Ex-Super Eagles midfielder talks up Super Falcons African success

Former Super Eagles midfielder Friday Ekpo has called for people to show more respect for the achievements of the Super Falcons on the African continent, Afrik Foot reports.

The 56-year-old represented the Green and Whites between 1989 and 1993, racking up 19 appearances and scoring five goals.

Of the 13 WAFCON competitions to have been held since the inception of the tournament, the Super Falcons have won ten of those, with the most recent being the triumph in Morocco.

Friday Ekpo – Don’t compare Super Falcons to Super Eagles

Speaking on the PlayZone Podcast, Friday Ekpo argued that the Nigerian Female team are the country’s biggest sport export, and should be treated as such.

“”I would say yes because in African football then, we did not have many countries who were playing or exposed like the Nigerian girls. We started earlier than most of them.

“”By the time they started coming up, we have gotten five or six championships in our kitty. Now you can see the Zambians, South Africans, they are coming up so strongly, even Morocco of late, you see them playing as if they are men.

“They put their acts together. Sometimes I wonder are these ones girls.

“The Super Falcons are more successful than the Super Eagles because we are so many in the men’s game, we fight for every cup but can’t get all. 

“African men’s football is getting stronger and thicker these days. Women’s football differs from men’s football so we will do our best to equal their own record. We should not be comparing them,” the Super Eagles legend concluded. 

The Super Falcons recently saw the WAFCON 2026 postponed from March till the summer by CAF.