The 2021–22 NWFL Premiership was the 32nd season of the
NWFL Premiership, Nigeria's top-flight
women's association football
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league and the second season since its rebranding. The season commenced on 8 December 2021 and ended May 2022.
This season saw a return to the abridged format whereby the fourteen clubs are divided into two groups of seven teams each whereafter a "Super Six" tournament will decide the league champions. Defending champions Rivers Angels finished third at the Championship play-offs.
Bayelsa Queens
Bayelsa Queens is a Nigerian women football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. They play in the highest pyramid of women football in Nigeria. They have won three championships in the Nigeria Women Premier League in the year 2004, 2 ...
won their 5th NWFL Premiership title after emerging champions of the Super Six tournament.
Clubs
Naija Ratels and
Adamawa Queens were promoted to the top-flight after winning the NWFL Championship play-offs; the latter having failed to compete the previous season due to late licensing and registration. They replaced
DreamStar Ladies and
Ibom Angels who were relegated after finishing bottom of the group at the previous season's
relegation playoffs
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.
Regular season
Group A
Results
Group B
Results
Play-offs
The top six teams at the end of the regular season engaged each other in a round-robin playoff also known as the Super Six between 16 and 22 May in order to decide the league champion and representative at the
2022 CAF Women's Champions League
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. All matches are played at the
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium
The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benin City, Nigeria. Originally known as Ogbe Stadium, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Bendel Insurance FC and Edo Queens FC.
The stadium has a c ...
and
UNIBEN Sports Complex in
Benin City
Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, Edo State, Nigeria. It is the fourth-largest city in Nigeria according to the 2006 census, after Lagos, Kano (city), Kano, and Ibadan, with a population estimate of about 3,500,000 as of ...
.
Statistical leaders
Top scorers
''As of 23 April 2021''
Top assists
Hat-tricks
Season's awards
References
External links
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NWFL Premiership 2021/22at RSSF
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Women
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