NIGERIA
WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 |
U.S. RIVALRY 1988 — Nigeria 3-2. 1995 — USA 3-2.
TEAM Shorunmu, Okpara, Ifejiagwa, West, Yobo, Okocha, S.Oliseh, T.Babangida, Lawal, Agali, N.Kanu.
QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY April 9 in Asmara Eritrea 0 Nigeria 0. April 23 in Lagos Nigeria 4 (B.Akwuegbu 13, Lawal 20, Akpodorie 65, N.Kanu 89) Eritrea 0.
AFRICA GROUP B June 17 in Lagos Nigeria 2 (Okocha 16, Akwuegbu 37) Sierra Leone 0. July 9 in Monrovia Liberia 2 (Wreh 4, 47) Nigeria 1 (N.Kanu 35). Jan. 27 in Port Harcourt Nigeria 3 (Agali 58, 68, N.Kanu 79) Sudan 0. March 12 in Accra Ghana 0 Nigeria 0. April 21 in Freetown Sierra Leone 1 (Mansaray 25) Nigeria 0. May 5 in Port Harcourt Nigeria 2 (N.Kanu 12, Agali 59) Liberia 0. July 1 in Omdurman Sudan 0 Nigeria 4 (Okocha 40, Aiyegbeni 47, 85, Agali 80). July 28 in Port Harcourt Nigeria 3 (Agali 1, T.Babangida 18, 32) Ghana 0.
STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Nigeria | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
| Liberia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
| Sudan | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Ghana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Sierra Leone | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002.
