Nigeria

Nigeria Standings

World Cup Qualification CAF crestWorld Cup Qualification CAF

Key:
  1. Qualification to next stage
  2. Possible Qualification to next stage
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-PTSForm
1South Africa crestSouth Africa10532159618
W
D
D
W
W
2Nigeria crestNigeria10451158717
W
W
D
W
D
3Benin crestBenin105231211117
L
W
W
W
L
4Lesotho crestLesotho10334912-312
W
L
L
L
D
5Rwanda crestRwanda1032559-411
L
L
W
L
D
6Zimbabwe crestZimbabwe10055512-75
L
D
L
L
D

African Nations Championship crestAfrican Nations Championship

Key:
  1. Qualification to next stage
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-PTSForm
1Sudan crestSudan31205145
D
W
D
2Senegal crestSenegal31202115
D
D
W
3Nigeria crestNigeria310225-33
W
L
L
4Congo crestCongo302124-22
L
D
D

Africa Cup of Nations crestAfrica Cup of Nations

Key:
  1. Qualification to next stage
  2. Possible Qualification to next stage
PosTeamPWDLFA+/-PTSForm
1Nigeria crestNigeria33008449
W
W
W
2Tunisia crestTunisia31116514
D
L
W
3Tanzania crestTanzania302134-12
D
D
L
4Uganda crestUganda301237-41
L
D
L

Frequently asked questions

Fifteen players from the Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel cricket team formed the Aston Villa Football Club in the 1870s.

Aston Villa are owned by V Sports, a joint venture between billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wesley Edens. Atairos, an investment company based in the UK, became a minority partner of V Sports in April 2024.

Aston Villa play all their home games at the Villa Park since 1897.

Villa Park has a capacity of over 42,000 and has hosted more FA Cup semi-final games than any other stadium in history.

Aston Villa have won 22 titles throughout their history, including seven English top-flight titles, one European Cup (now known as the Champions League), and seven FA Cups.

Aston Villa have won seven top-flight titles, but have failed to clinch a league trophy in the Premier League era. They last won the first division in the 1980-81 season.

Former Scottish left-back Charlie Aitken has made the most appearances for Aston Villa, featuring in 660 games for the club from 1961 to 1975.

One of the greatest players to ever play for Aston Villa, Billy Walker is the club's record goalscorer of all-time with 244 goals to his name.

Jack Grealish, Dwight Yorke, Emiliano Martinez, Gordon Cowans, and Gareth Barry are among the most respectable players in Aston Villa history, with the club also luring legends like Peter Schmeichel and Paul McGrath.

Steven Gerrard, Steve Bruce, Gerard Houllier and Unai Emery are among the big names to have led Aston Villa during its illustrious history.

Aston Villa are famously known as The Villans. The name 'Villa' is derived from the Villa Cross Wesleyan Church, whose former cricket club passed on the name to the club.