Abia Warriors F.C.

Abia Warriors F.C.

Founded	1993;32 years ago (1993)
Ground	Umuahia Township Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Abia State Government
Chairman	John Sam Obuh [1]
Manager	Imama Amapakabo [2]
League	Nigeria Premier Football League
2024–25	3rd
Website	abiawarriorsfc.com
Home colours Away colours

Abia Warriors Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in the city of Umuahia, Abia state. Originally playing as NEPA FC, the club adopted the name Ejoor Babes in 1994 in honour of a former military administrator of the State, Navy Captain Temi Ejoor. The Club morphed to Abia Warriors in 1996 with Basil Udwogu as Chairman.

Between 2005 and 2010, they played as "Orji Uzor Kalu FC" in honor of Abia governor Orji Uzor Kalu who helped the club with state sponsorship upon promotion to the professional level. They reverted to their old name in the summer of 2010. ^[3]

They won promotion to the Nigeria Premier League for the first time in August 2013 after winning their division on the last day. ^[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   NGA Edwin Nwakanma 30 GK   NGA Tambe Charles 33 GK   NGA Uche Okafor 35 GK   NGA Godgift Elkanah 3 DF   NGA Ubong Williams 5 DF   NGA Chinedu Ozor 6 DF   CMR Jean-Parfait Ledoux 26 DF   NGA Ebetomame Oghenetega 29 DF   NGA Innocent Gabriel — DF   NGA Samson P — DF   NGA Emeka I 4 MF   NGA Abdullahi Fatai 7 MF   NGA Promise Ogu 8 MF   NGA Keumian Guy

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF   NGA Hammed Yakub 15 MF   NGA Adekunle Adeleke 25 MF   NGA Somtochukwu Omini 34 MF   NGA Okemmiri Anthony 9 FW   NGA Jimoh Oni 10 FW   NGA Shedrack Asiegbu 11 FW   NGA Auta Phillip 12 FW   NGA Atilola Abdulsalam Tunde 23 FW   NGA Odeh James 24 FW   NGA Ikedinachi Nwakanma 14   NGA Emmanuel Ugwuka 16   NGA Obaroakpo A 20   NGA Paul Samson 22   NGA Ugochukwu Anozie

Notable players

• Raimi Kola (2015–2017) ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Abia Warriors FC unveil new patrons". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
2. "Abia Warriors announce Imama Amapakabo return". 10 July 2024.
3. "OUK reverts to Abia Warriors". Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
4. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/home/131666-abia-warriors-fc-taraba-crown-join-giwa-in-glo-premier-league Archived September 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Nigéria – Coupe : Kola Raimi buteur, Abia Warriors passe". 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
6. "Perf' des béninois : Kola Raimi brille et Michael Poté monte en puissance, le point complet". 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

• 2005 Division 1 table
• Abia Warriors FC Results - current results of Abia Warriors FC matches