Abiola Babes F.C.

Abiola Babes F.C. was a Nigerian football team that played in Abeokuta. It was owned by businessman Bashorun Moshood K Abiola. The team was promoted to the Nigeria First Division in 1984 and went on to be the FA Cup champions in 1985 and 1987.

Abiola Babes FC
Full nameAbiola Babes Football Club
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Dissolved2001
StadiumMKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta
Capacity23,325

After a period of hiatus in the 1990s, the team reformed in May 2000 but was disbanded the next year for lack of funds.[1][2] Their last game was in the 2001 Challenge Cup against NIPOST FC.[3]

  1. ^ Abiola Babes return to the pitch (allafrica.com)
  2. ^ Pity us, we are broke (allafrica.com)
  3. ^ Nigeria 2001 (rsssf) Archived November 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine