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2014 Nigeria Women Premier League

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Nigerian Women's Championship
ChampionsRivers Angels
Biggest home winRivers Angels 5, Osun Babes 1 (5 April)
Biggest away winBayelsa Queens 0, Osun Babes 3 (12 April)
Highest scoringEdo Queens 4, Pelican Stars 2 (19 Jul)
Rivers Angels 5, Osun Babes 1 (5 April)
Longest unbeaten runRivers Angels - 14 games
2013
2015

The 2014 Nigerian Women's Championship is the 25th consecutive season of Nigeria's women premier football league. The season began on 1st of March 2014 and will end on 30th November 2014. Nassarawa Amazons are the 2013 champions. This will be the first time in recent times that the winner will be decided straightaway without a super-6 tournament at the end of the season.

Format

The Nigeria Women Football League board announced before the commencement of the league that there shall be no super-6 league at the end of the season. It was also said that 4 teams will be promoted from the second division to increase the number of teams to 16, implying that there shall be no relegation but promotion in this new system.

Teams

Team Home city Home ground
Rivers Angels Rivers State Liberation Stadium
Pelican Stars Calabar U. J. Esuene Stadium
Osun Babes Osun State Ede Federal Polytechnic Stadium
Ibom Angels Akwa-Ibom State Akwa-Ibom Stadium
Confluence Queens Kogi State Lokoja Confluence Stadium
Nasarawa Amazons Nasarawa State Lafia Township Stadium
Delta Queens Delta State Asaba Township Stadium
FC Edo Queens Edo State
Adamawa Queens Adamawa State
Taraba Queens Taraba State Jolly Nyame Stadium
Sunshine Queens Ondo State Akure Township Stadium
Bayelsa Queens Bayelsa State Krisdera Stadium

League table

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Notes

  1. ^ Adamawa Queens requested a waiver after playing 10 games, saying teams refused to visit their city because of Boko Haram and were not ready to relocate to Taraba State at the request of the board

References

  1. ^ "NWPL: Adamawa Queens Request For Waiver". Retrieved 16 November 2014.