It's been 10 years since the Super Eagles underwhelmed at their fourth outing at the Mundial, but what exactly went wrong in South Africa?
Of six Super Eagles outings at the World Cup, only three have been overseen by the same coach who piloted the national team through the qualification phase.
In 2010, Nigeria's appetite for self-sabotage reared its head once again.
Following a third-place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in February, Amodu Shaibu was dismissed as coach of the Super Eagles. It was the second time the former coach of the defunct BCC Lions would lose his job in those same circumstances.