The 5 most beautiful Nigeria shirts ever
Like the iconic kits worn during the 90s and the 2018 masterpiece
Sports
February 7th, 2020
February 7th, 2020
Never as today the Nigeria shirt has become one of the most hyped in the world, certainly because of the design of the penultimate kit, the one presented in 2018 before the World Cup. A clear tribute, revisited in a modern way, to the shirts worn by the African team in the 90s, impossible not to notice them during global events such as the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and the 1996 Olympics, when Nigeria was the main revelation, not only for the third place but for the absolutely original look.
From 1994 to today adidas and Nike have alternated as technical sponsor of the Super Eagles: the American brand, current official supplier of the Super Eagles, has just unveiled the new shirts, in which there is a very strong influence of local culture and traditions, and for this reason we decided to review the 5 most iconic kits worn by the players of the Nigerian squad in their history. Always green like the national flag, but each time different in pattern and design, equally become a real cult.
adidas, Home 1992
The showcase was the 1992 African Cup of Nations played in Senegal, the design is extremely original, a bright green with which adidas took his leave of the African national team before reappearing in 2002.
Nike, Away 1994
United States, 1994 World Cup, Daniel Amokachi and Finidi George. The pattern of the Away shirt. There's no need to add anything else.
Nike, Home 1996
Nigeria is one of the absolute protagonists of the Atlanta Olympic Games, and even the kit does not disappoint: together with the green there is a lot of white, in the vertical band in the middle of the chest, on the sleeves on the shorts and on the socks.
Nike, Home 1998
At France '98, Nigeria dragged by Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Victor Ikpeba and Taribo West wins the its group but is then eliminated in the round of 16 from Denmark. And once again the shirt is something difficult to forget.
Nike, Home 2018
Football that meets streetwear bringing with it some elements of the past: in this kit capable of reaching almost infinite heights of hype there is Naija, the new generation of Nigerian football again protagonist, again at the World Cup after a decade of absolutely anonymous jerseys.
