The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
in international
women's football and is controlled by the
Nigeria Football Federation
The Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined CAF in 1959 and FIF ...
. The team is by far
Africa
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's most successful international women's football team winning a record eleven
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
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titles, with their most recent title in
2018, after defeating
South Africa
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in the final. The team is also the only women's national team from the
Confederation of African Football to have reached the quarterfinals in both the
FIFA Women's World Cup and
Football at the Summer Olympics
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.
They are also one of the few teams in the world to have qualified for every edition of the
FIFA Women's World Cup, with their best performance at the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup where they reached the quarterfinals.
History
They won the first seven
African championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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and through their first twenty years lost only five games to African competition.12 December 2002 to Ghana in
Warri
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, 3 June 2007 at
Algeria
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, 12 August 2007 to
Ghana
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in an Olympic qualifier, 25 November 2008 at
Equatorial Guinea in the semis of the
2008 Women's African Football Championship
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Qualification ...
and May 2011 at Ghana in an
All Africa Games qualification match.
The Super Falcons have been unable to dominate beyond Africa in such arenas as the
FIFA Women's World Cup or the Olympic Games however. The team has been to every World Cup since 1991, but managed just once to finish in the top eight. In
2003, the Super Falcons turned out to be the biggest disappointment of the first round, failing to score a single goal and losing all three Group A matches. They did little better in
2007, drawing only one of their Group B matches. However, they faced the
group of death
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in both 2003 and 2007, grouped both times with rising
Asian
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power
North Korea
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, traditional
European
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power
Sweden
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, and a historic women's superpower in the
USA
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.
Nigeria hosted the African women's championship finals for the third time in 2006 which were then canceled due to a severe outbreak of gang induced violence within the Nigerian area, replacing
Gabon
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, which was initially granted the right to host but later pulled out citing financial difficulties, and won it for the seventh time in a row. Nigeria's Super Falcons and
Ghana's Black Queens represented Africa in China for the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The "Falconets" are the country's junior team (U-20), which performed creditably in the
2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in
Russia
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when they beat
Finland
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8–0 before they were sent packing by Brazil in the Quarter-finals. They were the runner-up to Germany at the
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Nigeria also played in the
2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held in
Canada
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and lost to Germany in the finals 0–1,
Asisat Oshoala got both the golden ball and golden boot.
The "Flamingoes" are the country's cadet team (U-17), which qualified for the inaugural women's U-17 World Cup
New Zealand 2008. Nigeria qualified for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup where they were placed in Group A with South Korea, Norway and hosts France.
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Nicknames
The Nigeria women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "''Super
Falcon
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Adult falcons ...
s''".
FIFA world rankings
Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2022
2023
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Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Manager history
Players
Current squad
The Final Squad named in August 2022 For the Two-Leg Friendly against the
United States on September 3rd and 6th 2022.
''Information correct as of 2 September 2022.''
Recent call-ups
Following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.
''This list may be incomplete.''
Previous squads
''Bold indicates winning squads''
;FIFA Women's World Cup
*
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
;Olympic Games
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2000 Summer Olympics squad
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2004 Summer Olympics squad
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2008 Summer Olympics squad
;Africa Women Cup of Nations
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2000 African Women's Championship squad
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2010 African Women's Championship squad
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2012 African Women's Championship squad
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2014 African Women's Championship squad
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2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
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2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
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2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
Captains
*
Asisat Oshoala (????–)
Records
''*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 2020.''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Honours
Intercontinental
*
FIFA Women's World Cup
**Quarterfinals:
1999
**Round of 16:
2019
**Best Jersey:
2019
*
Olympic Games
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**Quarterfinals:
2004
Continental
*
Africa Women Cup of Nations
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: ''Champions:''
1991,
1995,
1998,
2000,
2002,
2004,
2006,
2010,
2014,
2016,
2018
* Third-place:
2008
*
African Games
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** Gold Medal:
2003,
2007
**Fourth-place:
2015
Regional
*
2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
** Winners:
2019
** Bronze:
2018
Other tournaments
*
2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
The 2019 Four Nations Tournament was the 18th edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in China. The tournament used single-elimination instead of single round-robin system for the first ...
** Third-place
Awards
*
African Women's National Team of the Year
**Winners: (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
Africa Women Cup of Nations
African Games
*
2019 edition of the
football tournament was played by the U-20 team.
Turkish Women's Cup
WAFU Women's Cup record
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations
The list shown below shows the Djibouti national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
''*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.''
;Key
Record per opponent
''*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.''
;Key
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
See also
*
Sport in Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of ...
**
Football in Nigeria
Football is the most popular sport in Nigeria. The Nigeria national football team competes regularly for international titles and many Nigerian footballers compete in Europe, particularly in England. Nigeria has one of the finest national teams ...
***
Women's football in Nigeria
*
Nigeria women's national under-20 football team
The Nigeria women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Falconets, represents Nigeria in international youth women's football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national ...
*
Nigeria women's national under-17 football team
Nigeria women's national under-17 football team, also nicknamed the Flamingoes is a youth association football team operated under the auspices of Nigeria Football Federation. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for th ...
*
NWFL Premiership
*
Nigeria men's national football team
References
External links
Official websiteFIFA profile
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African women's national association football teams
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