Nasarawa Amazons F.C. is a

women's association football Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national te ...

club based in

Lafia Lafia is a town in North Central Nigeria. It is the capital city of Nasarawa State and has a population of 330,712 inhabitants according to the 2006 census results. It is the largest town in Nasarawa state. History Lafia, also known as Lafian b ...

Nasarawa State Nasarawa State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba and Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states of Kogi and Benue, and to the west by the Federal Capital Terri ...

, the club is related to the men's football club

Nasarawa United Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the Nigerian Pr ...

. The home jersey is green, the away jersey is white with a diagonal sky blue stripe.

History

The club was founded by the government of

in year 2000. The nickname of the club, ''Solid Babes'' is gotten from the official slogan of the state. They won the

Nigeria Women Premier League The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the men's league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Nigeria Wome ...

in 2013 and

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, and were runners-up in 2006, 2007 and

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. They've also won the Nigerian Women's Cup twice, with their recent win in 2019 In 2010, Nasarawa Amazons were evicted from their home camping ground in

for failure to pay accumulated rents. In 2012, Amazons played Pelican Stars F.C. to qualify for the super six tournament that determines the overall winner of the league. In 2013, the

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Umaru Tanko Al-Makura Umaru Tanko Al-Makura (August 1952) is a Nigerian businessman and politician and also a former governor who is a senator in Nasarawa State running in the ( All Progressive Congress) ticket. He was elected as a senator in 2019. Background Al-mak ...

donated ₦ 40,000,000 to aid the running of the club and in recognition of the outstanding performance of the team. Amazons were suspended during the 2016 season but were reinstated back to the league after an appeal.

Current squad

''Squad list for 2022 season.''

Management

* Head Coach:

Christopher Danjuma Christopher Musa Danjuma is the head coach of Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigeria Women Premier League. Since August 2017, he has been doubling as the coach of Nigeria women's national under-20 football team following his recommendation and subsequen ...

Notable players

* Anam Imo * Mariam Ibrahim * Chinaza Uchendu * Amarachi Okoronkwo *

Sarah Nnodim Sarah Nnodim (born 25 December 1995) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Nasarawa Amazons in the Nigerian Women's Championship. She plays internationally for the Nigeria women's national football team, having previously been a member of the N ...

* Christy Ucheibe

Honours

:Winners (2): 2013,

* Nigerian Women's Cup:Winners(2): 2005,

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References

{{reflist Women's football clubs in Nigeria Nigeria Women Premier League clubs Lafia Association football clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Nigeria NWFL Premiership clubs