CAF Player Of The Year
2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - CAF CUTS AWARDS LISTS TO FIVE

Last month CAF announced an initial list of 25 names for its main 2014 African Player of the Year award.

More
3 Dec 2014
FIFA rankings
FIFA RANKING - GUINEA CLIMB HIGH IN FIFA WORLD RANKINGS

Guinea are Africa's highest risers in Fifa's world rankings for November.

More
27 Nov 2014
Club Player Of The Year Stars in Europe
2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - VOTING FOR THE AWARDS ENDED

Voting for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 closed at 18:00 GMT on Monday, 24 November.

More
26 Nov 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Coaches National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - COACH KESHI URGED TO 'WALK AWAY'

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has been urged not to try to stay in the job after failing to qualify the team for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

More
23 Nov 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 6TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

Ivory Coast and Ghana reach finals 

More
19 Nov 2014
Club Player Of The Year Stars in Europe
2014 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR - NOMINEES REVEAL PRIDE

A week ago the shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 was announced

More
17 Nov 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 5TH MATCHES - ALL RESULTS

South Africa are among six teams to have booked their place at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after each won their penultimate qualifier on Saturday.

More
16 Nov 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Coaches National teams
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - NIGERIA - 5TH MATCHES - PREVIEW

Stephen Keshi re-appointed as Nigeria coach

More
1 Nov 2014
Africa Cup
AFRICAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 - NIGERIA RECLAIM WOMEN's TITLE

Nigeria beat Cameroon 2:0 to win the African Women's Championship in Windhoek, Namibia, on Saturday.

More
26 Oct 2014
Featured FIFA rankings
FIFA RANKING - ALGERIA HIT NEW HIGH IN FIFA WORLD RANKINGS

The Desert Foxes, who in June took over from Ivory Coast as the top-ranked team in Africa, moved up five places.

More
24 Oct 2014
Nigeria

The national team coaches of Nigeria at the World Cups

World Cup 2018 
Gernot Rohr

World Cup 2014 
Stephen Keshi

World Cup 2010 
Lars Lagerbäck

World Cup 2002 
Festus Onigbinde

World Cup 1998 
Bora Milutinović

World Cup 1994 
Clemens Westerhof

 

National Coaches

Éric Chelle
National Coach 
Jan 2025 - 

Augustine Eguavoen
National Coach 
Interim: June 2024 - Jan 2025

Finidi George
National Coach 
April 2024 - June 2024

José Peseiro
National Coach 
Jan 2022 - March 2024

Augustine Eguavoen
National Coach 
Dec 2021 - March 2022

Gernot Rohr
National Coach 
August 2016 - Dec 2021

news