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Nigeria women's national under-17 football team, also nicknamed the Flamingoes is a youth
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team operated under the auspices of
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 ...
. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior
Nigeria women's national football team The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. The team is by far Africa's most successful international wome ...
. The team competes in the biennial
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered ye ...
and
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The next edition is planned for 2022. ...
, which is the top competitions for this age group.


Results and fixtures

;Legend


2022


Personnel

Below is the coaching squad for the
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.


Players


Current squad

The following 21 players were selected for the
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.


Honours

Intercontinental *
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**Third place: (
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) Continental *
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women The African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women is association football tournament for the under 17 teams, that is held every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The next edition is planned for 2022. ...
**Winners:
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Competitive record

The Flamingoes have been to every edition of the
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missing only the
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edition. Before the
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edition, they've only gotten as far as the quarterfinals in the 2010,
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and
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editions respectively. They broke this "jinx" in
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by defeating
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in the quarterfinals via penalties after an entertaining and tightly-closed contest during regulation time which ended 1–1.


FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record


African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women record


See also

*
Nigeria women's national football team The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. The team is by far Africa's most successful international wome ...
*
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 ...


Notes


References


External links


Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
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