Bayelsa Queens F.C.

Bayelsa Queens F.C.
Full nameBayelsa Queens Football Club
NicknameThe Restoration Girls
Founded2000
OwnerGovernment of Bayelsa State
ChairmanRobin Apreala
LeagueNWFL Premiership
2025–26Regular season: 1st, Group A
Championship round: 2nd, Runners-up
Website https://bayelsaqueensfootballclub.ng/

Bayelsa Queens is a women's football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. They play in the top tier of the women's football league pyramid in Nigeria. They have won the NWFL Premiership six times and finished runners-up on four occasions. The current head coach of the club is Whyte Ogbonda. The official website of the Bayelsa Queens Football Club is https://bayelsaqueensfootballclub.ng/

History

Bayelsa Queens was founded by former governor of Bayelsa State Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in 2000. The NWFL board documents that the club was the first female club in Nigeria to have her pre-season abroad in 2007.

The club is also known as Restoration Girls, a name motivated by the government of the state.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

27 October 2022 Friendly Bayelsa Queens Nigeria 11-0 Morocco Racing Athletic Casablanca Rabat, Morocco
Report (CAF) Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan
31 October 2022 2022 CAF Women's Champions League GS Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 2-1 Nigeria Bayelsa Queens Marrakesh, Morocco
17:00 Daweti 32', 58' Report (CAF) Anjor 81' Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
3 November 2022 2022 CAF Women's Champions League GS TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 0-2 Nigeria Bayelsa Queens Marrakesh, Morocco
17:00 Daweti 32', 58' Report (CAF)
Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

Current squad

Squad list for 2025 Season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NGR Ihiabi Rabi
14 GK  NGR Sandra Chichi
2 GK  NGR Alaba Jonathan
3 DF  NGR Ayomide Anibaba
7 DF  NGR Esther Udegbe
10 FW  NGR Lucky Odiri
11 FW  NGR Charity Ifenkoh
12 MF  NGR Blessing Edoho
13 FW  NGR Lilian Tule
14 FW  NGR Tegah Okoko
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  NGR Osas Igbinovia
26 DF  NGR Chidinma Edeji
27 FW  NGR Ayo Barakat Olaiya
34 FW  NGR Yetunde Adeboyejo
35 MF  NGR Maclean Okogba
34 FW  NGR Egberi Inamotimi
35 MF  NGR Doris Ewhubare

Honours

International

Third place: 2022
Winners (1): 2022

Domestic

Champions (6): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2021–22, 2024–25
Winners (1): 2021
Winners (1): 2019

References

  1. ↑ "'Women's Super Six Will Not Hold Due to Lack of Funds'- Report". 19 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "NWFL suspends Bayelsa Queens player over attack on referee - Soccer Press". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bayelsa floods affected our preparations - Bayelsa Queens FC".
  4. ↑ "Rivers Angels Raid Osun Babes, Bobruichanka, Bayelsa Queens:: All Nigeria Soccer - the Complete Nigerian Football Portal".
  5. ↑ Codingest. "Bayelsa Queens unveils new head coach". Bayelsa Queens FC. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "The fascinating stories and history behind Nigeria Women's Premier League club's nicknames". Sport Compass. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.