Super Falcons head coach Justine Madugu has revealed he has been offered a two-year contract by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.
The contract, according to Madugu will run from October 1, 2025 to October 31, 2027.
The 61-year-old will lead the Super Falcons to the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
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The gaffer is also expected to be in charge of the Super Falcons should they qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.
Madugu took charge of the team following Randy Waldrum’s resignation last year.
Under his tutelage, the Super Falcons won the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The contract is expected to be made official by the NFF in the next few days.
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He needs to get a good tactical foreign assistant well versed with modern female football to assist him on contract levels during international tournaments. The senegal model or the Brazil 1994 worldcup coaching model. Madugu is very good and lucky with African teams but he surely cannot compete in the international levels. That level is above him at this time and he needs proper help. If not, another Finidi mistake is about to happen on the international levels like worldcup and Olympics.
Which “foreign technical adviser?” Some people are so driven by ethnic hatred and negativity about Nigerian football, except when their “kinsmen” is the coach, then it’s alright, otherwise it’s accusation of nepotism and incompetence even when their are results of effectiveness.
The same Justin Madugu just won the WAFCON beating a female world cup winner with Spain- Jorge Vilda, and coaching a Moroccan female team playing at home and supported by a partisan crowd- even after leading the Super Falcons 2-0 at half time! He is the only African Coach nominated for the Balon d’or in 2025- yet because he is not your tribesman, he is not good enough! A prophet is without honour except in his homestead!
American Waldrum was the Falcon Coach for more than 2 years but could not win Afcon in the last edition before Madugu won it this year. So why vilifying and badmouthing our own?
The same Waldrum was whiskers away from qualifying for world cup quarters after England results sent a shockwave in 2023.
The same Waldrum didn’t lose scandalously to Spain, Brazil and Japan in Olympics.
The only foreign team Madugu played, Portugal, and we huffed and puffed to a draw, GOT NO POINTS (the point against very lowly Italy should be seen as a loss) at euros 2025. Bottom placed team!
See how he struggled against Botswana, very lowly rated too and Algeria at the last WAFCON (because he couldn’t decide how to penetrate ordinary low block) and his team couldn’t finish off 144th world ranked Benin some days ago.
If you read Chuks post well, he asked for “assistant”, not the main job which I had hoped it was, anyway. 9 of the 12 teams going to WAFCON next year have either foreign coaches or highly technical assistants abi you no watch highlights.
Moroccan team we beat in the final had 86% of players playing at home.
It would have been very disgraceful losing to them in the first place with all the foreign born and pro stars Waldrum brought and groomed in the first place.
So, shift with your “he beat world cup winner coach” when 8 of 10 championships we’ve won were by local coaches in the first place, not counting the 3 CAF rested.
If you are not aware, 16 teams and not 12 teams are going to the WAFCON next year which means there’s no place for best third place teams in the group stage but only top 2 each of the groups.
More teams with more video analysts to read matches and playing style with more youthful players unlike the “old” ones we’ve got who will be older in the new year.
Who has Madugu discovered that is not Waldrum girls? Name one.
Be grateful to Waldrum for forcing us to enjoy these girls that will definitely face more critical and fresh opposition next year.
Madugu needs help and the earlier it is known, the better.
I don’t deal in selective and depressive isolation, and while not hinting that Madugu has no deficiency I restate that he won the WAFCON, which your foreign coach Waldrum could not win for 4 years as SF coach! You cleverly forgot to state that same Madugu’s Falcons thrashed Zambia ladies (coached by a Swiss lady- Nora Häuptle) at the qtr finals 5-0 before dispatching South Africa and Morroco on their way to the title. Nigeria women’s team are not where near Portugal’s women in Fifa ranking so if Madugu could get a draw with Portugal in their own backyard, then it’s alright worthy achievement. Yes Waldrum qualified Falcons and Olympics isn’t a record as other local coaches did so before and I believe Madugu will achieve same if not surpass that record by going beyond the round of 16 to quarter finals of the WC, if given the appropriate tools to execute, like NFF does to Foreign coaches.
It’s convenient for you to state that his wards struggled against Algerian or Botswana ladies in inconsequential, dead rubber last group match. Why measuring Madugu with a “144th placed team dead rubber performance, whereas his team spanked higher ranked teams coached by top European managers (Zambia and Morocco) including a World Cup winning Coach with Spain ladies, whom Madugu beat in the final against Morocco?
I have issues with NFF- Corruption, improper structures and poor funding/investment in Football at all levels- but not with the SF Coach (Madugu) whom I believe is as sound as any decent coach in the world, if given the resources and structures most European, US, Brazil, South Africa, Morocco etal give their coaches to succeed.
I am not against criticism of our Coaches or even players, but we must do so constructively not motivated by hatred or malice.
Well said @ TK, we know those with that ethnic hatred and negativity towards Nigeria soccer in this forum.
I used to frown at @larry each time he raised this ethical bias on here before but I’ve finally seen what he was talking abt. It is either their kinsmen/ladies in the entire starting 11 and coach or nobody.
“Why measuring Madugu with a “144th placed team dead rubber performance, whereas his team spanked higher ranked teams coached by top European managers (Zambia and Morocco) including a World Cup winning Coach with Spain ladies, whom Madugu beat in the final against Morocco?”
Let me leave out the so-called dead rubber aspect because it was once dealt with some time ago but it seems you don’t wanna change.
Zambia and Morocco that you allude to as being tutored by foreign coaches yet were cleaned out had 88% and 92% home based players in those squads.
Let me leave out the Algeria and Botswana lineups first.
Nigeria took 93% foreign pros to that tournament. Now, those coaches with all the resources, influence and networks in their kitty must have dissected, decoded what needs to be done to improve next time.
Where has Madugu gone for refreshers? Who did he have on the bench against Benin? Which players since July has he blended in the aging squad?
A foreign coach (or assistant as Chuks wrote) will not use sentiments to gamble with our dream. Waldrum dropped okobi for example.
Madugu invited Chioma Okafor in morocco who might be regretting not staying with Malawi who has qualified for WAFCON for the first time and didn’t give her one minute.
Omewa came against Benin Republic and no minutes too. Is it he that will call up Onyenedezie or Ajakaye and others scattered around the world then?
Who did he play instead? We are screaming for musa to give way in eagles but blind loyalty in falcons is putting our future on ice.
What did gift Monday do? Local coaches still don’t have the balls to make courageous decisions and now, can he compel NFF to get video analysts for him or modern backroom staff?
No. But foreign coaches will prefer to pay those out of their pockets because if they succeed, it’s to their eternal glory.
Madugu, as it stands, will be another home coach that will carry NFF list to WAFCON and hope the players who’ll mostly be 30 years by next March are determined to go to the world cup.
Self hatred from colonial brainwashing. It pervades every fabric of our society. The lack of confidence in our ability is the reason we pray for things we have the abilities to achieve.
Can this coach start limiting Oshoala to bit-part cameo roles, say 3 – 5 minutes to wind-down time if we need to see out games, rather than starting games and trying to play “big-manism” football?
I was wondering why we almost lost at home to Benin yesterday, then discovered Ihezuo was benched for “agba-baller” in the first half. Experienced, yes, but she’s no longer as fast and likes to showboat a lot, always looking to score spectacular goals.
We also need Toni Payne back in that midfield, and he should find a way to play her along with Echiegini and Abiodun for a solid middle.
Oshoala shouldn’t even be anywhere near the team