Women's football in Nigeria

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Nigeria.
Women's football in Nigeria
Country Nigeria
Governing body Nigeria Football Federation
National team(s) Women's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

Women's football in Nigeria has been increasing in popularity for many years.[1][2] The Nigerian Women's Championship is funded by the government to improve the Nigeria women's national football team.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

History

Numerous Nigerian cities hosted women's football teams by 1960. Multiple efforts were made in the 1960s to start women's football clubs in South Africa, but they proved fleeting. The 1970s saw some growth, with new women's leagues in Nigeria and an expansion of women's football into Western African countries, including Senegal. One local club in Dakar played a match against an Italian club in 1974; five years later, an early match between African nations was played by the Dakar side and a team from Guinea.[12]

Despite a lack of support from Nigerian officials, 28 clubs played women's football in the country by 1989, and Nigeria's national team competed in the 1991 Women's World Cup. More women began playing football in the 1990s, in countries like Nigeria and South Africa. In 1998, CAF introduced an official African Women's Championship, following two unofficial versions of the tournament earlier in the 1990s; host country Nigeria won, beginning a stretch of five consecutive titles in the event. The next year, the squad reached the quarterfinals of the 1999 Women's World Cup.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nigeria: Okocha Commends Growth of Womens Football". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  2. ↑ "In African Women's Soccer, Homophobia Remains an Obstacle". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Nigeria to overhaul women's football". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  4. ↑ "Nigeria: Women's Football - Club Owners Plan Big for Jonathan". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  5. ↑ "Letter from Africa: Why Nigeria's women out-kick the men". BBC. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  6. ↑ "African women's champions Nigeria in fight for 'welfare'". 9 December 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "NFF inaugurates Nigeria Women Football League board - Vanguard News". 5 January 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria's Africa Women Cup of Nations win shows interest is on the up". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "African Artistry and Anger at the Women's World Cup". Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via The Nation.
  10. ↑ "Nigeria — the last-ranked team in the Group of Death — is the most badass team at the Women's World Cup". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Letter from Africa: Why Nigeria's women out-kick the men". 20 April 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ Peter Alegi (2 March 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Alegi, pp. 121–123.


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