Nigeria vs South Africa: 10 things about Super Falcons and Banyana Banyana

●Today’s match WAFCON (July 22) will kick off at 5pm.

●Nigeria is chasing the 10th WAFCON title while the South Africans are in pursuit of their second.

● The South African team has the same coach from the last WAFCON held also in Morocco in 2022 while the Super Falcons have a new coach.

●In the competition’s 27-year history, the Super Falcons have never failed to make the semi finals.

●The Super Falcons biggest win over South Africa is the 7-1 flogging in Johannesburg in March 1995.

●South Africa’s biggest win over Nigeria is a 4-2 spanking they handed to the Super Falcons in the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament in Lagos in September 2021

●The last clash between both teams was in Morocco 2022 where the Banyana Banyana team won a group stage match 2-1.

●In total, both teams have clashed 25 times, since the first meeting on 4th March 1997 – a 1995 FIFA Women’s World qualifying match that the Falcons won 4-1.

●In the total 25 meets the Super Falcons have 15 matches to the Banyana Banyana’s 4; they have 6 draws; 15 losses for South Africa and 4 losses for Nigeria.

●Specifically for the WAFON, there has been 10 previous clashes between both nations. Nigeria won six times, with South Africa winning three. One ended in a draw (2018 Women AFCON Final) and was eventually won by Nigeria following a penalty shootout.

FALCONS, BANYANA IN HISTORY

4 Mar 1995: Nigeria 4 South Africa 1 (WCq)

19 Mar 1995: South Africa 1 Nigeria 7 (WCq)

25 Nov 2000: South Africa 0 Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)

18 Dec 2002: Nigeria 5 South Africa 0 (WAfcon)

30 Mar 2003: South Africa 0 Nigeria 3 (Friendly)

11 Oct 2003: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (AfGames)

12 Mar 2004: South Africa 2 Nigeria 2 (Oq)

28 Mar 2004: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (Oq)

9 July 2007: South Africa 2 Nigeria 2 (AfGames)

18 July 2007: South Africa 0 Nigeria 4 (AfGames)

28 July 2008: Nigeria 5 South Africa 0 (Oq)

12 Aug 2008: South Africa 0 Nigeria 1 (Oq)

22 Nov 2008: South Africa 0 Nigeria 1 (WAfcon)

4 Nov 2010: South Africa I Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)

3 June 2012: South Africa 1 Nigeria 1 (Friendly)

23 June 2012: Nigeria 0 South Africa 0 (Friendly)

7 Nov 2012: South Africa 1 Nigeria 0 (WAfcon)

22 Oct 2014: South Africa 1 Nigeria 2 (WAfcon)

29 Nov 2016: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (WAfcon)

18 Nov 2018: South Africa 1 Nigeria 0 (WAfcon)

1 Dec 2018: Nigeria 0 South Africa 0 (WAfcon) – Nigeria triumphed 4-3 penalties

21 Sept 2021: Nigeria 2 South Africa 4 (Aisha Buhari Cup)

4 July 2022: South Africa 2 Nigeria 1 (WAfcon)

5 April 2024: Nigeria 1 South Africa 0 (Oq)

9 April 2024: South Africa 0 Nigeria 0 (Oq)