2025–26 NWFL Premiership

The 2025–26 NWFL Premiership is the 36th season of the women's football top-level league in Nigeria. The season commenced on 26 November 2025.[1]

2025–26 NWFL Premiership
Season2025–26
Dates26 November 2025 – 2026
Matches99
Goals221 (2.23 per match)
Biggest home winRivers Angels 5–0 Heartland Queens (21 January 2026)
Biggest away winNaija Ratels 0–5 Bayelsa Queens (10 December 2025)
Highest scoringDannaz Ladies 1–5 Robo Queens (17 December 2025)
Ahudiyannem Queens 5–1 Confluence Queens (18 February 2026)
Longest winning runBayelsa Queens (6 matches)
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2026.

Bayelsa Queens are the defending champions.[2]

Format

This season sees an expansion of teams to 20. However, this season will only have 19 teams competing as Castmog Ladies dropped to the NWFL Championship for failing to meet registration requirements.[3][4] It involves 19 team divided into two groups with the top 3 teams qualifying for a championship round.

Teams

Team changes

As the league was expanded to 20 teams from 16, no team from the previous season was relegated. Castmog Ladies, Ahudiyannem Queens, Imo Strikers Ladies and Sunshine Queens initially got promoted from the NWFL Championship with the first three making their debut. However Imo Strikers sold their slot to Osun Babes, Benue Queens sold their slot to Pacesetter Queens while Castmog Ladies failed to meet registration requirements.[5][6][4]


Promoted from 2024–2025 NWFL Championship Relegated from 2024–2025 NWFL Premiership
Castmog Ladies
Ahudiyannem Queens
Sunshine Queens
Pacesetter Queens
Osun Babes
None

Stadiums and locations

Group A
Clubs Stadium City
Adamawa Queens Makwada Stadium Yola
Bayelsa Queens Samson Siasia Sports Stadium Yenagoa
Edo Queens Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City
Ekiti Queens Oluyemi Kayode Stadium [a] Ado-Ekiti
Heartland Queens Dan Anyiam Stadium Owerri
Ibom Angels Uyo Township Stadium Uyo
Naija Ratels Bwari Stadium Abuja
Pacesetter Ladies Lekan Salami Stadium Ibadan
Rivers Angels Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium Port Harcourt
Group B
Abia Angels Umuahia Township Stadium
Enyimba International Stadium 		Umuahia
Ahudiyannem Queens
Confluence Queens Edo State University Stadium Lokoja
Dannaz Ladies Onikan Stadium Lagos
Delta Queens Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba
Nasarawa Amazons Lafia City Stadium Lafia
Osun Babes Lanreleke Sports Complex Osogbo
Remo Stars Ladies Remo Stars Stadium Ikenne
Robo Queens Onikan Stadium Lagos
Sunshine Queens Akure Township Stadium Akure
  1. ^ Played some games at the MKO Abiola Stadium.

Regular season

Group A

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rivers Angels 9 8 0 1 18 5 +13 24 Championship round
2 Edo Queens 10 8 0 2 19 8 +11 24
3 Bayelsa Queens 9 7 0 2 22 11 +11 21
4 Adamawa Queens 10 5 1 4 11 14 −3 16
5 Ibom Angels 10 3 2 5 9 11 −2 11
6 Heartland Queens 10 3 2 5 10 15 −5 11
7 Ekiti Queens 10 3 1 6 10 12 −2 10
8 Pacesetter Queens 10 1 2 7 5 13 −8 5
9 Naija Ratels 10 1 2 7 4 19 −15 5 Relegation to NWFL Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: TheNWFL

Results

Home \ Away ADA BAY EDO EKI HEA IBM RAT PAC RIV
Adamawa Queens 1–4 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–3
Bayelsa Queens 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
Edo Queens 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1
Ekiti Queens 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2
Heartland Queens 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Ibom Angels 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0
Naija Ratels 0–2 0–5 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–2
Pacesetter Queens 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2
Rivers Angels 2–1 5–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: TheNWFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Robo Queens 11 8 1 2 22 7 +15 25 Championship round
2 Nasarawa Amazons 11 6 4 1 14 6 +8 22
3 Remo Stars Ladies 11 5 4 2 13 4 +9 19
4 Abia Angels 11 5 3 3 15 9 +6 18
5 Delta Queens 11 3 4 4 9 12 −3 13
6 Sunshine Queens 11 2 6 3 4 5 −1 12
7 Ahudiyannem Queens 11 3 2 6 13 14 −1 11
8 Confluence Queens 11 2 4 5 11 20 −9 10
9 Dannaz Ladies 11 3 1 7 7 21 −14 10
10 Osun Babes 11 2 3 6 5 15 −10 9
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: TheNWFL

Results

Home \ Away ABA AHU CON DAN DEL NAS OSU REM ROB SUN
Abia Angels 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0
Ahudiyannem Queens 5–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–0
Confluence Queens 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
Dannaz Ladies 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–1
Delta Queens 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Nasarawa Amazons 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Osun Babes 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–0
Remo Stars Ladies 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–0
Robo Queens 1–0 4–0 2–0 w/o[a] 1–0
Sunshine Queens 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: TheNWFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ Robo Queens were awarded a 3–0 win over Osun Babes due to the latter side's match administrative issues.

References

  1. ^ "2025–2 NWFL season to commence November 26". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. 30 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Bayelsa Queens win 2024/2025 NWFL Premier League". The Guardian. 18 May 2025.
  3. ^ "NWFL increases number of clubs for 2025-26 season". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria. 18 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "NWFL confirms Castmog Ladies relegation over registration issues". panafricafootball.com. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Osun Babes, Pacesetter Queens get premiership slots". aclsports.com. 24 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Sunshine Queens, Castmog Ladies, Ahudiyannem Secure NWFL premiership promotion". sports247.ng. 18 September 2025.
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