Head to head · Men's national teams
Japan v Nigeria
Japan and Nigeria have met 3 times since 1995: level at 1 wins each.
1Japan win
1draw
1Nigeria win
Goals: Japan 5, Nigeria 5 · 3 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Friday, 6 January 1995: Japan 0–3 Nigeria in Riyadh.
- The most recent was on Wednesday, 20 August 2003: Japan 3–0 Nigeria (Friendly).
- Japan's biggest win: Japan 3–0 Nigeria, 2003.
- Nigeria's biggest win: Japan 0–3 Nigeria, 1995.
- 1 of the 3 meetings were competitive matches and 2 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2003 | ||
| 20 Aug | Japan 3–0 Nigeria Friendly · Tokyo, Japan |
Japan |
| 2001 | ||
| 7 Oct | Japan 2–2 Nigeria Friendly · Southampton, England (neutral) |
Draw |
| 1995 | ||
| 6 Jan | Japan 0–3 Nigeria FIFA Confederations Cup · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (neutral) |
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.