Rivers Angels F.C. (formerly Larry Angels F.C.) is a Nigerian football club based in Port Harcourt,

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa I ...

. They play in the

Nigeria Women Premier League The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the men's league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Nigeria Wo ...

, the top flight division in the female soccer league system.

History

The club was established as Larry Angels F.C. in 1986 by Prince Lawrence Ezeh, a native of Mbaise in Imo State. In 1991, the government of

took control of the club through the first lady of the state, Mrs Abbe. They came tops at the introduction of female football at the National Sports Festival, held in the then capital,

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin ...

in 1989. They also won the maiden edition of

Olu of Warri The Kingdom of Warri, Warri Kingdom or Iwere Kingdom, (Itsekiri: ''Oye Iwere'') was established in 1480, was part of the Nigerian traditional states ancestrally based in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South LGA, Delta State, Nigeria with a palace erecte ...

cup held in

Warri The city of Warri is an oil hub within South-South Nigeria and houses an annex of the Delta State Government House. Warri City is one of the major hubs of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. Warri and her twin city, Uvwie are the commercia ...

, Delta State. Nigerian Olympic gold medalist,

Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa-Opara, MON, OLY (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for becoming the first Nigerian to win gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in A ...

was the captain of the team between 1988 and 1990.

Current squad

''Squad list for 2022 season.''

Management

* Head Coach: Edwin Okon * Team Manager: Matilda Otuene

Recent seasons

Former players

(captain between 1988–90) * Florence Ajayi *

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* Ayisat Yusuf * Gloria Chinasa *

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Asisat Oshoala Asisat Lamina Oshoala MON (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Nigeria women's national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest African female foo ...

* Cathy Bou Ndjouh *

Evelyn Nwabuoku Evelyn Nwabuoku (born 14 November 1985) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for En Avant de Guingamp in the French Division 1 Féminine and the Nigeria women's national football team and she is the captain of the national side. Nwa ...

* Ngozi Ebere *

Elizabeth Addo Elizabeth Addo (born 1 September 1993) is a Ghanaian association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women), Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She is also the capt ...

Honours

Nigerian Women's Championship The NWFL Premiership (formerly Nigeria Women Premier League) is the top-level league for women's association football in Nigeria. It is the women's equivalent of the men's league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The Nigeria Wo ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, 2016,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, 2014, 2010, 1994. *

Nigerian Women's Cup The AITEO Cup (formerly Women Challenge Cup and Federations Cup) is a cup competition in Nigeria. Rivers Angels of Port Harcourt have won the most titles. The tournament along with Nigeria Women Premier League are the two recognized competition ...

-2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. * Nigeria Women's Super Cup - 2018 *

cup, 1989 female football winners * National Sports Festival - 1989 female football event winners

References

Football clubs in Port Harcourt Women's football clubs in Nigeria Association football clubs established in 1986 Nigeria Women Premier League clubs 1986 establishments in Nigeria NWFL Premiership clubs {{RiversState-stub