Confluence Queens Chief Coach Shola Adewuyi has expressed satisfaction with his girls’ performance in their week 6 Nigeria Women Premier League 2-0 defeat against Rivers Angels in Port-Harcourt. The match played at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium on Saturday according to Shola was his girls’ best performance so far this season even as it ended in […]
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Technical Adviser to Lokoja based Nigeria Women Premier League side, Confluence Queens Football Club, Musa Baba-Anini Amorley also known “BA” is confident his side will return to winning ways following their winless run in the last three matches. Confluence Queens who were held to a goalless draw on Monday by Delta Queens will be looking […]
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The Nigeria Women Premier League enters week 6 this weekend across eight different centers in the country. NWPL champions, Rivers Angels will be at the Yakubu Gowon stadium to welcome Confluence Queens on Saturday. Angels have gone four matches unbeaten and will be hoping to consolidate on their superior form since the beginning of the […]
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Goals from Amarachi Ojinma and Amaechi Ojini in each half propelled league champions, Rivers Angels to yet another win in a week 4 game of the Nigeria Women Premier League. Ojinma struck in the 20th minute to record her third goal in 3 appearances for the host via a through ball from central defender, Osinachi […]
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Amarachi Ojinma recorded her second league goal as Rivers Angels also picked their second league win in a match day two of the Nigeria Women Premier League at the Yakubu Gowon stadium yesterday over Sunshine Queens of Akure. After a fruitless first half, the inform striker broke the deadlock in the second half when she […]
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An inspired Mabel Effiom performance handed Rivers Angels a 4-0 win against new comers, Capital City Doves of Abuja in a Nigeria Women Premier League Week 1 rescheduled game at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt.
Rivers Angels dominated the midfield and attacked early in the game with the inspired Effiom troubling the visitors with her darting runs and crosses from the left flank.
The former Ibom Angels full back, was playing in place of Ngozi Ebere who is on duty with the national team and made sure Ebere’s absence was not felt in the game.
The Port Harcourt based side opened scores on 19 minutes when newly-signed striker from Finland, Ijeoma Obi rammed home a fantastic bicycle kick which left Oluwaseun Sanusi who was in goal for Doves with no chance at all.
Two minutes later, the double champions increased the tally and this time around it was last season NWPL highest goal scorer, Amarachi Ojinma opening her account for the season.
The former Pelican stars forward got a just reward for her efforts after her shot was previously blocked by Sanusi taking advantage of a defensive error by the Abuja side to poke home.
Two soon became three in the 32nd minute as the hosts compounded their visitors’ woes. A perfectly weighed cross from Mercy Amanze found centre back Ihuoma Onyebuchi who teed up Ijeoma Obi to bury it past Sanusi.
Capital City Doves, lacking a cutting edge, outmuscled in the midfield and could not find their way through the Rivers Angels defense on countless occasions.
With ten minutes into the second half, the referee disallowed a goal scored by Grace Henry who pounced on a spilled ball from Sanusi. She was adjudged to be in an offside position.
The home side however continued the game without any protest but so much attention was on the coach of Capital City Doves, Ngozi Ezeh who on three different intervals called on her players to the sidelines after they conceded a goal from Rivers Angels side.
In the 75th minute however, Rivers Angels got icing on their well baked cake with a free kick from 25 yards from Ulunma Jerome who connected the newly introduced Ijeoma Emenike. Emenike did brilliantly to find a relentless Mercy Amanze who headed the ball into the net.
It wrapped up an efficient yet comfortable display for the Champions who were yet to kick a ball this term after they walked over Pelicans Stars in Calabar last weekend.
Assistant coach of Rivers Angels, Whyte Ogbonda expressed his delight after the match but admitted they were missing their key players who are on national duty.
“We are missing the players in the national camp if they were here we would have scored up to 10 goals. The standard of the game would have been higher than this but am happy because what we were looking for is just 3 points and at the end of the day they were able to get 3points and 4 goals so am happy they played to instruction and there is room for improvement, said Ogbonda.
Coach of Capital City Dove, Ngozi Ezeh admitted she was not disappointed with the result.
The girls tried their best. We just got into the league and we were not supposed to be in the league but I still believe these girls will still do wonders. I am not disappointed for what my girls played its not easy to face the champions, remember they are the champions of the league, Ezeh said.
“I have to inject new players and encourage the little ones that can meet up the league when next they come for the return leg in Abuja you will hear a different result, Ezeh concluded.
Highest goal scorer of NWPL 2013/2014 season, Amarachi Ojinma who was at Pelican Stars last season, believes she can replicate her scoring form for the Women League champions.
“By the special grace of God I believe I can do it. According to the league board, it is not a straight league but an abridged one. If I can’t get up to what I got(17) with Pelican Stars last season , I hope to get half of the goals I got last season, she said.
Rivers Angels next play Nasarawa Amazons On Saturday, May 16 at the Liberation Stadium Port Harcourt.
The Nigeria Women Premier League 2014/2015 season will commence on May 2, 2015 .This was disclosed during the Annual Clubs Congress of the Nigeria Women Football League which took place in Abuja on Tuesday.
As compared to what was played last season which was a straight league, the upcoming season will be an abridged league. This is to cope with the serial breaks that would arise as a result of the busy schedule that would involve players called up to the national team.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Chairperson of the Nigeria Women League board, Dilichukwu Onyedinma confirmed that the upcoming season would be an abridged league to avoid mistakes of last season.
