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This is a list of women's football clubs in Nigeria. NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the highest division for female football in Nigeria. [1] NWFL Championship (formerly Nigeria Women Pro-league) and NWFL Nationwide leagues are on the second and third tier on the pyramid respectively. [2]
FC Robo International, owners of FC Robo Queens is a privately owned professional football club from Lagos, Nigeria. Founded on the 19th of April by Osahon Emmanuel Orobosa, a veteran of the Nigerian football league, primarily as a football academy for boys but soon expanded to accommodate girls/women program, a decision which has since proven to be very positive for the club as her current ...
At 1950 the British colonists threatened the national football association to forbid women's football. [6] After becoming political independent numerous Nigerian cities hosted women's football teams by 1960. [7] Multiple efforts were made in the 1960s to start women's football clubs in South Africa, but they proved fleeting.
The Pepsi Football Academy was established in November 1992 by Kashimawo Laloko. [1] Originally based in Lagos, the initiative secured the total backing of Pepsi in 1994 and has been titled the Pepsi Football Academy since then. Over the years, it has developed and grown into one of the most prestigious football academies in Nigeria.
The Nigeria women's national football team, [a] nicknamed the Super Falcons, represents Nigeria in international women's football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The team is Africa 's most successful international women's football team, having won a record eleven Women's Africa Cup of Nations titles; [ 3 ] their most ...
Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian professional football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. [1] [2] They play in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the top flight in the national female soccer league pyramid. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Anita Asante discusses the challenges for female coaches in football and why they need to be invested in just as much as players.
Nigeria Women Premier League clubs (10 P) NWFL Premiership clubs (11 P) R. Rivers Angels F.C. (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Women's football clubs in Nigeria"