The Super Eagles of Nigeria is expected to play the Saudi Arabia national team in a senior international friendly match in the city of Portimão, Portugal on Friday, 13th October 2023.
The showdown comes less than a month before the three-time African champions, who thrashed Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 in their 2023 AFCON final-day qualification game in Uyo on Sunday, begin their quest for a spot in the 2026 FIFA World Cup championships with a home game against the Lesotho Crocodiles.
The Eagles will play their second match of the qualification series away against the Warriors of Zimbabwe within the same FIFA timeframe in November.
Saudi Arabia’s Green Falcons, who meet Mali’s Eagles four days later at the same site, have never played Nigeria at the senior level.
The most memorable meeting between the two countries was the opening match of the FIFA U20 World Cup (then known as the FIFA World Youth Championship) in Riyadh in 1989, when second-half goals from Christopher Ohenhen and Mutiu Adepoju propelled Nigeria to a 2-1 victory against the home nation.
