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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Nigeria - World Cup Records and Stats

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.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 15.07.2023
Nigeria World Cup Records and Stats

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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.

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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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