Group D

This group comprises: 

Nigeria - Ghana - Zimbabwe - Senegal

Nigeria's National Football Team

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Association. They reached the World Cup for the first time in Football World Cup 1994 and have been there the two times since. Nigeria won the African Nations Cup twice (1980 and 1994), and also won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nigeria's youth teams won the inaugural Under-16 World Championship in 1985 and the Under-17 title in 1993.

Nickname Super Eagles
Association Nigeria Football Association
Coach Augustin Eguavoen
First International
Ghana 1 - 0 Nigeria
(Accra, Ghana; 28 May 1950)
Best win
Nigeria 8 - 1 Uganda
(Ismailia, Egypt; 23 September 1991)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1994)
Best result Round 2, 1994 and 1998
African Nations Cup
Appearances 14 (First in 1963)
Best result Winners, 1980 and 1994

Ghana's National Football Team

Although they did not make a World Cup appearance until 2006, Ghana has enjoyed tremendous success on the youth level, winning the World Under-17 title twice, and finishing second at the World Youth Championship twice as well. Now that the black stars have booked their ticket to Germany; is that team capable of making similar results to their younger teams, or have they simply grown up and are ready to make their mark in international football?

Nickname The Black Stars
Association Ghana Football Association
Coach Ratomir Dujkovic
First International
Ghana 1 - 0 Nigeria
(Accra, Ghana; 28 May 1950)
Best win
Malawi 0 - 12 Ghana
(Malawi; 15 October 1962)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result   -
African Nations Cup
Appearances 15 (First in 1963)
Best result Winners, 1963, 1965,
1978, 1982

Zimbabwe national football team

The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe. They have never made the World Cup, and, surprisingly, only made their first African Nations Cup in 2004.

Nickname The Warriors
Association Zimbabwe Football Association
Coach Charles Mhlauri
First International
Rhodesia 0 - 5 Australia
(Salisbury, Rhodesia; 14 June 1950)
Best win
Botswana 0 - 7 Zimbabwe
(Gaborone, Botswana; 26 August 1990)
World Cup
Appearances none (First in -)
Best result -
African Nations Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 2004)
Best result Round 1, 2004

Senegal's National Football Team

Nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, the Senegalese team played its first World Cup in 2002 and made quite a splash, defeating world and European champions France 1-0 in the tournament's opening game. Now that they will not enter the next World Cup competition in Germany, will the Lions make a show worthy of their performance in the Korea-Japan World Cup 2002 that impressed the whole world?

Nickname Lions of Teranga
Association Fédération Sénégalaise
de Football
Coach vacant
First International
Dahomey 3 - 2 Senegal
(Côte d'Ivoire; 31 December 1961)
Best win
Senegal 6 - 0 Mauritania
(Sierra Leone; 13 February 1984)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2002)
Best result Quarterfinals, 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances 10 (First in 1965)
Best result Second place, 2002