| Nickname(s) | Super Falcons | ||
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| 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) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Nigeria 5 – 1 Ghana ( Nigeria; February 16, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Nigeria 9 – 0 Sierra Leone (Nigeria; November 6, 1994) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Norway 8 – 0 Nigeria (Tingvalla IP, Sweden; June 6, 1995) Germany 8 – 0 Nigeria (Leverkusen, Germany; November 25, 2010) |
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| 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.
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| World Cup Finals | |||||||||
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |||||||
| Total | 3/4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |
| 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 |
| Total | 8 Titles | 47 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 167 | 19 |
Squad named for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| 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 |
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