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Nigeria U20

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ShirtAliyu Zubairu (since 2024)Abuja National Stadium

FIFA U-20 World Cup

2025Knockout stage
Octavos de finalArgentina U200-4

Group stage: 3.° of Group F · 3 J · 1 G · 4-4 · 4 pts

Grupo F · FIFA U-20 World Cup

2025/26
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
4
Goals for
4
Goals against
4
Points
Goals scored per match · 14 of 24 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 18 of 24 in the competitionShots on target3.00Goals per 100 shots · 24 of 24 in the competitionConversion8%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 14 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 8 of 24 in the competitionPossession52%Duels won over duels contested · 8 of 24 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 24 teams in FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.0014.º
Shots on target3.0018.º
Conversion8%24.º
Clean sheets0%14.º
Possession52%8.º
Duels won52%8.º

Grupo B · Africa U20 Cup of Nations

2024/25
2.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
3
Goals for
2
Goals against
5
Points
Goals scored per match · 10 of 13 in the competitionGoals0.67Shots on target per match · 1 of 13 in the competitionShots on target6.00Goals per 100 shots · 11 of 13 in the competitionConversion5%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 13 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 2 of 13 in the competitionPossession56%Duels won over duels contested · 9 of 13 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 13 teams in Africa U20 Cup of Nations in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 13 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.6710.º
Shots on target6.001.º
Conversion5%11.º
Clean sheets50%3.º
Possession56%2.º
Duels won49%9.º

Grupo D · FIFA U-20 World Cup

2022/23
3.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
4
Goals for
3
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 15 of 24 in the competitionGoals1.20Shots on target per match · 7 of 24 in the competitionShots on target6.00Goals per 100 shots · 18 of 24 in the competitionConversion10%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 5 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets40%Average share of the ball · 12 of 24 in the competitionPossession51%Duels won over duels contested · 16 of 24 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 24 teams in FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.2015.º
Shots on target6.007.º
Conversion10%18.º
Clean sheets40%5.º
Possession51%12.º
Duels won49%16.º

Grupo A · Africa U20 Cup of Nations

2022/23
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
3
Goals for
1
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 12 in the competitionGoals1.33Shots on target per match · 3 of 12 in the competitionShots on target4.50Goals per 100 shots · 4 of 12 in the competitionConversion11%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets67%Average share of the ball · 4 of 12 in the competitionPossession53%Duels won over duels contested · 8 of 12 in the competitionDuels won48%

Compared with the 12 teams in Africa U20 Cup of Nations in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.334.º
Shots on target4.503.º
Conversion11%4.º
Clean sheets67%3.º
Possession53%4.º
Duels won48%8.º

Grupo D · FIFA U-20 World Cup

2018/19
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
3
Goals against
4
Points
Goals scored per match · 11 of 24 in the competitionGoals1.50Shots on target per match · 7 of 24 in the competitionShots on target5.25Goals per 100 shots · 14 of 21 in the competitionConversion13%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 15 of 24 in the competitionClean sheets25%Average share of the ball · 9 of 24 in the competitionPossession53%Duels won over duels contested · 10 of 24 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 24 teams in FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2018/19.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 24 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.5011.º
Shots on target5.257.º
Conversion13%14.º
Clean sheets25%15.º
Possession53%9.º
Duels won51%10.º

Grupo A · Africa U20 Cup of Nations

2018/19
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
3
Goals for
0
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 8 in the competitionGoals0.80Shots on target per match · 2 of 8 in the competitionShots on target5.40Goals per 100 shots · 7 of 8 in the competitionConversion6%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 8 in the competitionClean sheets80%Average share of the ball · 1 of 8 in the competitionPossession62%Duels won over duels contested · 7 of 8 in the competitionDuels won45%

Compared with the 8 teams in Africa U20 Cup of Nations in 2018/19.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 8 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.804.º
Shots on target5.402.º
Conversion6%7.º
Clean sheets80%1.º
Possession62%1.º
Duels won45%7.º

Grupo E · FIFA U-20 World Cup

2014/15
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
8
Goals for
4
Goals against
6
Points

Grupo D · FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011/12
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
12
Goals for
2
Goals against
9
Points

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
16Rufai AbubakarGoalkeeperNigeria181.77 m-Both2025
21Clinton EzekielGoalkeeperNigeria201.67 m--2005
1Ebenezer HarcourtGoalkeeperNigeria161.79 m--2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
5Ahmed AkinyeleDefenderNigeria221.80 m70 kgRight2023
13Azuka AlatanDefenderNigeria201.67 m--2025
20Haruna AliyuDefenderNigeria201.80 m--2025
6Daniel BameyiDefenderNigeria201.80 m70 kgRight2023
2Amos OchocheDefenderNigeria201.70 m-Right2025
3Odinaka OkoroDefenderNigeria191.69 m-Left2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
10Israel AyumaMidfielderNigeria211.70 m68 kgRight2025
4Daniel DagaMidfielderNigeria191.68 m70 kgRight2023
14Emmanuel EkeleMidfielderNigeria211.70 m-Right2025
15Auwal IbrahimMidfielderNigeria201.68 m-Right2025
8Abduljelil KamaldeenMidfielderNigeria171.58 m--2025

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
11Orseer AchihiForwardNigeria201.76 m70 kgRight2025
19Charles AgadaForwardNigeria201.70 m65 kgRight2025
9Kparobo ArierhiForwardNigeria191.78 m66 kg-2025
17Tahir MaiganaForwardNigeria181.67 m--2025
12Salihu NasiruForwardNigeria191.65 m75 kgRight2025
7Suleman SaniWingerNigeria201.75 m70 kgRight2025
18Abdullahi ShituForwardNigeria181.60 m--2025
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