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Pelican Stars F.C. is a professional
women's association football Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...
club based in
Calabar Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area. The city is adjac ...
,
Cross River State Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967. The state has its capital as Calabar and is bordered to ...
. Founded in 1990, they play in the Nigeria Women's Football League Championship, the second division for women's football in the country. In 2015, the team protested against the government for inadequate funding for the club. In 2016, a club spokesperson said to
News Agency of Nigeria The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international ...
that new organizational changes in the club would re-position it to redeem its glorious years. In 2017, they defeated newly promoted side Sa'adatu Amazons F.C. in their first game of the season.


Notable former players

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Chinwendu Ihezuo Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo (born 30 April 1997) is a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Liga MX Femenil club C.F. Pachuca (women), Pachuca and the Nigeria women's nati ...


References

{{reflist Women's football clubs in Nigeria Association football clubs established in 1990 Nigeria Women Premier League clubs 1990 establishments in Nigeria Calabar NWFL Premiership clubs