The 2019 Nigeria women Football League gets kick off date as 16 teams set to battle for honor in the new abridged League

The  2019 Nigeria Women Football League ,NWFL will begin on the 17th of July,2019. The date was revealed in a communique released after the Annual General meeting of the League's stake holder held in Abuja.

The League, which will be an Abridged format this season, comprises 16 teams with 4 teams in a group. The group will proceed to play in the Championship playoffs to determine the winner of the league while the last teams across the four groups will play in the championship relegation playoffs.

The communique further revealed that the winner of the league will proceed on tour of Spain as part of the bilateral agreement between Laliga and NWFL to international friendlies.

The league went on break since last year after the FIFA world cup in Russia and the abridged format will make for the lost time according to the communique.

The groups at a glance

Group A

Rivers Angels

Osun Babes

Delta Queens

FC Robo

Group B

Dream Stars Ladies

Heartland Queens

Adamawa Queens

Edo Queens

Group C

Bayelsa Queens

Sunshine Queens

Nasarawa Amazons

Jokodolu Babes

Group D

Confluence Queens

Abia Angels

Invincible Angels

Ibom Angels