Nigeria 2007/08

Table: 1.Kano Pillars FC 38 17 13 8 43-28 64 Champions 2.Heartland FC (Owerri) 38 18 9 11 41-25 63 3.Bayelsa United FC (Yenagoa) 38 16 15 7 36-22 63 4.Sunshine Stars FC (Akure) 38 18 7 13 43-28 61 5.Niger Tornadoes FC (Minna) 38 17 9 12 45-38 60 6.Enyimba FC (Aba) 38 17 8 13 44-32 59 7.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 38 17 7 14 46-36 58 8.Enugu Rangers International FC 38 17 6 15 31-26 57 9.Wikki Tourists FC (Bauchi) 37 15 8 14 43-42 53 10.Gombe United FC (Gombe) 38 16 4 18 37-42 52 11.Zamfara United FC (Gusau) 38 14 10 14 32-39 52 12.Sharks FC (Port Harcourt) 38 14 8 16 46-42 50 13.Ocean Boys FC (Brass) 38 14 8 16 31-33 50 14.Akwa United FC (Uyo) 38 14 6 18 35-44 48 15.JUTH FC (Jos) 38 14 6 18 28-42 48 16.Nasarawa United FC (Lafia) 37 13 7 17 28-35 46 ------------------------------------------------------------ 17.Kwara United FC (Ilorin) 38 13 7 18 33-43 46 Relegated 18.Jigawa Golden Stars FC 38 10 12 16 29-37 42 Relegated 19.Prime FC (Oshogbo) 38 11 8 19 21-39 41 Relegated 20.Bendel Insurance FC (Benin City) 38 9 12 17 26-45 39 Relegated Round 13 [Dec 1] Sharks FC 0-0 Sunshine Stars Insurance FC 1-0 Jigawa G. Stars FC Niger Tornadoes 3-0 Nasarawa United [also reported 2-0] Prime FC 0-0 Bayelsa United Wikki Tourists 0-0 Rangers Int [Dec 2] Ocean Boys 1-0 Gombe United Zamfara United 2-0 Kano Pillars [Lazarus Chukwu 56, Suleiman Muhammed 84] Enyimba 1-0 Kwara United Heartland FC 2-0 Juth FC Lobi Stars 3-0 Akwa United Round 14 [Dec 8] Sunshine Stars FC 2-1 Wikki Tourists [Kabiru Alausa 38,88 - Abubarkar Babale 37] JUTH FC 2-1 Prime FC Kano Pillars 2-0 Niger Tornadoes Kwara United 1-1 Zamfara United [Dec 9] Akwa United 2-0 Insurance FC Jigawa G. Stars FC 0-0 Ocean Boys Gombe United 0-0 Sharks FC Rangers Int 2-0 Heartland FC Nasarawa United 0-0 Lobi Stars Bayelsa United 1-1 Enyimba Round 15 [Dec 15] Insurance FC 2-2 Lobi Stars [? - David Tyavkase] Niger Tornadoes 1-0 Kwara United Kano Pillars 1-0 Nasarawa United Wikki Tourists 2-1 Gombe United Sharks FC 3-0 Jigawa G. Stars FC [Dec 16] Enyimba 2-0 Juth FC Zamfara United 1-0 Bayelsa United Ocean Boys 2-0 Akwa United Heartland FC 1-0 Sunshine Stars [Dec 17] Prime FC 1-0 Rangers Int Round 34 [Apr 12] Bendel Insurance 3-2 Akwa United Sharks 3-1 Gombe United Wikki Tourists 2-0 Sunshine Stars Prime 1-0 JUTH [Apr 13] Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Kano Pillars [? 25 - Bello Kofar Mata 15] Heartland 1-0 Rangers Int'l Ocean Boys 1-3 Jigawa Golden Stars Enyimba 1-0 Bayelsa United Zamfara United 2-1 Kwara United Lobi Stars 5-2 Nasarawa United Round 38 [May 25] Sharks 1-0 Bendel Insurance Wikki Tourists 1-0 Lobi Stars Heartland 3-0 Akwa United Prime 1-0 Jigawa Golden Stars Enyimba 4-0 Gombe United Zamfara United 1-0 Sunshine Stars Niger Tornadoes 0-0 Rangers Int'l Kano Pillars 2-0 JUTH [Munzeli Yusuf 20, Bello Musa Kofar Mata 38] Kwara United 0-0 Bayelsa United Ocean Boys 1-0 Nasarawa United Super Eight Football Competition The fixtures issued at a meeting of the NFL board had Heartland FC paired against National Division One side, Gateway FC of Abeokuta in the Nigeria Football League organised Super Eight Tournament, which kicks off in Kano from June 18. League winners Kano Pillars, Bayelsa United, Heartland FC, and Sunshine FC of Akure and four National Division One sides including newly promoted Warri Wolves, FC Abuja and Kaduna United and Gateway FC are the teams scheduled to lock horns in the one-week tournament aimed at rounding off the league season. NFL chairman, Chief Oyuki Obaseki said during the draws yesterday that the tournament would cost between N25 and N30 million to organise just as he confirmed that the league body would cater for 22 players and three accompanying officials from each of the participating clubs. Bayelsa United, which narrowly missed the Glo Premier League shield would take on Gateway FC in the opening match that has been re-scheduled to kick off at 4pm instead of the earlier time of 2pm. In the first match of the day, Gateway defeated Bayelsa United 7-6 on penalties to move the semi-final of the soccer fiesta. Both teams were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time before the sudden penalty kicks saw the Abeokuta side, which gained promotion to the Nigeria Premier League at the end of the just concluded National Division One League scored all its five kicks to move to the next stage of the competition. In the second match of the day, Premier league debu-tants, Warri Wolves shocked CAF Champions League qualifiers, Heartland Football Club of Owerri 1-0 to also move to the semi-final. The competition enters its second day today, with Kano Pillars trading tackles with Kaduna United FC, while Sunshine and FC Abuja will slug it out in the second match of the day. All the matches are taking place at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kano. Earlier on, the winners had beaten Kaduna United, 1-0 and Sunshine Stars International 4-1 to reach the final. Against all expectations, Warri Wolves shocked Heartland 1-0 and Gateway to reach the final. Final [at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano] [Jun 22] Kano Pillars bt Warri Wolves [Kano Pillars won 3-2 on pens]

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