Women's national association football team representing Nigeria
Nigeria Nickname(s) Super Falcons Association Nigeria Football Federation Confederation CAF (Africa)Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)Head coach Vacant Captain Desire Oparanozie Most caps Maureen Mmadu (101)[ 1] Top scorer Perpetua Nkwocha (80)[ 2] FIFA code NGA
Current 36 [ 3] Highest 23 (July 2003) Lowest 39 (December 2018) Nigeria 5–1 Ghana Nigeria ; 16 February 1991)Nigeria 15–0 Niger Norway 8–0 Nigeria Tingvalla IP , Sweden ; 6 June 1995)Germany 8–0 Nigeria Leverkusen , Germany ; 25 November 2010)France 8–0 Nigeria Le Mans , France ; 6 April 2018)Appearances 8 (first in 1991 ) Best result Quarter-finals (1999 ) Appearances 3 (first in 2000 ) Best result Quarter-finals (2004 ) Appearances 13 (first in 1991 ) Best result Champions (1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Appearances 2 (first in 2018 ) Best result Champions (2019 )
The Nigeria national women's football team , nicknamed the Super Falcons (parallel to the men's Super Eagles epithet), 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 women's football team winning a record eleven Africa Women Cup of Nations titles, with their most recent title in 2018, after defeating South Africa 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 .
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 and through their first twenty years lost only five games to African competition: 12 December 2002 to Ghana in Warri , 3 June 2007 at Algeria , 12 August 2007 to Ghana in an Olympic qualifier, 25 November 2008 at Equatorial Guinea in the semis of the 2008 Women's African Football Championship 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. 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 in both 2003 and 2007, grouped both times with rising Asian power North Korea , traditional European power Sweden , and a historic women's superpower in the USA .
Nigeria hosted the African women’s championship finals for the third time in 2006, replacing Gabon , 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 .
Super Falcons after a training session 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.
Coaching staff
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Position
Name
Ref.
Head coach
Vacant
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Physical coach
Players
Current squad
The following 30 players were named to the roster for the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third round ).
Recent call-ups
This list may be incomplete.
Following players have been called up to a Nigeria squad in the past 12 months.
Player records
Active players in bold , statistics as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Player
Year(s)
Caps
Goals
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Top goalscorers
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Player
Year(s)
Goals
Caps
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Recent 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.
Win Draw Lose
2019
2020
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Honours
Intercontinental
Continental
Champions: 1991 , 1995 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 Sub-Continental
Other
Awards
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year
Result
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1991 Group stage
10th
3
0
0
3
0
7
1995 Group stage
11th
3
0
1
2
5
14
1999 Quarter-finals
7th
4
2
0
2
8
12
2003 Group stage
15th
3
0
0
3
0
11
2007 Group stage
13th
3
0
1
2
1
4
2011 Group stage
9th
3
1
0
2
1
2
2015 Group stage
21st
3
0
1
2
3
6
2019 Round of 16
16th
4
1
0
3
2
7
2023
To be determined
Total 8/9
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26
4
3
19
20
63
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year
Round
Date
Opponent
Result
Stadium
1991
Group stage
17 November
Germany L 0–4Jiangmen Stadium , Jiangmen
19 November
Italy L 0–1Zhongshan Stadium , Zhongshan
21 November
Chinese Taipei L 0–2Jiangmen Stadium , Jiangmen
1995
Group stage
6 June
Norway L 0–8Tingvallen , Karlstad
8 June
Canada D 3–3Olympia Stadion , Helsingborg
10 June
England L 2–3Tingvallen , Karlstad
1999
Group stage
20 June
North Korea W 2–1Rose Bowl , Pasadena
24 June
United States L 1–7Soldier Field , Chicago
27 June
Denmark W 2–0Jack Kent Cooke Stadium , Landover
Quarter-finals 1 July
Brazil L 3–4
2003
Group stage
20 September
North Korea L 0–3Lincoln Financial Field , Philadelphia
25 September
United States L 0–5
28 September
Sweden L 0–3Columbus Crew Stadium , Columbus
2007
Group stage
11 September
Sweden D 1–1Chengdu Sports Center , Chengdu
14 September
North Korea L 0–2
18 September
United States L 0–1Hongkou Stadium , Shanghai
2011
Group stage
26 June
France L 0–1Rhein-Neckar-Arena , Sinsheim
30 June
Germany L 0–1Commerzbank-Arena , Frankfurt
5 July
Canada W 1–0Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion , Dresden
2015
Group stage
8 June
Sweden D 3–3Winnipeg Stadium , Winnipeg
12 June
Australia L 0–2
16 June
United States L 0–1BC Place , Vancouver
2019
Group stage
8 June
Norway L 0–3Stade Auguste-Delaune , Reims
12 June
South Korea W 2–0Stade des Alpes , Grenoble
17 June
France L 0–1Roazhon Park , Rennes
Round of 16
22 June
Germany L 0–3Stade des Alpes , Grenoble
Olympic Games
Olympic Games record
Year
Result
Matches
Wins
Draws
Losses
GF
GA
1996
Did not qualify
2000 Group stage
3
0
0
3
3
9
2004 Quarter-finals
3
1
0
2
3
4
2008 Group stage
3
0
0
3
1
5
2012
Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total 3/6
9
1
0
8
7
18
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year
Round
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
1991 Champions 6
6
0
0
20
2
1995 Champions 6
6
0
0
27
2
1998 Champions 5
5
0
0
28
0
2000 Champions 5
4
1
0
19
2
2002 Champions 5
4
0
1
15
2
2004 Champions 5
4
1
0
18
2
2006 Champions 5
5
0
0
18
2
2008 Third place 5
1
3
1
3
3
2010 Champions 5
5
0
0
19
4
2012 Fourth place 5
3
0
2
8
4
2014 Champions 5
5
0
0
16
3
2016 Champions 5
4
1
0
13
1
2018 Champions 5
2
2
1
10
1
2020
Total
11 Titles 67
54
8
5
214
28
African Games
See also
References
External links
Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage
Champions Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage
Nigeria squads – FIFA Women's World Cup
(13 December 2024)[3]
Nigeria 5–1 Ghana 
Norway 8–0 Nigeria 
Germany 8–0 Nigeria 
France 8–0 Nigeria 
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