World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Nigeria's 2nd appearance in the World Cup Finals.
Best World Cup Performance:
In USA 1994, Nigeria showed how strong they were by
finishing top of the group; ahead of Bulgaria and Argentina.
Nigeria then went out to Italy, after extra time.
Group D
13th June: vs. Spain
(3:2) in Nantes.
19th June: vs. Bulgaria
(1:0) in Paris.
24th June: vs. Paraguay
(1:3) in Toulouse.
Nigeria won their group thanks largely to their opening game victory
against the seeds, Spain.
Knockout Stage
2nd Round
28th June: vs. Denmark (1:4) in Saint-Denis.
A classy-looking Denmark profited from the poor goalkeeping of Tufai
to finish off Nigeria's World Cup run.
Goalkeepers:
1 Peter Rufai (Deportivo La Coruna)
12 William Okpara (Orlando Pirates)
22 Abiodun Baruwa (Sion)
Defenders:
2 Mobi Oparaku (Kapellen)
3 Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea)
5 Uche Okechukwu (Fenerbahce)
6 Taribo West (Inter Milan)
16 Uche Okafor (Kansas City Wizards)
17 Augustine Eguavoen (Torpedo Moscow)
19 Ben Iroha (Elche)
21 Godwin Okpara (Strasbourg)
Midfielders:
7 Finidi George (Real Betis)
8 Mutiu Adepoju (Real Sociedad)
10 Jay-Jay Okocha (Fenerbahce)
11 Garba Lawal (Roda JC Kerkrade)
13 Tijani Babangida (Ajax)
15 Sunday Oliseh (Ajax)
18 Wilson Oruma (Lens)
Forwards:
4 Nwankwo Kanu (Inter Milan)
9 Rashidi Yekini (FC Zurich)
14 Daniel Amokachi (Besiktas)
20 Victor Ikpeba (Monaco)
Trainer:
Bora Milutinovic.
Nigeria Travel
Notes:
Find out more about Nigeria at Travel Notes.
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