Determine Girls F.C.

{{Short description|Liberian women's football club}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox football club

|image = Determine Girls FC logo.svg

|upright = 0.73

| clubname = Determine Girls

| fullname = Determine Girls Football Club

| founded = {{start date and age|2005|2|24}}

| ground = Antoinette Tubman Stadium

| chairman = Grace Hawa Weah

| chrtitle = President

| capacity = 10,000

| manager = Robert Lartey

| league = Liberian Women's First Division

| season = 2023–24

| position = 1 of 10

}}

Determine Girls Football Club is a Liberian professional women's association football club founded on 24 February 2005 and based in Monrovia, .{{Cite web|title=Determine Girls FC - Team Info|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/determine-girls-fc/52093/|website=Global Sports Archive|access-date=17 August 2022}} The club is in the Liberian Women's First Division, the top tier of women's football in Liberia. Due to its quality players and exciting style of play, it is regarded as the best female football club in the country.{{cite web|date=19 April 2021 |title=Liberia – Determine Girls crowned 2020–21 Women's League Champions|url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/liberia-determine-girls-crowned-2020-21-women-s-league-champions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419164453/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/liberia-determine-girls-crowned-2020-21-women-s-league-champions|archive-date=19 April 2021|website=CAFOnline.com|access-date=22 April 2021}}{{cite web|title=Liberia: Preparing our Women for the CAF Women's Champions League| url=https://zoneouesta.org/liberia-preparing-our-women-for-the-caf-womens-champions-league/|website=WAFU Zone A|access-date=22 April 2021}}

History

The club was founded in 2005. It has won four consecutive league titles (beginning 2019/2020 league season to present).

The club had its debut (in 2021) within the inaugural edition of the CAF Women's Champions League Qualifier (WAFU ZONE A), which was hosted in Cape Verde, but didn't make it to the group stages of the competition, after finishing third.

After winning its second national championship, the club represented Liberia within the second edition of the CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (WAFU ZONE A) which was hosted in Libera.

During this time (in 2022), Determine Girls fulfilled one of its dreams by winning the competition and qualifying for the group stages of the CAF Women's Champions League in Morocco.

Players

=Current squad=

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{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=GUI|name=Djaka Haidara|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=LBR|name=Jackie Touah|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=LBR|name=Anita Davies|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=GAM|name=Ruggy Joof|pos=DF|other=Captain}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=LBR|name=Marie Flomo|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=LBR|name=Lucy Massaquoi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=LBR|name= Jennie Tisdell|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=LBR|name=Diamond Dahn|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=LBR|name=Gertrude Gbormue|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=GAM|name=Mbassey Darboe|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=LBR|name=Margaret Stewart|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=LBR|name=Diata Langama|pos=DF}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=LBR|name=Louise Browne|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=LBR|name= Success Gaye|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=LBR|name=Catherine Henry|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GUI|name=Boutou Sylla|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=LBR|name=Marthaline Moore|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=LBR|name=Elizabeth Tamba|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=LBR|name=Jessica Quachie|pos=MF|other=on loan from Real Muja FC}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Nigeria|name=Joy Igbazenda|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=GUI|name=Mabinty Camara|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=GAM|name=Catherine Jatta|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=GUI|name=Marie Sylla|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=LBR|name= Veronica Baysah|pos=MF}}

{{Fs end}}

=Notable players=

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  • Pauline Agbotsu {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Hawa Nene Conteh {{flagicon|GUI}}
  • Boutou Sylla {{flagicon|GUI}}
  • Ruggy Joof {{flagicon|GAM}}
  • Mbassey Darboe {{flagicon|GAM}}
  • Sylvia Pyne {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Ruth Wesseh {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Margaret Steward {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Marie Flomo {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Jannie Tisdell {{flagicon|LBR}}
  • Mabinty Camera {{flagicon|GUI}}

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Honours

=National=

Liberian Women's First Division

  • Winners (4): 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023-2024

Petro Trade Cup/Orange Cup

  • Winners (2): 2021–22, 2022–23

LFA Super Cup

  • Winners (3): 2021, 2022, 2023

=CAF Women's Champions League=

WAFU Zone A Qualifiers:

CAF Women's Champions League:

  • Group stage (1): 2022

Technical staff

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  • Robert Lartey – head coach
  • Patience Gweh – deputy coach
  • Chally Johnson – team manager
  • Emmanuel Z- Play Bearkie – physical trainer
  • Mary Kamara – medics
  • Jill Deah - physiotherapist
  • Emmanuel Bundoo – kits manager

References

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