Nigeria women's national football team

Íb‘ímoto onubule ku ma ríubolu-era  nwu Naijerya kí odu eju maa ma chí, abekí odu guy ma chí  Super Falcons, ku ma kojí Nigeria efu ojiane íleí chakaduù  women's football kpaí abo kia deju tema ku ma controlu ma, chí Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).újo ama arubollu le dí   Africa'ama chí abo ku ma che nyo nyo tule ojiane íleí efu ye í úballu era ye í abobule , ma gbí íkebe dabí onuma egwaka ki che akotane  Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles;íkebe ye í Kuma gba oweagwe..e kía leí efu ódò  2018,ubí ku ma fí South Africa du efu ene kía chene ejuodudu . Amí ítiem kí dè í ñ amí onubule kàa ta kí kwí efu Confederation of African Football kí nyí ukperu ta ku ma lotí otítala efu ye í FIFA Women's World Cup kpaí  the Summer Olympics.

Ma ñ chí ene kàà ēfu abo újo udama  gwea efu ileí kpaí ama ñ chí ítíem kaa taa efu ojiane amenedudu ku ma nyo bojo efu eñwu duu ku ma che efu ye í FIFA Women's World Cup, ma che chí gbogbogrí efu úballu ku ma róo nyo ñyọ eí í efu  1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ku ma chere nyogba lotí ukperu otítala.

Óhilaà 

ma duu onukaa efu onumé bia ye í African championships, kpai ma gbí ójilé ejuodudu efu onuma Ógwú ku ma lotí okí ola eyha ma falu onumelu tete efu African competition: efu óchu ekegwaejí nolu megwaeji efu ódò  2002 kí  Ghana duu ma efu éwo Warri, efu óchu ékéfa nolu méte efu ódò  2007 kí Algeria ñ duu ma ge , efu óchu ékéjo nolu Ógwú nyọ́ melu efu ódò 2007 kí  Ghana ñ duu ma gé efu í  Olympic qualifier, 25 November 2008 at Equatorial Guinea in the semis of the 2008 Women's African Football Championship kpaí efu óchu ékélu efu ódò 2011 kí Ghana ñ duu me efu amí  All Africa Games qualification match.

Amí  Super Falcons mí ojiane í gba nyí ọwọ tí ojiane amanedudu efu kí dabí arína  eí FIFA Women's World Cup abí eí ola eyha  Olympic taale . Í ítíem í che egbaduu lotí World Cup kwi efu ódò  1991, àmàà abo ku ma deju tuma achí gbogbolí ku ma chene kàa efu abo ku ma dogba abekí Kuma chene ejuodudu .efu ódò  2003 í Super Falcons ya mu falú elilíle efu aledaga ejuodudu, éwane  ku ma maneke ní íkoal kàa taa ñw kpaí efu úballu ku ma róo mete ma winí-nw efu újo ku ma da,. Ma bù che ñyọ ñyọ péé ukpe-nw efu ódò  2007, Marí ohoo kpo ohoo kàa efu újo ekejí ímachí . Àmàà , ma deju dí group of death t'efu ódò 2003 kpaí 2007, ma kí újo ma dama kpaí ẹgba manyu ye í amí  Asian ukpahu  North Korea, óchochí European chí ukpahu  Sweden, kpaí óhilaà abobule ukpahu efu í USA.

Amí Naijerya gba àmone nyí efu abobule afrīka ku ma wa chí ya otilaa ede kete efu ódò 2001 ye ku ma kpalu ẹgba le todu akanya amene bíbí t'efu owea ògbégbale Naijerya, ta ku ma dí Gabon kojí ma. Í che'enwu umatane ku ma towonó  ku ma gba àmone nyí kpayí eñwu ogbogba í ché ñwu ma takí ola óko ye mu dí-enwu akanya úma ta kí ma kwò efu ñwu , 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 when they beat Finland 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 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.

Labour disputes

The Super Falcons have engaged in multiple disputes with the NFF over back pay, unpaid bonuses and bonus amounts, tournament preparation, and facilities, including sit-in protests, training boycotts, or threats to boycott matches in 2004, 2007, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2023.

Team image
Nicknames
The Nigeria women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Super Falcons".

FIFA world rankings


 Worst Ranking   Best Ranking   Worst Mover   Best Mover  

 Rank Year Matchesplayed Won Lost Drawn Best Worst Rank  Move Rank  Move 41  2021 6  321 37   0 41   1 45  2022 10  532 39   2 46   5 40  2023 5  320  40   1 45   1

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

2023

2024

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
On 11 July 2023, the coaching squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was released by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

 Name Role Ref.  Justin Madugu Interim Coach    Chiejine Ann Assistant coach   Madugu Justine Pwanidi Assistant coach   Makwualla Auwal Bashir Goalkeeping coach 

Manager history

 Name Start date End date Notes Ref  Jo Bonfrere   managed Nigeria at 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, concurrently with the men's national team of Nigeria.  Paul Hamilton regarded as the first coach of the women national team; managed Nigeria at 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup  Ismaila Mabo managed Nigeria to quarter finals at 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, thus regarded as the most successful coach; led Nigeria to 2000 Olympics and 2004 Olympics  Samuel Okpodu 2002 managed Nigeria at 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Godwin Izilien managed Nigeria to win 2004 African Women's Championship  Ntiero Effiom managed Nigeria at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup; led Nigeria to win 2003 All-Africa Games  Joseph Ladipo managed Nigeria at 2008 Olympics; led Nigeria to win 2007 All-Africa Games; managed Nigeria to third-place finish at 2008 African Women's Championship  Uche Eucharia October 2011 managed Nigeria to win 2010 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup  Kadiri Ikhana April 2012 November 2012 led Nigeria to fourth place at 2012 African Women's Championship  Edwin Okon June 2015 managed Nigeria to win 2014 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup  Christopher Danjuma September 2015 led Nigeria to fourth place at 2015 All-Africa Games  Florence Omagbemi February 2016 December 2016 led Nigeria to win 2016 Africa Women Cup of NationsYahoo News  Thomas Dennerby January 2018 October 2019 led Nigeria to win at 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup  Randy Waldrum 2020 October 2023    Justin Madugu November 2023  Interim Coach

