Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Nigeria's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alessandro Diamanti | Italy | 1 |
| Alessio Cerci | Italy | 1 |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | 1 |
| Andrea Poli | Italy | 1 |
| Andrea Ranocchia | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Ogbonna | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Candreva | Italy | 1 |
| Christian Maggio | Italy | 1 |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | Italy | 1 |
| Giuseppe Rossi | Italy | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 18 Nov 2013 | v Italy | 2–2 | 35′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 Nov 2013 | v Italy | 2–2 | started, off 65′ | 65 | 1 | — | Friendly |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.