Mogbwemo Queens Football Club

{{Short description|Sierra Leonean women's football team}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://ayvnews.com/mogbwemo-queens-fc-wins-first-female-premier-league-in-sierra-leone/|title=Mogbwemo Queens FC wins First Female Premier League in Sierra Leone|website=ayvnews.com|date=3 April 2023|access-date=11 June 2023}}

In 2023, the club won the Sierra Leone Women's Premier League, with only one defeat in twenty-two matches played.{{Cite web |title=Sierra Leone (Women) 2022/23 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sier-wom2023.html |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=RSSSF}} Their coach, Duramani Janneh, was named Best of the Season and Hannah Juana was received the award for Best Goalkeeper.{{Cite web |last=Kamara |first=Chernor Alimamy |date=31 May 2023 |title=In a night of glitz, WPLB hands over trophy to Mogbwemo Queens |url=https://politicosl.com/articles/night-glitz-wplb-hands-over-trophy-mogbwemo-queens |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Politico SL}}

Their league victory qualified them for their first continental campaign in the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.{{Cite web |url=https://sierraloaded.sl/sport/caf-mogbwemo-queens-preparations/|title=CAF Women’s Champions League: Mogbwemo Queens Begin Early Preparations|website=sierraloaded.sl|date=10 June 2023|access-date=11 June 2023}} https://twitter.com/karlyboy71/status/1687841210499465217/photo/1 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).{{Cite web |date=9 July 2023 |title=Mogbwemo Queens of Sierra Leone to Compete in CAF Women’s Champions League Zonal Qualifiers in Liberia |url=https://awokonewspaper.sl/mogbwemo-queens-of-sierra-leone-to-compete-in-caf-womens-champions-league-zonal-qualifiers-in-liberia/ |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Awokono Newspaper}} Mogbwemo Queens tied eventual group-winner AS Mande,{{Cite web |date=10 August 2023 |title=Mogbwemo Queens and AS Mande Share Honors in WAFU A CAF Women’s CL Qualifiers |url=https://awokonewspaper.sl/mogbwemo-queens-and-as-mande-share-honors-in-wafu-a-caf-womens-cl-qualifiers/ |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Awoko Newspaper}} but failed to make it through to the next stage of the competition.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2023 |title=Mali's AS Mande book CAF Women's Champions League ticket |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/malis-as-mande-book-caf-womens-champions-league-ticket/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818213951/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/malis-as-mande-book-caf-womens-champions-league-ticket/ |archive-date=18 August 2023 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=CAF Online}}

See also

References

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Category:Women's football clubs in Sierra Leone

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