Nigeria_women's_national_football_team

Nigeria women's national football team

Nigeria women's national football team

Women's national football team representing Nigeria

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Nigeria national football team.

The Nigeria women's national football team,[lower-alpha 1] nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa's most successful international women's football team, having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles;[3] 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 the Summer Olympics.

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They are also one of the few teams in the world and only African team 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 20 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 able 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 two. 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 2001 which were then canceled due to a severe outbreak of gang induced violence within the Nigerian area, 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 Championship 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

See also: Labour relations in women's association football § In Nigeria

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,[4][5] 2007,[6] 2016,[7] 2019,[8][9] 2022,[10][11] and 2023.[12][13]

Team image

Nicknames

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

FIFA world rankings

See also: FIFA Women's World Ranking
As of 9 June 2023[14]

  Worst Ranking    Best Ranking    Worst Mover    Best Mover  

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Results and fixtures

Main article: Nigeria women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

11 April Friendly New Zealand  0–3  Nigeria Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)
15 July Unofficial friendly Lions FC 1–8  Nigeria Gold Coast, Australia[15]
16:00 UTC+3 Report
Attendance: 0
Note: Behind-closed-doors training match (rolling subs and no caps)
21 July FIFA WC Group Nigeria  0–0  Canada Melbourne, Australia
12:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 21,410
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
27 July FIFA WC Group Australia  2–3  Nigeria Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10
Report
Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 49,156
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
31 July FIFA WC Group Republic of Ireland  0–0  Nigeria Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 24,884
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
7 August FIFA WC R16 England  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		  Nigeria Brisbane, Australia
17:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Lang Park
Attendance: 49,461
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
Penalties
22 September 2024 AFWCON qualification First round Nigeria  Cancelled  São Tomé and Príncipe
16:00 WAT
25 September 2024 AFWCON qualification First round São Tomé and Príncipe  Cancelled  Nigeria
17:00 WAT
25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 2024 Olympic qualifying Ethiopia  1–1  Nigeria Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15:30 UTC+3
  • Amare 6'
Stadium: Abebe Bikila Stadium
31 October 2024 Olympic qualifying Nigeria  4–0
(5–1 agg.)		  Ethiopia Abuja, Nigeria
 Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Note: Nigeria won 5–1 on aggregate
30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg Nigeria  5–0  Cape Verde Lagos, Nigeria
16:00 UTC+1
Report (NFF) Stadium: Onikan Stadium
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2024 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg Cape Verde  1–2
(1–7 agg.)		  Nigeria Praia
  • Fortes 8'
Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde
Note: Nigeria won 7–1 on aggregate.

2024

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) 2024 Olympic qualifying Cameroon  0–0  Nigeria Douala Cameroon
Stadium: Stade de la Réunification
26 February 2024 (2024-02-26) 2024 Olympic qualifying Nigeria  1–0
(1–0 agg.)		  Cameroon Abuja,Nigeria
 Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Note: Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.
5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) 2024 Olympic qualifying Nigeria  1–0  South Africa Abuja,Nigeria
17:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: MKO Abiola Stadium
Referee: Ghada Mehat (Algeria)
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) 2024 Olympic qualifying South Africa  0–0
(0–1 agg.)		  Nigeria Pretoria ,South Africa
19:30 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)
Note: Nigeria won 1–0 on aggregate.
25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) 2024 Olympic Games GS Nigeria  v  Brazil Bordeaux, France
Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 2024 Olympic Games GS Spain  v  Nigeria Nantes, France
19:00 Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 2024 Olympic Games GS Japan  v  Nigeria Nantes, France
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

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).[16]

As of 13 December 2023
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Manager history

Main article: List of Nigeria women's national football team managers
See also: Category:Nigeria women's national football team managers
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Players

Main article: List of Nigeria women's international footballers
See also: Category:Nigeria women's international footballers

Current squad

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Recent call-ups

Following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.

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Previous squads

Bold indicates winning squads

Captains

Records

Main article: List of Nigeria women's international footballers
See also: Category:Nigeria women's international footballers

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

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Honours

Intercontinental

Continental

Champions: 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018

Regional

Other tournaments

Awards

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup
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Olympic Games

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Africa Women Cup of Nations

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African Games

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WAFU Women's Cup record

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Other tournaments

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See also

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Notes

  1. Hausa: Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta mata ta Najeriya, Igbo: Ndị otu egwuregwu bọọlụ ụmụ nwanyị nke mba Naịjirịa
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