FC Robo explained

Clubname:FC Robo (Queens) International
Fullname:FC Robo International, Lagos
Ground:FIFA Goal project (Legacy) turf, National Stadium, Lagos[1]
Capacity:3,000
Manager: Emmanuel Osahon
League:Nigerian Women Premier League

FC Robo Queens is a women's association football club based in Mushin Lagos State, Nigeria and a member of the Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL). They have competed in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the highest division for women association football in the country.

Through FC Robo Queens, the club has contributed immensely to the women’s game in Nigeria and beyond, having produced several talented players for the Nigerian national team and a host of professional women clubs across the globe. BBC and Two-time African footballer of the year, Asisat Oshoala, along with Esther Sunday, Rasheedat Ajibade, Aminat Yakubu are all products of the club's academy program and youth program.

National football star Asisat Oshoala served as an ambassador of the club in 2016, a move to help uplift the business brand and image of the club.[2] [3]

History

FC Robo International, owners of FC Robo Queens is a privately owned professional football club from Lagos, Nigeria. Founded on the 19th of April by Osahon Emmanuel Orobosa, a veteran of the Nigerian football league, primarily as a football academy for boys but soon expanded to accommodate girls/women program, a decision which has since proven to be very positive for the club as her current popularity and growing-base (Nationally and Internationally) is largely due to the successful exploits of her female team (FC Robo Queens).

Current squad

Squad list for 2022.

Notable former players

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Robo Queens battle back to salvage draw in Nigeria Women Premier League opener . admin . 2016 . Yahoo News . 2017-04-16 . 2017-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170416223026/https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/fc-robo-queens-battle-back-172000418.html . live .
  2. Web site: Arsenal Ladies' Oshoala becomes FC Robo ambassador. admin. 2016. Yahoo News. 2017-04-16. 2017-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170416223047/https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/arsenal-ladies-oshoala-becomes-fc-221513411.html. live.
  3. News: Arsenal Ladies' Oshoala becomes FC Robo ambassador - Goal.com. 2016-11-04. Goal.com. 2017-04-21. en-NG. 2017-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193458/http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/12072/nigeria-women/2016/11/04/29197182/arsenal-ladies-oshoala-becomes-fc-robo-ambassador. live.
  4. Web site: Oshoala Visits Winners Golden Bet, Seeks Support For FC Robo . Adelu . Taiwo . 2016 . pmnewsnigeria.com . 2017-04-08 . 2017-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112428/https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/03/10/oshoala-visits-winners-golden-bet-seeks-support-for-fc-robo/ . live .
  5. Web site: FC Robo better prepared for Nigeria Women Premier League, says Osahon . admin . 2016 . Goal.com . 2017-04-16 . 2017-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170417070304/http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/12072/nigeria-women/2016/05/20/23759132/fc-robo-better-prepared-for-nigeria-women-premier-league . live .