Abia Warriors F.C.

Abia Warriors Football Club is a Nigerian professional football club based in the city of Umuahia, Abia state.

Abia Warriors F.C.

Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Ground	Umuahia Township Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Abia State Government
Chairman	John Sam Obuh[1]
Manager	Erasmus Onu[2]
League	Nigeria Premier Football League
2023–24	12th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Between 2005 and 2010, they played as "Orji Uzor Kalu FC" in honor of Abia governor Orji Uzor Kalu who helped the club with state sponsorship upon promotion to the professional level. They reverted to their old name in the summer of 2010.^[3]

They won promotion to the Nigeria Premier League for the first time in August 2013 after winning their division on the last day.^[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NGA Edwin Nwakanma 30 GK  NGA Tambe Charles 33 GK  NGA Uche Okafor 35 GK  NGA Godgift Elkanah 3 DF  NGA Ubong Williams 5 DF  NGA Chinedu Ozor 6 DF  CMR Jean-Parfait Ledoux 26 DF  NGA Ebetomame Oghenetega 29 DF  NGA Innocent Gabriel — DF  NGA Samson P — DF  NGA Emeka I 4 MF  NGA Abdullahi Fatai 7 MF  NGA Promise Ogu 8 MF  NGA Keumian Guy

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  NGA Hammed Yakub 15 MF  NGA Adekunle Adeleke 25 MF  NGA Somtochukwu Omini 34 MF  NGA Okemmiri Anthony 9 FW  NGA Jimoh Oni 10 FW  NGA Shedrack Asiegbu 11 FW  NGA Auta Phillip 12 FW  NGA Atilola Abdulsalam Tunde 23 FW  NGA Odeh James 24 FW  NGA Ikedinachi Nwakanma 14  NGA Emmanuel Ugwuka 16  NGA Obaroakpo A 20  NGA Paul Samson 22  NGA Ugochukwu Anozie

Notable players

• Raimi Kola (2015–2017)^[5][6]

References

1. "Abia Warriors FC unveil new patrons". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
2. "NPFL Transfer: Abia Warriors appoint Onu new head coach". 27 September 2022.
3. "OUK reverts to Abia Warriors". Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
4. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/home/131666-abia-warriors-fc-taraba-crown-join-giwa-in-glo-premier-league Archived September 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Nigéria – Coupe : Kola Raimi buteur, Abia Warriors passe". 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
6. "Perf' des béninois : Kola Raimi brille et Michael Poté monte en puissance, le point complet". 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

• 2005 Division 1 table
• Abia Warriors FC Results - current results of Abia Warriors FC matches