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All-time head-to-head
Since 1950
Ghana
24
wins
draws
21
61 meetings
Nigeria
16
wins
Ghana have scored 90 goals against Nigeria all-time; Nigeria have scored 66.
- First meeting
- Ghana 1–0 Nigeria
- May 28, 1950 · Friendly
- Last meeting
- Ghana 1–2 Nigeria
- May 28, 2025 · Unity Cup
- Biggest Ghana win
- Ghana 7–0 Nigeria
- Oct 30, 1955 · Friendly
- Biggest Nigeria win
- Ghana 0–5 Nigeria
- Oct 20, 1951 · Friendly
By competition
| Competition | P | GHA W | D | NGA W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Africa Cup of Nations | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Africa Cup of Nations qualification | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| All-African Games | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unity Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All meetings
61 matches, newest first, with goalscorers where recorded.
- L1–2NUnity CupUnity Cup
- L1–2NFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Thomas Partey 10'
Nigeria: William Troost-Ekong 22' (pen.)
- D0–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- D0–0NFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0NAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: Asamoah Gyan 21'
Nigeria: —
- W2–1HAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: Michael Essien 45', Junior Agogo 83'
Nigeria: Yakubu 35' (pen.)
- W4–1NFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1NAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: —
Nigeria: Taye Taiwo 85'
- L1–3AFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1HFriendlyFriendly
- L0–1NAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: —
Nigeria: Garba Lawal 80'
- L0–3AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: —
Nigeria: Victor Agali 1', Tijani Babangida 18', Tijani Babangida 32'
- D0–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- D0–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–1NAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: Abedi Pele 43', Prince Polley 54'
Nigeria: Mutiu Adepoju 11'
- W1–0NFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0AAfrican Cup of Nations qualificationAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
- W1–0HAfrican Cup of Nations qualificationAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
- W2–0NFriendlyFriendly
- L1–2NAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: Opoku Nti 19'
Nigeria: Henry Nwosu 13', Shibuzor Ehilegbu 31'
- W1–0NFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0NAll-African GamesAll-African Games
- D1–1HAfrican Cup of NationsAfrican Cup of Nations
Ghana: Willie Klutse 76'
Nigeria: Segun Odegbami 33'
- L1–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0HFriendlyFriendly
- L1–2HFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1AFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
- W3–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Kwasi Owusu 18' (pen.), Kwasi Owusu 55', Kwasi Owusu 82'
Nigeria: Kenneth Olayombo 15', Yakubu Mambo 23'
- L2–4AAll-African GamesAll-African Games
- D1–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Emmanuel Ola 41'
Nigeria: Sam Garba 19'
- L1–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Abekah Ankrah 18'
Nigeria: Sebastian Broderick Imasuen 62', Olumuyiwa Oshode 64'
- D2–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W2–1HFriendlyFriendly
- D1–1HFriendlyFriendly
- W2–0HFriendlyFriendly
- D2–2AFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0HFriendlyFriendly
- W4–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D0–0AFriendlyFriendly
- W5–1HFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0HFriendlyFriendly
- D2–2HAfrican Cup of Nations qualificationAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
- D0–0AAfrican Cup of Nations qualificationAfrican Cup of Nations qualification
- D1–1AFriendlyFriendly
- W3–0AFriendlyFriendly
- D2–2AFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Edward Acquah 14', Edward Acquah 83'
Nigeria: Godwin Emenako 28', Dejo Fayemi 75' (pen.)
- W4–1HFIFA World Cup qualificationFIFA World Cup qualification
Ghana: Edward Acquah 18', Edward Boateng 44', Edward Aggrey-Fynn 54', Mohamadu Salisu 55'
Nigeria: Dejo Fayemi 50'
- W5–2HFriendlyFriendly
- L2–3AFriendlyFriendly
- D3–3HFriendlyFriendly
- L0–3AFriendlyFriendly
- W7–0HFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0HFriendlyFriendly
- L0–3AFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0HFriendlyFriendly
- L0–5AFriendlyFriendly
- W1–0HFriendlyFriendly
Source: martj42/international_results — international matches from 1872 to today (MIT-licensed open dataset). Predecessor teams follow FIFA attribution (Yugoslavia → Serbia, Czechoslovakia → Czechia).
