NFF Appoints Christopher Danjuma as Falconets' Head Couch

The Nigeria Football Federation has
appointed Christopher Danjuma as Head
Coach of the U20 Women National Team,
also known as Falconets. Danjuma will be
assisted by Wemimo Matthew (1st Assistant
Coach), Mansur Abdullahi (2nd Assistant
Coach) and Abdul-Lateef Yusuf (Goalkeeper
Trainer). The quartet is expected in the
Federal Capital, Abuja on Wednesday next
week to open camp for the screening of
players for next month’s FIFA U20 Women’s
World Cup qualifying match between Nigeria
and Tanzania.

According to fixtures released by the
Confederation of African Football, two –time
FIFA World Cup silver medallists Falconets
will take on Tanzania in Nigeria on the
weekend of 15-17 September, with the
return leg in Dar es Salaam two weeks later.
The winner over both legs will then confront
the winner of the fixture pairing Morocco
against Senegal in November, before a final
round of qualifying matches in January
2018.

The Falconets have played in every edition
of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup since it
was launched as an U-19 tournament in
Canada 15 years ago. The team reached the
quarter finals in Thailand 2004, Russia 2006
and Chile 2008, before finishing as runners
–up at the 2010 finals in Germany and at
the 2014 finals in Canada.