2014 Nigeria Women Premier League

Nigeria Women Premier League
Champions Rivers Angels
Promoted Martins White Doves, FC Robo, COD Ladies, State House Queens
Relegated None
Goals scored 252
Top goalscorer Amarachi Orjinma 17 goals [1]
Biggest home win Rivers Angels 5, Osun Babes 1 (5 April)
Biggest away win Bayelsa Queens 0, Osun Babes 3 (12 April)
Highest scoring Edo Queens 4, Pelican Stars 2 (19 Jul)
Rivers Angels 5, Osun Babes 1 (5 April)
Longest unbeaten run Rivers Angels - 11 games (Week 1 to 17 with 5 games postponed)
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The 2014 Nigeria Women Premier League is the 25th consecutive season of Nigeria's women premier football league. The season began on 1st of March 2014 and ended on 26th 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 will 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

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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: [[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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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

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. "WPL: ORJINMA IS GOALS QUEEN". futaa.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. "Adamawa Queens Requests for a Waiver from NWFL board". Nigerian Leagues. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "NWFL grants Adamawa a Waiver". Nigerian Leagues. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. "2014 NWFL". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. "NWPL: Adamawa Queens Request For Waiver". Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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