The Nigerian Women's Championship is the top flight of women's association football in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

. It is the women's equivalent of the Premier League.

History

female football in Nigeria started in 1978 with the foundation of the NIFFOA (Nigeria Female Football Organising Association), renamed NIFFPA (Nigeria Female Football Proprietors Associations) in 1979, and joined by clubs like Jegede Babes, Ufuoma Babes, Larry Angels, Kakanfo Babes and others. The first championship was organised by the NFA in 1990.

Champions

The list of champions and runners-ups:

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1990	Jedege Babes
1991
1992	Ufuoma Babes
1993	Ufuoma Babes
1994	Rivers Angels SC	Jedege Babes
1995	Ufuoma Babes	Pelican Stars FC
1996	Ufuoma Babes
1997	Pelican Stars FC
1998	Pelican Stars FC
1999	Pelican Stars FC	FCT Queens
2000	Pelican Stars FC	FCT Queens
2001	Pelican Stars FC	FCT Queens
2002	Pelican Stars FC	FCT Queens
2003	Delta Queens FC	FCT Queens
2004	Bayelsa Queens	Pelican Stars FC
2005	Pelican Stars FC	Bayelsa Queens
2006	Bayelsa Queens	Nasarawa Amazons
2007	Bayelsa Queens	Nasarawa Amazons
2008	Delta Queens FC	Bayelsa Queens
2009	Delta Queens FC	River Angels
2010	River Angels SC
2011	Delta Queens FC	River Angels SC

Most successful clubs

Club	Champions	Runners-Up	Winning Seasons	Runners-Up Seasons
Pelican Stars FC (Calabar)	7		1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Ufuoma Babes (Warri)	4		1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
Delta Queens FC (Asaba)	4		2003, 2008, 2009, 2011
Bayelsa Queens (Yenagoa)	3		2004, 2006, 2007
Rivers Angels SC (Port Harcourt)	2		1994, 2010
Jedege Babes (Lagos)	1		1990

External links

• Official Website of the Nigeria Football Federation