Nigeria women's national football team

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Nigeria
Nickname(s) Super Falcons
Association Nigeria Football Federation
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach vacant
Captain Evelyn Nwabuoku
Most caps Maureen Mmadu (101)[1]
Top scorer Mercy Akide
FIFA code NGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 37 Steady (25 March 2016)[2]
Highest 23 (July 2003)
Lowest 38 (September 2015)
First international
 Nigeria 5–1 Ghana 
( Nigeria; February 16, 1991)
World Cup
Appearances 7 (First in 1991)
Best result Quarterfinals (1999)
African Women's Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1991)
Best result Winners (1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014)

The Nigeria national women's football team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. They won the first seven African championships and through 2011 lost only five games to African competition: December 12, 2002 to Ghana in Warri, June 3, 2007 at Algeria, August 12, 2007 to Ghana in an Olympic qualifier, November 25, 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, it must also be noted in their defense that 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.

The "Falconets" are the country’s junior team, which performed creditably in Russia 2006 when they beat Finland 8–0 before they were sent packing by Brazil. They were the runner-up to Germany at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.Nigeria was qualified to play in the U-20 women's world cup in Canada and was defeated by Germany in the finals 0-1, Asisat Oshoala got 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.

Tournament record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Group Stage 10th 3 0 0 3 0 7
Sweden 1995 Group Stage 11th 3 0 1 2 5 14
United States 1999 Quarterfinals 7th 4 2 0 2 8 12
United States 2003 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 0 11
China 2007 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Germany 2011 Group Stage 9th 3 1 0 2 1 2
Canada 2015 Group Stage 21st 3 0 1 2 3 6
Total 7/7 - 19 3 2 14 18 56

Olympics

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
United States 1996 Did Not Qualify
Australia 2000 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 3 9
Greece 2004 Quarter-Finals 3 1 0 2 3 4
China 2008 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 5
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Total 3/6 9 1 0 8 7 18

Africa Women's Championship

CAF Women's Championship
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1991 Champions 6 6 0 0 20 2
1995 Champions 6 6 0 0 27 2
Nigeria 1998 Champions 5 5 0 0 28 0
South Africa 2000 Champions 5 4 1 0 19 2
Nigeria 2002 Champions 5 4 0 1 15 2
South Africa 2004 Champions 5 4 1 0 18 2
Nigeria 2006 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 2
Equatorial Guinea 2008 Third place 5 1 3 1 3 3
South Africa 2010 Champions 5 5 0 0 19 4
Equatorial Guinea 2012 Fourth place 5 3 0 2 8 4
Namibia 2014 Champions 5 5 0 0 16 3
Cameroon 2016 Qualified
Total 9 Titles 57 48 5 4 191 26

All African Games

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 Champions
Algeria 2007 Champions
Mozambique 2011 Did not Qualify

Players

Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

Head coach: Edwin Okon

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Precious Dede (1980-01-18)18 January 1980 (aged 35) 97 0 Nigeria Ibom Queens
2 2DF Blessing Edoho (1992-09-05)5 September 1992 (aged 22) 4 1 Nigeria Pelican Stars
3 2DF Osinachi Ohale (1991-12-21)21 December 1991 (aged 23) 25 1 Nigeria Rivers Angels
4 4FW Perpetua Nkwocha (1976-01-03)3 January 1976 (aged 39) 98 80 Sweden Clemensnäs IF
5 2DF Onome Ebi (1983-05-08)8 May 1983 (aged 32) 49 0 Belarus FC Minsk
6 2DF Josephine Chukwunonye (1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 23) 23 0 United States Washington Spirit
7 4FW Esther Sunday (1992-03-13)13 March 1992 (aged 23) 23 5 Belarus FC Minsk
8 4FW Asisat Oshoala (1994-10-09)9 October 1994 (aged 20) 15 11 England Arsenal FC
9 4FW Desire Oparanozie (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 21) 33 23 France Guingamp
10 4FW Courtney Dike (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 20) 1 0 United States Okla. State Univ.
11 4FW Iniabasi Umotong (1994-05-15)15 May 1994 (aged 21) 0 0 England Portsmouth
12 3MF Halimat Ayinde (1995-05-16)16 May 1995 (aged 20) 10 0 Nigeria Delta Queens
13 3MF Ngozi Okobi (1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 21) 23 3 United States Washington Spirit
14 3MF Evelyn Nwabuoku (c) (1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 29) 40 3 Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt
15 2DF Ugo Njoku (1994-11-27)27 November 1994 (aged 20) 6 0 Nigeria Rivers Angels
16 1GK Ibubeleye Whyte (1992-01-09)9 January 1992 (aged 23) 6 0 Nigeria Rivers Angels
17 4FW Francisca Ordega (1993-10-19)19 October 1993 (aged 21) 24 7 United States Washington Spirit[1]
18 4FW Loveth Ayila (1994-09-06)6 September 1994 (aged 20) 3 0 Nigeria Rivers Angels
19 3MF Martina Ohadugha (1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 24) 35 2 Nigeria Rivers Angels
20 3MF Cecilia Nku (1992-10-26)26 October 1992 (aged 22) 8 1 Nigeria Rivers Angels
21 1GK Christy Ohiaeriaku (1996-12-13)13 December 1996 (aged 18) 0 0 Nigeria Rivers Angels
22 2DF Sarah Nnodim (1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 19) 1 0 Nigeria Nasarawa Amazons
23 2DF Ngozi Ebere (1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (aged 23) 18 1 France PSG

References

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  3. 2015 World cup roster

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
African Women's Champions
1991 (First title)
1995 (Second title)
1998 (Third title)
1998 (Fourth title)
2000 (Fifth title)
2002 (Sixth title)
2004 (Seventh title)
2006 (Eighth title)
Succeeded by
2008 Equatorial Guinea 
Preceded by African Women's Champions
2010 (Ninth title)
Succeeded by
2012 Equatorial Guinea 

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