Tag: Super Falcons
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AWCON 2018: NFF speaks ahead of Super Falcons’ final tie with South Africa
Dr Mohammed Sanusi, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, General Secretary has spoken up on the Super Falcons’ 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations final clash with Bayana Bayana of South Africa. The Super Falcons will tackle the Bayana Bayana on Saturday evening at the Accra Sports Stadium. Sanusi, however, expressed confidence that the Super Falcons…
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South Africa to face Super Falcons in 2018 AWCON final
Banyana Banyana of South Africa defeated Mali 2-0 at Cape Coast in the second semi-final game of 2018 AWCON in Ghana to set up a mouth-watering clash with Nigeria on Saturday. South Africa will be making a debut at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup after securing one of the tournament’s tickets at the ongoing…
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BREAKING: Super Falcons through to AWCON 2018 final
Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat Cameroon 4-2 on penalties to advance into 2018 AWCON final after both sides had ended goalless at extra time. With the victory over Indomitable Lionesses, Super Falcons qualifies for 11th AWCON final match and the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. Details to follow…
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Oshoala, Ebi, Oluehi, make 2018 AWCON group stage first eleven
Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala, defender Onome Ebi and goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi, have made the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) group stage first eleven. This was announced on the tournament’s twitter handle @CAF_AWCON on Monday as the event rounded up its group games on Saturday and set for its semi-finals on Tuesday. The…
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2018 AWCON: Falcons redeem image over Zambia in four-goal thriller
Super Falcons on Wednesday redeemed their high rated image in a 4-0 win over the Shepolopolos of Zambia in their second group B game of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON). Thomas Dennerby ladies proved to be worthy defending champions as the victory has kept hope alive for their title defence and a…
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Former Super Falcons player, Ajuma Otache is dead
Ajuma Otache, a Super Falcons midfielder, has died. She was aged 33. According to the verified Twitter handle of the National Football Federation, @thenff, Otache died on Saturday. The NFF expressed sadness at the news of her death and sympathised with her young family. Otache won the 2014 African Women Cup of Nations with the…
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Super Falcons full squad set for France friendly
Nigerian Super Falcons welcomed Holland-based Sophia Omodiji, Cyprus-based Ngozi Ebere as well as the home-based players invited for the team friendly match against France on Friday. The players arrived on Wednesday night to complete the squad of 18 players invited by coach Thomas Dennerby for the high-profile friendly. The Super Falcons twitter handle also revealed…
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NFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as head coach of Super Falcons
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Thursday announced the appointment of a top Swedish football coach, Thomas Dennerby, to take the role of head coach of the Nigeria national women’s team, Super Falcons, the federation announced Thursday. The contract allows Dennerby to come into the job with an assistant, Jorgen Petersson, who is a highly…
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Coachless Nigeria’s women line up France friendly
Despite not having a coach at the moment Nigeria’s women’s team will play France in a friendly on 4 April in Paris. The African Champions are still searching for a coach after American Randy Waldrum rejected the opportunity to lead the team last month. April’s match for the Super Falcons will be their first since…
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NFF confirm France friendly match for Super Falcons
The Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has revealed that the country’s national female team, the Super Falcons will be busy in 2018. The NFF boss has already confirmed that the reigning African Queens will play France in an international friendly on April 4, 2018. Pinnick who refuted claims that the Federation has chosen to…