“This season will be an abridged league. We have to consider the elections that are taking place and the competitions coming up in the year. We have taken note of most of the mistakes made last season and looking forward to a much better league this year, Onyedinma confirmed.
The Super Falcons will be involved in the Fifa Women’s World Cup in June; All Africa Games billed for Congo and the qualifiers for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are the reasons behind the decision agreed at the congress.
The climax of the congress was the award of league trophy to Rivers Angels being the winners of the 2013/2014 NWPL ahead of Pelican Stars and Sunshine Queens who came 2nd an 3rd respectively.
The Port Harcourt side was awarded their trophy after an exhibition game against Confluence Queens at the FIFA Goal Project Technical Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
The double champions were 1-0 winners over the Kogi side courtesy of Angels Left full back, Ngozi Ebere from the penalty spot when newly signed forward Ijeoma Emenike was brought down in the box.
The exhibition game should have been between Champions Rivers Angels and second place finish, Pelican Stars but the Calabar based side pulled out of the game.
The draws for the new season are yet to be made.
RIVERS ANGELS TO FACE PELICAN STARS IN LEAGUE DECIDER AS NEW NWPL SEASON GETS DATE
Rivers Angels might have won the 2013/2014 Nigeria Women Premier League and the Federations Cup but the winner for the League season is yet to be decided, according to the Nigeria Women League board.
The Port Harcourt side won the league with 39 points ahead of runners up, Pelican Stars who finished with 36 points.
In the Federation Cup, Rivers Angels also won 2-0 against Sunshine Queens at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.
Ideally, they should be regarded as double champions of the season for their outstanding performance throughout last year and rewarded with medals and two trophies for the two competitions but they have just one trophy in their kitty.
On Friday, January 23 2015, the Nigeria Women Premier League Board, held a meeting to review the 2013/2014 season.
It was resolved that there shall be the champion of champions tournament to declare the winner for the season which will be between the League winners and Fa Cup winners.
Since the Rivers state owned Angels won both competitions, it was resolved that they would battle with Pelican Stars who were the runners up in the 2013/2014 league season.
In a related development, it was also agreed at the meeting that the new NWPL season will commence on the 31st of March, 2015 as a against the former date scheduled for 28 February, 2015
The NWPL Board also resolved that there will be no relegation this season considering the small size of the premier league and most importantly, the situation with the insurgency in the North East sub-region that impacted on the league. Although, there will be a promotion of two clubs from the pro-league division to the premier league to bring the total number of premier league clubs to 14 for the 2014/2015 league season.
Back to back Federations Cup champions Rivers Angels secured a second title in four days as they clinched the Nigeria Women Premier League title on Wednesday.
Angels secured only their second away win of the season by beating Edo Queens 3-1 at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, Benin.
And just like the Cup final in Lagos on Sunday, Golden girl of Nigerian Women Football, Asisat Oshoala was at the centre of the team’s success.
Oshoala continued her superb form as she opened scores in the first minute of the game. Thirty minutes later, the newly crowned Nigerian Women’s Footballer of the year added another when she pounced on a cross from the Angels right full back, Ugo Njoku to extend the visitors lead.
Hosts Edo Queens pulled a goal back nine minutes before the break after Angels goalkeeper, Ibubeleye Whyte misjudged a cross from a corner.
The second half started brightly from both sides but the Fed Cup winners were guilty of missing chances with the worst culprit being Oshoala who ultimately failed to complete her hattrick on the day.
Rivers Angels’ momentum faded as the game wore on as they lost dominance to the home side who took charge of the second period.
However, With 3 minutes to the end of regulation time, Edo Queens conceded a corner and set piece specialist, Ngozi Ebere sealed the victory with the third goal and her seventh goal of the season after she took a short corner to Aminat Yakubu who returned the pass to Ebere, allowing her curl the ball beyond the despairing hands of U-17 Fifa Women’s World Cup goal keeper, Onyinyechi Okeke.
The Rivers state government sponsored Angels by the virtue of the victory thus secured the league title after amassing a total of 39 points, three more than Pelican Stars of Calabar who stole into second place after a 1-0 win over last season’s league champions, Nasarawa Amazons.
Full Results
Ibom Angels 2-0 Sunshine Queens
Pelican Stars 1-0 Nasarawa Amazons
Delta Queens 0-0 bayelsa Queens
Edo Queens 1-3 Rivers Angels
Taraba Queens 3-0 Osun Babes
Rivers Angels coach, Edwin Okon was excited with the win.
“For the past four, or five seasons we are always in the Fa Cup finals, league finals, and we always lose in the finals of the league but we always win the Fa Cup that s why we have won it for 5 times but in the league in the last match like this, we sleep off that’s why you saw me throughout the game on the touch line like a mad man because I don’t want what happened in the previous years to happen today. The winning mentality is there so I think they tried it’s okay, I think am the happiest person today, said okon.”
Coach of Edo Queens Keneth Aigbeyi laments lack of pay for team as reason for defeat but credits Angels.
“It is a fair victory it is a good game both teams played well, But in football you know it is either it ends in a draw or one side wins and they have good motivation that is carrying them. We had to push our players out to play today if not that, they won’t have come out because it is been like 11 months with no salaries, we just have to force them to come out a lot of them have not been training, said Aigbeyi.”
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