Nigeria 2009/10

Nigeria Football League

Final Table:

 1.Enyimba FC (Aba)                  38  20 10  8  43-25  70  Champions,  Super Four
 2.Kano Pillars FC                   38  19  9 10  48-29  66  Super Four
 3.Sunshine Stars FC (Akure)         38  19  7 12  39-30  64  Super Four
 4.Kwara United FC (Ilorin)          38  18  6 14  43-34  60  Super Four
 5.Enugu Rangers International FC    38  15 13 10  34-22  58
 6.Warri Wolves FC                   38  17  7 14  50-43  58
 7.Niger Tornadoes FC (Minna)        38  16  7 15  42-38  55
 8.Heartland FC (Owerri)             38  16  6 16  37-33  54
 9.Gombe United FC (Gombe)           38  16  4 18  34-33  52
10.Kaduna United FC                  38  15  7 16  40-45  52  [*1]
11.3SC Shooting Stars (Ibadan)       38  14 10 14  27-33  52
12.Dolphins (Port Harcourt)          38  13 12 13  39-39  51
13.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)           38  14  9 15  34-37  51
14.Ocean Boys FC (Brass)             38  14  8 16  32-36  50
15.Zamfara United FC (Gusau)         38  13 10 15  30-46  49
16.Sharks FC (Port Harcourt)         38  14  6 18  45-41  48
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17.Wikki Tourists FC (Bauchi)        38  13  8 17  40-38  47  Relegated
18.Bayelsa United FC (Yenagoa)       38  13  8 17  40-46  47  Relegated
19.Gateway FC (Abeokuta)             38  11  7 20  33-46  40  Relegated
20.Ranchers Bees FC (Kaduna)         38  10  6 22  23-59  36  [*2]  Relegated

[*1] Kaduna United played home matches in Gusau while the
     Kaduna Stadium was being prepared for the FIFA Under-17
     World Cup
[*2] Ranchers Bees played home matches in Kano while the Kaduna
     Stadium was being prepared for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Round 1
[Sep 20]
Dolphins                1-1 Ocean Boys
   [Salisu Yusuf 28 - George Amakiri 80]
Enyimba                 0-0 Lobi Stars
   [Sent Off: Sam Ledor 67 mins, Ofem Inah 73 mins [both LS]]
Gateway                 1-1 Kwara United
Sunshine Stars          2-1 Enugu Rangers
   [Akin Anifowoshe 1, Sunday Adeyemi 76 - Andrew Nwordu 85]
Warri Wolves            5-0 Zamfara United
   [Ejike Orji (2), Fegor Ogude, Oke Akpoveta, Ebuka Okafor]
Wikki Tourists          2-1 Kaduna United
[Sep 30]
Ranchers Bees           0-0 Gombe United
[Oct 14]
Kano Pillars            1-0 Shooting Stars
[Oct 15]
Niger Tornadoes         1-0 Heartland
[Nov 25]
Bayelsa United          2-1 Sharks

Round 2
[Sep 26]
Gombe United            1-2 Niger Tornadoes
Ocean Boys              1-1 Enyimba
Sharks                  0-0 Warri Wolves
Shooting Stars          1-1 Dolphins
[Sep 27]
Enugu Rangers           2-0 Ranchers Bees
   [Fred Okpara 44, Damain Udeh 50 [pen]]
Heartland               2-1 Bayelsa United
Kwara United            0-0 Kano Pillars
Lobi Stars              1-0 Wikki Tourists
Zamfara United          1-0 Gateway
   [Uraya Andrew 90]
[Sep 28]
Kaduna United           1-1 Sunshine Stars

Round 3
[Oct 3]
Dolphins                1-0 Kwara United
Gateway                 4-1 Sharks
Niger Tornadoes         0-0 Ranchers Bees
Wikki Tourists          1-0 Ocean Boys
[Oct 4]
Enyimba                 1-0 Shooting Stars
Kaduna United           1-1 Enugu Rangers
Sunshine Stars          0-0 Lobi Stars
[Oct 7]
Bayelsa United          2-0 Gombe United
[Nov 25]
Kano Pillars            3-0 Zamfara United
Warri Wolves            3-2 Heartland
   [Goodluck Onamado 19, Gift Atulewa 38, - Sherrif Bill 3,

