Plateau United F.C.

Plateau United Football Club of Jos (usually known as Plateau United) is a Nigerian professional football (soccer) club based in Jos, that competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League. Before 1991, they were known as the JIB Strikers FC.^[2] The name "Plateau United" was the former name of their cross-town rivals Mighty Jets.^[3]

Plateau United FC

Full name	Plateau United Football Club of Jos
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Ground	New Jos Stadium Jos, Nigeria
Capacity	60,000
League	Nigeria Professional Football League
2023–24	Nigeria Professional Football League, 5th of 20 [1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Plateau United were founded in 1975 as JIB Strikers FC.^[4]

Plateau United won their first major silverware in 1999, a 1-0 Nigeria Cup final victory over Iwuanyanwu Nationale on a goal by Donatus Iloka.^[5] They had lost in the final in 1993 and 1998. They made their continental debut in 2000, but were eliminated after their first tie.^[4]

They were promoted to the Nigeria Premier League for the 2010–11 season by winning on the last day against Mighty Jets, but were relegated the next year on the last day. They were promoted to the top league on the last day of the 2015 season.^[6]

In 2013, their feeder team were one of four clubs suspended, pending an investigation into their 79–0 victory over Akurba FC.^[7] The four clubs were accused of match-fixing to advance into the professional league.^[8] On 22 July 2013, Plateau Feeders, Akurba FC, Police Machine FC and Bubayaro FC were each banned for 10 years, with the players and officials in each game banned for life.^[9]

Plateau United won the Nigerian Professional Football League for the first time in 2017, led by coach Kennedy Boboye.^[10][11]

Honors

Domestic

• Nigerian Professional Football League: 1

2017^[10]

2020–21 Top of the table when league was stopped due to COVID19

• Nigerian FA Cup: 1

1999

Runners-up: 1993, 1998

Preseason/Friendly

• Unity Preseason Tournament: 1

2021

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

2000  – First Round

• CAF Champions League: 2018,

2020/21, 2022/23

• CAF Confederation Cup: 2018,

2022/23

Current team

As of 12 February 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  NGA Charles Henlong 3 DF  NGA Daniel Itodo (captain) 4 MF  NGA Muhammad Zulkifilu 5 DF  NGA Nwaeze Christopher 7 FW  NGA Reuben Bala 8 FW  NGA Sunday Anthony 12 GK  NGA Chinedu Anozie 13 MF  NGA Eneji Moses Peter 14 MF  NGA Udeh Tochukwu 15 DF  NGA Abdullahi Mustafa 16 MF  NGA Nenrot Silas 18 FW  NGA Izuchukwu Chimezie 19 MF  NGA Haggai Katoh

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  NGA Mustapha Ibrahim 21 GK  NGA Ayeleso Suraj 24 DF  NGA Austin Opara 25 FW  NGA Josiah Emmanuel 34 DF  NGA Ifeanyi Onyebuchi

Notable players

• Chris Obodo
• Celestine Babayaro
• Mikel John Obi
• Victor Obinna
• Shehu Abdullahi
• Sunday Ingbede
• Daniel Itodo
• Ibrahim Mustapha

References

1. "NPFL 2023/2024 standings - overall, home/away standings". Flashscore. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
2. "Nigeria 1991". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
3. "[General] Plateau governor sues Yar'Adua over Jos crisis".
4. "ANALYSIS: Will Nigeria Premier League crown return to Jos after 45 years? - Premium Times Nigeria". August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
5. "Plateau United dethrone Rangers". 10 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
6. "MFM FC, Plateau United gain promotion to Nigeria Professional Football League — Goal.com". 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
7. "Nigerian clubs suspended after 'scandalous' scorelines". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
8. "Life ban for Nigerians in football match-fixing scandal". Arab News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
9. "CEOAfrica :: Nigerian Football Federation Banned Players and Officials for Life over Match-Fixing :: Africa Online News Portal". www.ceoafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
10. "Plateau United wins Nigerian Professional Football League". 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
11. "NPFL: Plateau United target history". 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

External links

• Plateau United wins promotion
• Plateau Utd sack nine players
• Plateau United Results - current results of Plateau United matches