Watanga Football Club is a Liberian association football club founded on December 24, 1997. The club was named after the military camp established just outside Monrovia by former members of the rebel movement at the end of the First Liberian Civil War in 1996. The club won the national championship in 2022 and was a finalist for the 2012 LFA Cup.
| Full name | Watanga Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Watanga FC | |||
| Founded | December 24, 1997 | |||
| Ground | SKD Practice Pitch | |||
| Capacity | 1,000 | |||
| Chairman | Aaron Jallah | |||
| Manager | Eric Diabatteh | |||
| League | Liberian First Division | |||
| 2022–23 | 3rd of 14 | |||
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Honours edit
- Champions (1): 2021–2022
Recent seasons edit
| Season | Level | League | Place | Reference |
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| 2020–2021 | 1. | Liberian First Division | 4. | [2] |
| 2021–2022 | 1. | Liberian First Division | 1. | [3] |
| 2022–2023 | 1. | Liberian First Division | 3. | [4] |
Current squad edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff edit
- Eric Diabatteh - Head Coach =
- William Zogbo - Deputy Coach =
- Edward Gweh - Fitness Trainer =
- Victor Kpadeh - Goalkeeper Trainer
- Randall Gbassagee - Statistician
- Timothy Kpoto - Masseur =
- Phillip Gbollie - Medic =
- Donald Gbawor - Kit Man -1
- Justin Togba - Kit Man -2
- Richard Yeanay - Administrative Manager =
Famous players edit
Managers edit
References edit
External links edit
- [ Official site]
- Watanga FC on facebook
- SOCCERWAY
- SOFASCORE
- FLASHSCORE
- Globalsportsarchive