Football World Cup 2018 / Nigeria

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Football World Cup 2018 :
Nigeria
Trainer Gernot pipe
captain John Obi Mikel
Qualified as Winner Africa Group B
World rankings
before the tournament
48
Tournament result Out after the preliminary round
Games won 1
Games tie 0
Games lost 2
Gates 3: 4

This article covers the Nigerian national soccer team at the 2018 World Cup . Nigeria took part in the finals for the sixth time and has only been absent from the 2006 World Cup since it first appeared in 1994, but has never made it further than the round of 16.

qualification

Victor Moses, top Nigerian qualifying scorer

The team qualified for the World Cup in Russia through the qualifying matches of the African Football Association CAF .

Games

Nigeria began qualifying under Sunday Oliseh and only had to intervene in the second round . The team met Swaziland in a return leg in November 2015 . After a goalless draw in the away game, the third round was reached with a 2-0 home win. In January 2016, Oliseh announced his resignation due to a lack of salary payments. His successor was to be Paul Le Guen , but ultimately no collaboration was possible. In August 2016, Gernot Rohr became the national coach of the Nigerians, who had meanwhile failed to qualify for the 2017 African Championship . He went into the group stage of the third round, where Nigeria met Algeria , Cameroon and Zambia in Group B, the only African group with three former World Cup participants . In the six resulting matches, the Nigerian team won four and played twice. The Nigerians scored at least one goal in all games. As group winners, the Nigerians qualified as the first African team on the penultimate matchday with a 1-0 win over Zambia. The decisive goal was scored by Alex Iwobi , who was only substituted in the 65th minute, eight minutes after being substituted on.

A total of 34 players were used, of which 12 only played one. Three goalkeepers were used. In the second round and in the first game of the third round Carl Ikeme was in goal, then Daniel Akpeyi for one game and Ikechukwu Ezenwa for the remaining four games . Abdullahi Shehu was the only player to appear in all eight games, although he was suspended for the last game. He was also only substituted on twice. Only in the last game, which was no longer decisive for qualification, Ogenyi Onazi and Elderson Echiéjilé , who had played the first seven games, were dispensed with. The top scorer was Victor Moses with three goals. A total of eight players contributed at least one goal.

Second round

date Venue host guest Result Goalscorers for Nigeria
Nov 13, 2015 Lobamba Swaziland - Nigeria 0-0
Nov 17, 2015 Port Harcourt Nigeria - Swaziland 2: 0 (0: 0) Moses Simon (51.), Efe Ambrose (86.)

Third round

date Venue host guest Result Goalscorers for Nigeria
10/09/2016 Ndola Zambia - Nigeria 1: 2 (0: 2) Alex Iwobi (33.), Kelechi Iheanacho (43.)
11/12/2016 Uyo Nigeria - Algeria 3: 1 (2: 0) Victor Moses (24th, 90th + 1), John Obi Mikel (41st)
09/01/2017 Uyo Nigeria - Cameroon 4: 0 (2: 0) Odion Ighalo (29th), John Obi Mikel (43th), Victor Moses (56th), Kelechi Iheanacho (76th)
04.09.2017 Yaoundé Cameroon - Nigeria 1: 1 (0: 1) Moses Simon (30.)
07.10.2017 Uyo Nigeria - Zambia 1: 0 (0: 0) Alex Iwobi (73.)
11/10/2017 Constantine Algeria - Nigeria 3-0 John Ogu (62nd)

Third round final table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  6th  4th  1  1 011: 600  +5 13
 2. ZambiaZambia Zambia  6th  2  2  2 008: 700  +1 08th
 3. CameroonCameroon Cameroon  6th  1  4th  1 007: 900  −2 07th
 4th AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria  6th  1  1  4th 006:100  −4 04th

