2021–22 NWFL Premiership

The 2021–22 NWFL Premiership is the 32nd season of the NWFL Premiership, Nigeria's top-flight women's association football league and the second season since its rebranding. The season commenced on 8 December 2021 and will end in May 2021.[1]

Nigeria Women Football League Premiership
Season2021–22
Dates8 December 2021 – May 2021
Promoted
  • Naija Ratels
  • Adamawa Queens
Matches played84
Goals scored193 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerTarnum Dooshima (7 goals)
Biggest home winBayelsa Queens 5–0 Abia Angels (30 March 2022)
Biggest away winRoyal Queens 0–4 Rivers Angels (22 December 2021)
Highest scoringNaija Ratels 5–2 Adamawa Queens (23 December 2022)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 6 April 2022.

This season saw a return to the abridged format whereby the fourteen clubs are divided into two groups of seven teams each whereafter a "Super Six" tournament will decide the league champions.[2]

Clubs

Naija Ratels and Adamawa Queens were promoted to the top-flight after winning the NWFL Championship play-offs; the latter having failed to compete the previous season due to late licensing and registration. They replaced DreamStar Ladies and Ibom Angels who were relegated after finishing bottom of the group at the previous season's relegation playoffs.


Team Stadium City
Adamawa Queens Pantami Stadium[lower-alpha 1] Yola
Abia Angels Umuahia Township Stadium Umuahia
Bayelsa Queens Nembe City Stadium Yenagoa
Confluence Queens Confluence Stadium

Ilorin Township Stadium		 Lokoja
Delta Queens Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba
Edo Queens University of Benin Sports Complex

Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium		 Benin City
Naija Ratels Area 10 Sports Complex[lower-alpha 2] Makurdi
Nasarawa Amazons F.C. Lafia Township Stadium Lafia
Osun Babes Lanre Leke Stadium[lower-alpha 3] Osogbo
Pelican Stars U. J. Esuene Stadium Calabar
Rivers Angels UNIPORT Sports Complex Port Harcourt
Robo Legacy Pitch Lagos
Royal Queens Warri Township Stadium Warri
Sunshine Queens Akure Township Stadium Akure
  1. Adamawa Queens will play their home matches at Pantami Stadium in Gombe since no stadiums in Yola meets the stadium requirements.
  2. Naija Ratels are to play home matches at the Area 10 Sports Complex in Abuja until completion of their stadium.
  3. Osun Babes will play their home matches at Lanre Leke Stadium, Ileogbo as their home stadium, Osogbo Stadium, Osogbo was declared unfit to host matches by the league body.[3]

Regular season

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nasarawa Amazons 12 9 0 3 24 6 +18 27 Championship play-offs
2 Edo Queens 12 8 2 2 22 8 +14 26
3 Naija Ratels 12 5 3 4 19 15 +4 18
4 Osun Babes 12 5 2 5 9 12 −3 17
5 Confluence Queens 12 4 4 4 10 9 +1 16
6 Adamawa Queens 12 4 0 8 9 20 −11 12
7 Pelican Stars 12 1 1 10 2 25 −23 4
Source: TheNWFL

Results
Home \ Away ADA CON EDO RAT NAS OSU PEL
Adamawa Queens 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0
Confluence Queens 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0
Edo Queens 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 4–0
Naija Ratels 5–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 3–0
Nasarawa Amazons 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 3–0
Osun Babes 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Pelican Stars 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2
Source: TheNWFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bayelsa Queens 12 7 3 2 21 5 +16 24 Championship play-offs
2 Rivers Angels 12 7 2 3 17 7 +10 23
3 Delta Queens 12 6 5 1 17 7 +10 23
4 Robo Queens 12 6 1 5 14 10 +4 19
5 Abia Angels 12 2 5 5 3 17 −14 11
6 Royal Queens 12 3 1 8 10 20 −10 10
7 Sunshine Queens 12 2 1 9 6 22 −16 7
Source: TheNWFL

Results
Home \ Away ABI BAY DEL RIV ROB ROY SUN
Abia Angels 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Bayelsa Queens 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Delta Queens 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–0
Rivers Angels 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1
Robo Queens 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0
Royal Queens 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–0
Sunshine Queens 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0
Source: TheNWFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

Hat-tricks
Player For Against Score Date
Mercy Omokwu Confluence Queens Pelican Stars 4–0[4] 8 December 2021
Motunrayo Ezekiel Naija Ratels 3–0[5] 23 February 2022

Individual awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
December Bankole Olowookere [6] Naija Ratels Mercy Omokwo[6] Confluence Queens
January Wemimo Matthew Edo Queens Tarnum Dooshima Nasarawa Amazons
February

References
  1. "2021–22 NWFL season gets December 8th kickoff date". owosports.com. 23 September 2021.
  2. "NWFL Premiership reverts to abridged format". Africa top sports. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. "NWFL bans Osogbo Stadium from hosting matches over deplorable condition". Dailypost.ng. 7 December 2021.
  4. "Nigerian Women Football League MD one round up". ojbsport.com. 9 December 2022.
  5. "NWFL Premiership Matchday 8 review". kick442.com. 24 February 2022.
  6. "NWFL monthly awards: Mercy Omokwo, Bankole Olowookere named December winners". ojbsport.com. 7 January 2022.
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