Nigeria women's national football team
Nickname(s) | Super Falcons | ||
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Association | Nigeria Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
Head coach | Randy Waldrum[1][2] | ||
Captain | Onome Ebi | ||
Most caps | Maureen Mmadu (101)[3] | ||
Top scorer | Perpetua Nkwocha (80)[4] | ||
FIFA code | NGA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 39 ![]() | ||
Highest | 23 (July 2003) | ||
Lowest | 41 (December 2021) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Nigeria; 16 February 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Côte d'Ivoire; 11 May 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Tingvalla IP, Sweden; 6 June 1995) ![]() ![]() (Leverkusen, Germany; 25 November 2010) ![]() ![]() (Le Mans, France; 6 April 2018) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1991) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (1999) | ||
Football at the Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2000) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2004) | ||
Africa Women Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 13 (first in 1991) | ||
Best result | Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) | ||
WAFU Zone B Women's Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) | ||
Best result | Champions (2019) | ||
Medal record |
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 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 however they did have a highly successful tour through the middle east against various taliban organized football matches. 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 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.

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.
Team image
Nicknames
The Nigeria women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Super Falcons".
FIFA world rankings
- As of 17 July 2021[6]
Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover
Nigeria's FIFA world rankings | |||||||||||
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Rank | Year | Games Played |
Won | Lost | Drawn | Best | Worst | ||||
Rank | Move | Rank | Move | ||||||||
38 | 2021 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | ![]() | 38 | ![]() | ||
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
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2021
10 June Friendly | Jamaica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Houston, United States |
16:38 CT | Report (USSF) Report (SW) |
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Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Tori Penso |
13 June Friendly | Portugal ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | Houston, United States |
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Report (USSF) Report (SW) |
Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States) |
16 June Friendly | United States ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Austin, United States |
20:00 CT | Report (USSF) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States) |
15 September Aisha Buhari Cup | Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
21 September Aisha Buhari Cup | Nigeria ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Lagos, Nigeria |
16:00 (GMT+1) | Ikechukwu ![]() |
Alozie ![]() Motlhalo ![]() Salgado ![]() Makhabane ![]() |
Stadium: Onikan Stadium |
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Lagos, Nigeria |
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Report | Stadium: Onikan Stadium Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo) |
24 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg | Ghana ![]() | 1–0 (1–2 agg.) | ![]() | Accra, Ghana |
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Report (FIFA) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Referee: Zomadre Kore (Ivory Coast) | ||
Note: Nigeria won 2–1 on aggregate. |
2022
18 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg | Nigeria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Abuja, Nigeria |
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Report | Stadium: Moshood Abiola National Stadium Referee: Ayawa Mana Mawoufemo (Togo) |
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg | Ivory Coast ![]() | 0–1 (0–3 agg.) | ![]() | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
Report |
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Stadium: Stade Robert Champroux Referee: Zouwaira Souley Sani (Niger) | ||
Note: Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate. |
April 8 Friendly | Canada ![]() | 2-0 | ![]() | Vancouver, Canada |
3:30am (SAT) |
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Report | Stadium: BC Place |
April 11 Friendly | Canada ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Langford, Canada |
19:30 UTC−7 | Report | Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Coaching staff
Manager history
Name | Start date | End date | Notes | Ref |
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managed Nigeria at 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, concurrently with the men's national team of Nigeria.[7] | |||
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regarded as the first coach of the women national team; managed Nigeria at 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup[8][9] | |||
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managed Nigeria to quarter finals at 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, thus regarded as the most successful coach;[10][11] led Nigeria to 2000 Olympics and 2004 Olympics | |||
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2002 | managed Nigeria at 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
Godwin Izilien | managed Nigeria to win 2004 African Women's Championship[12] | |||
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managed Nigeria at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup; led Nigeria to win 2003 All-Africa Games[13] | |||
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managed Nigeria at 2008 Olympics; led Nigeria to win 2007 All-Africa Games;[14] managed Nigeria to third-place finish at 2008 African Women's Championship[15][16] | |||
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October 2011 | managed Nigeria to win 2010 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup | [17] | |
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April 2012 | November 2012 | led Nigeria to fourth place at 2012 African Women's Championship | [18] |
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June 2015 | managed Nigeria to win 2014 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | [19] | |
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September 2015 | led Nigeria to fourth place at 2015 All-Africa Games | [20] | |
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February 2016 | December 2016 | led Nigeria to win 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations | [21][22] |
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January 2018 | October 2019 | led Nigeria to win at 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup | [23][24][25] |
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2020 | [1][26] |
Players
Current squad
The following 24 players were called up for the Friendly againt Canada on April 2022.[27]
Information correct as of 25 July 2021.
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
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Captains
- Asisat Oshoala (????–)
Records
*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Honours
Intercontinental
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- Olympic Games
- Quarterfinals: 2004
Continental
Third-place: 2008
- African Games
Regional
Other tournaments
- 2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
Third-place
Awards
- African Women's National Team of the Year
- Winners: (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
![]() | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
![]() | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
![]() | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | Group stage | 21st | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
![]() | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
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To be determined | |||||||
Total | 8/9 | - | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 63 |
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | |
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Did not qualify | |||||||
![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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Did not qualify | |||||||
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Total | 3/6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Africa Women Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1991 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
1995 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
![]() | Third place | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
![]() | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
![]() | Qualified | |||||||
Total | 11 Titles | 67 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 214 | 28 | |
African Games
African Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
![]() | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
![]() | Did not qualify | |||||||
![]() | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | |
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See Nigeria women's national under-20 football team | |||||||
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Total | 3/4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 10 | |
- 2019 edition of the football tournament was played by the U-20 team.
Turkish Women's Cup
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
2021 | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
Total | 1/5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
WAFU Women's Cup record
WAFU Zone B Women's Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
![]() | 3rd | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
![]() | Winner | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
Total | Group Stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
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
Against | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
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Record per opponent
*As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.
- Key
The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% | Confederation |
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Total | — |
See also
References
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External links
- (in English) Official website
- (in English) FIFA profile