Main successes of Golden Eaglets of Nigeria and important info about team

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, U-17 football team has won the junior world championships more than any other country.

History of Golden Eaglets

Let's list some interesting facts that Nigerian football fans should know about this club:

It debuted at the first drawing of the World Youth Championship in 1985 in China, immediately becoming the champion.
Nigeria is the winner of U-17 1993. Then Wilson Oruma made 8 goals and became the best goal scorer of the tournament.
After the victory at the World Cup 2007 in South Korea, the players were greeted in Nigeria with honors and mass jubilation. At the same time, the press raised the issue of money reward for young footballers and their prospects, as many of the winners of past years did not become professional football players and ended up in poverty and oblivion.
In 2007, a phenomenal incident occurred when Nigeria won the match by a penalty after the 120th minute and zero scoring. GE scored 3 goals in a shootout.
In 2007, Macauley Chrisantus scored 7 goals and became the best goal scorer.

Golden Eaglets of Nigeria squad - photo from premiumtimesng.com

In 2013, Kelechi Iheanacho was close to such title with 6 goals. But Valmir Berisha from Sweden took the honour with 7 goals.
Golden Eaglets won the junior world championships more than other teams (5 times).
It can be said that Nigeria's victories in 2013 and 2015 repeated the success of Brazil in 1997 and 1999. These are the only two countries that have won the championship for 2 consecutive years.
It is interesting that the first major success of the team in 1985 took place when Buhari ruled as Major General and Head of State. And in 2015, he already was a president. It is difficult to say whether there is really a connection between these circumstances but this is a rather curious coincidence. Both in 1985 and 2015 the final score was 2:0. So, the situation with great accuracy was repeated after 30 years.
In 2015, Victor Osimhen brought his team a golden boot as the best goal scorer with 10 goals during 7 matches.

Golden Eaglets of Nigeria - photo from thenationonlineng.net

The Nigerian team is the record holder for the number of finals. They played in 1985, 1987, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015. 5 of 8 games ended in victory and 3 - in defeat.
The team's most important victories were achieved under the leadership of various captains: Nduka Ugbade in 1985, Wilson Oruma in 1993, Lukman Haruna in 2007, Musa Muhammad in 2013 and Kelechi Nwakali in 2015.
Also, the coaches who worked with the team in the most successful years: Sebastian Imasuen Bodericks in 1985, Coach Fanny Amun in 1993, Yemi Tella in 2007, Manu Garba in 2013, Emmanuel Amuneke in 2015 who still works with Golden Eaglets.
The interesting fact was the participation of two Nwakali brothers in FIFA U17 World Cup-winning matches. Older Chidiebere Nwakali defended the colors of his native flag in 2013. Two years later his younger brother Kelechi Nwakali also became a member of the team and was able to experience the joy of victory as captain.

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2015 was a unique year because then 2 players returned to their homeland with 2 individual awards. Victor Osimhen became the best goal scorer with golden boot and the third best player of the tournament. At the same time, captain Kelechi Nwakali received a bronze boot and became the best player in the competition. Such a success has not been received by any youth team in history.
In 2017, the team Golden Eaglets could not qualify for the World Championship in India being the current champion.