Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) champions, Bayelsa Queens, yesterday, departed for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where they will participate in the WAFU B Zone of the CAF Champions League qualifying series.  
 
The contingent comprises 22 players and 12 officials, including four coaches, six backroom staff and three representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
 
The players in the squad are Sefiat Idris, Jennifer Oliver, Florence Alexander, Bankole Sofiat, Alaba Olabiyi, Bummi Oladeji, Delight Isaac, Shakirat Moshood, Kafayat Mafisere and Amblessed Ogbonnaya. Others are Iheoma Chinyere, Agatha Thompson, Linda Jiwuaku, Janet Akekoromowei, Mary Aderemi, Monle Omini, Dooshima Tarnum, Chiamaka Ezekwugo, Emem Essien, Vera Samuel, Blessing Ilivieda and Kindness Ifeanyi.
 
They will be led by Coach Whyte Ogbonda, assisted by Hakeem Busari, Charity Enwerem and Oyeinkuro Frank.Other members of the team in the delegation are Dr Justice Akpotu, Rose Soloko, Damian(Phiso), Jumbo Seiyefa, Ebi Apreala and Preye Yabrifa .
 
Also in the delegation are Robin Apreala and Thelma Agara. Speaking on the team’s chances at the competition, Bayelsa Queens’ Chairman, Robin Apreala, said that they are prepared to secure the ticket to the CAF Champions League, adding that everything necessary has been done to put the squad in good standing.

The qualifiers will hold from August 23 to September 5, with Bayelsa Queens playing in Group B against Police Ladies of Ghana, ASKO (Togo), and Sam Nelly FC (Benin Republic).
 
Apreala said that the club fortified their squad with the acquisition of Emem Essien, Sofiat Bankole, Kafayat Mafiere, and Oladeji Semilore.