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Former Premier Soccer League (PSL) Chief Executive Trevor Phillips complained that regular name changes and license buy outs was turning the PSL into a "mumbo-jumbo" league. [1] Clubs in the top-tier were sometimes bought by businessman and renamed to have the same name as a club with previous history.
Nigeria Premier Football League; Season: 2024–25: Dates: 31 August 2024 – TBD 2025: Matches played: 240: Goals scored: 474 (1.98 per match) Top goalscorer: Anas Yusuf (13 goals) Highest scoring: Nasarawa United 3–4 El-Kanemi Warriors (21 September 2024) Enugu Rangers 3–4 Kano Pillars (16 October 2024) Sunshine Stars 4–3 Ikorodu City ...
The 2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 51st season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league and the 32nd since attaining professionalism. The season started on 17 December 2021 and was concluded on 17 July 2022.
The league was previously known as the Nigeria Premier League between 1993 and 2000, and between 2003 and 2013. [3] [4]It has also been known as the "Nigerian Premiership" (2000–2003); "Nigerian Professional League" (1990–1993); Nigerian National League - First Division (1979–1990) and "the (Nigerian) National League" or "Nigerian Football League" (1972–1979) and more recently "Nigeria ...
The African Football League (AFL) is a continental men's club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] [2] It was announced on 28 November 2019 by Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA and it was initially launched as the Africa Super League on 10 August 2022 in Tanzania and was to include twenty-four elite African clubs with a promotion and relegation ...
The league consisted of 20 teams, the 4 promoted teams from the Nigeria National League and the remaining 16 teams from the previous season. On 28 November, Kwara United bought Delta Force's slot and replaced them in the league. [6] Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Stationery Stores FC thus returned to the Nigerian Professional League in the 2014 soccer season, buying up the slot of Union Bank FC. The Supporters also re-structured, setting up the first Football Supporters Trust in Nigeria, with a view to giving its members better representation in the Club and supporting the Club materially as well.
The 2020–21 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) was the 50th season of the top flight league in the Nigeria football league system and the 31st since its rebranding. The league started on 27 December 2020 after much delay and concluded on 5 August 2021.