Nigeria women's national under-17 football team

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 Women's World Cup qualification, which are the top competitions for this age group.

Results and fixtures

Legend

2022

Personnel Below is the coaching squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Position Name Head coach Akeem Busari Assistant coach Adanna Gloria Nwaneri Assistant coach I Queendolyn Akpan Assistant coach II Nojimu Morufu Adeyemo Goalkeeping coach Abubakar Ndanusa

Players

Current squad The following 21 players were selected for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Honours Intercontinental FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Third place: (2022)

Continental African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Winners: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 & 2016

Competitive record The Flamingoes have been to every edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup missing only the 2018 edition. 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. FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup YearResult 2008Group stage311144 2010Quarter-finals4301159 20124220151 2014430175 2016Group stage301204 2018Did not qualify 2022Third place6231117 2024Quarter-finals430193 2025Round of 16410359 2026TBD 2027To be determined 2028 2029Total9/1332157106642

African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification YearRoundPosition2008Champions1st4211842010Qualified for World Cup1st2200712012Qualified for World Cup1st44001212013Qualified for World Cup1st------2016Qualified for World Cup1st44001602018Second round2nd4040332022Qualified for World Cup1st4310702024Qualified for World Cup1st6510252Total8/87 titles2824718913

Head-to-head record The following table shows Nigeria's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. OpponentWin %Total

See also Nigeria women's national football team Nigeria women's national under-20 football team

Notes

References

External links Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)