Ƙwallon ƙafa a Najeriya
Wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ya  shahara a Najeriya.     Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya tana gasa akai akai don lashe kambun kasa da kasa kuma 'yan wasan kwallon kafa da dama na Najeriya suna gasa a Turai, musamman a Ingila.Najeriya tana daya daga cikin fitattun kungiyoyin kasa a Afirka kuma ta samar da fitattun 'yan kwallon da suka hada da Mudashiru Lawal, Rashidi Yekini, Jay Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Vincent Enyeama, Joseph Yobo da Mikel John Obi.

Tarihi 
Baturen Ingila ne ya fara gabatar da kwallon kafa a Najeriya a farkon karni na ashirin.Wasan kwallon kafa na farko da aka yi rikodin a Nijeriya shi ne a shekara ta  1904.  Zuwa shekarar ta 1950, kwallon kafa ta zama wasan kasa na kasar.  A wannan lokacin a tarihin Afirka, ƙasashe da yawa sun fara shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin kishin ƙasa inda suka nuna rashin amincewa da ikon mulkin mallaka.A Najeriya, kwallon kafa ta bai wa 'yan kasa abin alfahari na kasa tare da zaburar da su don samun' yancin siyasa.  Wani mutum mai suna Nnamdi Azikiwe ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimakawa Najeriya samun 'yanci daga Biritaniya.

Peter Alegi, mataimakin farfesa na tarihi a Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, ya ce, "Nnamdi Azikiwe ya fito a matsayin babban jigon da ke haɗa wasanni da siyasa a ƙarshen mulkin mallaka" (37).  A tsawon rayuwarsa, Azikiwe ya fusata saboda wariyar launin fata da wariyar launin fata da ke wanzu a cikin wasanni.  Akwai abubuwa biyu na musamman a rayuwarsa waɗanda suka motsa shi ya ƙarshe ɗaukar mataki. Taron farko shi ne lokacin da "aka hana shi damar yin gasa a wasan tsere da gudu a Gasar Daular 1934 saboda an hana Najeriya shiga" (Alegi 39).  Lamari na biyu shi ne lokacin da aka ki amincewa da bukatar shiga kungiyar kwallon tennis a Legas saboda asalinsa Igbo.  Waɗannan abubuwan sun haifar da Azikiwe ya ƙirƙiri Zik's Athletic Club (ZAC) a Legas a watan Afrilu  shekara ta 1938. Wannan ƙungiyar wasanni tana da wurare da kayan aiki don wasanni da yawa kamar ƙwallon ƙafa, dambe, da wasan tennis. Kulob din da sauri ya zama wata alama ta cin gashin kan Afirka da kishin kasa a Najeriya.  

A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Azikiwe ya ci gaba da sukar Burtaniya saboda fada a yakin demokaradiyya, amma kuma a lokaci guda, yana zaluntar 'yan Afirka daga cin gashin kansu.  Don yada ra'ayoyinsa da yada wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Azikiwe ya yi yawo da yawa a fadin Najeriya a lokacin yaƙin. Ya kuma kafa jaridar kishin kasa, Pilot ta Yammacin Afirka, a  shekara ta 1937. Wannan jarida ta tallata wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Najeriya kuma ta mai da shi muhimmin sashi na asalin ƙasar.  Ya taimaka wajen samar da kyakkyawar fahimtar al'umma a cikin Najeriya kuma ya haifar da tunanin pan-Afirka. Takardar ta kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ɗaga hankalin jama'a. Ta hanyar ɗaukar labarin ƙwallon ƙafa, Pilot ya sami damar cimma manufarsa. A karshen yakin, kwallon kafa ta zama ginshikin sanin Najeriya. A ranar 1 ga watan Oktoba, shekara ta  1960, Najeriya ta sami 'yencin kanta daga hannun Birtaniya. A bana ma Najeriya ta zama mamba a hukumar kwallon kafa ta duniya.  Naamdi Azikiwe ya ci gaba da zama Shugaban Najeriya na farko a shekara ta 1963.

Gasar kasa

Ƙungiya ta ƙasa 

Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya da ake yi wa lakabi da Super Eagles, ita ce kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya kuma hukumar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ce ke kula da ita .  Dangane da martabar FIFA ta Duniya, Najeriya, a matsayi na 39, a halin yanzu ita ce ta biyar mafi kyau a cikin Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Afirka .

Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya ta buga wasan farko na kasa da kasa da Saliyo a Freetown a ranar 8 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 1949.  Najeriya ta yi nasara da ci 2-0. Babbar nasarar da suka samu shine 16 - 1 akan Benin .

Mafi kyawun wasan da Najeriya tayi a gasar cin kofin duniya shine 1994,  1998,  da 2014  inda suka kai zagaye na biyu.

Matasa 
Kungiyoyin matasan Najeriya sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta matasa 'yan kasa da shekaru 17 a shekarar 1985  haka kuma a shekarar 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015 . An san kungiyar 'yan kasa da shekaru 17 da Golden Eaglets da kungiyar' yan kasa da shekaru 20 da "Flying Eagles". 

Tawagar Flying Eagles ta Najeriya ta cancanci shiga gasar a karon farko don wakiltar Afirka a gasar matasa ta duniya ta FIFA a shekara ta  1983 a Mexico . Duk da cewa Najeriya ba ta wuce zagayen farko ba, amma ta doke USSR da ta yi fice sosai kuma ta rike Netherlands da ci daya mai ban haushi.

A shekarar 1985, kungiyar kwallon kafa ta 'yan kasa da shekaru 17 ta tafi kasar Sin kuma ta ci duniya a gasar FIFA ta' yan kasa da shekaru 17 ta farko . Nasarar ta kai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na matasan Najeriya zuwa wani babban matsayi, wanda ya kafa matakin girmama Najeriya a gasa ta duniya. Tawagar 'yan kasa da shekaru 20 ta tafi Saudi Arabiya don gasar matasa ta duniya ta shekarar 1989 kuma ta yi rashin nasara a wasan karshe da Portugal . Tawagar ta janye almara "Miracle of Damman", inda ta goge raunin 4-0 ga Tarayyar Soviet don ta daure sannan ta lashe wasan da bugun fanareti. A shekara ta 2007, 'yan wasan' yan kasa da shekaru 17 sun zama zakarun duniya a Koriya ta Kudu a karo na 3. Najeriya ta karbi bakuncin gasar matasa ta duniya ta shekara 1999 da gasar cin kofin duniya ta matasa 'yan kasa da shekara 17 na shekarar 2009 .

U-23 
 
Kungiyar ta 'yan kasa da shekaru 23 ta 1996 ta lashe lambar zinare a gasar wasannin bazara ta 1996 da aka gudanar a Atlanta. Bayan doke Brazil da ci 4-3 a wasan kusa da na karshe, sun ci wasan karshe da Argentina 3-2. 

Haka kuma Najeriya ta lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta Unity a karon farko a 2014.

Kwallon mata 
 
Kungiyar mata ta kasa (Super Falcons) ta kasance mafi rinjaye a nahiyar Afirka tun kafuwarta. Sun cancanci shiga gasar cin Kofin Duniya na Mata na FIFA kuma sun lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Mata ta CAF guda bakwai na farko kafin a kare a shekara ta  2008 a kan Equatorial Guinea . Manyan 'yan wasan Falcons sun hada da Mercy Akide, Maureen Mmadu da Perpetua Nkwocha .

Duba kuma 

 Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya
 Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta mata ta Najeriya
 Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Najeriya
 Gasar Firimiyar Najeriya
 Kwallon mata a Najeriya

Littafin tarihin

Nassoshi 
 
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