Round 4
[Oct 10]
Enugu Rangers           1-0 Niger Tornadoes
   [Darlington Ihejieme 1]
Kwara United            0-0 Enyimba
Lobi Stars              1-1 Kaduna United
Ocean Boys              1-0 Sunshine Stars
Ranchers Bees           2-1 Bayelsa United
   [Tekimbi Akighir, Lawal Mohammed - Gege Soriola]
Shooting Stars          1-0 Wikki Tourists
Zamfara United          3-2 Dolphins
   [Kabiru Ibrahim 52 [pen],92 [pen] Austin Kalu 91 - Solomon Bitrus 60, Captain Ejindu 85]
[Nov 12]
Gombe United            1-0 Warri Wolves
[Dec 23]
Sharks                  2-0 Kano Pillars
Heartland               2-0 Gateway

Round 5
[Oct 17]
Dolphins                1-1 Sharks
Gateway                 2-1 Gombe United
Wikki Tourists          3-4 Kwara United
[Oct 18]
Sunshine Stars          1-0 Shooting Stars
Kaduna United           2-0 Ocean Boys
Warri Wolves            1-0 Ranchers Bees
Lobi Stars              2-1 Enugu Rangers
Enyimba                 1-0 Zamfara United
Kano Pillars            4-0 Heartland
   [Bello Musa 41,57 Ahmad Musa 67,74]
[Dec 23]
Bayelsa United          1-1 Niger Tornadoes

Round 9
[Dec 5]
Gateway                 2-2 Warri Wolves
Wikki Tourists          2-0 Gombe United
Kano Pillars            1-1 Bayelsa United
Dolphins                2-1 Niger Tornadoes
Ocean Boys              1-1 Kwara United
Shooting Stars          0-0 Enugu Rangers
[Dec 6]
Enyimba                 4-0 Ranchers Bees
   [Osas Idehen, Josiah Maduabuchi, Valentine Nwabili]
Sunshine Stars          0-0 Heartland
Kaduna United           1-0 Sharks
Lobi Stars              1-1 Zamfara United

Round 10
[Dec 12]
Sharks                  3-1 Lobi Stars
   [Friday Nwoga 19, Bright Ejike 37, Victor Ezeji 90 - James Okowsah 40]

Round 14
[Jan 17]
Gombe United            2-0 Shooting Stars
Kano Pillars            2-0 Enyimba
   [Usman Abba 5, Ahmed Musa 86]
Warri Wolves            2-0 Sunshine Stars
Enugu Rangers           2-0 Dolphins
Heartland               3-1 Kwara United
   [Joshua Obaje 46, Gabriel Adike 50, Musa Bello Kofarmata 72 - Sibi Gwar 60]
Bayelsa United          3-1 Kaduna United
Sharks                  4-2 Zamfara United
Ranchers Bees           1-0 Ocean Boys
Niger Tornadoes         2-0 Lobi Stars
Gateway                 2-1 Wikki Tourists

Round 20
[Feb 20]
Ranchers Bees           1-0 Heartland
Niger Tornadoes         2-1 Sharks
   [Afolabi Abdullahi 50, Eugene Salami 2-1 - Victor Ezeji 28]
   [Sent Off: Kola Anubi, Musa Kundi [both NT]]
Gateway                 1-2 Shooting Stars
   [Ebube Okpokwu 33 - Timothy Idogbe (2)]
   [Sent Off: Daniel Mende [SS] 34 mins - Abiola Ganiyu [G] 54 mins]
Kano Pillars            5-1 Ocean Boys
Dolphins                1-0 Lobi Stars
Wikki Tourists          1-1 Sunshine Stars
[Feb 21]
Enugu Rangers           2-0 Gombe United
Warri Wolves            3-1 Kwara United
   [Ehiosun Ekigho 12, Oyoyo Michael 45,70 - ? 90]
Enyimba                 1-1 Kaduna United
   [Junior Osagie 1-1 - Bola Bello 0-1]
   [Sent Off: Pius Ibrahim [KU]]
[Feb 23]
Bayelsa United          1-0 Zamfara United

