2014 Nigeria Women Premier League

The 2014 Nigeria Women Premier League began on 1 March 2014 and ended on 26 November 2014. Nasarawa Amazons were the defending champions. This will be the first time in recent times that the winner will be decided straightaway without a mini super tournament at the end of the season.

Nigeria Women Premier League
ChampionsRivers Angels
PromotedMartins White Doves, FC Robo, COD Ladies, State House Queens
RelegatedNone
Goals scored252
Top goalscorerAmarachi Orjinma 17 goals [1]
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 - 11 games (Week 1 to 17 with 5 games postponed)
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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 will be no relegation but promotion in this new system.

Teams
Team Home city Home ground
Rivers AngelsRivers StateLiberation Stadium
Pelican StarsCalabarU. J. Esuene Stadium
Osun BabesOsun StateEde Federal Polytechnic Stadium
Ibom AngelsAkwa-Ibom StateAkwa-Ibom Stadium
Confluence QueensKogi StateLokoja Confluence Stadium
Nasarawa AmazonsNasarawa StateLafia Township Stadium
Delta QueensDelta StateAsaba Township Stadium
FC Edo QueensEdo State
Adamawa QueensAdamawa State
Taraba QueensTaraba StateJolly Nyame Stadium
Sunshine QueensOndo StateAkure Township Stadium
Bayelsa QueensBayelsa StateKrisdera Stadium

Adamawa Queens Waiver request

After playing 10 games (in week 14), Adamawa Queens requested a waiver because other teams are refusing to visit their home-ground because of fear of Boko Haram.[2] The board accepted the waiver and tagged all her matches null and void thereby updating the table. Adamawa Queens will return next season when the insurgency and state of emergency has relapsed.[3]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rivers Angels 20 12 3 5 32 17 +15 39 Champions
2 Pelican Stars 20 11 3 6 25 19 +6 36
3 Sunshine Queens 20 11 0 9 25 20 +5 33
4 Osun Babes 20 10 2 8 22 24 −2 32
5 Confluence Queens 20 10 1 9 29 25 +4 31
6 Nasarawa Amazons 20 9 3 8 21 19 +2 30
7 Ibom Angels 20 8 3 9 25 25 0 27
8 Taraba Queens 20 6 6 8 17 26 −9 24
9 Delta Queens 20 5 6 9 21 20 +1 21
10 Bayelsa Queens 20 5 5 10 15 25 −10 20
11 Edo Queens 20 6 2 12 18 30 −12 20
12 Adamawa Queens[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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.[4]

Statistics
Top scorer
Amarachi Orjinma (Pelican Stars)
Total goals scored
252 goals (193 home team and 59 for away team)
Most clean sheets
Pelican Stars (9 games)
Highest number of away wins
Rivers Angels and Pelican Stars (2)
Most prolific team at home – Confluence Queens (25 goals)
Most prolific team away – Rivers Angels (10 goals)
Worst defence - Edo Queens ( 31 goals conceded)
Highest scoring side- Rivers Angels (32 goals)
Number of away wins
8

References
  1. "WPL: ORJINMA IS GOALS QUEEN". futaa.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. "Adamawa Queens Requests for a Waiver from NWFL board". Nigerian Leagues. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "NWFL grants Adamawa a Waiver". Nigerian Leagues. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. "NWPL: Adamawa Queens Request For Waiver". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. "2014 NWFL". Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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