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Founded	1945
FIFA Affiliation	Since 1960
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
General Secretary	Bolaji Ojo-Oba
National Jerseys	Green/white

FIFA World Cup appearances
3 (1994, 1998, 2002)

Continental titles
Winner
CAN (1980, 1994)
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CAN (1984, 1988, 1990, 2000)

Best Results
Winner
FIFA U-17 World Cup Final (1985, 1993, 2007), Olympic Football Tournament Final (1996)

Runners-Up
FIFA U-17 World Cup Final (1987, 2001, 2009), FIFA U-20 World Cup Final (1989, 2005), Olympic Football Tournament Final (2008)

Girls Set To Overpower USA

Falconet players have vowed to defeat defending champions, USA in the quarter finals of the on-going FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Germany on Sunday 10.30am Nigerian Time.

The players who chorused ''we are tired of stopping at the quarter final level'', promised to “remain technically outstanding by keeping our fighting spirit, break this jinx and go for the trophy”

“The Americans could not beat Ghana, so why should we be scared of them?” asked Mr. James Peters, Assistant General Secretary (Technical).

“Falconets edged out continental champions Japan and England and would not find it difficult to add another victim on Sunday”, a Nigerian Embassy official Ayodele Ayodeji said.

USA, like Nigeria, has featured in all the five editions of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The two-time world champions played a 1-1 draw with Ghana at the group stage and breezed into the quarter final with wins over Korea and Switzerland. Both Falconets and the USA team are staying at the Dorint Hotel in Augsburg.

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