Ademola Lookman scored the only goal as Nigeria edged out Angola to book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.
The Atalanta winger struck four minutes before half-time in Abijdan, turning in Moses Simon’s cross to book a last-four date with either Cape Verde or South Africa.
This will be the 16th time the Nigerian Super Eagles have made it to the Semifinals of the AFCON in 20 appearances.
The Super Eagles have only made it to the finals in seven of those previous 15 times and were crowned champions three of the seven times they made it to the final.
The only three times Nigeria has failed to reach the Semifinals were in 1963 and 1982 when they crashed out in the group stage, in 2008 when they crashed out in the quarter-finals, and in 2021 in the round of 16.
As the Super Eagles wait to know their opponent in the Semi-Finals here are the previous results of the Nigerian Super Eagles in the Semi-Finals.
Nigeria Semifinals Result
1976: Nigeria 1-2 Uganda
1980: Nigeria 1- 0 Morocco
1984: Nigeria 2-2 Egypt (8-7 on penalties )
1988: Nigeria 1-1 Algeria (9-8 on penalties )
1990: Nigeria 2-0 Zambia
1992: Nigeria 1-2 Ghana
1994: Nigeria 2-2 Ivory Coast (4-2 on penalties )
2000: Nigeria 2-0 South Africa
2002: Nigeria 1-2 Senegal
2004: Nigeria 1-1 Tunisia (3-5 on Penalties)
2006: Nigeria 0-1 Ivory Coast
2010: Nigeria 0-1 Ghana
2013: Nigeria 4-1 Mali
2019: Nigeria 1-2 Algeria
