The Winners withdraw from women football league

The Winners women football club has withdrawn from the national women football league.

Sunday, February 01, 2015

The Winners women football club has withdrawn from the national women football league.

According to a Ferwafa statement released on Friday, the Gisozi-based side, which was founded in 2013, pulled out due to financial constraints.

That leaves the women’s league with12 teams, including; defending champions AS Kigali, Inyemera, Rambura, Yuvia, Bugesera and Rugende.

Others are; Nyagatare, Freedom de Gacyenye, Kamonyi, Academic Girls, Atletico Huye and Ecole Secondaire Mutunda.

This year’s women’s football league is sponsored by grant money from the world football governing body, Fifa to a tune of US$70, 000 (about Rwf49.7m).