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Eighteen members of
Nigeria’s senior women’s football team; Super Falcons will today depart
the country for a two -match international friendlies’ programme
against the senior team of North Korea.

Team Coach,
Eucharia Uche will lead out the 18 -man playing squad and other
technical officials aboard on Ethiopian Airline flight later today.

The tune-up matches
with the North Korea team is among the planned matches designed to put
the five -time African champions in good shape ahead of their 2010
African Women Championship against Cote d’Ivoire next month.

The Falcons were
dethroned as perpetual Champions of the Africa Women Championships in
the last edition held in Equatorial Guinea and now seems set to regain
its pole position in the continent. Currently the North Koreans are
ranked fifth in the world while the Falcons are twenty seventh.

According to the
team’s coach, the Korean’s would be a quality opposition for the
Falcons as they prepare for the African qualifiers.

She said: “We are
happy this opportunity is coming at this time. North Korea is among the
leading nations in women’s football in the world and their team will
provide us with stiff opposition”.

The first match
against the North Koreans will take place in Pyongyang on Sunday while
the second match will take place on Tuesday next week.

Among the 18
players heading to North Korea are goalkeepers Precious Dede and
Tochukwu Oluehi (Bayelsa Queens), others are Martina Ohadugha (Rivers
Angels), Ulumma Jerome (Rivers Angels), Lilian Cole (Foreign-based),
Josephine Chukwunonye (Rivers Angels), Tawa Ishola (Bayelsa United),
Stella Godwin( FCT Queens), Ebere Orji (Rivers Angels), Gift Otuwe
(Bayelsa Queens), Akudo Iwuagwu (Delta Queens), Loretta Sador( Bayelsa
Queens) and Titilayo Mekuneyi (Bayelsa Queens).