Lobi Stars F.C.
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| Full name | Lobi Stars Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Suswan Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Aper Aku Stadium Makurdi, Nigeria (Capacity 15,000) |
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| Chairman | Dominic Iorfa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Nigerian Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lobi Stars Football Club (formally known as Lobi Bank, BBL Hawks, and Hawks) is a soccer club based in Makurdi, Nigeria. As of 2006 they play in the Nigerian Premier League. In 2005 they reached the finals of the domestic Coca-Cola FA Cup where they lost to Enyimba.
The Stars' home is the 15,000 seat Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi that is arguably one of Nigeria's best state owned sports complexes.
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[edit] Current squad
[edit] Goalkeeper
- Akombo Terhemen
[edit] Defenders
- Andy Ogwuche
[edit] Midfielders
- Emmanuel Issah
- Oguchi Uche
- Duke Udi
- Isiaka Olawale
- Atule Benedict
- David Iyakase
- Haliru Sanni
- Wahab Afolabi
- Eugene Salami
[edit] Forwards
- Timothy Anjembe
[edit] Former Players`
- Taye Taiwo
- Imadu Dooyum
- Greg Etafia
- Robert Akaruye
- Ode Thompson
- Terkimbi Akighir
- Sunday Ibeji
- Robert Akaruye
- John Zaki
- Barnabas Imenger
- Iorfa Apuruugh
- Paul Kpuulgh
- Lemmy Isah
- Bartholomew Ogbechi
- Kingsley Elvis
- Timothy Anjembe
- Sani Abacha
- Moses Bala
- Gbenga Ajala
[edit] Achievements
- Nigerian Premier League: 1 In 1999, the Nigeria Football League was played in a new format which saw the top four teams squaring up in a knock out Super League at the National Stadium, Suru Lere. Lobi Stars therefore won the median edition of the Nigerian Super League under the managerial acumen of coach Godwin Koko Uwua.
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- 1999
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- 2003
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
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- 2000 - Group Stage
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances
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- 2004 - Second Round
- 2006 - Second Round
[edit] Sources
- Enyimba wins again at newswatchngr.com, accessed 3 January 2006.
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Nigerian Premier League 2007-08
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