Mogbwemo Queens Football Club is a professional women's association football club from Bonthe, Sierra Leone. It competes in the Sierra Leone Women's Premier League, the top tier women's football league in Sierra Leone.
| Full name | Mogbwemo Queens Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| League | Sierra Leone Women's Premier League |
History edit
The Mogbwemo Queens Football Club was founded in 2004.[1]
In 2023, the club won the Sierra Leone Women's Premier League, with only one defeat in twenty-two matches played.[1][2] Their coach, Duramani Janneh, was named Best of the Season and Hannah Juana was received the award for Best Goalkeeper.[3]
Their league victory qualified them for their first continental campaign in the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.[4] [5] They competed in West Africa's Zone-A qualifiers, where they competed against Determine Girls FC (Liberia), AS Mande (Mali), and Dakar Sacre Coeur (Senegal).[6] Mogbwemo Queens tied eventual group-winner AS Mande,[7] but failed to make it through to the next stage of the competition.[8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Mogbwemo Queens FC wins First Female Premier League in Sierra Leone". ayvnews.com. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Sierra Leone (Women) 2022/23". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Kamara, Chernor Alimamy (31 May 2023). "In a night of glitz, WPLB hands over trophy to Mogbwemo Queens". Politico SL. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League: Mogbwemo Queens Begin Early Preparations". sierraloaded.sl. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ https://twitter.com/karlyboy71/status/1687841210499465217/photo/1
- ^ "Mogbwemo Queens of Sierra Leone to Compete in CAF Women's Champions League Zonal Qualifiers in Liberia". Awokono Newspaper. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Mogbwemo Queens and AS Mande Share Honors in WAFU A CAF Women's CL Qualifiers". Awoko Newspaper. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Mali's AS Mande book CAF Women's Champions League ticket". CAF Online. 13 August 2023. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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- ^ "CAF women's champions league qualifying Zone ouest a". Twitter. 5 August 2023.