Nigeria Tickets

2014 FIFA World Cup is what everyone is talking about these days. Top teams of the world will take on each other in Brazil and thrilling matches are being anticipated. Nigeria national football team will be playing exhibition games against Greece and United States that will take place at the PPL Park and EverBank Field respectively. World Cup matches will pit them against Iran, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Argentina.

The three times Africa Cup of Nations winners, Nigeria national football team is the only African football team to have achieved the highest FIFA World Ranking. Currently playing under the guidance of coach, Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles are the current African National Cup champions. Following the 1930s, the team began playing on a professional level and proved their worth to the entire football fraternity in just a few years. Many talented players from the team including Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Peter Odemwingie, Obafemi Martins and Joseph Yobo have made individual records and are referred to as some of the top scorers of the Nigeria national football team. As a team, the Green Eagles have won many trophies such as the CEDEAO Cup, LG Cup, Lunar New Year Cup, Jalco Cup, Afro-Asian Cup of Nations and were also the winner of the 2013 Nelson Mandela Challenge.  

To date, Nigeria national football team has reached the FIFA World Cup round of 16 twice but hasn’t won the trophy yet.  The Nigerian team will play its first match against Iran in 2014 World Cup at the Arena da Baixada Curitiba. The Iranian team is known for winning multiple Asian Cups, RCD Cups and the West Asian Football Federation championship trophies. Another opponent of Nigeria in the upcoming games will be the United States national football team. These talented players have also bagged a variety of prestigious trophies such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Marlboro Cup, U.S. Cup and won a gold medal at the Pan American Games. Nigeria’s third opponent, Greece national football team is referred to as one of the most successful national teams in European football. They have won many minor and major football tournaments and are the winners of the 2004 UEFA European Football championship trophy. Many of their talented players such as Dimitris Salpingidis, Theofanis Gekas and Nikos Anastopoulos are credited for the most goals as of March 2014. So are you ready to support Nigeria in the upcoming games! Get your hands on Nigeria tickets as soon as possible.