Round 21
[Feb 27]
Gombe United            2-0 Ranchers Bees
Kwara United            2-0 Gateway
   [Moroof Yusuf, Ukeyima Akombo]
Shooting Stars          0-0 Kano Pillars
[Feb 28]
Enugu Rangers           0-0 Sunshine Stars
Heartland               1-1 Niger Tornadoes
   [John Owoeri 30 - Usman Mohammed 1-1]
Kaduna United           1-0 Wikki Tourists
Lobi Stars              0-1 Enyimba
   [Magnus Iwuoha 81]
[Mar 1]
Ocean Boys              2-0 Dolphins
[Mar 4]
Zamfara United          2-0 Warri Wolves
[Mar 31]
Sharks                  2-1 Bayelsa United

Round 22
[Mar 6]
Kano Pillars            3-0 Kwara United
   [Ahmed Musa]
Ranchers Bees           1-1 Enugu Rangers
   [Fred Okwara]
[Mar 7]
Bayelsa United          1-0 Heartland
   [Mannir Ubale 14]
Enyimba                 2-1 Ocean Boys
   [Chinedu Udoji 10, Magnus Iwuoha 80 - Emmanuel Enze 66]
Warri Wolves            1-0 Sharks
   [Tochukwu Mbachu 53]
Wikki Tourists          1-0 Lobi Stars
   [Tunde Aremu 93 [pen]]

Round 24
[Mar 13]
Gateway                 0-0 Heartland
Niger Tornadoes         2-0 Enugu Rangers
[Mar 14]
Kano Pillars            2-1 Sharks
   [Ahmed Musa 27,90 [pen] - Gomo Nduku 0-1]
Enyimba                 2-0 Kwara United
Kaduna United           2-0 Lobi Stars
Bayelsa United          3-1 Ranchers Bees
Dolphins                2-1 Zamfara United
Sunshine Stars          1-0 Ocean Boys
Warri Wolves            1-0 Gombe United
Wikki Tourists          0-0 Shooting Stars

Round 25
[Mar 20]
Gombe United            1-0 Gateway
Shooting Stars          2-0 Sunshine Stars
Niger Tornadoes         0-0 Bayelsa United
Sharks                  0-0 Dolphins
[Mar 21]
Ocean Boys              1-2 Kaduna United
Enugu Rangers           0-0 Lobi Stars
Kwara United            1-0 Wikki Tourists
[Mar 24]
Zamfara United          1-0 Enyimba
[Mar 25]
Ranchers Bees           3-1 Warri Wolves
[Mar 31]
Heartland               2-0 Kano Pillars

Round 26
[Mar 27]
Kano Pillars            2-1 Gombe United
   [Gambo Mohammed 2,48 - Obioha MacMarcel 1-1]
Wikki Tourists          3-1 Zamfara United
[Mar 28]
Gateway                 4-0 Ranchers Bees
Bayelsa United          1-0 Enugu Rangers
Sunshine Stars          1-0 Kwara United
Warri Wolves            2-1 Niger Tornadoes
Kaduna United           3-0 Shooting Stars
   [Karimu Shuaibu 75, Yusuf Siman (2)]
Enyimba                 2-1 Sharks
Lobi Stars              2-0 Ocean Boys
[Apr 15]
Dolphins                1-0 Heartland

Round 27
[Apr 3]
Ranchers Bees           0-1 Kano Pillars
Sharks                  2-0 Wikki Tourists
   [Victor Ezeji, Nojim Raji]
Shooting Stars          0-0 Lobi Stars
Niger Tornadoes         2-0 Gateway
Gombe United            2-0 Dolphins
Kwara United            2-1 Kaduna United
   [Moruf Yusuf 57, Isiaka Olawale 85 - Bola Bello 75]
[Apr 4]
Enugu Rangers           1-0 Ocean Boys
Zamfara United          1-0 Sunshine Stars
   [Austin Kadiri]
[Apr 8]
Bayelsa United          2-2 Warri Wolves
[May 12]
Heartland               1-0 Enyimba

