Nigeria Women are ready for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 journey.
Here, we are talking about Nigeria Women’s key records and stats in the FIFA Women’s World Cup history.
Super Falcons have participated in all the previous eight FIFA Women’s World Cups, where their best record was qualifying for the quarter-finals in the 1999 edition.
Note: All the records are till FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019.
(Team Records)
Contents
Overall records
Hosts
Best Result
Final place in every edition
Match records (Top 3)
>> Biggest winning margins
>> Biggest losing margins
Nigeria Women’s overall records in FIFA Women’s World Cup history
Participation | Matches | Won | Drawn* | Penalty shootout | Lost | Winning %* | |
Won | Lost | ||||||
8/8 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.38 |
(Drawn: including penalty shootout matches; Winning %: excluding penalty shootouts)
Hosts: Never
Best Result: Quarter-Finals (1999)
Nigeria Women’s final place in every FIFA Women’s World Cup
Year | Host(s) | Last position |
1991 | China | Group Stage |
1995 | Sweden | Group Stage |
1999 | USA | Quarter-Finals |
2003 | USA | Group Stage |
2007 | China | Group Stage |
2011 | Germany | Group Stage |
2015 | Canada | Group Stage |
2019 | France | Round of 16 |
Nigeria Women’s match records in FIFA Women’s World Cup (Top 3)
Biggest winning margin | Biggest losing margin |
2-0 vs Denmark Women in 1999 (Group Stage) | 8-0 vs Norway Women in 1995 (Group Stage) |
2-0 vs South Korea Women in 2019 (Group Stage) | 7-1 vs USA Women in 1999 (Group Stage) |
2-1 vs North Korea Women in 1999 (Group Stage) | 5-0 vs USA Women in 2003 (Group Stage) |
(Players’ Records)
Contents
Most goals
Leading goal-scorer in an edition
Most goals for Nigeria Women in FIFA Women’s World Cup
Player | Goals |
Rita Nwadike | 3 |
Nkiru Okosieme | 3 |
Mercy Akide | 2 |
Adaku Okoroafor | 2 |
Asisat Oshoala | 2 |
Nigeria Women’s leading goal-scorer in a FIFA Women’s World Cup edition
Player | Goals | Year |
Nkiru Okosieme | 3 | 1999 |
Rita Nwadike | 2 | 1995 |
Adaku Okoroafor | 2 | 1995 |
Mercy Akide | 2 | 1999 |
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