Ranking the top 5 Super Eagles jerseys in history as Nike releases 2024 kits

Nike has released the 2024 kits for Nigeria's national football team with amazing designs.

Nigeria has always launched colourful jerseys, which get attention from football fans in the country and beyond.

The famous green and white kits come in different styles and patterns specially designed for various continental and international tournaments.

As the kit production company releases the latest edition, we rank the top 5 jerseys ever donned by the Super Eagles.

5. 1998 FIFA World Cup Jersey

The Super Eagles were one of the most colourful teams at the FIFA World Cup in France. Their shirt had a simple but attractive design.

Nike particularly adopted a retro look for the green shirt and shorts with a bold white stripe.

Famous Nigerian players like Austin 'Jay Jay' Okocha, Taribo West, and Kanu Nwankwo looked good in the outfit.

Nigeria vs Bulgaria, 1998 World Cup at France. Nigeria won on a courtesy goal of Victor Ikpeba in the 27th minute. pic.twitter.com/GK6Cn0tAx6

— The Guardian Nigeria (@GuardianNigeria) October 1, 2016

4. The 2020/21 jersey

The kits released in February 2020 remain one of the most beautiful for Nigeria's national teams.

It was gathered that the traditional Nigerian Agbada inspired the design.

Wow!!! Nike just dropped Nigeria new jersey for 2020 ????????

Your thoughts?? pic.twitter.com/emnekjcD6n

— Etoniru (@waynetipsy) February 5, 2020

The 2020 home kit's design is a mixture of the traditional aesthetic of an agbada robe with a mixture of modern design, Boom Play reports.

3. The 2002 World Cup jersey

In Nigeria, the lemon jersey of the year 2002 sparked conversations among football fans.

Despite criticisms, the Super Eagles even wore a lighter version at the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

A Short Story explaining why Nigeria switched Jersey designs during the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Nigeria's kits at the 2002 FIFA World Cup was a major design fail, due to the poor color contrast on players' names and numbers Style, as it appeared on the Jerseys. pic.twitter.com/sR9QnDT6IR

— Sports Radio Brila FM (@Brilafm889) April 3, 2023

The design was a florescent green kit, large collars, and white stripes running from the armpits to the waist of the shirt.

2. The 1994 World Cup jersey

Nigeria wore what could be described as their best jersey during their FIFA World Cup debut. The Super Eagles looked classy during the Mundial in the USA.

On This Day: In 1994, Rashidi Yekini scored and celebrated Nigeria's FIRST World Cup goal in a 3-0 win over Bulgaria in USA. pic.twitter.com/faYzs5zRrh

— NG to the World (@SplufikNG) June 22, 2018

It 'glittered' while Rashidi Yekini held the net in celebration of the country's first-ever World Cup goal.

1. The 2018 World Cup jersey

The world was fascinated when Nigeria's kit for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was released.

Despite that the Super Eagles were ranked 47th in the world at the time, the Nike jersey as voted as the 1st among the 32 jerseys in the competition.

The design had contorted zig-zag prints and incorporated all the former uniform colors into one.

Retweeted Daily Post Nigeria (@DailyPostNGR):

2018 World Cup: Super Eagles’ jersey voted best out of 32 countries https://t.co/g4GSiyQ04H pic.twitter.com/nG5xGG0DQh https://t.co/lVp4Cvz8Wy

— Emmanuel Opeyemi (@rubicontweet) June 2, 2018

The squad also used the kits at the 2019 AFCON tournament in Egypt.