ABSTRACT
Nigerian female national team, the Super Falcons, has dominated the African Women Championship winning 11 of a possible 13 titles (1991–2018). It has represented Africa in all FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments. Yet the plight of women football in Nigeria has been a difficult one that can be traced historically from its ban by British colonial administrators in 1950. This chapter realizes that this plight is not exclusive to the women’s national team but extends to the local elite women league. Its focus, therefore, is to discuss those obstacles as they exist at the local level and in the elite women’s league. It points to the women’s unending struggle for survival by using interviews with Aisha Falode, chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League, and Godwin Enakhena, a football club owner and sports analyst in Nigeria, in addition to an extensive review of literature. Finally, it examines a possible successful future for the league if certain conditions are met.
