ta ne a gasar AFCON ta 2023 da ci 1-1 da Equatorial Guinea a wasan farko na rukunin A. A ci gaba da doke mai masaukin baki Ivory Coast da ci 1-0 sannan kuma ta doke Guinea Bissau a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Wasan zagaye na 16 ne tawagar kwallon kafar Najeriya ta lallasa Kamaru da ci 2-0 da Ademola Lookman da ci biyu da nema, daga bisani kuma ta doke Angola a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a gasar, sakamakon bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida da Lookman ya yi. Najeriya ta kara da Afirka ta Kudu a wasan kusa da na karshe. Kelechi Iheanacho ne ya ci kwallon, inda Najeriya ta samu nasara a kan Afrika ta Kudu da ci 4-2 a bugun fenareti. An tashi wasan 1-1 bayan karin lokaci. A wasan karshe, Super Eagles ta kare a matsayi na biyu, inda ta sha kashi da ci 2-1 a hannun mai masaukin baki Ivory Coast."

## Hoton kungiya

**Kits da crest**
Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ta saba amfani da koren kore mai kauri akan saitin farko na koren mai dauke da farar lamba, haruffa, da karin bayanai; haɗe da kayan sakandire masu farare duka, dukkansu alamu ne na launukan tutar Najeriya. Inuwar kore ta bambanta a tsawon shekaru. An fi so da zaren zaitun, koren daji akai-akai a cikin shekarun 1980 zuwa farkon 1990s, kuma fitar ya bayyana a cikin waɗannan shekarun da suka gabata; Harlequin ma an yi amfani da shi. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, ƙungiyar ta bayyana tana daidaita kan mafi daidaitaccen koren ofis wanda ya fi kama da inuwar da aka yi amfani da ita akan tuta. Tawagar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ta farko sun yi amfani da riga mai kauri sama da farare da gajeren wando da safa har sai da kasar ta rungumi kalar da take a yanzu bayan ta samu ‘yancin kai."

A ranar 23 ga Afrilu 2015, an sanar da Nike a matsayin mai samar da kayan Najeriya bayan Adidas ya ƙare kwangilar kayan aikin su da NFF.""Kafin haka, Nike ta kawo kayan Najeriya tsakanin 1994 zuwa 2003." Kayan da Nike da aka kera don Najeriya za ta saka a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2018 ya ci gaba da zama daya daga cikin shahararrun kayan tarawa na kasa da kasa."

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