Nigerian Football Quiz

Question 1

Who is the Nigerian male footballer with the highest number of international goals scored for the national team?

Accepted Answer

Rashidi Yekini

Question 2

Nigeria's national team is popularly known as the Super Eagles. What is the name of the Nigerian women’s national team?

Accepted Answer

Super Falcons

Question 3

Which team did Nigeria defeat at their debut match at the 1994 world cup ?

Accepted Answer

Bulgaria

Question 4

Who was the first Nigerian to win the African Footballer of the Year award in 1980?

Accepted Answer

Segun Odegbami

Question 5

Nigeria has won the FIFA U-17 World Cup multiple times. How many times have they won the tournament as of 2021?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 6

Asisat Oshoala, a top Nigerian female footballer, currently plays for which club in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Barcelona

Question 7

Who was the head coach of the Nigerian U-17 team that won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013?

Accepted Answer

Manu Garba

Question 8

In which year did Nigeria’s Super Falcons first qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup?

Accepted Answer

1991

Question 9

Which Nigerian player scored the country’s first-ever goal in a FIFA World Cup tournament?

Accepted Answer

Rashidi Yekini

Question 10

The Nigerian U-23 team won a silver medal in the football event at which Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Beijing 2008

Question 11

In 1996, Nigeria made history by winning a gold medal in which Olympic Games event?

Accepted Answer

Football

Question 12

Which Nigerian football club won the CAF Champions League twice ?

Accepted Answer

Enyimba FC

Question 13

Who served as the captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles during their first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance in 1994?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Keshi

Question 14

The Nigerian women’s national team, the Super Falcons, has won the African Women’s Cup of Nations how many times?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 15

In which year did Nigeria first qualify for the FIFA World Cup?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 16

Who is the Nigerian female footballer with the highest number of international goals scored for the national team?

Accepted Answer

Perpetua Nkwocha

Question 17

Kanu Nwankwo, one of Nigeria’s most celebrated players, won the UEFA Champions League with which club in 1995?

Accepted Answer

Ajax

Question 18

Which former Nigerian player led the Super Eagles to victory in the 2013 African Cup of Nations as a coach?

Accepted Answer

Stephen Keshi

Question 19

Nigeria won its first African Cup of Nations (AFCON) title in which year?

Accepted Answer

1980

Question 20

Victor Osimhen was the top scorer in which year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Nigeria emerged champions?

Accepted Answer

2015

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