Warri Wolves F.C.

Warri Wolves

Full name	Warri Wolves Football Club
Nickname(s)	"Seasiders", "Wolves"
Ground	Warri Township Stadium Warri, Nigeria (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Godwin Abigor
Manager	TBA
League	Nigeria Premier League
2009-10	6th
Home colours Away colours

Warri Wolves FC (formerly called NPA FC) is a Nigerian soccer club formerly run by the Nigeria Port Authority and were based in Warri, Delta State prior to 2003, but moved to Lagos after promotion to the Nigerian Premier League in 2003.^[1]

History

After making the 2001 Super Four playoffs, NPA was relegated by three points the next season after winning only 10 of 34 league games.^[2] They were promoted again in 2003 after finishing second in Division 2. NPA FC ended their 2004/5 season near the bottom of the table and it was announced that 16 of their 40 players would be laid off. The team was relegated again after the 2005-06 season, and moved back to Warri in April 2007 after a deal with the government of Delta State. The team was renamed "Warri Wolves" at the start of the season and won promotion to the 2009 Premier League Season as champions of Division 1B. Wolves finished with 59 points from 18 wins, five draws and seven losses, scoring 42 goals and conceded 16. They were involved in an incident on March 8, 2008 when a pitch invasion after a goalless draw at First Bank F.C. left seven players and officials injured.^[3] They played the first part of the 2008-09 season in Oleh because of renovations to the Warri Stadium.^[4]

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2010 - First Round of 16

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

2002 - First Round (as NPA)

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 11 FW Gift Atulewa 20 Sunday Manga 28 Lazarus Chukwu GK Chigozie Agbim GK Ambruse Vanzekin DF Aboulaye Guindo DF Abdul Diku DF Akimsola Boussari DF Mine Ojo DF Ikechukwu Thankgod MF Omonigho Temile MF Adama Coulibaly MF Tamarakuro Debekeme MF Orugba Fredrick Akatugba MF Yusuf Munzali MF Joseph Okoro MF Ezenwafor Uzochukwu Ikenna MF Uremu Egbeta MF Sunday Mba

No. Position Player MF Emmanuel Omodiagbe FW Johnson Olewezi FW Ekigho Ehiosun FW Ebuka Okafor Paul Anobi Osai Uche Goodluck Nnamadu (Captain) Taye Alonge Sunday Akwukwor Vincent Austin Eze Onoriede Imeke Abi Tena Adun Orobosa Ikenna Ugbaja Tochi Linus Samson Akpokona Idemudia Enakhnmen Solomon Oboh Ejike Orji

Staff

Management

• TBA (Technical Adviser)
• Azuka Chiemeka (Media Officer)
• Amaju Pinnick (Chairman of Delta Sports Commission)

Sports

• Paul Aigbogun (Chief Coach)
• Segun Oguns (Goalkeeper Coach)
• Goddons Ogbe (Assistant coach)
• Monday Eguavoen (Assistant coach)

Notable players

• Prince Efe Ehiorobo
• Richard Eromoigbe
• Nosa Igiebor
• Christian Inyam
• Fegor Ogude
• Henry Okorocha
• Anthony Ujah
• Ezenwafor Uzochukwu Ikenna

References

1. ^ Premier League: NPA Reforms, Originally "Warri Wolves" before it was adopted by NPA FC was one of the most successful Clubs in the country founded by Bernard Baro Bakpa in 1967 Sacks 22
2. ^ Nigeria 2002 - RSSSF
3. ^ ‘Declare Onikan a Disaster Zone’
4. ^ Nigeria needs 100,000 mw to meet demand, says expert