Mogbwemo Queens Football Club

Mogbwemo Queens
Full nameMogbwemo Queens Football Club
Founded2004; 21 years ago (2004)
LeagueSierra Leone Women's Premier League

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.

History

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Mogbwemo Queens FC wins First Female Premier League in Sierra Leone". ayvnews.com. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Sierra Leone (Women) 2022/23". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ Kamara, Chernor Alimamy (31 May 2023). "In a night of glitz, WPLB hands over trophy to Mogbwemo Queens". Politico SL. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League: Mogbwemo Queens Begin Early Preparations". sierraloaded.sl. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/karlyboy71/status/1687841210499465217/photo/1
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Mogbwemo Queens and AS Mande Share Honors in WAFU A CAF Women's CL Qualifiers". Awoko Newspaper. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ "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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  1. ^ "CAF women's champions league qualifying Zone ouest a". Twitter. 5 August 2023.