preparation

Games

date Result opponent venue Goalscorers for Nigeria
November 14, 2017 4: 2 (1: 2) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Krasnodar ( RUS ) Kelechi Iheanacho (44th), Alex Iwobi (52nd, 73rd), Brian Idowu (54th)
15th January 2018 0-0 RwandaRwanda Rwanda Tangier ( MAR )
19th January 2018 1-0 LibyaLibya Libya Tangier ( MAR ) Sunday Faleye (79th)
23rd January 2018 3: 1 Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Tangier ( MAR ) Anthony Okpotu (58th), Ojo Solomon (69th), Rabiu Ali (83th / penalty)
January 28, 2018 2: 1 a.d. AngolaAngola Angola Tangier ( MAR ) Anthony Okpotu (90th + 1), Gabriel Okechukwu (109th)
January 31, 2018 1-0 SudanSudan Sudan Marrakech ( MAR ) Gabriel Okechukwu (16.)
4th February 2018 0: 4 MoroccoMorocco Morocco Casablanca ( MAR )
23 March 2018 1-0 PolandPoland Poland Wroclaw Victor Moses (61st / penalty)
March 27, 2018 0: 2 SerbiaSerbia Serbia London ( GBR )
May 25, 2018 1: 1 Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Port Harcourt William Troost-Ekong (15th)
2nd June 2018 1: 2 EnglandEngland England London Alex Iwobi (47.)
June 6, 2018 0: 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Schwechat ( AUT )

Remarks:

Teams in italics are not qualified for the World Cup.
Only players from the domestic leagues were allowed to play in the games in January / February as part of the African Nations Cup . Of the players who were used in the World Cup qualifiers, only goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was used in the first five games. The final opponent Morocco used three players from the squad for the World Cup qualifiers.

Quarter

Team Quarter was the "Sanatorium Istochnik" in Yessentuki , where the team could use the Yessentuki Arena for training purposes.

Squad

The provisional squad was named on May 14, 2018. The squad, reduced to 23 players, was named on June 3rd. Were canceled Uche Agbo , Mikel Agu , Ola Aina , Oladele Ajiboye , Stephen Eze , Junior Lokosa and Moses Simon .

position No. Surname birth
date
Calls Gates society debut Last
use
Number of games goal Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card World Cup
participation
World Cup games
(before 2018)
World Cup goals
(before 2018)
goal 16 Daniel Akpeyi 08/03/1986 7th 0 South AfricaSouth Africa Chippa United FC 2015 11/14/2017
01 Ikechukwu Ezenwa 10/16/1988 24 0 NigeriaNigeria Enyimba FC 2015 January 31, 2018
23 Francis Uzoho 10/28/1998 6th 0 SpainSpain Deportivo La Coruña 2017 06/06/2018 3
Defense 20th Chidozie Awaziem 01/01/1997 4th 0 FranceFrance FC Nantes 2017 03/27/2018
06th Leon Balogun 06/28/1988 19th 0 GermanyGermany 1. FSV Mainz 05 2014 06/06/2018 3 1
21st Tyronne Ebuehi December 16, 1995 7th 0 NetherlandsNetherlands ADO The Hague 2017 06/06/2018 1
03 Elderson Echiéjilé 01/20/1988 62 3 BelgiumBelgium Cercle Bruges 2010 06/06/2018 2010 2 0
02 Brian Idowu 05/18/1992 5 1 RussiaRussia Amkar Perm R 2017 06/06/2018 3 1
22nd Kenneth Omeruo 10/17/1993 39 0 TurkeyTurkey Kasımpaşa Istanbul 2013 02.06.2018 2 2014 4th
12 Abdullahi Shehu 03/12/1993 26th 0 TurkeyTurkey Bursaspor 2014 06/06/2018 1
05 William Troost-Ekong 09/01/1993 22nd 1 TurkeyTurkey Bursaspor 2015 06/06/2018 3 1
midfield 08th Oghenekaro Etebo 11/09/1995 14th 1 SpainSpain UD Las Palmas 2016 02.06.2018 3
10 John Obi Mikel (C)Captain of the crew 04/22/1987 85 6th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tianjin Teda 2005 06/06/2018 3 1 2014 4th 0
04th Wilfred Ndidi 12/16/1996 17th 0 EnglandEngland Leicester City 2015 06/06/2018 3
15th Joel Obi 05/22/1991 17th 0 ItalyItaly Torino FC 2011 02.06.2018
19th John Ogu 04/20/1988 20th 2 IsraelIsrael Hapoel Beer Sheva M. 2013 06/06/2018
17th Ogenyi Onazi December 25, 1992 52 1 TurkeyTurkey Trabzonspor 2012 02.06.2018 2014 4th 0
Storm 09 Odion Ighalo 06/16/1989 19th 4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Changchun Yatai 2015 06/06/2018 3
14th Kelechi Iheanacho 10/03/1996 18th 8th EnglandEngland Leicester City 2015 06/06/2018 3
18th Alex Iwobi 05/03/1996 18th 5 EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 2015 06/06/2018 3
11 Victor Moses 12/12/1990 35 11 EnglandEngland Chelsea FC P 2012 06/06/2018 3 1 2014 2 0
07th Ahmed Musa 10/14/1992 72 13 RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow 2010 06/06/2018 3 2 2014 4th 2
13 Simy 05/07/1992 2 0 ItalyItaly FC Crotone 2018 06/06/2018 2
Coaching staff Trainer GermanyGermany Gernot pipe 06/28/1953 2016 3
  1. Numbers according to the official squad list
  2. Sources: rsssf.com: Nigeria - Record International Players , soccerway.com: Nigeria , Kicker-Sonderheft WM 2018 (status: May 20, 2018), updated after the game against the Czech Republic on June 6, 2018.
  3. Clubs in italics play in the season before or during the World Cup in the 2nd division of their country, M = champions in the World Cup year, P = cup winners in the World Cup year, ↑ = club plays in the 1st division in the next season , ↓ = club will play in the second league next season, R = club was able to avoid relegation

Finals

Group draw

Venues and quarters (blue / italic) of the Nigerian team

For the draw of the qualifying groups on December 1st, Nigeria was assigned to Pot 4. In Group D, Nigeria met vice world champions Argentina, Croatia and newcomer Iceland . Nigeria met Argentina in the preliminary rounds in 1994, 2002, 2010 and 2014, with the Nigerians losing by one goal each. With the fifth preliminary round meeting in 2018, this became the most common preliminary round pairing. There was also a goalless draw at the 1995 King Fahd Cup , two wins - most recently on November 14, 2017, when Argentina competed without Lionel Messi - and one defeat in friendly matches. Against Iceland there was a 3-0 defeat in Reykjavík in 1981 . The Nigerians, on the other hand, had never played against Croatia.

Nigeria had not previously played in any of the three preliminary round venues. Krasnodar, where the Nigerians played against Argentina on November 14, has been removed from the provisional list of World Cup venues.

Group stage / group D matches

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  3  0  0 007: 100  +6 09
 2. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina  3  1  1  1 003: 500  −2 04th
 3. NigeriaNigeria Nigeria  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 03
 4th IcelandIceland Iceland  3  0  1  2 002: 500  −3 01
Saturday, June 16, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Kaliningrad
Croatia - Nigeria 2: 0 (1: 0) Own goal after 32 minutes 32. ′ Etebo
Fri., June 22, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Volgograd
Nigeria - Iceland 2: 0 (0: 0) Goal after 49 ', 75 minutes 49 ', 75 ′ Musa
Tue., June 26, 2018, 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Saint Petersburg
Nigeria - Argentina 1: 2 (0: 1) Goal after 51 minutes 51 ′ / penalty Moses

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement , Sunday Oliseh's Twitter account, accessed on February 26, 2016
  2. ^ Sport.de: Le Guen new national coach of Nigeria
  3. sport.de: "Le Guen: But no job in Nigeria"
  4. punchng.com: "BREAKING: NFF picks Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach"
  5. fifa.com: "Nigeria will be the first team from Africa"
  6. Since the Nigerians had used Abdullahi Shehu , who was suspended because of the second yellow card received in the game, the original 1-1 was converted into a 3-0 win for Algeria on December 12, 2017. (Source: Latest decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee )
  7. Use statistics from Ikechukwu Ezenwa
  8. fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
  9. thenff.com: "Russia 2018: Rohr names Mikel, Moses, Musa, 27 others in Nigeria's provisional list"
  10. kicker.de: Balogun is going to the World Cup with Nigeria