2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League
Nigerian association football season
Football league season
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 31 August 2024 – TBD 2025 |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 32 (1.78 per match) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 15 September 2024. | |
The 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League is the 54th season of Nigeria's top-flight association football league, and the 35th since attaining professionalism and the first under the current name. The season commenced early on 31 August 2024 with the defending champions, Enugu Rangers hosting El-Kanemi Warriors.[1][2]
This season also sees an increase of N50 million in prize money for the champions from the previous season, with the winners taking home N200 million.[3] Additionally, the NPFL secured a sponsorship deal with British multinational television production company, IMG/JVco for broadcast of league games.[4]
Teams
Changes from previous season
Twenty teams, consisting of the top sixteen teams from the previous season and four promoted teams from the Nigeria National League, are competing in the league. The promoted teams are Nasarawa United and El-Kanemi Warriors who both got relegated two seasons ago, and newcomers Ikorodu City and Beyond Limits. Beyond Limits would be subsequently replaced by Heartland who were initially relegated the previous season as Beyond Limits and Remo Stars share the same owners.[5]
| Promoted from 2023–24 National League | Relegated to 2024–25 National League |
|---|---|
| Nasarawa United El-Kanemi Warriors Ikorodu City | Sporting Lagos Doma United Gombe United |
Teams information
Aba
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Locations of the 2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League teams- ^ Kano Pillars temporarily play at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in Katsina as their home stadium Sani Abacha Stadium, Kanois undergoing renovation works.[6]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remo Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Rivers United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Niger Tornadoes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Plateau United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Enyimba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sunshine Stars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Katsina United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Shooting Stars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Akwa United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Enugu Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Lobi Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | El-Kanemi Warriors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Bendel Insurance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
| 16 | Abia Warriors | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
| 17 | Bayelsa United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Relegation to the National League |
| 18 | Kwara United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 19 | Ikorodu City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 20 | Heartland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: NPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Results
| Home \ Away | ABW | AKW | BAY | BEN | ELK | ENU | ENY | HEA | IKR | KAN | KAT | KWA | LOB | NAS | NIG | PLA | REM | RIV | 3SC | SUN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abia Warriors | 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Akwa United | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bayelsa United | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bendel Insurance | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| El-Kanemi Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Enugu Rangers | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Enyimba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Heartland | 1–3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ikorodu City | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kano Pillars | 3–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Katsina United | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kwara United | 1–2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lobi Stars | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nasarawa United | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Niger Tornadoes | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Plateau United | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Remo Stars | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rivers United | 3–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shooting Stars | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sunshine Stars | 3–0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: NPFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: World Football
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
References
- ^ "New NPFL season kicks off August 31". Daily Post. 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Rangers settle for point against El-Kanemi in NPFL opener". brila.net. 1 September 2024.
- ^ "NPFL increases prize money for 2024-25 season to N200m". Daily Post. 16 June 2024.
- ^ Nsikak, Asuquo (24 July 2024). "Latest NewsNPFL lands new sponsorship deal". The Athletic Nigeria.
- ^ Oyebola, Mike (27 July 2024). "NPFL: Heartland close to top-flight return after Beyond Limits agreement". Daily Post.
- ^ "NPFL:Pillars adopt Mohammed Dikko Stadium as home ground". dailypost.ng. 29 August 2024.
