Nigeria women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Super Falcons |
|---|---|
| Association | Nigeria Football Federation |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Florence Omagbemi |
| Captain | Evelyn Nwabuoku |
| Most caps | Maureen Mmadu (101) |
| Top scorer | Mercy Akide |
| FIFA code | NGA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 37  (26 August 2016)
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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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| 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 | 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, 2016) |
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 their first twenty years 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.
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