Dolphin Football Club was a Nigerian football team based in Port Harcourt.
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| Full name | Dolphin Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1988 (As Eagle Cement) | ||
| Dissolved | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Liberation Stadium Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| Manager | Stanley Eguma | ||
| Coach | Ndubuisi Nduka | ||
| League | Nigeria Premier League | ||
| 2015 | 16th | ||
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History
editThe club was known until 2001 as Eagle Cement FC.
In 2004–05 the team placed 6th in the Nigerian Premier League. Representing their country in the 2005 CAF Confederation Cup, they reached the finals, losing to Morocco's FAR Rabat.[1] They play their home games at the Liberation Stadium. However, for the 2008 Confederation Cup they played their games at U. J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar.
They were relegated from the Nigerian Premier League in 2007 by one point. They however came back to retain the FA Cup over Enugu Rangers. In their run, they twice won by penalties 4–2, including a semi-final triumph over crosstown rivals Sharks before winning the final 3–2 on penalties. They returned to the Premier League after winning their division in 2009.
On 19 February 2016, the merger of Dolphins F.C. and Sharks F.C. was announced by the Rivers State Commissioner of Sports Boma Iyaye, with the new team named Rivers United F.C.[2]
Achievements
edit- 1997, 2004, 2011
- 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007
- 1994, 2002, 2008–09
- Finalist : 2005
Performance in CAF competitions
edit- CAF Champions League: 3 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance
- 2002 – First Round
Technical staff
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Wilson Igwe
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Former coaches
edit- Philip Boamah
- Ifeanyi J. Duruji
References
edit- ^ "Drowning of Dolphins". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ "Dolphins renamed Rivers United Football Club | Goal.com". goal.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
External links
edit- 2007 in Nigerian soccer at the RSSSF