Football Club d'Ebolowa commonly referred to as Fc Ebolowa (nicknamed as Les Filles du Sud) or Fc Ebolowa Filles, is a professional Cameroonian women's football team based in Ebolowa, South Region, Cameroon. They play in the Guinness Super League, the top tier of Cameroonian women's football league.
History The club was founded in January 2019, taking over the foundations of FC NYMA (Ngul Ya Mot Asse). And began competing in the Southern regional women's league.
During its first season, having played a unbeaten regional campaign, the club qualified for the national promotion play-offs nationally. Ebolowa earned promotion to the first division after beating Lekié FF. The match, took place at the Odza Technical Centre in Yaoundé, ended 0-0 after 90 minutes before FC Ebolowa won 4-3 from penalties to be promoted into the first division on 4 September 2019. The coach of the team during the promotion season, André Obam, was retained as coach for the following season. The club expanded its squad from 16 players to 25 and was considered to develop both sports and educational programs.
In 2022, the club appointed Oudou Kpoumie as coach. Kpoumie had previously won the championship seven times with Louves Minproff. In the 2023–24 season, FC Ebolowa won the Cameroon Women's Championship for the first time. Led by Flora Kameni, who finished the season as the league's top scorer with 26 goals, Ebolowa finished ahead of Lekié FF on head-to-head goal difference. The result also saw the club qualify for the qualifying tournament of the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League.
Ebolowa lost 2–1 to Lekié FF in the Champions Trophy. The club also missed out on winning the UNIFFAC tournament after suffering a heavy defeat to Equatorial Guinea's 15 de Agosto on the final day. In the league, Ebolowa went into the final day in first place, but a defeat to Vision FA allowed Lekié FF to overtake them and win the championship.
In the 2025-26 season, FC Ebolowa won the Guinness Super League. The club secured the title after defeating Vision Foot by 3-0 in a game played at Omnisports Annex No. 1, Yaoundé in match day number 21. The result put FC Ebolowa on 52 points and seven points clear of runners-up Lékié FC with only one match left to be played.
Players
First-team squad
Managerial History DatesNameNotes2020–2022Eddie NomoCoach of the women's section2022–2026Oudou KpoumieHead coach2026Valentine NgueleInterim
Honours
Official TypeCompetitionTitlesWinning SeasonsRunners-upDomesticGuinness Super League2 2024, 2026 2025ContinentalUNIFFAC Women's Club Championship0 2025
See also
Cameroonian Women's Championship Cameroonian Women's Cup CAF Women's Champions League
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