Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Babban nasarar farko ta tawagar ita ce lambar zinare a gasar
2nd All-Afirka wasanni, tare da 3rd wuri gama a 1976 da kuma 1978 Afirka Cup of Nations su bi. A shekarar 1980, tare da 'yan wasa irin su Segun Odegbami da Best Ogedegbe, kungiyar, karkashin jagorancin Christian Chukwu, ta lashe Kofin a karon farko a Legas. Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta maza ta Najeriya ta lashe gasar kwallon kafa a gasar Olympics ta 1996 a Atlanta, inda ta doke Mexico, Brazil da Argentina a cikin tsari. Sun kasance masu tsere a cikin wannan taron a wasannin Olympics na 2008 a Beijing, inda suka yi rashin nasara a Argentina a wasan da aka yi a wasan karshe na shekarar 1996.