Nigeria women's national football team

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 (25 March 2016)[2]
Highest	23 (July 2003)
Lowest	38 (September 2015)
First international
Nigeria 5–1 Ghana  ( Nigeria; February 16, 1991)
Biggest win
Nigeria 9–0 Sierra Leone  (Nigeria; November 6, 1994)
Biggest defeat
Norway 8–0 Nigeria  (Tingvalla IP, Sweden; June 6, 1995)  Germany 8–0 Nigeria  (Leverkusen, Germany; November 25, 2010)
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
1991	Group Stage	10th	3	0	0	3	0	7
1995	Group Stage	11th	3	0	1	2	5	14
1999	Quarterfinals	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
Total	7/7	-	19	3	2	14	18	56

Olympics

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	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
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	Qualified
Total	9 Titles	57	48	5	4	191	26

All African Games

Year	Result
2003	Champions
2007	Champions
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	GK	Precious Dede	18 January 1980 (aged 35)	97	0	Ibom Queens
2	DF	Blessing Edoho	5 September 1992 (aged 22)	4	1	Pelican Stars
3	DF	Osinachi Ohale	21 December 1991 (aged 23)	25	1	Rivers Angels
4	FW	Perpetua Nkwocha	3 January 1976 (aged 39)	98	80	Clemensnäs IF
5	DF	Onome Ebi	8 May 1983 (aged 32)	49	0	FC Minsk
6	DF	Josephine Chukwunonye	19 March 1992 (aged 23)	23	0	Washington Spirit
7	FW	Esther Sunday	13 March 1992 (aged 23)	23	5	FC Minsk
8	FW	Asisat Oshoala	9 October 1994 (aged 20)	15	11	Arsenal FC
9	FW	Desire Oparanozie	17 December 1993 (aged 21)	33	23	Guingamp
10	FW	Courtney Dike	3 February 1995 (aged 20)	1	0	Okla. State Univ.
11	FW	Iniabasi Umotong	15 May 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Portsmouth
12	MF	Halimat Ayinde	16 May 1995 (aged 20)	10	0	Delta Queens
13	MF	Ngozi Okobi	14 December 1993 (aged 21)	23	3	Washington Spirit
14	MF	Evelyn Nwabuoku (c)	14 November 1985 (aged 29)	40	3	BIIK Kazygurt
15	DF	Ugo Njoku	27 November 1994 (aged 20)	6	0	Rivers Angels
16	GK	Ibubeleye Whyte	9 January 1992 (aged 23)	6	0	Rivers Angels
17	FW	Francisca Ordega	19 October 1993 (aged 21)	24	7	Washington Spirit
18	FW	Loveth Ayila	6 September 1994 (aged 20)	3	0	Rivers Angels
19	MF	Martina Ohadugha	5 May 1991 (aged 24)	35	2	Rivers Angels
20	MF	Cecilia Nku	26 October 1992 (aged 22)	8	1	Rivers Angels
21	GK	Christy Ohiaeriaku	13 December 1996 (aged 18)	0	0	Rivers Angels
22	DF	Sarah Nnodim	25 December 1995 (aged 19)	1	0	Nasarawa Amazons
23	DF	Ngozi Ebere	5 August 1991 (aged 23)	18	1	PSG

References

1. "FIFA Women's Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 2009-08-25.
2. "Nigeria: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
3. 2015 World cup roster

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile