Nigeria women's national football team
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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 | Asisat Oshoala | ||
Most caps | Maureen Mmadu (101)[3] | ||
Top scorer | Perpetua Nkwocha (80)[4] | ||
FIFA code | NGA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 41 3 (10 December 2021)[5] | ||
Highest | 23 (July 2003) | ||
Lowest | 39 (December 2018) | ||
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 | |||
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) | ||
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 | 0 | 38 | 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[]
17 February Turkish Women's Cup | Nigeria | 1–0 | CSKA Moscow | Ilıca, Turkey |
16:00 |
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Report (Goal) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex |
20 February Turkish Women's Cup | Nigeria | 1–0 | Uzbekistan | Ilıca, Turkey |
19:00 |
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Report (FoF) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex |
23 February Turkish Women's Cup | Nigeria | 9–0 | Equatorial Guinea | Ilıca, Turkey |
16:00 | Report (CS) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex |
10 June Friendly | Jamaica | 1–0 | Nigeria | 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 | Nigeria | 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 | Nigeria | Austin, United States |
20:00 CT |
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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) | 47', 53' | Alozie 6' (o.g.) Motlhalo 19' (pen.) 44' Makhabane 86' (pen.) |
Stadium: Onikan Stadium |
20 October 2022 AFWCON qualification First round 1st leg | Nigeria | 2–0 | Ghana | 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.) | Nigeria | 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[]
14 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 1st leg | Nigeria | v | Ivory Coast |
23 February 2022 AFWCON qualification Second round 2nd leg | Ivory Coast | v | Nigeria |
Coaching staff[]
Current coaching staff[]
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- As of 6 November 2020
Name | Role | Ref. |
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Randy Waldrum | Head coach | [1][2] |
Manager history[]
Name | Start date | End date | Notes | Ref |
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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 | ||
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[]
30 players were invited to a 9 day training camp holding from November 22 to 30, in preparation for the final rounds of qualifiers for the 2022 African Women Championship.[27][28]
Information correct as of 25 July 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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1 | GK | Tochukwu Oluehi | 2 May 1987 | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera |
16 | GK | Chiamaka Nnadozie | 8 December 2000 | Paris |
23 | GK | Yewande Balogun | 27 August 1983 | California Storm |
3 | DF | 26 May 2000 | ||
4 | DF | Glory Ogbonna | 25 December 1998 | Edo Queens |
5 | DF | Onome Ebi | 8 May 1983 | FC Minsk |
14 | DF | Faith Michael | 28 February 1987 | Piteå IF |
19 | DF | 9 April 2000 | Edo Queens | |
21 | DF | 12 July 1999 | Sunshine Queens | |
22 | DF | Michelle Alozie | 28 April 1997 | Houston Dash |
10 | MF | Rita Chikwelu | 6 March 1988 | Madrid CFF |
11 | MF | 5 April 1992 | Minsk | |
13 | MF | Ngozi Okobi | 14 December 1993 | Eskilstuna United |
18 | MF | 10 December 1997 | Sunshine Queens | |
20 | MF | Amarachi Okoronkwo | 12 December 1992 | |
2 | FW | Gift Monday | 9 December 2001 | Robo Queens |
6 | FW | Uchenna Kanu | 20 June 1997 | UANL |
7 | FW | 10 July 1997 | Rivers Angels | |
8 | FW | Asisat Oshoala (captain) | 9 October 1994 | Barcelona |
9 | FW | Desire Oparanozie | 17 December 1993 | Dijon |
12 | FW | Joy Bokiri | 29 December 1998 | AIK |
17 | FW | Francisca Ordega | 19 October 1993 | CSKA Moscow |
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 |
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GK | Bayelsa Queens | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||||
GK | 19 July 2003 | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||||
GK | Christy Ohiaeriaku | 13 December 1996 | Edo Queens | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | ||
DF | 22 April 2003 | Häcken | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | |||
DF | Osinachi Ohale | 21 December 1991 | Alavés | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
DF | Chidinma Okeke | 11 August 2000 | Madrid CFF | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
DF | Nicole Payne | 18 January 2001 | West Virginia Mountaineers | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
DF | Ashleigh Plumptre | 8 May 1998 | Leicester City | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
DF | Onyinyechi Zogg | 3 March 1997 | Soyaux | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
DF | Sunshine Queens | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||||
DF | 27 December 1999 | Bayelsa Queens | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | |||
DF | Patricia George | 18 December 1996 | SC Sand | v. Jamaica, 10 June 2021 PRE | ||
DF | 12 December 1995 | Nasarawa Amazons | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | |||
DF | Robo | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | ||||
MF | Toni Payne | 22 April 1995 | Sevilla | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
MF | 5 September 1996 | Watford | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 PRE | |||
MF | 4 January 1999 | Bayelsa Queens | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | |||
MF | Esther Okoronkwo | 27 March 1997 | Saint-Étienne | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||
