Nigeria Women’s National Football Team 2024 Players, Squad, Stadium, Kit, and much more
The Nigerian women’s national soccer team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women’s soccer and is controlled by the Nigerian Soccer Federation.
Here in this article, you will get to know about Nigeria Women’s National Football Team 2024 Players, Squad, History, Stadium, Nickname, Kits, and more.
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team Profile Summary
| Nickname(s) | Super Falcons |
|---|---|
| Association | Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Randy Waldrum |
| Captain | Onome Ebi |
| Top scorer | Perpetua Nkwocha (80) |
| FIFA code | NGA |
About Nigeria Women’s National Football Team
The Nigerian women’s national soccer team, nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women’s soccer and is controlled by the Nigerian Soccer Federation. The team is by far the most successful women’s international soccer team in Africa, winning a record eleven Women’s Africa Cup of Nations titles, with their most recent title coming in 2018, after defeating South Africa in the final. The team is also the only women’s national team from the African Football Confederation to reach the quarterfinals at both the FIFA Women’s World Cup and 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 coming at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals.
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team History
They won the first seven African championships and during their first twenty years they lost just five games in African competition. December 12, 2002 to Ghana in Warri, June 3, 2007 in Algeria, August 12, 2007 to Ghana in an Olympic qualifier, November 25, 2008 to Equatorial Guinea in the semi-finals of the 2008 African Women’s Soccer Championship and in May 2011 in Ghana in a qualifying match for the African Games.
However, the Super Falcons have not been able to dominate beyond Africa on stages like the FIFA Women’s World Cup or the Olympics. The team has been to every World Cup since 1991, but only once managed 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 of their Group A games. They did slightly better in 2007, drawing just one of their Group B games. 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 United States.
Nigeria hosted the African women’s championship final for the third time in 2006, which was later canceled due to a serious outbreak of gang-induced violence within the Nigerian area, replacing Gabon, who were initially granted the right to host but he later withdrew citing financial difficulties. and won it for the seventh time in a row. The Nigerian Super Falcons and Ghana Black Queens represented Africa in China for the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team 2024 players Squad?
| GOALKEEPER | POS | AGE | HT | WT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiamaka Nnadozie#16 | G | 22 | 5’10” | – |
| Christy Ohiaeriaku#1 | G | 26 | 5’1″ | – |
| DEFENDER | POS | AGE | HT | WT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oluwatosin Demehin#5 | D | 20 | – | – |
| Gift Monday#2 | D | 21 | 5’6″ | – |
| Akudo Esther Ogbonna#11 | D | 22 | – | – |
| Osinachi Ohale#3 | D | 31 | 5’8″ | – |
| Nicole Payne#17 | D | 22 | – | – |
| MIDFIELDER | POS | AGE | HT | WT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Ajibola Abiodun#19 | M | 19 | – | – |
| Michelle Alozie#12 | M | 25 | – | – |
| Halimatu Ayinde#18 | M | 27 | 5’4″ | 121 lbs |
| Rita Chikwelu#10 | M | 34 | 5’2″ | 123 lbs |
| Onyi Echegini#18 | M | 21 | – | – |
| Peace Efih#22 | M | 22 | 5’2″ | – |
| Uju Mbadi#10 | M | 24 | – | – |
| Ngozi Okobi#13 | M | 29 | 5’4″ | 121 lbs |
| Esther Chinemerem Onyenezide#20 | M | 19 | – | – |
| Regina Otu#11 | M | 30 | – | – |
| Christy Ucheibe#13 | M | 22 | 5’6″ | – |
| FORWARD | POS | AGE | HT | WT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasheedat Ajibade#15 | F | 23 | 5’5″ | – |
| Vivian Ikechukwu#14 | F | 25 | 5’6″ | – |
| Rofiat Adenike Imuran#8 | F | 18 | – | – |
| Uchenna Kanu#6 | F | 25 | 5’9″ | – |
| Chinonyerem Macleans#24 | F | 23 | – | – |
| Ifeoma Chukwufumnay Onumonu#9 | F | 28 | – | – |
| Francisca Ordega#17 | F | 29 | 5’2″ | – |
| Asisat Oshoala#8 | F | 28 | 5’8″ | 154 lbs |
| Toni Payne#7 | F | 27 | 5’4″ | – |
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team Home Stadium
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team Kit
Kit sponsorship
Nike
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team world rankings
| Current | 45 (9 December 2022) |
|---|---|
| Highest | 23 (July 2003) |
| Lowest | 46 (August 2022) |
Nigeria Women’s National Football Team trophies
Intercontinental
- FIFA Women’s World Cup
- Olympic Games
- Quarterfinals: 2004
Conclusion
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Source: FootballArroyo.co.uk
