2019 Nigeria Professional Football League

Nigeria Professional Football League
Season2019
ChampionsEnyimba
PromotedRemo Stars
Bendel Insurance

Delta Force[1]

Yobe Desert Stars
RelegatedNone
Champions LeagueEnyimba
Kano Pillars
Confederation CupEnugu Rangers
Niger Tornadoes
Top goalscorerMfon Udoh & Sunusi Ibrahim
(10 goals)[2]
← 2018

The 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 29th season of the Nigeria Professional Football League, the top-tier football league in Nigeria, since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League", and the 48th season of top-division football in Nigeria since its establishment in 1972. The season started on 13 January 2019.[3]

Teams

The league consisted of 24 teams. Four were promoted from the Nigeria National League. Twenty teams remain from the previous season which was not completed. They are divided into two groups of 12 teams. The draw was held on 20 November 2018.[4] [5]

Blue= Group A. Red= Group B

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Locations of the Nigeria Professional Football League 2019 teams

First stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers International (Q) 22 12 4 6 23 18 +5 40 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Lobi Stars (Q) 22 8 11 3 22 18 +4 35
3 Enyimba (Q) 22 8 9 5 22 13 +9 33
4 MFM 22 9 5 8 22 20 +2 32
5 Rivers United 22 8 7 7 18 17 +1 31
6 Katsina United 22 9 3 10 24 25 −1 30
7 Wikki Tourists 22 9 3 10 22 24 −2 30
8 Sunshine Stars 22 8 5 9 23 22 +1 29
9 Bendel Insurance (R) 22 6 10 6 13 13 0 28 Relegation
10 Kwara United (R) 22 7 6 9 15 20 −5 27
11 Niger Tornadoes (Q, R) 22 4 9 9 14 21 −7 21 Qualification for Confederation Cup and relegation[a]
12 Remo Stars (R) 22 4 8 10 17 24 −7 20 Relegation
Source: NPFL
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Niger Tornadoes are Nigeria Federation Cup runners-up (Kano Pillars are cup winners).

Notes:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Akwa United (Q) 22 11 5 6 32 24 +8 38 Qualification for Championship playoff
2 Kano Pillars (Q) 22 11 4 7 28 19 +9 37
3 Ifeanyi Ubah (Q) 22 11 3 8 18 18 0 36
4 Nasarawa United 22 10 3 9 30 28 +2 33
5 Abia Warriors 22 9 4 9 25 20 +5 31
6 Heartland 22 9 4 9 25 22 +3 31
7 Delta Force[a] 22 9 4 9 19 26 −7 31
8 Plateau United 22 7 9 6 18 14 +4 30
9 Gombe United (R) 22 8 6 8 19 19 0 30 Relegation
10 El-Kanemi Warriors (R) 22 9 3 10 21 25 −4 30
11 Go Round (R) 22 7 6 9 16 23 −7 27
12 Yobe Desert Stars (R) 22 4 3 15 11 24 −13 15
Source: NPFL
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kada City played the first 11 matches of the season, and then sold their league spot to Delta Force, which took over their record and remaining fixtures.[7]

Championship playoff

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 A Enyimba (C) 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 12 Qualification for Champions League
2 B Kano Pillars (Q) 5 3 2 0 8 4 +4 11
3 A Rangers International (Q) 5 2 2 1 10 8 +2 8 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 B Akwa United 5 1 3 1 7 9 −2 6
5 A Lobi Stars 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
6 B Ifeanyi Ubah 5 0 0 5 6 14 −8 0
Source: NPFL
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

References

  1. ^ [1], blueprint.ng
  2. ^ Article title[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Nigeria 2019, RSSSF.com
  4. ^ LMC conducts 2018-19 NPFL draw in Asaba
  5. ^ Gombe, Kada, Remo join Insurance in NPFL (The Punch, 10 Jan. 2019)
  6. ^ Delta Force bought the Slot of Kada City FC eleven games into the Season
  7. ^ "Delta Force FC kicks off debut this week". nationaldailyng.com. 28 March 2019.