The Super Eagles of Nigeria will battle Argentina, Croatia and Iceland in Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Nigeria are three time African Champions, with their last title in 2013, after defeating Burkina Faso in the final.
During April 1994, the Super Eagles was ranked 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, the highest FIFA ranking position achieved by an African football team.
They have qualified for six of the last seven FIFA World Cups, missing only the 2006 FIFA World Cup hosted in Germany and have reached the round of 16 three times.
They were the only African team to qualify for both the 2014 and 2018 tournaments. Their first World Cup appearance was the USA’94 World Cup hosted in the United States.
On 24 June 2016, The Confederation of African Football released the draw for the 3rd round of the World Cup qualifiers which saw Nigeria grouped in what was described as a "group of death"; alongside Zambia, Algeria, and Cameroon.
Nigeria started her group stage matches with a 2–1 win over Zambia in Ndola and defeated Algeria 3–1 in their second match at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. They went on to beat Cameroon 5–1 home and away in a back to back contest. The Super Eagles of Nigeria became the first African team to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after beating Zambia 1–0 in Uyo.
