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Congo DR v Nigeria
Congo DR and Nigeria have met 10 times since 1966: Nigeria lead 5–4.
4Congo DR wins
1draw
5Nigeria wins
Goals: Congo DR 16, Nigeria 17 · 10 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Saturday, 5 November 1966: Nigeria 3–2 Congo-Kinshasa in Lagos.
- The most recent was on Sunday, 16 November 2025: Nigeria 1–1 Congo DR (FIFA World Cup qualification).
- Congo DR's biggest win: Congo-Kinshasa 5–0 Nigeria, 1969.
- Nigeria's biggest win: Nigeria 5–2 Congo DR, 2010.
- 4 of the 10 meetings were competitive matches and 6 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2025 | ||
| 16 Nov | Nigeria 1–1 Congo DR (pens) FIFA World Cup qualification · Rabat, Morocco (neutral) |
Congo DR |
| 2018 | ||
| 28 May | Nigeria 1–1 Congo DR Friendly · Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
Draw |
| 2015 | ||
| 8 Oct | Nigeria 0–2 Congo DR Friendly · Visé, Belgium (neutral) |
Congo DR |
| 2010 | ||
| 3 Mar | Nigeria 5–2 Congo DR Friendly · Abuja, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 1994 | ||
| 2 Apr | Zaïre 0–2 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Tunis, Tunisia (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 1992 | ||
| 19 Jan | Nigeria 1–0 Zaïre Africa Cup of Nations · Dakar, Senegal (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 1976 | ||
| 1 Mar | Nigeria 4–2 Zaïre Africa Cup of Nations · Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 1969 | ||
| 14 Dec | Congo-Kinshasa 5–0 Nigeria Friendly · Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa |
Congo DR |
| 1966 | ||
| 25 Nov | Congo-Kinshasa 1–0 Nigeria Friendly · Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa |
Congo DR |
| 5 Nov | Nigeria 3–2 Congo-Kinshasa Friendly · Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.