During April 1994,
Super Eagles ranked
5th in the FIFA
World Rankings, the
highest ranking
achieved by an
African football
team. They are the
current Africa Cup
of Nations
champions. They have
won the Africa Cup
of Nations a total
of 3 times, and have
reached the FIFA
World Cup round of
16 twice.
Nigria have
qualified for five
of the last six
World Cups, with
their first
appearance coming in
the United States in
1994. Also, at the
1996 Atlanta Summer
Olympics, the
Nigerian Olympic
football team(Under
23) became the first
African football
team to win gold at
the Summer Olympic
Games.
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