Nigerian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)

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Nigeria
Nickname (s) Golden Eagles
Association Nigeria Football Federation
confederacy CAF
Head coach Emmanuel Amuneke
captain Kelechi Nwakali
Home stadium Abuja National Stadium
FIFA code NGA
(As of November 9, 2015)

The Nigerian U-17 national soccer team is a selection team of Nigerian soccer players . It is subject to the Nigeria Football Federation and represents it internationally at the U-17 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, at the U-17 African Championships and the U-17 World Cup .

With five world championship titles ( 1985 , 1993 , 2007 , 2013 and 2015 ), the team is the most successful team at U-17 world championships and has also been runner-up three times ( 1987 , 2001 and 2009 ).

She was twice African champion ( 2001 and 2007 ) and twice vice African champion ( 1995 and 2013 ).

history

World Champion 1986

The Nigerian team qualified for the first U-16 World Cup with a 1-0 home win in the first leg and a 1-1 in the second leg against Togo . At the 1985 World Cup , the team met Italy , Saudi Arabia and Costa Rica in the preliminary round . After a 1-0 opener against Italy and a goalless draw against Saudi Arabia, a 3-0 win against Costa Rica followed, which put the Nigerians in second place and qualified for the quarter-finals. There the team won 3-1 after a 0-1 deficit against Hungary . In the semifinals, they met Guinea's U-16s , who were defeated 5: 3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time , making them the first African team to reach the final of a FIFA competition. In the final against Germany , Nigeria's U-17s took the lead after four minutes with a goal from Jonathan Akpoborie and finally won the game 2-0.

In 1986, the Nigerian U-16 national team made it to the third qualifying round after two draws against Ghana due to the away goals rule , in which they should meet the Zambian U-16s . Since this did not take place, they qualified for the 1987 World Cup . There they finished second in the group behind the Soviet Union and then reached the final after victories against Australia and Italy, in which they met the Soviet Union again and lost 4-2 on penalties after a 1: 1 in extra time.

In qualifying for the 1989 World Cup , the Nigerians defeated Zaire and Zambia. At the finals in Scotland they were group winners ahead of Argentina , China and Canada without conceding a goal, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a goalless draw with Saudi Arabia on penalties. Two years later they did not take part in the qualification for the first time as a U-17 competition.

Second world title

With wins against Guinea-Bissau and Algeria , Nigeria's U-17 qualified for the 1993 World Cup . There they were group winners with three wins and 14-0 goals in front of Australia, Argentina and Canada and won the quarter-finals with 2-1 against Japan . In the semifinals, they won 2-1 against Poland , before defeating defending champions Ghana 2-1 in the final to become world champions for the second time.

At the U-17 African Championship, which was held for the first time in 1995 , the Nigerians reached the semi-finals as group winners and made it into the final with a 3-1 win over Mali , in which they were defeated by Ghana's U-17s with 1: 3 in extra time. At the 1995 World Cup , the team reached the quarter-finals as group winners ahead of Australia, Spain and Qatar, where they lost 2-1 to Oman's U-17s .

Nigeria did not take part in qualifying for the 1997 U-17 African Cup and was therefore unable to qualify for the 1997 U-17 World Cup . In 1999 they started with a draw against Mali in the African Championship and then lost to Angola . In the last group game they defeated Ghana 2-1, but missed the semi-finals due to the poorer goal difference and thus again the qualification for the U-17 World Cup .

African Champion 2001

In 2001, the Nigerian U-17s reached the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations as group winners ahead of Guinea and won 4: 3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time. Since Guinea, the winner of the second semi-final, was suspended shortly before the final, the final was postponed by one day and Nigeria met the defeated semi-finalists Burkina Faso , who they defeated 3-0 and thus became U-17 African champions for the first time. At the 2001 U-17 World Cup , the team qualified for the quarter-finals with wins against France , Japan and the USA . Then she won 5-1 against Australia and made it into the World Cup final for the fourth time with a 1-0 win against Burkina Faso. There, however, she lost 3-0 to France.

At the U-17 African Cup of Nations 2003 , Nigeria reached the semi-finals as group winners and lost to Sierra Leone . The team won the game for third place 3-1 against Egypt and qualified for the World Cup in Finland , where they lost 1-0 to Argentina after a draw with Costa Rica and a 2-1 win against Australia and so they were eliminated with the same number of points as the second-placed Costa Ricans. In 2005 Nigeria's U-17 started with a draw against South Africa in the African Championship . Then she lost to the Ivory Coast and was eliminated despite a 4-1 win in the final group game against Zimbabwe and thus missed the qualification for the U-17 World Cup of the same year.

