Anambra United Football Club was a Nigerian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in the city of
Onitsha
Onitsha ( or simply ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. Onitsha along with various cities and towns in southern Anambra State, northern Imo State and neighboring Delta State on the we ...
. They originally played games in
Abakaliki
Abakaliki is the capital city of Ebonyi State in southeastern Nigeria, located southeast of Enugu. The inhabitants are primarily members of the Igbo nation. It was the headquarters of the Ogoja province before the creation of the Southeast ...
from 1999 to 2008 as Ebonyi Angels FC, but the team was sold to
Anambra State
Anambra () is a States of Nigeria, state in Nigeria. It is located in the South East (Nigeria), South-eastern region of the country. The state was created on 27 August 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State and Ri ...
in March 2008 and were renamed Anambra United.
After relegation from the
Nigeria National League
The Nigeria National League (NNL) (formerly the National Division 1) is the second-highest overall in the Nigerian football league system after the Nigeria Premier Football League, and is currently contested by 46 clubs.
Each season, four ...
in 2010, the team sold its slot in the
Nigeria Amateur League
National Nationwide League Division One (formerly known as Nigerian Amateur League) is the third level of club football in Nigeria. Every year, up to eight teams are promoted to the Professional Division One.
Starting in 2012, the league changed ...
to
Westside F.C. and went on hiatus.
Final squad
External links
Official websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20090217125150/http://completesportsnigeria.com/details.php?category=news
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Anambra united may go up for sale
Football clubs in Anambra State
1999 establishments in Nigeria
Sports clubs and teams in Nigeria
Association football clubs established in 1999
Defunct football clubs in Nigeria
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