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Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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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.

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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
Total	9/9	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))

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	4
Brazil	1	0	0	1	3	4
Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1	0	2
Denmark	1	1	0	0	2	0
England	2	0	1	1	2	3
France	2	0	0	2	0	2
Germany	3	0	0	3	0	8
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1
North Korea	3	1	0	2	2	6
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	11
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	0
South Korea	1	1	0	0	2	0
Sweden	3	0	2	1	4	7
United States	4	0	0	4	1	14

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

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

Nigeria_at_the_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup

Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record

Record by opponent

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Quarterfinals

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Round of 16

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group B

Round of 16

Goalscorers

References

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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

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

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

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

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

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