Nigeria women's national football team

Nigeria

Nickname(s)	Super Falcons
Association	Nigeria Football Federation
Head coach	Uche Eucharia
Most caps	Maureen Mmadu (101)[1]
Top scorer	Mercy Akide
FIFA ranking	27[2]
Highest FIFA ranking	23 (July 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	29 (December 2008)
Home colours Away colours
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	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 1999
Africa Women's Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1991)
Best result	Won Eight times, Last in 2010

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 have lost only five games in their history 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.

But 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 runner-up to Germany at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

The "Flamingoes" are the country’s cadet team (U-17), which qualified for the inaugural women's U-17 World Cup New Zealand 2008.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
1991	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	7	-7
1995	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	14	-9
1999	Quarter-Finals	4	2	0	2	8	12	-4
2003	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	11	-11
2007	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3
2011	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1
2015	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	6/6	18	3	2	14	15	50	-35

Olympics record

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
Total	3/4	9	1	0	8	7	18

Performance in 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
Total	8 Titles	47	40	5	2	167	19

Current roster

Squad named for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Precious Dede 18 January 1980 (aged 31) 70 0 Rivers Angels 2 MF Rebecca Kalu 12 June 1990 (aged 21) 1 0 Rivers Angels 3 DF Osinachi Ohale 21 December 1991 (aged 19) 9 0 Delta Queens 4 MF Perpetua Nkwocha 3 January 1976 (aged 35) 80 40 Sunnanå SK 5 DF Onome Ebi 5 August 1983 (aged 27) 45 0 Düvenciler Lisesispor 6 DF Helen Ukaonu 17 May 1991 (aged 20) 11 1 Sunnanå SK 7 FW Stella Mbachu 16 April 1978 (aged 33) 85 20 Rivers Angels 8 MF Ebere Orji 23 December 1992 (aged 18) 13 2 Rivers Angels 9 FW Desire Oparanozie 17 December 1993 (aged 17) 12 6 Delta Queens 10 MF Rita Chikwelu 6 March 1988 (aged 23) 37 16 Umeå IK 11 MF Glory Iroka 3 January 1990 (aged 21) 8 0 Rivers Angels 12 FW Sarah Michael 22 July 1990 (aged 20) 6 0 KIF Örebro DFF 13 MF Ogonna Chukwudi 4 September 1988 (aged 22) 12 0 Umeå IK 14 DF Faith Ikidi 28 February 1987 (aged 24) 47 0 Piteå IF 15 DF Josephine Chukwunonye 19 March 1992 (aged 19) 10 0 Rivers Angels 16 GK Tochukwu Oluehi 3 June 1988 (aged 23) 40 0 Sunshine Queens 17 FW Francisca Ordega 19 October 1993 (aged 17) 9 1 Bayelsa Queens 18 DF Ulunma Jerome 11 April 1988 (aged 23) 37 0 Piteå IF 19 FW Uchechi Sunday 9 September 1994 (aged 16) 0 0 FC Neunkirch 20 FW Amenze Aighewi 21 November 1991 (aged 19) 3 0 Rivers Angels 21 GK Alaba Jonathan 1 June 1992 (aged 19) 0 0 Pelican Stars

References

1. ^ "FIFA Women's Century Club". FIFA. 2009-08-25. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/60/womenscenturyclub.pdf. 
2. ^ "Nigeria: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nga/ranking/gender=f/index.html. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 

External links

• Official Nigeria Football Federation website

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 2008 Equatorial Guinea	African Women's Champions 2010 (Ninth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent