Nigeria at the FIFA Women's World Cup explained

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
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		L 0–4	Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
		19 November		L 0–1	Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
		21 November		L 0–2	Jiangmen Stadium, Jiangmen
1995	Group stage	6 June		L 0–8	Tingvallen, Karlstad
		8 June		D 3–3	Olympia, Helsingborg
		10 June		L 2–3	Tingvallen, Karlstad
1999	Group stage	20 June		W 2–1	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
		24 June		L 1–7	Soldier Field, Chicago
		27 June		W 2–0	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
		1 July		L 3–4
2003	Group stage	20 September		L 0–3	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		25 September		L 0–5
		28 September		L 0–3	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
2007	Group stage	11 September		D 1–1	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
		14 September		L 0–2
		18 September		L 0–1	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
2011	Group stage	26 June		L 0–1	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		30 June		L 0–1	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
		5 July		W 1–0	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
2015	Group stage	8 June		D 3–3	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
		12 June		L 0–2
		16 June		L 0–1	BC Place, Vancouver
2019	Group stage	8 June		L 0–3	Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
		12 June		W 2–0	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
		17 June		L 0–1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
	Round of 16	22 June		L 0–3	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
/ 2023	Group stage	21 July		D 0–0	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
		26 July		W 3–2	Lang Park, Brisbane
		31 July		D 0–0
	Round of 16	7 August		D 0–0 (4–2)

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent
	2	1	0	1	3	4
	1	0	0	1	3	4
	3	1	2	0	4	3
	1	0	0	1	0	2
	1	1	0	0	2	0
	2	0	1	1	2	3
	2	0	0	2	0	2
	3	0	0	3	0	8
	1	0	0	1	0	1
	3	1	0	2	2	6
	2	0	0	2	0	11
	1	0	1	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	2	0
	3	0	2	1	4	7
	4	0	0	4	1	14

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group C

See main article: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C.

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1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group B

See main article: 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B.

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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group A

See main article: 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A.

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Quarterfinals

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group A

See main article: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A.

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group B

See main article: 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B.

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2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group A

See main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A.

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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group D

See main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D.

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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group A

See main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A.

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Round of 16

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group B

See main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B.

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Round of 16

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
	3		2	1
	3			3
	3							1	1	1
	2			2
	2		2
	1		1
	1			1
	1			1
	1						1
	1							1
	1							1
	1					1
	1									1
	1									1
<	--These are own goals scored by opponents for Nigeria, not own goals scored by Nigeria. This row should be placed last no matter how many own goals have been scored.-->	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)

Notes and References

Web site: Chiang . Anthony . Nigeria continued this Women’s World Cup trend it would like to end . miamiherald . en . 8 June 2019 . 6 July 2019.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Nigeria . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321024728/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team/1882893/ . dead . 21 March 2019 . www.fifa.com . 6 July 2019.