Football World Cup 1998 / Nigeria

This article covers the Nigerian national soccer team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	10: 4	13
2	Guinea	10: 5	12
3	Kenya	11:12	10
4th	Burkina Faso	7:17	0

Nigeria	-	Burkina Faso	2-0
Kenya	-	Nigeria	1: 1
Nigeria	-	Guinea	2: 1
Burkina Faso	-	Nigeria	1: 2
Nigeria	-	Kenya	3-0
Guinea	-	Nigeria	1-0

Nigerian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Peter Rufai	Deportivo La Coruña	08/24/1963	4th	0	0	0
12	William Okpara	Orlando Pirates	05/07/1968	0	0	0	0
22nd	Abiodun Baruwa	FC Sion	11/16/1974	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Mobi Oparaku	Royal Cappellen FC	December 01, 1976	1	0	0	0
3	Celestine Babayaro	Chelsea FC	08/29/1978	3	0	0	0
5	Uche Okechukwu	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	09/27/1967	3	0	0	0
6th	Taribo West	Inter Milan	03/26/1974	4th	0	0	0
16	Uche Okafor	Kansas City Wizards	08/08/1967	1	0	0	0
17th	Augustine Eguavoen	Torpedo Moscow	08/19/1965	1	0	0	0
19th	Benedict Iroha	FC Elche	11/29/1969	1	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Finidi George	Betis Seville	04/15/1971	4th	0	0	0
8th	Mutiu Adepoju	Real Sociedad	December 22, 1970	3	1	0	0
10	Jay-Jay Okocha	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	08/14/1973	3	0	0	0
11	Garba Lawal	Roda JC Kerkrade	05/22/1974	4th	0	0	0
15th	Sunday Oliseh	Ajax Amsterdam	09/14/1974	4th	1	0	0
18th	Wilson Oruma	RC Lens	12/30/1976	1	1	0	0
21st	Godwin Okpara	Racing Strasbourg	09/20/1972	2	0	0	0
striker
4th	Nwankwo canoe	Inter Milan	08/01/1976	3	0	0	0
9	Rashidi Yekini	FC Zurich	23.10.1963	4th	0	0	0
13	Tijani Babangida	Ajax Amsterdam	09/25/1973	4th	1	0	0
14th	Daniel Amokachi	Beşiktaş Istanbul	12/30/1972	1	0	0	0
20th	Victor Ikpeba	AS Monaco	06/12/1973	3	1	0	0
Trainer
	Bora Milutinović		07.09.1944

Games of the Nigerian team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Nigeria	5: 5	6th
2	Paraguay	3: 1	5
3	Spain	8: 4	4th
4th	Bulgaria	1: 7	1

• Spain - Nigeria 2: 3 (1: 1)

Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire ( Nantes )

Spectators: 33,257

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast ( USA )

Goals: 1: 0 Hierro (21st), 1: 1 Adepoju (25th), 2: 1 Raúl (47th), 2: 2 Lawal (73rd), 2: 3 Oliseh (78th)

• Nigeria - Bulgaria 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Prinzenparkstadion ( Paris )

Spectators: 45,500

Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten ( Chile )

Goals: 1-0 Ikpeba (26.)

• Nigeria - Paraguay 1: 3 (1: 1)

Stadium: Stade de Toulouse ( Toulouse )

Spectators: 33,500

Referee: Un Pirom-Prasert ( Thailand )

Goals: 0: 1 Ayala (1st), 1: 1 Oruma (11th), 1: 2 Benítez (59th), 1: 3 Cardozo (86th)

Round of 16

80,000

Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )

Nigeria

Denmark

Urs Meier ( Switzerland )

1: 4 (0: 2)

0: 1 Møller (3rd) 0: 2 B. Laudrup (12th) 0: 3 Sand (60th) 0: 4 Helveg (76th) 1: 4 Babangida (78th)