| Nigeria Under-20 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | NGA |
| Nickname: | Falconets |
| Association: | Nigeria Football Federation |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-Confederation: | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Coach: | Christopher Danjuma |
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| First Game: | 6–0 (Nigeria; 7 April 2002) |
| Largest Win: | 10–0 (Nigeria; 2014) |
| Largest Loss: | 6–0 (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 13 November 2016) |
| U20wc Apps: | 11 |
| U20wc First: | 2002 |
| U20wc Best: | Runners-up (2010, 2014) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | African U-20 World Cup qualification |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 11 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2002 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions; Qualified for World Cup (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024,2024) |
| Type: | women |
The Nigeria women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the Falconets, represents Nigeria in international youth women's football competitions. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification, which are the top competitions for this age group.
The team has qualified for every edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and has been runners-up twice, losing to Germany on both occasions, in 2010 and 2014.
The coaching squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was announced by the Nigeria Football Federation on 14 August 2022.[1]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach |  Christopher Danjuma | |
| Assistant coach | Olanrewaju Wemimo Matthew | |
| Assistant coach I | Moses Opuamowei Aduku | |
| Assistant coach II | Charity Nnedinma Enwere | |
| Assistant coach III | Bilikis Aina Tijani | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Yahaya Audu |
A 30-player preliminary squad was announced on 25 June 2022.[2] The final squad for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was announced in August 2022.[3]
| FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA | ||
 2002 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
 2004 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
 2006 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 2008 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2010 | Runners-up | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
 2012 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 2014 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | ||
 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
 2018 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
 2024 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 11/12 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 61 | ||
| African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 10 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 2002 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| 2008 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2014 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2018 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Qualified for World Cup | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Total | 11/11 | 2 Titles | 45 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 205 | 20 | |
Intercontinental
Continental
The following table shows Nigeria's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.