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The 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League was the 53rd season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league, 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]
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 30 September 2023 – 23 June 2024 |
Champions | Enugu Rangers (8th title) |
Relegated | |
Champions League |
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Confederation Cup | |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 848 (2.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Chijioke Mbaoma (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Rivers United 6–0 Gombe United (15 June 2024) |
Biggest away win | Heartland 1–5 Plateau United (28 February 2024) |
Highest scoring | Bayelsa United 5–3 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. |
Enyimba were the defending champions, after finishing top of the Championship round at the previous season.[4] On 17 June 2024, 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.[8]
Twenty teams are competing in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League. The promoted teams are Heartland, Sporting Lagos, Kano Pillars and Katsina United. This is Sporting Lagos's first season in the Nigeria Professional Football League. With their promotion, Sporting Lagos became the first team to have been promoted after the first season of their creation. Heartland, Katsina United and Kano Pillars also returned to the top-flight after getting relegated two seasons ago. They replaced Wikki Tourists, Nasarawa United, El-Kanemi Warriors and Dakkada, who were relegated to the Nigeria National League.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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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 | |
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[lower-alpha 1] (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 78 | −57 | 25 |
Home \ Away | ABW | AKW | BAY | BEN | DOM | ENU | ENY | GOM | HEA | KAN | KAT | KWA | LOB | NIG | PLA | REM | RIV | 3SC | SPL | SUN |
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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 |
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 |
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Abia Warriors | 5 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
Akwa United | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
Bayelsa United | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Bendel Insurance | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Doma United | 14 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Enugu Rangers | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Enyimba | 11 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Gombe United | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Heartland | 8 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Kano Pillars | 16 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
Katsina United | 6 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Kwara United | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Lobi Stars | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Niger Tornadoes | 18 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
Plateau United | 15 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Remo Stars | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Rivers United | 13 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Shooting Stars | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Enyimba | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Remo Stars | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Plateau United | 12 |
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Sporting Lagos | ||
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Enugu Rangers | ||
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Niger Tornadoes | ||
7 | ![]() |
Kano Pillars | 11 |
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Akwa United | ||
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11 | ![]() |
Bayelsa United | 10 |
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Kano Pillars | ||
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Katsina United | ||
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Shooting Stars |
Player | For | Against | Score | Date | Ref(s) |
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Bayelsa United | Akwa United | 5–3 (H) | 30 September 2023 | [12] |
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Kano Pillars | Gombe United | 5–2 (A) | 3 December 2023 | [13] |
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Plateau United | Bayelsa United | 5–1 (H) | 17 December 2023 | [14] |
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Rivers United | Doma United | 3–2 (H) | 18 February 2024 | [15] |
5 Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Month | Player of the Month | Manager of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Player | Club | Manager | Club | ||
September/October | ![]() |
Bayelsa United | ![]() |
Remo Stars | |
November | ![]() |
Doma United | ![]() |
Doma United | |
December | ![]() |
Plateau United | ![]() |
Plateau United | |
February | ![]() |
Kano Pillars | ![]() |
Bayelsa United | |
March | ![]() |
Akwa United | ![]() |
Enugu Rangers | |
April | ![]() |
Niger Tornadoes | ![]() |
Shooting Stars |
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