Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Nigeria women's national football team has represented Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup at all nine stagings of the tournament,^[1]^[2] one of seven teams to do so. Despite the rich history, however, Nigeria's successes have been rather modest, having only progressed to the knockout phase in three occasions.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	0	7
1995	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	5	14
1999	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	8	12
2003	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	0	11
2007		13th	3	0	1	2	1	4
2011		9th	3	1	0	2	1	2
2015		21st	3	0	1	2	3	6
2019	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	2	7
2023	Round of 16	10th	4	1	3	0	3	2
2027	To be determined
Total	9/10	0 titles	30	5	6	19	23	65

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	17 November	Germany	L 0–4	Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
		19 November	Italy	L 0–1	Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
		21 November	Chinese Taipei	L 0–2	Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
1995	Group stage	6 June	Norway	L 0–8	Tingvallen, Karlstad
		8 June	Canada	D 3–3	Olympia, Helsingborg
		10 June	England	L 2–3	Tingvallen, Karlstad
1999	Group stage	20 June	North Korea	W 2–1	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
		24 June	United States	L 1–7	Soldier Field, Chicago
		27 June	Denmark	W 2–0	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
	Quarter-finals	1 July	Brazil	L 3–4 (a.e.t.)	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
2003	Group stage	20 September	North Korea	L 0–3	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		25 September	United States	L 0–5	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		28 September	Sweden	L 0–3	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
2007	Group stage	11 September	Sweden	D 1–1	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
		14 September	North Korea	L 0–2	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
		18 September	United States	L 0–1	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
2011	Group stage	26 June	France	L 0–1	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		30 June	Germany	L 0–1	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
		5 July	Canada	W 1–0	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2015	Group stage	8 June	Sweden	D 3–3	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
		12 June	Australia	L 0–2	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
		16 June	United States	L 0–1	BC Place, Vancouver
2019	Group stage	8 June	Norway	L 0–3	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
		12 June	South Korea	W 2–0	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
		17 June	France	L 0–1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
	Round of 16	22 June	Germany	L 0–3	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
/ 2023	Group stage	21 July	Canada	D 0–0	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
		26 July	Australia	W 3–2	Lang Park, Brisbane
		31 July	Republic of Ireland	D 0–0
	Round of 16	7 August	England	D 0–0 (4–2(p))

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	033.33
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Denmark	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
England	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
France	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00
Germany	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	000.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	033.33
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	000.00
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
South Korea	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Sweden	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	000.00
United States	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13	000.00
Total	30	5	6	19	23	65	−42	016.67

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	9	0	+9	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	2	+4	4
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	2	8	−6	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 November 1991

15:30

Germany	4–0	Nigeria
Neid 16' Mohr 32', 34' Gottschlich 57'	Report

Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen

Attendance: 14,000^[3]

Referee: Rafael Rodríguez Medina (El Salvador)

19 November 1991

15:30

Italy	1–0	Nigeria
Morace 68'	Report

Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan

Attendance: 12,000^[3]

Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)

21 November 1991

19:45

Chinese Taipei	2–0	Nigeria
Lin Mei-chun 38' Chou Tai-ying 55'	Report

Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen

Attendance: 14,000^[3]

Referee: Rafael Rodríguez Medina (El Salvador)

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

6 June 1995

19:00

Norway	8–0	Nigeria
Sandberg 30', 44', 82' Riise 49' Aarønes 60', 90' Medalen 67' Svensson 76' (pen.)	Report

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 4,344

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

8 June 1995

19:00

Nigeria	3–3	Canada
Nwadike 26' Avre 60' Okoroafor 77'	Report	Burtini 12', 55' Donnelly 20'

Olympia, Helsingborg

Attendance: 250

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

10 June 1995

16:00

Nigeria	2–3	England
Okoroafor 13' Nwadike 74'	Report	Farley 10', 38' Walker 27'

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 1,843

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	5	8	−3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Denmark	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

June 20, 1999

18:30 PDT (UTC−7)

North Korea	1–2	Nigeria
Jo Song-ok 74'	Report	Akide 50' Nwadike 79'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 17,100

Referee: Katriina Elovirta (Finland)

June 24, 1999

19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

United States	7–1	Nigeria
I. Chiejine 19' (o.g.) Hamm 20' Milbrett 23', 83' Lilly 32' Akers 39' Parlow 42'	Report	Okosieme 2'

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 65,080

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

June 27, 1999

16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Nigeria	2–0	Denmark
Akide 25' Okosieme 81'	Report

