Nigeria women's national football team

Nigeria
Nickname(s)Super Falcons
AssociationNigeria Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachRandy Waldrum[1][2]
CaptainOnome Ebi
Most capsMaureen Mmadu (101)[3]
Top scorerPerpetua Nkwocha (80)[4]
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 39 2 (25 March 2022)[5]
Highest23 (July 2003)
Lowest41 (December 2021)
First international
 Nigeria 5–1 Ghana 
(Nigeria; 16 February 1991)
Biggest win
 Nigeria 15–0 Niger 
(Côte d'Ivoire; 11 May 2019)
Biggest defeat
 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)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1999)
Football at the Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (first in 2000)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2004)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances13 (first in 1991)
Best resultChampions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultChampions (2019)

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.

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.

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
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
3820216321 37 038 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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

10 June Friendly Jamaica  1–0  Nigeria Houston, United States
16:38 CT
  • Blackwood 51'
  • Cameron  77'
Report (USSF)
Report (SW)
Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 3,573
Referee: Tori Penso
13 June Friendly Portugal  3–3  Nigeria Houston, United States
--:-- 
Report (USSF)
Report (SW)
Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)
16 June Friendly United States  2–0  Nigeria 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  Mali
21 September Aisha Buhari Cup Nigeria  2–4  South Africa Lagos, Nigeria
16:00 (GMT+1) Ikechukwu 47', 53' Alozie 6' (o.g.)
Motlhalo 19' (pen.)
Salgado 44'
Makhabane 86' (pen.)
Stadium: Onikan Stadium
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg Nigeria  2–0  Ghana Lagos, Nigeria
Report Stadium: Onikan Stadium
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)
24 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 2nd leg Ghana  1–0
(1–2 agg.)
 Nigeria Accra, Ghana
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  Ivory Coast Abuja, Nigeria
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.)
 Nigeria Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Report Stadium: Stade Robert Champroux
Referee: Zouwaira Souley Sani (Niger)
Note: Nigeria won 3–0 on aggregate.
April 8 Friendly Canada  2-0  Nigeria Vancouver, Canada
3:30am (SAT)
  • J.Fleming 51'
  • V.Gilles 72'
Report Stadium: BC Place
April 11 Friendly Canada  2–2  Nigeria Langford, Canada
19:30 UTC−7 Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 6 November 2020
Name Role Ref.
Randy Waldrum Head coach [1][2]

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.[7]
Paul Hamilton regarded as the first coach of the women national team; managed Nigeria at 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup[8][9]
Ismaila Mabo 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
Samuel Okpodu 2002 managed Nigeria at 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
Godwin Izilien managed Nigeria to win 2004 African Women's Championship[12]
Ntiero Effiom managed Nigeria at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup; led Nigeria to win 2003 All-Africa Games[13]
Joseph Ladipo 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]
Uche Eucharia October 2011 managed Nigeria to win 2010 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup [17]
Kadiri Ikhana April 2012 November 2012 led Nigeria to fourth place at 2012 African Women's Championship [18]
Edwin Okon June 2015 managed Nigeria to win 2014 African Women's Championship; managed Nigeria at 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup [19]
Christopher Danjuma September 2015 led Nigeria to fourth place at 2015 All-Africa Games [20]
Florence Omagbemi February 2016 December 2016 led Nigeria to win 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations [21][22]
Thomas Dennerby January 2018 October 2019 led Nigeria to win at 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup [23][24][25]
Randy Waldrum 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.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Tochukwu Oluehi (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
16 1GK Chiamaka Nnadozie (2000-12-08) 8 December 2000 Paris
1GK Yewande Balogun (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 California Storm

4 2DF Ashleigh Plumptre (vice captain) (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 Leicester City
5 2DF Onome Ebi (captain) (1983-05-08) 8 May 1983 FC Minsk
2DF Esther Ogbonna (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 Edo Queens
2DF Glory Ogbonna (1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 Santa Teresa
21 2DF Nicole Payne (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers

7 3MF Toni Payne (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 Sevilla
18 3MF Ngozi Okobi (1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 Eskilstuna United
10 3MF Rita Chikwelu (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 Madrid CFF
3MF Christy Ucheibe (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 Benfica
3MF Peace Efih (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 Kiryat Gat
20 3MF Amanda Mbadi (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 Bayelsa Queens
3MF Jennifer Echegini

6 4FW Uchenna Kanu (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 UANL
8 4FW Ifeoma Onumonu (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 Gotham FC
9 4FW Esther Okoronkwo (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 Saint-Étienne
4FW Francisca Ordega (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 CSKA Moscow
15 4FW Rasheedat Ajibade (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 Atlético Madrid
22 4FW Michelle Alozie (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 Houston Dash

Recent call-ups

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

This list may be incomplete.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Patience Okeke Bayelsa Queens v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
GK Inyene Etim (2003-07-19) 19 July 2003 Abia Angels FC v.  United States, 16 June 2021
GK Christy Ohiaeriaku (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 Sunshine Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification

