Sunshine Queens F.C.

Sunshine Queens FC.

Full name	Sunshine Queens Football Club
Nickname	The 'Owena Marmaids’
Founded	2005
Ground	Akure Township Stadium Akure, Nigeria
Capacity	15,000
President	Akinsola Elvis Akinbobola
League	Nigerian Women Premier League
2014	3rd
Website	http://ondostatefootballagency.com/?tag=sunshine-queens-fc
Home colours Away colours

Sunshine Queens FC is a women's association football club in Nigeria. ^[1] They play in the topmost division of female football in the NWFL Premiership. Their home stadium is Akure Township Stadium. The club is one of the running football activities of Ondo State Football Agency. ^{[2] [3]} The current head coach is Rafiu Oseni. ^[4]

History

The club was founded in 2005. It is nicknamed Owena Mermaid, evidently after a prominent river in the state. ^[5]

Current squad

Squad list for 2022 season.
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 28 DF   NGA Temilade Adepoju Racheal 44 FW   NGA Aiyeniberun Opeyemi Sunkanmi 21 FW   NGA Sunday Juliet Chinonso 10 MF   NGA Aluko Yetunde Maria 37 DF   NGA Sunday Opeyemi Aanu 27 FW   NGA Omoh Oyathelemi Tina 9 FW   NGA Gbadebo Oluwaseyi Janet 18 FW   NGA Oyewusi Olusola Chioma 17 FW   NGA Adekunle Adenike Lizzy 29 MF   NGA Zirike Elizabeth Nkiruka 5 MF   NGA Yakubu Aminat

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF   NGA Aminu Adeola Wonsebolatan 30 DF   NGA Ogunrinola Funsho Elizabeth 4 MF   NGA Akinyinka Taiwo Faith 15 GK   NGA Johnson Elizabeth 28 MF   NGA Omosuyi Ayowumi Mama 6 DF   NGA Alani Aminat Abiodun 32 GK   NGA Okiemute Rita Obeni 12 MF   NGA Aderemi Mary Shola 20 DF   NGA Okoro Chidinma Miracle 16 GK   NGA Oluchi Tochukwu 24 DF   NGA Mac Fancy Regina Chikanma 14 MF   NGA Akpan Glady Nnenenna

Staff

• Sunshine Queens F.C President: Akinsola Elvis Akinbobola
• Sunshine Queens F.C. Vice President : Lateef Fabunmi
• Head of Technical: Prince Moruf Adams
• Head of media: Wahab Bankole
• Head of administration: Richard Aina
• Head of Marketing: Ife Adewunmi
• Technical Director: Paul Ashworth
• Assistant Technical Director: Henry Abiodun
• Players Management: Yussuf Aminu

Honours

• Nigerian Women's Cup - 2015 winner ^[6]

References

1. "Sunshine Queens beat Rising Queens in friendly" . Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. Shamsudeen, Tunde. "Sunshine Queens Partners Foundation On War Against Sexual Gender Based Violence" . Retrieved 2020-12-26.
3. "Rivers Angels, Sunshine Queens reach Women Federation Cup final". goal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
4. Adesanya, Taiwo (2024-05-02). "Sunshine Queens appoint Oseni as head coach". Daily Post . Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
5. "The fascinating stories and history behind Nigeria Women's Premier League club's nicknames". Sport Compass. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
6. "Federation Cup: Sunshine Queens emerge female champions". Premium Times . Retrieved 27 September 2016.

External links

• Official website