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Nigerians Congratulate Country's Women's Football Team 'Super Falcons' on Receiving CAF 2023 Award
Nigerians Congratulate Country's Women's Football Team 'Super Falcons' on Receiving CAF 2023 Award
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On Monday, in Morocco's city of Marrakech, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded the best African association football players of this year... 12.12.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Nigerian fans celebrated on social networks as the country's women national football team, the Super Falcon, secured the 2023 Confederation of African Football award for Women's Team of the Year.According to media, the team received the award mainly due to its outstanding performance at the World Cup. While the Super Falcons dropped out of the competition in the round of 16, losing on penalty shootouts against England, the African players had no match loss record. The team drew Olympic champions Canada and co-hosts Australia, and secured a point against the Republic of Ireland."Truly an honor. A year of firsts; the super falcons are special," another football fan posted.The team's player Asisat Oshoala was clinched the 2023 CAF Women's Player of The Year for the sixth time. Super Falcons' goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was awarded the Woman Goalkeeper of the Year. These remarkable accomplishments not only garnered praise from enthusiastic fans on social media but also earned recognition from Nigerian leader Bola Tinubu.
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Nigerians Congratulate Country's Women's Football Team 'Super Falcons' on Receiving CAF 2023 Award
On Monday, in Morocco's city of Marrakech, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded the best African association football players of this year. Along with football players, the best national teams and coaches were praised at the ceremony.
Nigerian fans celebrated on social networks as the country's women national football team, the Super Falcon, secured the 2023 Confederation of African
Football award for Women's Team of the Year.
According to media, the team received the award mainly due to its outstanding performance at the World Cup. While the Super Falcons dropped out of the competition in the round of 16, losing on penalty shootouts against England, the African players had no match loss record. The team drew Olympic champions Canada and co-hosts Australia, and secured a point against the Republic of Ireland.
"There is actually no match. Your World Cup display was what no African country can match easily," a fan said on X (formerly Twitter).
"Truly an honor. A year of firsts; the super falcons are special," another
football fan posted.
"Congratulations to the super falcons! Women’s National Team of the year," a netizen wrote on social networks.
The team's
player Asisat Oshoala was clinched the 2023 CAF Women's Player of The Year for the sixth time. Super Falcons' goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie was awarded the Woman Goalkeeper of the Year.
These remarkable accomplishments not only garnered praise from enthusiastic fans on social media but also earned recognition from Nigerian leader Bola Tinubu.
"I join all Nigerian fans in praying that this well-deserved honor will be the beginning of a continued journey filled with success, triumphs, and the fulfillment of all your footballing dreams," Tinubu wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
