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Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations 2012

Host: Gabon/Equatorial Guinea
Did not qualify

Coaches: Augustine Eguavoen, Samson Siasia

ⓘ Context:Nigeria finished second in Qualifying Group B with 11 points to Guinea's 14, and missed out after a 2-2 home draw with Guinea on 8 October 2011. Nigeria did not make the cut as one of the two best runners-up.

The campaign

Qualifying Campaign

Group stage

  1. 05 Sept 2010Nigeria 2–0 Madagascar
    W

    Coach: Augustine Eguavoen

    Partial record — only some players captured.

    RecordedMichael Eneramo ⚽, Obafemi Martins ⚽

  2. 10 Oct 2010Nigeria 0–1 Guinea
    L

    Coach: Augustine Eguavoen

    No line-up recorded for this match yet.

  3. 27 Mar 2011Nigeria 4–0 Ethiopia
    W

    Coach: Samson Siasia

    Partial record — only some players captured.

    RecordedPeter Utaka ⚽×2

    SubsIkechukwu Uche ⚽×2

  4. 05 Jun 2011Nigeria 2–2 Ethiopia
    D

    Sources disagree on who scored Nigeria's first goal: some name Kalu Uche, but two independent line-ups list Ikechukwu Uche in the starting XI and not Kalu Uche, so it is recorded as Ikechukwu Uche.

    Coach: Samson Siasia

    XIPeter Utaka, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Joel Obi, Ikechukwu Uche ⚽, Efe Ambrose, Vincent Enyeama, Taye Taiwo, Victor Obinna, Ahmed Musa, Joseph Yobo ⚽, John Obi Mikel

  5. 04 Sept 2011Nigeria 2–0 Madagascar
    W

    Coach: Samson Siasia

    Partial record — only some players captured.

    RecordedVictor Obinna ⚽, Joseph Yobo ⚽

  6. 08 Oct 2011Nigeria 2–2 Guinea
    D

    Coach: Samson Siasia

    Partial record — only some players captured.

    RecordedIkechukwu Uche ⚽, Victor Obinna ⚽

Qualifying top scorers

From goals recorded in this archive.

  1. Ikechukwu Uche4 goals
  2. Joseph Yobo2 goals
  3. Peter Utaka2 goals
  4. Victor Obinna2 goals
  5. Michael Eneramo1 goal
  6. Obafemi Martins1 goal

Squad

Honours