Nigeria women's national under-20 football team

Nigeria U-20

Nickname(s)	Falconets
Association	Nigeria Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Peter Dedevbo
FIFA code	NGR
First colours Second colours
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	2nd place, 2010
African Cup of Nations
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champion, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

Nigeria women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Falconets, represents Nigeria in international youth football competitions.

Nigeria U-20 Women's National team 2015

Players

Head coach Peter Dedevbo called up 30 players ahead of for the African Fifa U20 Women's World Cup qualifier.

The roster was trimmed down to 18 for the qualifier game against Congo featuring 17 local based players and 1 internationally based player.

• Roster as of September 16, 2015.

Training in Abuja in preparation for the worldcup qualifier game against Congo

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record

• 2002 – Round 1
• 2004 – Quarter-finals
• 2006 – Quarter-finals
• 2008 – Quarter-finals
• 2010 – 2nd place
• 2012 – 4th place
• 2014 – 2nd place

Training in Abuja

African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women

• Home/away 2002 – Champion
• Home/away 2004 – Champion
• Home/away 2006 – Champion ¹
• Home/away 2008 – Champion
• Home/away 2010 – Champion ²
• Home/away 2012 – Champion ²

^1  : with DR Congo

^2  : with Ghana

See also

• Nigeria women's national football team

References

• http://dailypost.ng/2015/09/24/falconets-to-depart-for-kinshasa-on-thursday/
• "Ihezuo leads Falconets to Kinshasa for DR Congo - Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Falconets leave for Kinshasa/". punchng.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "NFF to invite US – based to Falconets camp | Peoples Daily Newspaper". peoplesdailyng.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Ihezuo tops Falconets list for DR Congo qualifier - Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Fifa U20 Women’s World Cup- Liberia up against Nigeria’s Falconet on 11 July". liberiaentertainment.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Freekicknaija.com". freekicknaija.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Falconets off to Kinshasa on Thursday". thenff.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 
• "Female U20: US-based Nigerian invited by NFF – The Eagle Online". theeagleonline.com.ng. Retrieved 2017-07-02. 

External links

• Official Nigeria Football Federation website