Against all expectations, the country’s senior national team, the Super Eagles began the year on a flyer by winning the Africa Cup of Nations Cup title in South Africa.
The team built on that momentum to qualify for the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals in Brazil later in the year.
Successes were also recorded at junior level as the U20 team, the Flying Eagles qualified for the World Cup after finishing in third place at the African Youth Championships in Algeria.
The biggest winners were the U17s following their dominant displays at the World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Astonishingly, the all-conquering Golden Eaglets did not win the African title as they came up short in the final against the Ivory Coast, a side they lost to via the lotteries of penalties.
Domestically, Kano Pillars and Enyimba continued to throw their weight about as supersport.com now rounds up the biggest stories of a dramatic year in Nigerian football.
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