Nigeria national under-23 football team

Nigeria
Nickname(s)	Dream Team VII or Olympic Eagles
Association	Nigeria Football Federation
Other affiliation	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Imama Amapakabo
Captain	Azubuike Okechukwu
Top scorer	Junior Ajayi (10)
Home stadium	Stephen Keshi Stadium
FIFA code	NGA
First colours	Second colours
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1968)
Best result	Gold: (1996)
Afcon U-23
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions: (2015)
African Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1973)
Best result	Gold: (1973)
Medal record

Nigeria Olympic football team represents Nigeria in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to male players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. In four appearances at the Olympic games, the team won gold in 1996, silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.

Competitive record[]

Olympic Games record[]

Nigeria celebrating their gold medal in football at the 1996 Olympics

Olympic Games
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Until 1988	See Nigeria national football team
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Gold Medal	1st	6	5	0	1	12	6
2000	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	8	10
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Silver Medal	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	4
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Bronze Medal	3rd	6	4	0	2	11	10
2020	Did not qualify
Total	Gold Medal	4/8	22	14	3	5	41	30

Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.

African Games record[]

African Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Bronze Medal	3rd	5	4	0	1	14	3
1995	Bronze Medal	3rd	5	2	1	2	5	3
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Silver Medal	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	2
2007	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	4
2019	See Nigeria national under-20 football team
Total	Gold Medal	4/7	19	11	3	5	33	'12

Prior to the 1991 All-Africa Games campaign, the football tournament was open to full senior national teams.
2019 edition of the football tournament was played by the U-20 team.

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record[]

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	4
2015	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	8	5
2019	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	3	2
Total		1/3	11	5	3	3	16	11

Team honours and achievements[]

Intercontinental

Football at the Summer Olympics
- Gold Medal: 1996
- Silver Medal: 2008
- Bronze Medal: 2016

Continental

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
- Winners: 2015
Football at the African Games
- Silver Medal: 2003
- Bronze Medal: 1991, 1995, 2015,

Other

Inter Continental Cup
- Winners: 2008
Niger Tournament^[1]
- Winners: 2002
TIFOCO Tournament^[2]
- Third-place: 2003

Squad[]

Squad for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Abubakar Adamu	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 23)	Wikki Tourists
16	1GK	Mohammed Galadima	(2000-11-17)17 November 2000 (aged 20)	Nasarawa United
21	1GK	Kingdom Osayi	(1999-01-17)17 January 1999 (aged 22)	Giant Brillers

6	2DF	Olisa Ndah	(1998-01-21)21 January 1998 (aged 23)	Remo Stars
13	2DF	Samuel Atavti	(1999-08-09)9 August 1999 (aged 21)	Espérance Tunis
4	2DF	Valentine Ozornwafor	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 21)	UD Almería
3	2DF	Seth Sincere	(1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 23)	Boluspor
2	2DF	Josiah Chukwudi	(1999-07-14)14 July 1999 (aged 21)	Spartak Trnava B
5	2DF	Izuchuckwu Anthony	(1997-11-03)3 November 1997 (aged 23)	Spartak Trnava
12	2DF	Godfrey Stephen	(2000-08-22)22 August 2000 (aged 20)	Isloch Minsk

20	3MF	Sunusi Ibrahim	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 18)	Nasarawa United
15	3MF	Aliyu Yau Adam	(2000-05-07)7 May 2000 (aged 21)	Spartaks Jūrmala
11	3MF	Olabiran Muyiwa	(1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 22)	Tambov
10	3MF	Kelechi Nwakali	(1998-06-05)5 June 1998 (aged 22)	SD Huesca
17	3MF	Ndifreke Udo	(1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 22)	Akwa United
7	3MF	Sunday Faleye	(1998-11-29)29 November 1998 (aged 22)	Wacker Innsbruck
19	3MF	Tom Dele-Bashiru	(1999-09-17)17 September 1999 (aged 21)	Watford
14	3MF	Azubuike Okechukwu	(1997-04-19)19 April 1997 (aged 24)	İstanbul Başakşehir

8	4FW	Orji Okwonkwo	(1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 23)	Bologna
9	4FW	Taiwo Awoniyi	(1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 23)	Union Berlin
18	4FW	Bright Enobakhare	(1998-02-08)8 February 1998 (aged 23)	SC East Bengal

Recent results[]

2019[]

10 September 2019 2019 U-23 AFCON Q	Nigeria	5-0		Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba
16:00 UTC+1	Awoniyi 13' Udo 25', 44' Faleye 67' Ibrahim 69'	Report		Referee: Bangaly Konaté (Guinea)

9 November 2019 2019 U-23 AFCON GS	Nigeria	0-1	Ivory Coast	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
18:00		Report	Gnaka 71' (pen.)	Referee: (Egypt)

12 November 2019 2019 U-23 AFCON GS	Zambia	1-3	Nigeria	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
21:00	Daka 12'	Report	Okwonkwo 16' Nwakali 65' Awoniyi 90+3'	Referee: (Tunisia)

15 November 2019 2019 U-23 AFCON GS	Nigeria	0-0	South Africa	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
21:00

References[]

^ "Niger International Tournament 2002". Rsssf.com. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ "TIFOCO Tournament 2003". Rsssf.com. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ "Amapakabo picks Nwakali, Awoniyi, 19 others for title defence". NFF. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links[]

Official Nigeria Football Federation website

[1] "Niger International Tournament 2002". Rsssf.com. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[2] "TIFOCO Tournament 2003". Rsssf.com. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[3] "Amapakabo picks Nwakali, Awoniyi, 19 others for title defence". NFF. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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