Horvel Angels had been topped champions of the 2025 HerGame Women Soccer Championship after defeating defending champions Fosla Academy 2–0 in a commanding ultimate on Saturday on the Space 3 Sports activities Advanced, Abuja.
This 12 months’s version marked a significant leap in scale and high quality, increasing from an Abuja-only competitors to a regional showcase that includes 16 groups drawn from throughout the North Central zone, offering a extra aggressive ambiance and uncovered new ranges of expertise and technical depth.
Horvel Angels set the tempo early, with Agatha John firing dwelling a composed first-half end following sustained attacking strain.
The competition was sealed within the second half when event revelation Lilian Odide delivered a scientific strike to safe the victory and forestall Fosla Academy from retaining their title.
Earlier within the day, SIK Paragon of Jos clinched third place after a slender 1–0 win over Era Subsequent, incomes the bronze prize of ₦100,000. Runners-up Fosla Academy obtained ₦150,000, whereas champions Horvel Angels claimed the highest prize of ₦250,000.
In Particular person accolades, Patricia Habila of Fosla Academy was named Most Beneficial Participant for her midfield brilliance, whereas Horvel Angels’ striker Lilian Odide completed as Prime Scorer with six targets, concluding her excellent event with the title-deciding strike. Flora Williams of SIK Paragon was voted Greatest Goalkeeper, having conceded only one objective.
Horvel Angels head coach, Ogbada Atta, counseled his workforce’s resilience and self-discipline.
“The women had been distinctive from begin to end. They stayed disciplined, adopted directions and confirmed actual starvation. Beating Fosla in a ultimate is not any small achievement. This win means all the things to us.”
Fosla Academy’s head coach, Christopher Igbuku, praised his gamers regardless of the loss.
“We fought onerous however Horvel had been extra decisive in the present day. My gamers gave their all and I’m happy with them. We’ll bounce again stronger. That’s our custom.”
HerGame Foundation founder and event’s sole sponsor, Dr. Pat Ajuma Ayegba, expressed satisfaction with the championship’s progress and reaffirmed her mission to construct a nationwide platform for rising feminine footballers.
“HerGame is fulfilling its goal of discovering, empowering and projecting the following technology of feminine footballers,” she stated.
“Each woman who performed right here has a future within the sport, and we are going to maintain increasing this platform nationwide.”
The FCT FA board member and Head of Ladies’s Soccer Committee additionally acknowledged key supporters, emphasising the collaborative effort behind the event’s success.
“HerGame is constructed on collaboration and real help. I deeply recognize the Nigeria Soccer Federation for donating match balls, and we’re grateful for the a million naira monetary help from the Chairman of the Home Committee on Sports activities.
Their contributions strengthened the competitors and confirmed that investing in ladies’ soccer is a shared accountability.”
FCT FA Secretary and Head of the Organising Committee, Haruna Ilerika, praised the technical high quality and general execution of the occasion.
“The extent of organisation, officiating and expertise on show exhibits how far HerGame has are available in simply its second version. The usual was top-class.”
With Horvel Angels lifting the 2025 crown and Fosla Academy taking second place, the HerGame Women Soccer Championship continues to cement its place as certainly one of Nigeria’s most impactful grassroots pathways for locating and nurturing future stars of girls’s soccer.
Among the many dignitaries in attendance had been the Chairman of the Home of Representatives Committee on Sports activities, Hon. Kabiru Amadu; Hajiya (Dr.) Nafisa Shehu Mohammed, President of the Street Security Officers Wives Affiliation (ROSOWA); Hajiya Amina Sani-Zango-Daura, Head of Ladies’s Soccer on the Nigeria Soccer Federation; former NFF President and Founding father of FOSLA Academy, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi; and FCT FA Secretary, Haruna Ilerika.
