2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League

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Akwa United
(30 September 2023)
Longest winning run	Enugu Rangers (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Enugu Rangers (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Heartland (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Gombe United (6 matches)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 23 June 2024.

The 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League was the 53rd season of Nigeria's top-flight association football, the 34th since attaining professionalism and the first under the current name.^[1] The season commenced on 30 September 2023 after initial delays.^[2]^[3]

Enugu Rangers won their eighth NPFL title with a game to spare.^[5]

This season sees the Interim Management Committee (IMC) entering into a partnership with technology firm GTI Investment, Propel Sports Africa and MTN to sponsor the league, with an exclusive broadcast right that shall cover eight live games every weekend and 300 throughout the season.^[6] Thus, this makes the NPFL the first African football league to deploy artificial intelligence at games.^[7]

This season also sees an increase of

N50 million in prize money for the champions.^[3]

Also, The NPFL secured $1 Billion Broadcast sponsorship deal with Chinese satellite provider StarTimes, for five Years.^{[citation needed]}

Teams

Twenty teams are competing in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from the

El-Kanemi Warriors and Dakkada, who were relegated to the Nigeria National League

Teams information

Doma United

Aba team:
Enyimba

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Locations of the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League teams

Team	Location	Kit Supplier	Shirt Sponsor	Stadium	Capacity
Abia Warriors	Umuahia	Owu	Eunisell	Umuahia Township Stadium Enyimba International Stadium^[a]	5,000
Akwa United	Uyo	Owu	1xBet	Godswill Akpabio Stadium Eket Stadium	30,000 18,000
Bayelsa United	Yenagoa	GDF	_	Samson Siasia Stadium	5,000
Bendel Insurance	Benin City	Fourteen	Sterling Bank	Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium	12,000
Doma United	Gombe	Cone Sport	_	Pantami Stadium	12,000
Enugu Rangers	Enugu	Cone Sport	Afrinvest,Shopurban, Senior Barman	Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium	22,000
Enyimba	Aba	KK	Stake.com, United Nigeria Airlines	Enyimba International Stadium	16,000
Gombe United	Gombe	Cone Sport	_	Pantami Stadium	12,000
Heartland	Owerri	_	_	Dan Anyiam Stadium Awka City Stadium^[b]	10,000
Kwara United	Ilorin	Owu	_	Kwara State Stadium	18,000
Kano Pillars	Kano	Play	Rambo	Sani Abacha Stadium	16,000
Katsina United	Katsina	Owu	_	Muhammadu Dikko Stadium	35,000
Lobi Stars	Makurdi	Owu	_	Lafia Township Stadium^[c]	10,000
Niger Tornadoes	Minna	Cone Sport	_	Ahmadu Bello Stadium ^[d]	16,000
Plateau United	Jos	Kapspor	_	New Jos Stadium	60,000
Remo Stars	Ikenne	Cone Sport	Bet9ja	Remo Stars Stadium	5,000
Rivers United	Port Harcourt	Owu	_	Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium	40,000
Shooting Stars	Ibadan	Cone Sport	Peculiar	Adamasingba Stadium	10,000
Sporting Lagos	Lagos	Umbro	Klasha, Choplife	Onikan Stadium	10,000
Sunshine Stars	Akure	Cone Sport	_	Akure Township Stadium	5,000

