Category: Flamingos

Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingoes have been eliminated from the 5th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals ongoing in Jordan after they lost 0-3 to Korea DPR in their final group phase match on Saturday.

Nigeria will hope to beat England on Tuesday afternoon after they lost their opening group game of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan to Brazil at the weekend. “We will pick up the pieces by winning against England,” assured top team official Dupe Oyewale. “The girls were too nervous and so were not…

Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingoes lost 0-1 to their Brazilian counterparts in the opening match of Group C of the5thFIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Amman on Saturday.

Ahead of their group phase clash with Brazil on Saturday, at the 5th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingoes resumed training on Wednesday afternoon at the Al Wehdat Training Field, Amman with all 21 players participating actively. The girls were also scheduled to train at the same venue on Thursday.

Nigeria’s Flamingoes have arrived in Jordan ahead of their opening game at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled to take place in the Asian country from 30 September – 21 October.

Players and officials of the Flamingos will depart the shores of Nigeria aboard an Emirates Airline flight from Abuja on Monday night ahead of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup taking place in Jordan.

The Nigeria Football Federation has announced the shirt numbers of the 21 young stars representing the country at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan.

Brazil U17s, nicknamed Seleção Feminina Sub-17, have sent a warning to Nigeria, ahead of their meeting against the African powerhouse at the King Abdullah Stadium, Amman on October 1 at the World Cup.

Nigeria’s Flamingoes will jet out for the FIFA U17 World Cup in Jordan on Monday, officials have disclosed. The women’s U17s build-up for Jordan 2016 has been limited to test matches against local sides in Abuja. A planned international warm-up against fellow qualifiers Ghana or Cameroon did not see the light of day. The Flamingoes,…

Nigeria’s female U17 soccer team is still turning up for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup in Jordan, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on its official website on Saturday.

NFF Deputy General Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme has challenged Nigeria’s U17 girls to go all out to win the 5th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals holding in Jordan, 30th September – 21st October this year.

With just two weeks to the kick-off of the Fifth FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals in Jordan, Coach Bala Nikyu has again assured that the Nigeria U-17 girls, known as Flamingoes, will be ready for the challenge on the biggest stage.

Flamingoes coach Bala Nikyu is confident hat Nigeria will reach at least the semifinals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016. In their last three appearances ahead of the competition in Jordan, the Nigeria U17s managed to qualify for the last eighth but could not sail through to the semifinals. In 2010, the…

Nigeria U-17 women’s team, the Flamingoes, have been drawn against Brazil, England and Korea DPR in Group C of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan.