Super Eagles AFCON 2013 Squad, Lineups From Group Matches To Final

The Africa Cup of Nation tournament in Africa took place from 19 January to February 10, and was held in the 2010 World Cup host nation, South Africa, but who and who were in the Super Eagles AFCON 2013 Squad?

History was made on February 10 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, as the 29th Africa Cup of Nations came to a climax and Nigeria were crowned winner.

So when next you are asked which country won the 2013 AFCON, you know the country to name, right. And regrettably too, that was when Nigeria last won AFCON.

And to find out how many times Nigeria has won African Nations Cup, read up my article on it where I listed all past AFCON winners since 1957 Till Date… You'll also find the country that won AFCON the most there.

Nigeria were placed in Group C alongside Zambia, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.

See the other teams and their groups below.

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1          Group A

• South Africa
  • Cape Verde
  • Angola
  • Morocco

2          Group B

• Ghana
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • DR Congo

3          Group C

• Zambia
  • Nigeria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Ethiopia

4          Group D

• Ivory Coast
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria
  • Togo

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Super Eagles AFCON 2013 Squad Lineups

Lates Stephen Keshi took over the reins as coach of the Nigeria AFCON 2013 squad in November 2011 after the team failed to qualify for the 2012 AFCON, the first time in 26 years.

He took over the job at a time when the national team was low in confidence and started by getting players from the local league to play a greater part in the Nigeria squad of 2013.

They combined well to form a new Super Eagles that the country was proud of again.

Leading his third team to the AFCON – following stints with Togo and Mali – Keshi finally won his first AFCON title.

His experience garnered as a player where he led Nigeria to victory in 1994 was obviously applied to inspire this Nigeria squad AFCON 2013 to great things in South Africa.

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Ethiopia 0-2 Nigeria (Group C)

Ethiopia vs Nigeria AFCON 2013 Starting lineup:

1. Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama
2. Defender: Efe Ambrose
3. Defender: Elderson Echiéjilé
4. Defender: Godfrey Oboabona
5. Defender: Kenneth Omeruo
6. Midfielder: Sunday Mba
7. Midfielder: John Obi Mikel
8. Midfielder: Fegor Ogude
9. Midfielder/Forward: Victor Moses
10. Forward: Emmanuel Emenike
11. Forward: Ikechukwu Uche

The two goals scored by Victor Moses via penalty in the 80th and 90th.

Zambia 1-1 Nigeria (Group C)

Nigeria vs Zambia AFCON 2013 Starting lineup:

1. Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama
2. Defender: Elderson Echiéjilé
3. Defender: Godfrey Oboabona
4. Defender: Kenneth Omeruo
5. Midfielder: Nosa Igiebor
6. Midfielder: John Obi Mikel
7. Midfielder: Fegor Ogude
8. Midfielder: Ogenyi Onazi
9. Midfielder/Forward: Victor Moses
10. Forward: Emmanuel Emenike
11. Forward: Ahmed Musa

Nigeria’s goal scored by Emmanuel Emenike in the 57th minute.

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Nigeria 1-1 Burkina Faso (Group C)

Nigeria vs Burkina Faso 2013 Starting lineup:

1. Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama
2. Defender: Efe Ambrose
3. Defender: Elderson Echiéjilé
4. Defender: Godfrey Oboabona
5. Defender/Midfielder: Joseph Yobo
6. Midfielder: Nosa Igiebor
7. Midfielder: John Obi Mikel
8. Midfielder: Fegor Ogude
9. Forward: Emmanuel Emenike
10. Forward: Brown Ideye
11. Forward: Ahmed Musa

Goal scored by Emmanuel Emenike in the 23rd minute.

Ivory Coast 1-2 Nigeria (Quarter Final)

Ivory Coast vs Nigeria AFCON 2013 Starting lineup:

1. V Enyeama (c)
2. E Ambrose
3. K Omeruo
4. G Oboabona
5. Elderson
6. Onazi
7. J Obi
8. S Mba
9. V Moses
10. E Emenike
11. B Ideye

Goals scored by Emmanuel Emenike and Sunday Mba in the 43rd and 78th minute respectively.

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Mali 1-4 Nigeria (AFCON 2013 Semi-final)

Nigeria vs Mali AFCON 2013 Starting lineup:

1. Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama
2. Defender: Efe Ambrose
3. Defender: Elderson Echiéjilé
4. Defender: Godfrey Oboabona
5. Defender: Kenneth Omeruo
6. Midfielder: Sunday Mba
7. Midfielder: John Obi Mikel
8. Midfielder: Ogenyi Onazi
9. Midfielder/Forward: Victor Moses
10. Forward: Emmanuel Emenike
11. Forward: Brown Ideye

Goals scored by Elderson Echiéjilé, Brown Ideye, Emmanuel Emenike and Ahmed Musa in the 25th, 30th, 44th and 60th minute respectively.

Nigeria 1-0 Burkina Faso (Final)

Nigeria vs Burkina Faso AFCON 2013 Starting lineup:

1. Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama (captain)
2. Defender: Efe Ambrose
3. Defender: Elderson Echiéjilé
4. Defender: Godfrey Oboabona
5. Defender: Kenneth Omeruo
6. Midfielder: Sunday Mba
7. Midfielder: John Obi Mikel
8. Midfielder: Ogenyi Onazi
9. Midfielder/Forward: Victor Moses
10. Forward: Brown Ideye
11. Forward: Ikechukwu Uche

The only goal was scored by Sunday Mba in the 40th minute.

Nigeria's Emmanuel Emenike was eventually named AFCON 2013 Golden Boot winner with a total of four goals.

But Mubarak Wakaso of Ghana also scored four goals in that tournament.

You can see all the scorers in Africa Cup of Nations 2013 here.

Here are the 23 Super Eagles AFCON 2013 squad who won the competition.

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Super Eagles AFCON 2013 Squad

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That is the list of all the players in the AFCON 2013 Nigeria squad.

All other 2013 Africa Cup Of Nations fixtures and result can be found here.

This article was most recently revised and updated 3 years ago