^ Abia Warriors played some of their games at Aba as their original stadium failed to meet the requirements.
^ Heartland played their second round games at Awka.^[8]
^ Lobi Stars home stadium was not approved, so they play in their adopted home in Lafia.
^ Niger Tornadoes home stadium was not approved, so they play in their adopted home in Kaduna.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Enugu Rangers (C)	38	21	7	10	56	33	+23	70	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Remo Stars	38	20	5	13	53	39	+14	65	Qualification for the Champions League
3	Enyimba	38	19	6	13	46	33	+13	63	Qualification for the Confederation Cup
4	Shooting Stars	38	18	8	12	48	34	+14	62
5	Plateau United	38	18	4	16	53	40	+13	58
6	Lobi Stars	38	17	7	14	48	45	+3	58
7	Katsina United	38	15	10	13	42	39	+3	55
8	Rivers United	38	15	8	15	51	42	+9	53
9	Bendel Insurance	38	14	11	13	32	30	+2	53
10	Sunshine Stars	38	13	13	12	37	37	0	52
11	Kano Pillars	38	15	7	16	49	50	−1	52
12	Abia Warriors	38	15	7	16	42	45	−3	52
13	Kwara United	38	12	15	11	38	37	+1	51
14	Niger Tornadoes	38	14	9	15	38	41	−3	51
15	Bayelsa United	38	13	11	14	46	50	−4	50
16	Akwa United	38	14	7	17	44	42	+2	49
17	Sporting Lagos (R)	38	12	10	16	39	44	−5	46	Relegation to the National League
18	Doma United (R)	38	11	11	16	26	42	−16	44
19	Heartland (R)	38	9	11	18	36	50	−14	38
20	Gombe United^[a] (R)	38	8	7	23	21	78	−57	25

Source: NPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Gombe United were deducted 6 points and 6 goals.^[9]^[10]

Results

Home \ Away	ABW	AKW	BAY	BEN	DOM	ENU	ENY	GOM	HEA	KAN	KAT	KWA	LOB	NIG	PLA	REM	RIV	3SC	SPL	SUN
Abia Warriors		2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0
Akwa United	3–1		0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Bayelsa United	2–2	5–3		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Bendel Insurance	1–0	0–0	0–2		4–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0
Doma United	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1
Enugu Rangers	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Enyimba	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1		4–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Gombe United	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–0		2–0	2–5	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2
Heartland	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–5	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
Kano Pillars	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–1
Katsina United	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–2		1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–2
Kwara United	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1		0–2	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Lobi Stars	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–3		1–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	3–2
Niger Tornadoes	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2		2–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Plateau United	3–1	1–2	5–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0		1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Remo Stars	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Rivers United	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–0		1–0	4–1	1–1
Shooting Stars	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–0
Sporting Lagos	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–2		1–0
Sunshine Stars	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0

Source: NPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Sporting Lagos	2	1	6	11	7	9	6	10	9	14	10	9	10	12	14	15	18	17	15	13	14	13	12	12	13	11	11	13	13	11	13	13	14	17	16	17	17	17
Sunshine Stars	7	8	10	16	17	14	13	13	15	11	13	11	11	11	13	10	11	12	14	15	18	15	14	13	11	12	12	14	14	16	16	17	16	15	11	15	11	10

	Leader
	Champions League
	Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Nigeria National League

Source: World Football

Player	For	Against	Score	Date	Ref(s)
Robert Mizo	Bayelsa United	Akwa United	5–3 (H)	30 September 2023	^[11]
Yusuf Abdullahi⁵	Kano Pillars	Gombe United	5–2 (A)	3 December 2023	^[12]
Albert Hilary	Plateau United	Bayelsa United	5–1 (H)	17 December 2023	^[13]
Nyima Nwagua	Rivers United	Doma United	3–2 (H)	18 February 2024	^[14]

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month		Ref.
Month	Player	Club	Manager	Club	Ref.
September/October	Robert Mizo	Bayelsa United	Daniel Ogunmodede	Remo Stars	^[15]
November	Kingdom Osayi	Doma United	Akinade Onigbinde	Doma United	^[16]
December	Albert Hilary	Plateau United	Mbwas Mangut	Plateau United	^[17]
February	Ibrahim Mustapha	Kano Pillars	Meremu Okara	Bayelsa United	^[18]
March	Sani Suleiman	Akwa United	Fidelis Ilechukwu	Enugu Rangers	^[19]
April	Clinton Jephta	Niger Tornadoes	Gbenga Ogunbote	Shooting Stars	^[20]

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International competitions	2023 Africa Cup of Nations

2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League

Teams

Teams information

League table

Results

Positions by round

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Monthly awards

References