By Saheed Afolabi
Eight women teams will fight for honour in the first edition of SheFootball Initiative Tournament a brain child of Aiysa Yusuf Aromire Foundation which will kick off on January 7, 2023 at Legacy Pitch, National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.
The football tournament is aimed at promoting women in football and also using various means to highlight the positive social impacts the game has on women and girls across Nigeria, Africa and the World.
The participating teams are: DreamStar Ladies, Royaltoms Queens, Phoenix Queens, Lakeside Queens, Ijamido Queens, English Queens, Future Stars Queens, Nakamura Queens.
Meet the Teams
CLUB PROFILE
DreStar Ladiesam
DreamStars Ladies was founded in 2017, they played in the Nigeria Women Football League
based in Ejigbo, Lagos.
Lakeside Queens
Lakeside Queens is a Bariga based women’s football club founded in 2007.
They presently played in the second division of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Championship.
Future Stars 99 Football Academy
Founded in 2016 in Igando, Lagos State, they currently played in WAFA league.
Royaltoms International Football Academy.
A football Academy established in 2002, based in Sango-Ota, Ogun State. They have produced known women footballers in recent years.
Ijamido Football Academy
Established in 2002 in Sango Ota, Ogun State, the team has produced some promising female footballers who are plying their trade in Nigeria and abroad.
Nakamura FA (The Black Arrows)
This is a women’s football club based in the heart of Lagos State (Mushin). Their aim is to harness the potentials of girls through sports in one of the densely populated area in Lagos State and arguably in the South West of Nigeria. The club was founded in 2017.
FC Phoenix Queens, Orile Iganmu
It was established in 2007 to provide enabling environment to youthful girls in Orile-Iganmu and its environs.
They currently play in the WAFA League in Lagos State.
English Queens (Best Wale FC)
Founded in 2005 in Owode Egba in Ogun State, a football academy combining education with football for the youths of Owode-Egba.
The SheFootball is an initiative of Aiysha Yusuf Armoire and is powered by Nigeria’s private airline ValueJet Airline.
