Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian football club based in Port Harcourt,

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...

. They play in 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 ...

, the top flight division in the female soccer league system.

History

The club was established as Larry Angels F.C. in 1986 by Prince Lawrence Ezeh, a native of Mbaise in Imo State. In 1991, the government of

took control of the club through the first lady of the state, Mrs Abbe. They came tops at the introduction of female football at the National Sports Festival, held in the then capital,

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in 1989. They also won the maiden edition of

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cup held in

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, Delta State. Nigerian Olympic gold medalist,

Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, MON, OLY (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for becoming the first Nigerian to win gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atl ...

was the captain of the team between 1988 and 1990.

Current squad

''Squad list for 2022 season.''

Management

* Head Coach:

Edwin Okon Edwin Edem Okon (born 19 October 1970) is the head coach of Rivers Angels. Born in Cross River State, Okon got a coaching certificate from the sport institute in Lagos State. Following the failure of Nigeria to win the 2012 African Women's Cha ...

* Team Manager: Matilda Otuene

Recent seasons

Former players

(captain between 1988–90) * Florence Ajayi *

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* Ulunma Jerome *

Ayisat Yusuf Ayisat Yusuf-Aromire (born 6 March 1985) is a retired Nigerian female football player, who now lives in Finland. Yusuf played for several clubs in Nigeria and Finland. She was a member of the Nigerian squad at the 2004 African Women's Champion ...

Gloria Chinasa Gloria Chinasa Okoro (born 8 December 1987), known as Gloria Chinasa, is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Nigeria, she has played for Equatorial Guinea. Club career Chinasa was born and raised in Nigeria. She began her career in P ...

* Stella Mbachu * Uche Eucharia *

Asisat Oshoala Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Nigeria women's national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest African female fo ...

* Cathy Bou Ndjouh *

Evelyn Nwabuoku Evelyn Nwabuoku (born 14 November 1985) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for En Avant de Guingamp in the French Division 1 Féminine and the Nigeria women's national football team and she is the captain of the national side. Nwa ...

* Stella Mbachu *

Ngozi Ebere Ngozi Ebere (born 5 August 1991) is a Nigerian Association football, footballer who plays as a defender for Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar, and internationally for the Nigeria women's national football team, Nigeria women's national team. She was ...

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Honours

Nigerian Women's Championship 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 ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

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, 2014, 2010, 1994. * Nigerian Women's Cup -2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. * Nigeria Women's Super Cup - 2018 *

cup, 1989 female football winners * National Sports Festival - 1989 female football event winners

References

Football clubs in Port Harcourt Women's football clubs in Nigeria Association football clubs established in 1986 Nigeria Women Premier League clubs 1986 establishments in Nigeria NWFL Premiership clubs {{RiversState-stub