Players

Current squad
The following  players were named to the squad for the 2024 WAFCOn qualification 2nd Round against  in December 2023.

Recent call-ups
Following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads
Bold indicates winning squads

FIFA Women's World Cup
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup squad
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Olympic Games
2000 Summer Olympics squad
2004 Summer Olympics squad
2008 Summer Olympics squad
Africa Women Cup of Nations
2000 African Women's Championship squad
2010 African Women's Championship squad
2012 African Women's Championship squad
2014 African Women's Championship squad
2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad
2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad

Captains

 Desire Oparanozie (2019)
 Asisat Oshoala (2019–2022)
 Onome Ebi (2022–)

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 2020.

Most capped players

 #  Name  Caps  Goals  Career 1 Onome Ebi  109  3  2003– 2 Maureen Mmadu  52  ?  1995–2007

Top goalscorers

 #  Name  Goals  Caps  Ratio  Career 1 Perpetua Nkwocha  80  99    1999–2015

Honours

Intercontinental
FIFA Women's World Cup
Quarterfinals: 1999
Round of 16: 2019
Best Jersey: Fáílú:Med 1.png 2019
Olympic Games
Quarterfinals: 2004

Continental
 Africa Women Cup of Nations
 Fáílú:Med 1.png Champions: 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018
Fáílú:Med 3.png Third-place: 2008
African Games
Fáílú:Med 1.png Gold Medal: 2003,  2007
Fourth-place: 2015

Regional
WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Fáílú:Med 3.png Bronze: 2018
Fáílú:Med 1.png Winners: 2019

Other tournaments
2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
Fáílú:Med 3.png Third-place
2021 Turkish Women's Cup
Fáílú:Med 1.png Champions
2023 Women's Revelations Cup
Fáílú:Med 3.png Third-place

Awards
African Women's National Team of the Year
Winners: (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023)

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultPosition 1991Group stage10th300307 199511th3012514 1999Quarter-finals7th4202812 2003Group stage15th3003011 200713th301214 20119th310212 201521st301236 2019Round of 1616th41032710th413032Total9/93056192365

FIFA Women's World Cup historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 1991Group stage17 NovemberL 0–4Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen19 NovemberL 0–1Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan21 NovemberL 0–2Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen 1995Group stage6 JuneL 0–8Tingvallen, Karlstad8 JuneD 3–3Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg10 JuneL 2–3Tingvallen, Karlstad 1999Group stage20 JuneW 2–1Rose Bowl, Pasadena24 JuneL 1–7Soldier Field, Chicago27 JuneW 2–0Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover1 JulyL 3–4  2003Group stage20 SeptemberL 0–3Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia25 SeptemberL 0–528 SeptemberL 0–3Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus 2007Group stage11 SeptemberD 1–1Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu14 SeptemberL 0–218 SeptemberL 0–1Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai 2011Group stage26 JuneL 0–1Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim30 JuneL 0–1Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt5 JulyW 1–0Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden 2015Group stage8 JuneD 3–3Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg12 JuneL 0–216 JuneL 0–1BC Place, Vancouver 2019Group stage8 JuneL 0–3Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims12 JuneW 2–0Stade des Alpes, Grenoble17 JuneL 0–1Roazhon Park, RennesRound of 1622 JuneL 0–3Stade des Alpes, Grenoble/ 2023Group stage21 JulyD 0–0Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne27 July W 3–2Lang Park, Brisbane31 JulyD 0–0 Round of 167 AugustD 0–0 (4–2)

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 1996did not qualify 2000Group stage300339 2004Quarter-finals310234  2008Group stage300315 2012did not qualify 2016 2021Total3/69108718

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearRound 1991Champions6600202  1995Champions6600272 1998Champions5500280  2000Champions5410192  2002Champions5401152 2004Champions5410182  2006Champions5500182  2008Third place513133 2010Champions5500194  2012Fourth place530284  2014Champions5500163 2016Champions5410131 2018Champions5221101 2022Fourth place631294 Total11 Titles73579722332

African Games
African Games recordYearRound 2003Champions5500171 2007Champions4310142 2011did not qualify 2015Fourth place5203117 2019See Nigeria women's national under-20 football team 2023to be determinedTotal3/41410134210
2019 edition of the football tournament was played by the U-20 team.

WAFU Women's Cup record
WAFU Zone B Women's CupYearResultPosition 20183rd3rd5413103 2019Winner1st5320232TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

Other tournaments
 Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD 2021 Turkish Women's Cup  1st  3  3  0  0  11  0  +11 2023 Women's Revelations Cup  3rd 310212−1

See also

Sport in Nigeria
Football in Nigeria
Women's football in Nigeria
Nigeria women's national under-20 football team
Nigeria women's national under-17 football team
NWFL Premiership
Nigeria men's national football team

References

Notes

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 FIFA profile


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