Sunshine Queens FC 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 in Nigeria. They play in the topmost division of female football in the

NWFL Premiership 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 ...

. Their home stadium is

Akure Township Stadium Akure Township Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Akure, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Sunshine Stars F.C. of the Nigerian Premier League. The stadium has a capacity of 3, ...

. The club is one of the running football activities of Ondo State Football Agency.

History

The club was founded in 2005. The nickname of the club, ''Owena Mermaid'' was evidently gotten from a prominent river within the state.

Current squad

''Squad list for 2022 season.''

Staff

* Sunshine Queens F.C President: Akinsola Elvis Akinbobola * Sunshine Queens F.C. Vice President : Lateef Fabunmi * Head of Technical: Prince Moruf Adams * Head of media: Wahab Bankole * Head of administration: Richard Aina * Head of Marketing: Ife Adewunmi * Technical Director:

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* Assistant Technical Director: Henry Abiodun * Players Management: Yussuf Aminu

Honours

Nigerian Women's Cup The AITEO Cup (formerly Women Challenge Cup and Federations Cup) is a cup competition in Nigeria. Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt have won the most titles. The tournament along with Nigeria Women Premier League are the two recognized competition f ...

- 2015 winner

References

External links

Official website
Women's football clubs in Nigeria Association football clubs established in 2005 Nigeria Women Premier League clubs Akure 2005 establishments in Nigeria NWFL Premiership clubs {{Nigeria-sport-stub