Jonina Ladies Football Academy is a division one women’s football club that aims at helping brilliant, talented and skillful but needy female footballers to have a heigher height in the football fraternity.
It is a football club located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, specifically Dawhenya. It’s an academy which do not only consider the football career of the players but rather, seeks to help these young girls to further their education at all levels. This includes JHS, SHS and Tertiary to build them aside football.
Jonina Ladies Football Academy has been in existence since 2021 and has been able to amass excellent remarks in the Football Association. They came third in last season’s Greater Accra Women’s Football League and has qualified to participate in the upcoming 2022/2023 Women’s FA Cup, slated for January 2023. Jonina Ladies FC was also crowned winners of the Moon Pharma Soccer Championship Second edition which was held at Madina Astro Turf in Accra.
The next Greater Accra Women Football League for the next season is underway and Jonina Ladies Football Academy is aiming at participating competitively to qualify to Premiere.
Jonina Ladies Football Academy has played and won matches against different teams in both division one and premier female clubs. Some of these include Legon University FC, Army Ladies Fc, Accra Poly FC, and many more. They also compete with some male football clubs which serves as an opportunity to prepare the players for every match we come across.
Jonina Ladies Football Academy is known for having quality, matured, national and experience football players with both local and international standards. The players aside football and academics, have different talents in different sectors. This includes, Dress Making, Designing, Printing, Barbering, Catering, music, electrician, sprayer, Entertainment, among others.
The players are given quality accommodation with a swimming pool and a well furnished gym to help in their training and comfort. They are also given free feeding and Healthcare services for more fitness and training. Different Physical activities are being organized for them during weekends to entertain them and release stress.
Aside every physical lifestyle comes a spiritual part of living. The ladies are very spiritual and are being given the chance to worship in their own styles. Christians are allowed to read their bibles and go to church and the muslims are also granted the opportunity to worship in the hostel and also visit the mosque on Fridays.
Aside their active roles in the club as footballers, the management seeks to look for professional and academic deals abroad , to help them in securing a better future. There are well qualified coaches who trains them to standard and the entire management also monitor their steps to provide them with the needed support for a better living.
Jonina Ladies Football Academy has a slogan dubbed
We are special
This slogan was chosen considering the abilities and quality standards of the football players and also the objective of the club in helping the footballers to pursue their dream.
Music for the team
This song has long been a favorite of football players. Heaven knows we’ll make it. The lyrical content of the song motivates the players and increases their ability to do more. We move with vision, and we conquer with grace and favor. Our steps are guided by the teachings of God, which strengthen us physically and spiritually to get to our destination and qualify us to premiere.
