Nigeria women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Super Falcons | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 37  (25 March 2016)[2] |
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| Highest | 23 (July 2003) | ||
| Lowest | 38 (September 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
 Nigeria 5–1 Ghana  ( Nigeria; February 16, 1991) |
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| 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.
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Tournament record
World Cup
| World Cup Finals | ||||||||
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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 |
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 | |
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| 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 | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| 2003 |
Champions |
 2007 |
Champions |
 2011 |
Did not Qualify |
Players
Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]
Head coach: Edwin Okon
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References
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| Sporting positions | ||
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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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