Round 28
[Apr 10]
Kano Pillars            2-0 Niger Tornadoes
   [Gambo Mohammed 1, Nafi'u Ibrahim 2-0]
Dolphins                2-0 Ranchers Bees
[Apr 11]
Kaduna United           0-0 Zamfara United
Warri Wolves            1-1 Enugu Rangers
Sunshine Stars          3-1 Sharks
Lobi Stars              2-1 Kwara United                  [behind closed doors]
Ocean Boys              3-0 Shooting Stars
Enyimba                 1-0 Gombe United
[Apr 12]
Gateway                 2-0 Bayelsa United
Wikki Tourists          awd Heartland                     [awarded 3-0, Heartland dns]

Round 29
[Apr 24]
Kwara United            1-0 Ocean Boys
Sharks                  5-0 Kaduna United
Niger Tornadoes         1-0 Dolphins
[Apr 25]
Zamfara United          2-1 Lobi Stars
Bayelsa United          2-1 Kano Pillars
Enugu Rangers           1-0 Shooting Stars
Gombe United            1-0 Wikki Tourists
[Apr 29]
Warri Wolves            2-1 Gateway
Heartland               3-0 Sunshine Stars
[May 20]
Ranchers Bees           0-1 Enyimba                       [in Calabar]
   [Gabriel Reuben 7]

Round 30
[May 1]
Dolphins                3-1 Bayelsa United
Shooting Stars          1-0 Kwara United
   [Taiwo Hassan 69 [pen]]
Wikki Tourists          4-0 Ranchers Bees
[May 2]
Enyimba                 3-1 Niger Tornadoes
   [Kabiru Ibrahim [og] 4, Daddy Bazuaye 44 [pen], Uche Kalu 51 - Salami Eugene 55]
Gateway                 0-0 Enugu Rangers
Kaduna United           3-2 Heartland
Kano Pillars            4-0 Warri Wolves
   [Moses Ogaga 4, Gambo Mohammed 29,83 Solomon Okpakor 79]
Lobi Stars              1-0 Sharks
Ocean Boys              2-0 Zamfara United
Sunshine Stars          2-0 Gombe United

Round 31
[May 10]
Bayelsa United          1-1 Enyimba
[May 12]
Zamfara United          1-1 Shooting Stars
Niger Tornadoes         3-1 Wikki Tourists
Gombe United            1-0 Kaduna United
Enugu Rangers           2-0 Kwara United
Gateway                 1-1 Kano Pillars
Ranchers Bees           0-0 Sunshine Stars
Sharks                  1-0 Ocean Boys
[May 13]
Warri Wolves            2-1 Dolphins
[May 19]
Heartland               1-0 Lobi Stars

Round 32
[May 15]
Dolphins                3-0 Gateway
[May 16]
Ocean Boys              1-0 Heartland
Kwara United            3-0 Zamfara United
Kano Pillars            1-0 Enugu Rangers
Enyimba                 1-0 Warri Wolves
Sunshine Stars          1-0 Niger Tornadoes
Kaduna United           2-1 Ranchers Bees
[May 19]
Shooting Stars          1-0 Sharks
[tba]
Lobi Stars              -  Gombe United
Wikki Tourists          -  Bayelsa United

Round 33
[May 20]
Ranchers Bees           0-1 Enyimba
[May 22]
Kano Pillars            1-1 Dolphins                      [crowd trouble, Kano Pillars to now play in Calabar]
Niger Tornadoes         3-0 Kaduna United
Sharks                  1-0 Kwara United
[May 23]
Bayelsa United  Sunshine Stars    1       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Enugu Rangers   Zamfara United    1       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Gateway         Enyimba           1       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Gombe United    Ocean Boys        2       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Heartland       Shooting Stars    2       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Ranchers Bees   Lobi Stars        1       2          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
Warri Wolves    Wikki Tourists    1       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
29/05/2010   Wikki Tourists  Enugu Rangers     2       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Heartland       Gombe United      1       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Kaduna United   Dolphins          3       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Kwara United    Bayelsa United    2       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Ocean Boys      Gateway           1       0          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Shooting Stars  Warri Wolves      2       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0
30/05/2010   Zamfara United  Niger Tornadoes   1       1          0 League Game LGE                  As Scored        0        0

Round 34
[May 5]
Dolphins                1-1 Sunshine Stars
Gateway                 1-0 Lobi Stars
Kano Pillars            1-0 Kaduna United
Ranchers Bees           0-1 Zamfara United
[May 9]
Bayelsa United          1-1 Enyimba
Lobi Stars              2-1 Gombe United
Sharks                  4-0 Ranchers Bees
[tba]
Enugu Rangers           -   Heartland
Niger Tornadoes         -   Kwara United

Round 34
[Jul 3]
Lobi Stars              1-1 Kano Pillars
   [- Ahmed Musa 10]

Round 35
[Jun 5]
Ranchers Bees           0-1 Zamfara United
[Jun 6]
Bayelsa United          3-1 Shooting Stars
Dolphins                1-1 Sunshine Stars
Enyimba                 2-0 Wikki Tourists
Gateway                 1-0 Lobi Stars
Gombe United            2-0 Sharks
Kano Pillars            1-0 Kaduna United
Niger Tornadoes         2-0 Kwara United
Warri Wolves            2-0 Ocean Boys
[Jul 3]
Enugu Rangers           2-1 Heartland

Round 36
[Jun 13]
Enyimba                 1-0 Enugu Rangers
   [Osas Idehen 82]
Kaduna United           2-0 Gateway
Kwara United            6-0 Ranchers Bees
   [Yusuf Jaiyeola (2), Nasiru Ali (2), Sibi Gwar, Maroof Mohammed]
Lobi Stars              3-1 Warri Wolves
Ocean Boys              1-0 Bayelsa United
Sharks                  1-0 Heartland
Shooting Stars          2-1 Niger Tornadoes
Sunshine Stars          2-1 Kano Pillars
Wikki Tourists          0-0 Dolphins
Zamfara United          1-0 Gombe United

Round 37
[Jun 27]
Ranchers Bees           0-2 Shooting Stars
[Jun 29]
Bayelsa United          4-1 Lobi Stars
Enugu Rangers           3-1 Sharks
Gateway                 1-2 Sunshine Stars
Gombe United            1-0 Kwara United
Heartland               2-1 Zamfara United
Kano Pillars            1-0 Wikki Tourists
Warri Wolves            4-0 Kaduna United
[Jun 30]
Dolphins                1-1 Enyimba
[Jul 3]
Niger Tornadoes         0-1 Ocean Boys

Round 38
[Jul 7]
Dolphins                1-1 Enugu Rangers
Enyimba                 2-1 Kano Pillars
   [Osas Idehen 37, Josiah Maduabuchi 2-0 - Moses Ogaga 2-1]
Kaduna United           2-0 Bayelsa United
Kwara United            1-0 Heartland
Lobi Stars              2-0 Niger Tornadoes
Ocean Boys              3-0 Ranchers Bees
Shooting Stars          1-0 Gombe United
Sunshine Stars          2-0 Warri Wolves
Wikki Tourists          2-0 Gateway
Zamfara United          0-0 Sharks


Super Four 2010
NB: season opening tournament between top-4 league 2009/10

Round 1 [Aug 4]
[Aug 4]
Kwara United            0-0 Kano Pillars
   [Sent Off: Shehu Mohammed Shagari [KP] 73 mins]
Enyimba                 1-0 Sunshine Stars
   [Atanda Sakibu 33]


Round 2 [Aug 6]
Sunshine Stars    1-0 Kano Pillars
Enyimba           2-1 Kwara United

Round 3 [Aug 8]
Kwara United      2-1 Sunshine Stars
Enyimba           2-1 Kano Pillars

Final Table:

 1.Enyimba FC (Aba)                   3   3  0  0   5- 2   9  Winners
 2.Kwara United FC (Ilorin)           3   1  1  1   3- 3   4
 3.Sunshine Stars FC (Akure)          3   1  0  2   2- 3   3
 4.Kano Pillars FC                    3   0  1  2   1- 3   1


2008/09




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