DF Esther Adeboye (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 Aisha Buhari Cup
DF Faith Michael (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 Piteå IF Aisha Buhari Cup
DF Opeyemi Sunday (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 Sunshine Queens Aisha Buhari Cup
DF Josephine Ijeh (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 Häcken v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
DF Chidinma Okeke (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 Madrid CFF v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
DF Onyinyechi Zogg (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 Soyaux v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
DF Abidemi Ibe (1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 Bayelsa Queens v.  United States, 16 June 2021
DF Patricia George (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 SC Sand v.  Jamaica, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Osinachi Ohale (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 Alavés 2022 AFWCON qualification
DF Blessing Demehin (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 Sunshine Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification
DF Joy Duru (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 Nasarawa Amazons 2022 AFWCON qualification
DF Rofiat Imuran (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 Rivers Angels
DF Ayomide Ojo Edo Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification

MF Ihuoma Onyebuchi (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 Sunshine Queens Aisha Buhari Cup
MF Adekite Fatuga-Dada (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 Watford v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 PRE
MF Celine Ottah Bayelsa Queens v.  United States, 16 June 2021
MF Halimatu Ayinde (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 Eskistuna United v.  Jamaica, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Regina Otu (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 Minsk 2022 AFWCON qualification
MF Deborah Abiodun (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003 Rivers Angels 2022 AFWCON qualification
MF Yetunde Aluko (1995-12-26) 26 December 1995 Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot 2022 AFWCON qualification
MF Grace Igboamalu (2001-12-29) 29 December 2001 Bayelsa Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification
MF Amarachi Okoronkwo (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 Nasarawa Amazons 2022 AFWCON qualification

FW Joy Bokiri (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 AIK Aisha Buhari Cup
FW Evelyn Ijeh (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 Lidköpings v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
FW Ebere Orji (1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 Sundsvalls v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
FW Ini-Abasi Umotong (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 Lewes v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021
FW Charity Adule (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 Real Sociedad v.  United States, 16 June 2021
FW Roosa Ariyo (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 Granadilla v.  United States, 16 June 2021
FW Gift Monday (2001-12-09) 9 December 2001 Robo Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification
FW Juliet Bassey Bayelsa Queens 2022 AFWCON qualification
FW Vivian Ikechukwu (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 Rivers Angels 2022 AFWCON qualification
FW Desire Oparanozie (1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 Dijon 2022 AFWCON qualification
FW Asisat Oshoala (1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 Barcelona 2022 AFWCON qualification

Previous squads

Bold indicates winning squads

Captains

Records

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

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

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
1991Group stage10th300307
1995Group stage11th3012514
1999Quarter-finals7th4202812
2003Group stage15th3003011
2007Group stage13th301214
2011Group stage9th310212
2015Group stage21st301236
2019Round of 1616th410327
2023 To be determined
Total8/9-2643192063
FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
1991 Group stage17 November GermanyL 0–4Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
19 November ItalyL 0–1Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
21 November Chinese TaipeiL 0–2Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
1995 Group stage6 June NorwayL 0–8Tingvallen, Karlstad
8 June CanadaD 3–3Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
10 June EnglandL 2–3Tingvallen, Karlstad
1999 Group stage20 June North KoreaW 2–1Rose Bowl, Pasadena
24 June United StatesL 1–7Soldier Field, Chicago
27 June DenmarkW 2–0Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
Quarter-finals1 July BrazilL 3–4
2003 Group stage20 September North KoreaL 0–3Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
25 September United StatesL 0–5
28 September SwedenL 0–3Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
2007 Group stage11 September SwedenD 1–1Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
14 September North KoreaL 0–2
18 September United StatesL 0–1Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
2011 Group stage26 June FranceL 0–1Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
30 June GermanyL 0–1Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
5 July CanadaW 1–0Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2015 Group stage8 June SwedenD 3–3Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
12 June AustraliaL 0–2
16 June United StatesL 0–1BC Place, Vancouver
2019 Group stage8 June NorwayL 0–3Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
12 June South KoreaW 2–0Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
17 June FranceL 0–1Roazhon Park, Rennes
Round of 1622 June GermanyL 0–3Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1996 Did not qualify
2000Group stage300339
2004Quarter-finals310234
2008Group stage300315
2012 Did not qualify
2016
2021
Total3/69108718

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1991Champions6600202
1995Champions6600272
1998Champions5500280
2000Champions5410192
2002Champions5401152
2004Champions5410182
2006Champions5500182
2008Third place513133
2010Champions5500194
2012Fourth place530284
2014Champions5500163
2016Champions5410131
2018Champions5221101
2022Qualified
Total11 Titles67548521428

African Games

African Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
2003Champions5500171
2007Champions4310142
2011Did not qualify
2015Fourth place5203117
2019 See Nigeria women's national under-20 football team
2023To be determined
Total3/41410134210

Turkish Women's Cup

Turkish Women's Cup record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
20211st3300110+11
Total1/53300110+11

WAFU Women's Cup record

WAFU Zone B Women's Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
20183rd3rd5413103
2019Winner1st5320232
TotalGroup Stage1/13003117

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
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Against Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation

    Record per opponent

    *As ofxxxxx after match against xxxxx.

    Key
      Positive balance (more wins than losses)
      Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
      Negative balance (more losses than wins)

    The following table shows Djibouti's all-time official international record per opponent:

    Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD W% Confederation
    Total

    See also

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