Nigeria Represented As Women's
Champions League Draw Is Made

UEFA Women's Champions
League
Five Nigerian women will have
the opportunity to play in the
2014/15 UEFA Women's
Champions League qualifying
round group.
The draw which was conducted
on Thursday has Cynthia Uwak,
Onome Ebi, Ishola Tawa, Gift
Otuwe and Gold Orji's clubs in
the spotlight.
Super Falcons trio Onome Ebi,
Ishola Tawa and Gift Otuwe of
Minsk will compete in Group A
against CFF Olimpia Cluj of
Romania. The two remaining
teams in this group are FC NSA
Sofia of Bulgaria and Ireland's
Raheny United.
Interesting events may also
happen in Group D, where Gold
Orji and her teammates from FC
Nové Zámky hit hard opponent –
Glasgow City FC.
There is also WFC Kharkiv from
Ukraine. The last team here is
Glentoran Belfast United FC from
Northern Ireland.
Cynthia Uwak's Aland United
landed in Group G, where they
will fight against WFC SFK 2000
Sarajevo and Polish side KKPK
Medyk Konin.
The eight qualifying group
winners, plus the two runners-
up with the best record against
the teams first and third in their
section, join the 22 automatic
entrants in the 22 August draw
for the rounds of 32 and 16,
with the two-legged knockout
phase beginning in October.
The competition will conclude on
14 May at the Olympiastadion in
Berlin.
German side, VfL Wolfsburg are
the defending champions of the
biggest women's club
competition in the world of
football.
The Full Qualifying Round Draw:
Group A: FC Zürich Frauen (SUI),
Konak Belediyespor (TUR), FC
Minsk
(BLR), Rīgas FS (LVA)
Group B: CFF Olimpia Cluj (ROU),
FC NSA Sofia (BUL), Raheny United
FC
(IRL), Hibernians FC (MLT)
Group C: MTK Hungária FC (HUN),
WFC Pomurje (SVN), Pärnu JK (EST)
, WFC
Ekonomist (MNE)
Group D: Glasgow City FC (SCO),
WFC Kharkiv (UKR), FC Nové Zámky
(SVK), Glentoran Belfast United FC
(NIR)
Group E: ŽFK Spartak (SRB), WFC
Osijek (CRO), Amazones Dramas
AS
(GRE), CS Goiador-SS 11-Real
(MDA)
Group F: Apollon Limassol LFC
(CYP), KÍ Klaksvík (FRO), Gintra
Universitetas (LTU), KS Vllaznia
(ALB)
Group G: WFC SFK 2000 Sarajevo
(BIH), Åland United (FIN), KKPK
Medyk
Konin (POL), ŽFK Kochani (MKD)
Group H: R. Standard de Liège
(BEL), ASA Tel-Aviv University SC
(ISR),
Clube Atlético Ouriense (POR),
Cardiff Metropolitan LFC (WAL)