Falconets
27 Dec
World football-governing body, FIFA, has moved the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg match between Nigeria and Burundi from Bujumbura to Dar es Salaam in nearby Tanzania, as the world body has deemed the pitch in Bujumbura unfit to host the game.
18 Nov
Nigeria’s U-20 female national team, the Falconets is set to defeat their Tanzanian counterparts in the 2024 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup African qualifier second round, second leg on Sunday in Abuja. Both teams played a one all draw in the first leg match played at the Azam Sports Complex in Dar es Salaam on…
13 Nov
Nigeria and Tanzanian girls battled to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifying series second round fixture in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
8 Nov
Falconets’ Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma has selected 19 players for the national team’s Colombia 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier against Tanzania next Sunday. The team comprises three goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and five forwards, including goalkeeper Faith Omilana, How to Bet and Win who starred in Nigeria’s run to a first-ever FIFA…
28 Sep 2023
Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Falconets, have progressed to the third round of the 2024 U-20 World Cup qualifiers without kicking a ball.
9 Jun 2023
Nigeria’s Falconets, having reached the semifinals of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in three editions, will face Burundi in the second qualifying round of the 2024 edition of the global fiesta.
2 Jun 2023
Nigeria on Wednesday defeated Benin Republic 3-0 to book a date with perennial rivals, Ghana, in the final of the maiden WAFU B U-20 Girls Cup of Nations holding in Kumasi, Ghana. To qualify for the final, Ghana’s Black Princesses beat Burkina Faso 3-1 in the second semifinals.
24 May 2023
Still thrilled by their 7-0 spanking of the U-20 girls of Niger Republic in the opening match of Group B of the on-going WAFU B U-20 Women Championship in Kumasi, Nigeria’s Falconets cannot wait for today to fire from all cylinders once more...
21 May 2023
FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists, Falconets of Nigeria will today trade tackle against Niger Republic in the first match of Group B WAFU B U20 Women’s Championship in Kumasi, Ghana.
18 May 2023
Nigeria’s women U-20 football national team, Falconets, are expected to arrive in Ghana, today, ahead of the maiden edition of the WAFU B Girls Cup of Nations, which begins on Saturday in Kumasi.
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