MF | Bayelsa Queens | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||||
MF | Halimatu Ayinde | 16 May 1995 | Eskistuna United | v. Jamaica, 10 June 2021 PRE | ||
MF | Esther Sunday | 13 March 1992 | ALG Spor | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | ||
MF | 23 September 1999 | Adana İdman Yurdu | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | |||
MF | Christy Ucheibe | 25 December 2000 | Benfica | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup WTD | ||
FW | Rasheedat Ajibade | 8 December 1999 | Atlético Madrid | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
FW | 12 August 2001 | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||||
FW | Ebere Orji | 23 December 1992 | Sundsvalls | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
FW | Ini-Abasi Umotong | 15 May 1994 | Lewes | v. Olimpija Ljubljana, 23 July 2021 | ||
FW | Charity Adule | 7 November 1993 | Real Sociedad | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||
FW | Roosa Ariyo | 13 June 1994 | Granadilla | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||
FW | Ifeoma Onumonu | 25 February 1994 | Gotham FC | v. United States, 16 June 2021 | ||
FW | Chinwendu Ihezuo | 30 April 1997 | Henan Jianye | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup |
Previous squads[]
Bold indicates winning squads
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Captains[]
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- 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
- Gold Medal: 2003, 2007
- Fourth-place: 2015
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 |
1991 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
1995 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
1999 | Quarter-finals | 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 |
2019 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
2023 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | 8/9 | - | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 63 |
FIFA Women's World Cup history | |||||
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Year | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Stadium |
1991 | Group stage | 17 November | Germany | L 0–4 | Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen |
19 November | Italy | L 0–1 | Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan | ||
21 November | Chinese Taipei | L 0–2 | Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen | ||
1995 | Group stage | 6 June | Norway | L 0–8 | Tingvallen, Karlstad |
8 June | Canada | D 3–3 | Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg | ||
10 June | England | L 2–3 | Tingvallen, Karlstad | ||
1999 | Group stage | 20 June | North Korea | W 2–1 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena |
24 June | United States | L 1–7 | Soldier Field, Chicago | ||
27 June | Denmark | W 2–0 | Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover | ||
Quarter-finals | 1 July | Brazil | L 3–4 | ||
2003 | Group stage | 20 September | North Korea | L 0–3 | Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia |
25 September | United States | L 0–5 | |||
28 September | Sweden | L 0–3 | Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus | ||
2007 | Group stage | 11 September | Sweden | D 1–1 | Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu |
14 September | North Korea | L 0–2 | |||
18 September | United States | L 0–1 | Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai | ||
2011 | Group stage | 26 June | France | L 0–1 | Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim |
30 June | Germany | L 0–1 | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt | ||
5 July | Canada | W 1–0 | Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden | ||
2015 | Group stage | 8 June | Sweden | D 3–3 | Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg |
12 June | Australia | L 0–2 | |||
16 June | United States | L 0–1 | BC Place, Vancouver | ||
2019 | Group stage | 8 June | Norway | L 0–3 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims |
12 June | South Korea | W 2–0 | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble | ||
17 June | France | L 0–1 | Roazhon Park, Rennes | ||
Round of 16 | 22 June | Germany | L 0–3 | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble |
Olympic Games[]
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
2021 | ||||||||
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 |
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 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
2018 | Champions | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
2022 | |||||||
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 | |
2003 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
2007 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | |
2019 | See Nigeria women's national under-20 football team | |||||||
To be determined | ||||||||
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[]
Turkish Women's Cup record | ||||||||
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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 |
2018 | 3rd | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
2019 | Winner | 1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Total | Group Stage | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
All−time record against FIFA recognized nations[]
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See also[]
- Sport in Nigeria
- Nigeria women's national under-20 football team
- Nigeria women's national under-17 football team
- NWFL Premiership
- Nigeria men's national football team
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External links[]
- (in English) Official website
- (in English) FIFA profile
- Nigeria women's national football team
- African women's national association football teams
- Women's national sports teams of Nigeria