African champion 2007 and third world title

At the African Cup of Nations 2007 , the Nigerian U-17 national team came first after winning against Eritrea , Burkina Faso and Ghana. In the semifinals she won 2-0 against Tunisia and then became African champions for the second time with a 1-0 win against Togo. At the 2007 World Cup , Nigeria won the opening game against France and then against Japan and Haiti , qualifying as group winners for the round of 16, which was followed by a 2-1 win against Colombia . After beating Argentina and Germany, the team then moved into the World Cup final for the fifth time, beating Spain 3-0 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes and thus winning their third World Cup title.

In the first round of qualifying for the U-17 African Championship in 2009 , the reigning world champions lost 3-0 in the second leg after a 2-0 win in the first leg of Benin and were eliminated. As hosts, they were still qualified for the 2009 World Cup, where they drew against Germany and, after victories against Honduras and Argentina, reached the round of 16 as group winners. The final round was followed by a 5-0 win against New Zealand and 3-1 wins against South Korea and Spain, before they lost 1-0 to Switzerland in the final.

In qualifying for the African Cup of Nations 2011 , Nigeria's U-17 failed again in the first round. After a 2-0 defeat in the first leg against the Republic of the Congo , she did not get more than a 1-1 draw in the second leg and thus missed qualifying for the 2011 World Cup after two finals in a row .

World champion 2013 and 2015

At the U-17 African Cup of Nations 2013 , Nigeria lost after a 6-1 opening win against Ghana with 0-1 against Ivory Coast and reached the semi-finals as group winners after a 7-0 win against the Congo. There they won 4-2 against Tunisia and met again in the final against the Ivorians, who lost 4-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. At the 2013 World Cup , the Nigerian U-17 national team defeated defending champions Mexico 6-1 in the opening game . This was followed by a draw against Sweden and a 5-0 win against Iraq . In the final round, they defeated Iran , Uruguay and Sweden, before they met the defending champions again in the final and won 3-1.

At the African Cup of Nations 2015 , Nigeria's U-17s reached the semi-finals as group winners and lost them 0-1 to South Africa. In the game for third place, she then lost to Guinea 1: 3. At the 2015 U-17 World Cup , Nigeria started with a 2-0 win over the USA and a 5-0 win over hosts Chile . In the third group game, Croatia lost 2-1, but had already been confirmed as group winners. After a 6-0 win in the round of 16 against Australia and a 3-0 win against Brazil , the Nigerian U-17 national team made it into the World Cup final for the eighth time with a 4-2 win over Mexico. There they won 2-0 against Mali, making it the second team after Brazil (1999) to successfully defend their title at the U-17 World Cup.

Participation in U-17 world championships

(Until 1989 U-16 World Championship)

  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 1985 : world champion
  • CanadaCanada 1987 : 2nd place
  • ScotlandScotland 1989 : quarter-finals
  • ItalyItaly 1991 : did not participate
  • JapanJapan 1993 : world champion
  • EcuadorEcuador 1995 : quarter-finals
  • EgyptEgypt 1997 : did not participate
  • New ZealandNew Zealand 1999 : not qualified
  • Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago 2001 : 2nd place
  • FinlandFinland 2003 : preliminary round
  • PeruPeru 2005 : not qualified
  • Korea SouthSouth Korea 2007 : world champion
  • NigeriaNigeria 2009 : 2nd place
  • MexicoMexico 2011 : not qualified
  • United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 2013 : World Champion
  • ChileChile 2015 : World Champion
  • IndiaIndia 2017 :

Participation in the U-17 African Championships

  • MaliMali 1995 : 2nd place
  • BotswanaBotswana 1997 : did not participate
  • Guinea-aGuinea 1999 : preliminary round
  • SeychellesSeychelles 2001 : African champion
  • SwazilandSwaziland 2003 : 3rd place
  • GambiaGambia 2005 : preliminary round
  • TogoTogo 2007 : African champion
  • AlgeriaAlgeria 2009 : not qualified
  • RwandaRwanda 2011 : not qualified
  • MoroccoMorocco 2013 : 2nd place
  • NigerNiger 2015 : 4th place
  • MadagascarMadagascar 2017 :

Well-known former players

(Selection)

See also

Web links

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  2. ^ African Qualifying for U-16 World Cup 1987. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed November 9, 2015 .
  3. ^ African Qualifying for U-16 World Cup 1989. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed November 9, 2015 .
  4. ^ African Qualifying for U-17 World Cup 1991. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed November 9, 2015 .
  5. ^ African Qualifying for U-17 World Cup 1993. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed November 9, 2015 .
  6. ^ African U-17 Championship 1995. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, accessed November 9, 2015 .
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