Rivers United F.C.

Rivers United F.C.

Founded	2016
Ground	Liberation Stadium Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Capacity	10,000
Manager	Stanley Eguma [1]
League	Nigerian Premier League
Home colours Away colours

Rivers United F.C. is a professional football club based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State that participates in the Premier League, the highest level of domestic Nigerian football. The club was formed by the merger of Sharks F.C. and Dolphins F.C. in 2016. Their home stadium is the Liberation Stadium in Elekahia that has a seating capacity of 30,000.^[2]

Current Squad 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 FW Chigozie Ihunda 3 DF Chiwendu Ali 5 DF Joseph Douhadji 6 MF Obomate Frederick 7 MF Ovoke Bernard 9 DF Guy Damian Konance 10 MF Victor Alegbe 12 Olalekan Gabriel 15 Agogo Ebitimi 16 Daniel Israel 17 FW Asamoah Godbless

No. Position Player 18 MF Andoh Wilson 19 DF Festus Austin 21 MF Yusuf Jaiyeola 23 GK Henry Ayodele 24 MF Felix Benjamin 26 GK Sunday Rotimi (Captain) 27 Christian Weli 28 FW Chibuzor Geofrey Osigwe 31 DF Godwin Ayalogu 34 DF Odinga Odinga DF Chinonso Okonkwo

Staff

Head Coach

• Stanley Eguma

Acting General Manager

• Okey Kpalukwu

Welfare Secretary

• Albert Chinwo

Media Officer

• Sammy Wejinya^[3]

Notes

1. Blue Tide rising
2. "Dolphins, Sharks merged, now Rivers Utd F.C.". Vanguard. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
3. http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/160219/Rivers_Utd_get_management_team

External links

• New Rivers United FC logo