All Nigeria national football team players: 1997
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1996-97 season squad statistics
| Sqd | Player | A | S | G | P | Y | R | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bawa Abdullahi | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mutiu Adepoju | Midfielder | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Jonathan Akpoborie | Forward | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Mohammed Alhassan | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Daniel Amokachi | Forward | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Emmanuel Amunike | Midfielder | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Tijana Babangida | Forward | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Teslim Babatunde Fatusi | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Celestine Babayaro | Defender/Left back | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Abiodun Baruwa | Goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | - | - | |||
| Baldwin Bazuaye | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Ndukwe Chukwe | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Joseph Dosu | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Augustine Eguavoen | Defender | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Efan Ekoku | Forward | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Ezomo | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Tesim Fatusi | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Teslim Fatusi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Finidi George | Midfielder/Forward | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Victor Ikpeba | Forward | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Benedict Iroha | Defender | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Nwankwo Kanu | Forward | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Garba Lawal | Midfielder | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Chidi N'Wanu | Defender | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Abiodun Obafemi | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mobi Obaraku | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Christopher Ohen | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Uchenna Okafor | Defender | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Uche Okechukwu | Defender | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Uche Okechukwu | Defender | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jay Jay Okocha | Midfielder | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Godwin Okpara | Defender | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Williams Okpara | Goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | - | - | |||
| Sunday Oliseh | Midfielder | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mobi Oparaku | Defender | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Wilson Oruma | Midfielder | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Ike Shorunmu | Goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | - | - | |||
| Samson Siasia | Forward | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Taribo West | Defender/Centre back | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Rachidi Yekini | Forward | 1 | 0 |