Nigeria have worn a mostly solid green shirt with white numbering since independence, matching the flag, with an all-white reverse kit. The shade has moved: a forest green was common from the 1980s into the early 1990s, jade has appeared in several decades, and recent kits settle on a green close to the flag. Before independence the team wore scarlet and were nicknamed the Red Devils; afterwards they became the Green Eagles, and the Super Eagles name was adopted officially after the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations. They have won that tournament three times, most recently in 2013.
Nike supplied the kit from 1994 to 2003, adidas took over, and Nike returned under a deal announced on 23 April 2015. A shirt carrying adidas therefore sits between those two Nike spells. The 2018 World Cup kit became one of the most collected international shirts, and the pull of the recent seasons shows here: of about 86 items, 42 are from the 2020s against 16 from the 2000s, 10 from the 1990s and only seven from the 2010s. Nigeria first reached the World Cup in 1994 and have qualified for six of the last nine, missing 2006, 2022 and 2026.
Home shirts number 34, with 14 away shirts and 14 training tops, plus three goalkeeper shirts, four Nike pre-match tops, five polo shirts and a scarf. Eight player-issue items and six authentic-spec shirts are priced above the fan versions. Women’s shirts appear, and a few listings are career tees honouring individual players rather than match kit. Prices run from 12 pounds to 360, median 84, and 31 items are new with tags.
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