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 22,109

Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

Quarterfinals

July 1, 1999

21:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Brazil	4–3 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Nigeria
Cidinha 4', 22' Nenê 35' Sissi 104'	Report	Emeafu 63' Okosieme 72' Egbe 85'

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 54,642

Referee: Virginia Tovar (Mexico)

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sweden	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

September 20, 2003

14:45 EDT (UTC−4)

Nigeria	0–3	North Korea
	Report	Jin Pyol-hui 13', 88' Ri Un-gyong 73'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 24,347^[4]

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

September 25, 2003

19:30 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	5–0	Nigeria
Hamm 6' (pen.), 12' Parlow 47' Wambach 65' Foudy 89' (pen.)	Report

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 31,553^[5]

Referee: Florencia Romano (Argentina)

September 28, 2003

13:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Sweden	3–0	Nigeria
Ljungberg 56', 79' Moström 81'	Report

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 22,828^[5]

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 September 2007

20:00

Nigeria	1–1	Sweden
Uwak 82'	Report	Svensson 50'

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 35,100^[6]

Referee: Niu Huijun (China PR)

14 September 2007

20:00

North Korea	2–0	Nigeria
Kim Kyong-hwa 17' Ri Kum-suk 21'	Report

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium, Chengdu

Attendance: 35,600^[6]

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

18 September 2007

20:00

Nigeria	0–1	United States
	Report	Chalupny 1'

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 6,100^[6]

Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	1	2	−1	3
4	Canada	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

26 June 2011

15:00

Nigeria	0–1	France
	Report	Delie 56'

Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

Attendance: 25,475^[7]

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

30 June 2011

20:45

Germany	1–0	Nigeria
Laudehr 54'	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 48,817^[8]

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

5 July 2011

20:45

Canada	0–1	Nigeria
	Report	Nkwocha 73'

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 13,638^[9]

Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sweden	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 June 2015

15:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Sweden	3–3	Nigeria
Oparanozie 21' (o.g.) Fischer 31' Sembrant 60'	Report	Okobi 50' Oshoala 53' Ordega 87'

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 31,148^[10]

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

12 June 2015

16:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Australia	2–0	Nigeria
Simon 29', 68'	Report

Investors Group Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 32,716^[11]

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

16 June 2015

17:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Nigeria	0–1	United States
	Report	Wambach 45'

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 52,193^[12]

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	South Korea	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 June 2019

21:00

Norway	3–0	Nigeria
Reiten 17' Utland 34' Ohale 37' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 11,058^[13]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

12 June 2019

15:00

Nigeria	2–0	South Korea
Kim Do-yeon 29' (o.g.) Oshoala 75'	Report

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Attendance: 11,252^[14]

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

17 June 2019

21:00

Nigeria	0–1	France
	Report	Renard 79' (pen.)

Roazhon Park, Rennes

Attendance: 28,267^[15]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Round of 16

22 June 2019

17:30

Germany	3–0	Nigeria
Popp 20' Däbritz 27' (pen.) Schüller 82'	Report

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Attendance: 17,988^[16]

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Republic of Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 July 2023

12:30 UTC+10

Nigeria	0–0	Canada
	Report

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 21,410

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

27 July 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Australia	2–3	Nigeria
Van Egmond 45+1' Kennedy 90+10'	Report	Kanu 45+6' Ohale 65' Oshoala 72'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,156

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

31 July 2023

20:00 UTC+10

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 24,884

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Round of 16

7 August 2023

17:30 UTC+10

England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Stanway England Daly Greenwood Kelly	4–2	Oparanozie Alozie Ajibade Ucheibe

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 49,461

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
Rita Nwadike	3		2	1
Nkiru Okosieme	3			3
Asisat Oshoala	3							1	1	1
Mercy Akide	2			2
Adaku Okoroafor	2		2
Patience Avre	1		1
Nkechi Egbe	1			1
Prisca Emeafu	1			1
Perpetua Nkwocha	1						1
Ngozi Okobi	1							1
Francisca Ordega	1							1
Cynthia Uwak	1					1
Uchenna Kanu	1									1
Osinachi Ohale	1									1
Own goals	1								1
Total	23	0	5	8	0	1	1	3	2	3

Own goals scored for opponents

Ifeanyi Chiejine (scored for United States in 1999)
Desire Oparanozie (scored for Sweden in 2015)

References

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[NGA-KOR_full-time-14] "Match report – Group A – Nigeria v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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