List of football clubs in Nigeria

This is a list of association football clubs located in Nigeria, sorted by league and division, as of the 2010–11 season. A total of 52 clubs compete in the top two tiers of the football pyramid, divided as follows:

Nigeria Premier League (1st level) – 20 clubs
Nigeria National League (2nd level) – 32 clubs in 2 groups with 16 teams each (Division A and Division B)

Below the top two levels are three Amateur league divisions:

Nigeria Amateur League Division One (3rd level)
Nigeria Amateur League Division Two (4th level)
Nigeria Amateur League Division Three (5th level)

1 Premier League
2 National League
- 2.1 Division A
- 2.2 Division B
3 References

Premier League

Locations of teams in the 2010–11 Nigeria Premier League

Club	City / town
Bukola Babes	Ilorin
Crown	Ogbomosho
Dolphins	Port Harcourt
Enugu Rangers	Enugu
Enyimba	Aba
Gombe United	Gombe
Heartland	Owerri
JUTH	Jos
Kaduna United	Kaduna
Kano Pillars	Kano
Kwara United	Ilorin
Lobi Stars	Makurdi
Niger Tornadoes	Minna
Ocean Boys	Brass
Plateau United	Jos
Sharks	Port Harcourt
Shooting Stars	Ibadan
Sunshine Stars	Akure
Warri Wolves	Warri
Zamfara United	Gusau

National League

Main article: Nigeria National League

Division A

Club	City / town
Abuja F.C.	Abuja
Adamawa United F.C.	Yola
Babanawa F.C.	Anyigba
Dankalat F.C.	Kano
El-Kanemi Warriors F.C.	Maiduguri
FRSC Strikers	Abuja
Jigawa Golden Stars F.C.	Dutse
Jimeta United F.C.	Yola
Jarma United F.C.	Kano
Mighty Jets F.C.	Jos
Nasarawa United F.C.	Lafia
Ranchers Bees F.C.	Kaduna
Spotlight F.C.	Katsina
Supreme Court F.C.	Abuja
Taraba F.C.	Jalingo
Wikki Tourists F.C.	Bauchi

Division B

Club	City / town
36 Lions F.C.	Lagos
Abia Warriors F.C.	Umuahia
Akwa United F.C.	Uyo
Bayelsa United F.C.	Yenagoa
Bendel Insurance F.C.	Benin City
Bridge Boys F.C.	Lagos
F.C. Dender	Lagos
F.C. Ebedei	Ijebu Ode
Enyimba Feeders	Aba
First Bank F.C.	Lagos
Gabros International F.C.	Nnewi
Gateway United F.C.	Abeokuta
Okpe United F.C.	Sapele
Prime F.C.	Osogbo
Rising Stars F.C.	Akure
Unicem Rovers F.C.	Calabar

References

Football in Nigeria

Nigeria Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team · Olympic (U-23) · U-20 · U-17 · Beach soccer

Women	National team · U-20 · U-17

League system

Men	Premier League · National League A & B · Nigeria Amateur League 1, 2

Women	Women's Championship

Domestic cups

Men	FA Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year · Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table · Champions · Clubs · International footballers · Foreign players · Venues

Men's clubs · Women's clubs · Men's players · Women's players · Expatriate players · Managers · Referees · Venues · Seasons · Records

List of football clubs in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)