African Cup of Nations 2004 · Quarter-final

Cameroon 1–2 Nigeria

Sunday 8 Feb 2004 · Monastir, Tunisia (neutral)

Cameroon1–2Nigeria

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Eto'o Okocha Utaka

42′1–0Samuel Eto'o Cameroon
45′1–1Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria
73′1–2John Utaka Nigeria

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Cameroon

Came on

18Mohammadou IdrissouFW↑62′
11Pius N'DiefiFW↑78′

Nigeria

Came on

13Pius IkediaMF↑89′
6Joseph EnakahireDF↑90′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Cameroon: 1882 → 1851
Nigeria: 1792 → 1823

Expected score for Cameroon: 62.7% (a draw counts half). An upset — the lower-rated side won. The lead changed hands 1 time. The winners came from behind.

Head to head

Meeting 19 of 26, 1960–2024.

Cameroon wins: 5
Draws: 8
Nigeria wins: 13

Form either side

Cameroon

Before

0–1 v France 29 Jun 2003 · Confederations Cup 2003
0–0 v Japan 19 Nov 2003 · Friendly
1–1 v Algeria 25 Jan 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
5–3 v Zimbabwe 29 Jan 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
0–0 v Egypt 3 Feb 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004

After

0–3 v Bulgaria 28 Apr 2004 · Friendly
2–1 v Benin 6 Jun 2004 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2004
0–0 v Libya 18 Jun 2004 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2004
2–0 v Ivory Coast 4 Jul 2004 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2004
2–3 v Egypt 5 Sep 2004 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2004

Nigeria

Before

1–0 v Venezuela 26 Jul 2003 · Friendly
0–3 v Japan 20 Aug 2003 · Friendly
0–1 v Morocco 27 Jan 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
4–0 v South Africa 31 Jan 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
2–1 v Benin 4 Feb 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004

After

1–1 v Tunisia 11 Feb 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
2–1 v Mali 13 Feb 2004 · African Cup of Nations 2004
3–0 v Republic of Ireland 29 May 2004 · Unity Cup 2004
2–0 v Jamaica 31 May 2004 · Unity Cup 2004
2–0 v Rwanda 5 Jun 2004 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2004

Road through the tournament

Cameroon

1–1 v Algeria Group stage
5–3 v Zimbabwe Group stage
0–0 v Egypt Group stage
1–2 v Nigeria Quarter-final

Nigeria

0–1 v Morocco Group stage
4–0 v South Africa Group stage
2–1 v Benin Group stage
2–1 v Cameroon Quarter-final
1–1 v Tunisia Semi-final
2–1 v Mali Third-place play-off

Every Cameroon v Nigeria match26

From Cameroon's side.


27 Jan 2024	Nigeria	0–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 2024	Round of 16
8 Jun 2021	Nigeria	0–0	Neutral	Friendly	—
4 Jun 2021	Nigeria	1–0	Neutral	Friendly	—
6 Jul 2019	Nigeria	2–3	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 2019	Round of 16
4 Sep 2017	Nigeria	1–1	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2017	—
1 Sep 2017	Nigeria	0–4	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2017	—
11 Oct 2015	Nigeria	0–3	Neutral	Friendly	—
8 Feb 2004	Nigeria	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 2004	Quarter-final
13 Feb 2000	Nigeria	2–2 (won on pens)	Away	African Cup of Nations 2000	Final
7 Aug 1997	Nigeria	0–1	Neutral	Friendly	—
25 Jan 1992	Nigeria	1–2	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 1992	Third-place play-off
28 Sep 1991	Nigeria	1–0	Neutral	Friendly	—
27 Aug 1989	Nigeria	1–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1989	—
10 Jun 1989	Nigeria	0–2	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1989	—
27 Mar 1988	Nigeria	1–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 1988	Final
17 Mar 1988	Nigeria	1–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 1988	Group stage
18 Mar 1984	Nigeria	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations 1984	Final
2 Feb 1980	Nigeria	0–0	Away	Friendly	—
17 Jul 1978	Nigeria	0–0	Neutral	All-African Games 1978	—
22 Jan 1975	Nigeria	0–1	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN