Dolphin F.C. (Nigeria)

Dolphin

Full name	Dolphin Football Club
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
Home colours Away colours

Dolphin Football Club was a Nigerian football team based in Port Harcourt.

The 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]

• Nigerian Premier League: 3

1997, 2004, 2011

• Nigerian FA Cup: 4

2001, 2004, 2006, 2007

• Professional Second Division: 3

1994, 2002, 2008–09

• CAF Confederation Cup: 0

Finalist : 2005

• CAF Champions League: 3 appearances

1998 – Group stage

2005 – Second Round

2012 – First Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 3 appearances

2005 – Finalist

2007 – Group stage

2008 – Second Round

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

2002 – First Round

• Philip Boamah
• Ifeanyi J. Duruji

• 2007 in Nigerian soccer at the RSSSF