Nigeria women's national under-17 football team

Nigeria Under-17
Nickname(s)Flamingoes
AssociationNigeria Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachBankole Olowookere
Home stadiumAgege Stadium, Lagos
FIFA codeNGA
First colours
Second colours
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2008), (2010), (2012), (2013) & (2016)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird place (2022)

Nigeria women's national under-17 football team, also nicknamed the Flamingoes is a youth association football team operated under the auspices of Nigeria Football Federation. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior Nigeria women's national football team. The team competes in the biennial FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women, which is the top competitions for this age group.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

Germany  v  Nigeria
11 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS Germany  2–1  Nigeria Margao, India
20:00 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
  • Usani 30'
Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
New Zealand  v  Nigeria
14 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS New Zealand  0–4  Nigeria Margao, India
16:30 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA)
  • Bello 16'
  • Usani 34'
  • Afolabi 75'
  • Etim 90+5'
Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 2,191
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Nigeria  v  Chile
17 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS Nigeria  2–1  Chile Bhubaneswar, India
16:30 UTC+5:30
  • Emmanuel 4'
  • Mosaku 82'
Report (FIFA)
  • Rovner 90+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri (Italy)
United States  v  Nigeria
21 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup QF United States  1–1
(3–4 p)
 Nigeria Navi Mumbai, India
16:30 UTC+5:30
  • Villareal 40'
Report (FIFA)
  • Edafe 26' (pen.)
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 6,619
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark Etim
  • soccer ball with check mark Offiong
  • soccer ball with check mark Usani
  • soccer ball with red X Folorunsho
  • soccer ball with check mark Edafe
Nigeria  v  Colombia
26 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup SF Nigeria  0–0
(5–6 p)
 Colombia Margao, India
16:30 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 3,576
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Penalties
  • Offiong soccer ball with check mark
  • Etim soccer ball with check mark
  • Usani soccer ball with check mark
  • Afolabi soccer ball with check mark
  • Edafe soccer ball with red X
  • Oyinlola soccer ball with check mark
  • Folorunsho soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with check mark Rodríguez
  • soccer ball with check mark Perlaza
  • soccer ball with red X Muñoz
  • soccer ball with check mark Espitaleta
  • soccer ball with check mark Caicedo
  • soccer ball with check mark Ortegón
  • soccer ball with check mark Hernández
Nigeria  v  Germany
30 October 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 3rd place Nigeria  3–3
(3–2 p)
 Germany Navi Mumbai, India
16:30 UTC+5:30
  • Ajakaye 20'
  • Bello 48'
  • Etim 63'
Report (FIFA)
  • Veit 73'
  • Bartz 85'
  • Bender 90'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Penalties
  • Sunday soccer ball with check mark
  • Etim soccer ball with check mark
  • Ajakaye soccer ball with check mark
  • Adeshina soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with check mark Veit
  • soccer ball with red X Platner
  • soccer ball with red X Bender
  • soccer ball with check mark Janzen
  • soccer ball with red X Bartz

Personnel

Below is the coaching squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[1]

Position Name
Head coach Nigeria Olanrewaju Bankole Olowookere
Assistant coach Nigeria Adanna Gloria Nwaneri
Assistant coach I Nigeria Queendolyn Akpan
Assistant coach II Nigeria Nojimu Morufu Adeyemo
Goalkeeping coach Nigeria Abubakar Ndanusa

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were selected for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Faith Oriyomi Omilana (2005-12-01) 1 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Naija Ratels FC
2 1GK Linda Chikamso Jiwuaku (2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 17) Nigeria Confluence Queens FC
3 1GK Jessica Chikamso Inyiama (2005-12-07) 7 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Rivers Angels FC

4 2DF Omamuzo Josephine Edafe (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 18) Nigeria Rivers Angels FC
5 2DF Miracle Ofem Usani (2007-06-20) 20 June 2007 (age 16) Nigeria Abia Angels FC
6 2DF Tumininu Fatimoh Adeshina (2006-04-22) 22 April 2006 (age 18) Nigeria Naija Ratels FC
7 2DF Comfort Folorunsho (2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 (age 18) Nigeria Delta Queens FC
8 2DF Olamide Shakirat Oyinlola (2006-06-08) 8 June 2006 (age 17) Nigeria Naija Ratels FC
9 2DF Immaculata Edet Offiong (2005-12-25) 25 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Abia Angels FC
10 2DF Orvegwe Blessing Sunday (2005-10-15) 15 October 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Edo Queens FC

11 3MF Mary Shola Aderemi (2007-11-07) 7 November 2007 (age 16) Nigeria Bayelsa Queens FC
12 3MF Blessing Ngozi Emmanuel (2006-06-07) 7 June 2006 (age 17) Nigeria Naija Ratels FC
13 3MF Taiwo Tewogbola Afolabi (2007-03-02) 2 March 2007 (age 17) Nigeria Delta Queens FC
14 3MF Chidera Nancy Okenwa (2005-12-12) 12 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Abia Angels FC
15 3MF Alima Maud Attervall Alase (2006-11-06) 6 November 2006 (age 17) Sweden IFK Göteborg
16 3MF Bisola Olaide Mosaku (2006-10-19) 19 October 2006 (age 17) Nigeria Prince Kazeem Football Academy

17 4FW Amina Omowunmi Bello (2005-12-18) 18 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Naija Ratels FC
18 4FW Alvine Esse Dah-zossu (captain) (2005-10-22) 22 October 2005 (age 18) Nigeria Osun Babes FC
19 4FW Yetunde Zarat Ayantosho (2007-11-07) 7 November 2007 (age 16) Nigeria Osun Babes FC
20 4FW Opeyemi Esther Ajakaye (2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 18) Nigeria FC Robo Queens
21 4FW Edidiong Raymond Etim (2007-09-29) 29 September 2007 (age 16) Nigeria Bayelsa Queens FC

Honours

Intercontinental

Continental

Competitive record

The Flamingoes have been to every edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup missing only the 2018 edition.[3] Before the 2022 edition, they've only gotten as far as the quarterfinals in the 2010, 2012 and 2014 editions respectively. They broke this "jinx" in 2022 by defeating USA in the quarterfinals via penalties after an entertaining and tightly-closed contest during regulation time which ended 1–1.[4]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances: 6
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2008 Round 1 13th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Trinidad and Tobago 2010 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 0 1 15 9
Azerbaijan 2012 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 2 0 15 1
Costa Rica 2014 Quarter-finals 8th 4 3 0 1 7 5
Jordan 2016 Round 1 14th 3 0 1 2 0 4
Uruguay 2018 Did not qualify
India 2022 Third place 3rd 6 2 3 1 11 7
Dominican Republic 2024 To be determined
Morocco 2025
Total Third place 6/9 24 11 7 6 52 30

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women record

African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
Appearances: 6
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2008 Champions 1st 4 2 1 1 8 4
2010 Qualified for World Cup 1st 2 2 0 0 7 1
2012 Qualified for World Cup 1st 4 4 0 0 12 1
2013 Qualified for World Cup 1st - - - - - -
2016 Qualified for World Cup 1st 4 4 0 0 16 0
2018 Second round 2nd 4 0 4 0 3 3
2022 Qualified for World Cup 1st 4 3 1 0 7 0
Total 7/7 6 titles 22 19 6 1 64 11

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Squad lists now available". FIFA+. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Nigeria U-17 squad announcement: 21 players make Flamingoes Final cut for World Cup". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Flamingos Apologize for World Cup Miss". Brilla FM. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ "U-17 Women's W/Cup: Nigeria beats US to reach first ever semi-final". The Cable NG. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

External links

  • Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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