2015 Nigeria Professional Football League

Nigeria Premier League
Season 2015
Matches played 44
Goals scored 34 (0.77 per match)
← 2014

The 2015 Nigeria Professional Football League (referred to as the Nigerian Glo premier league for sponsorship reasons) is the 44th season of the Nigeria Premier League, the top Nigerian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1972, and the 25th since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League".

Kano Pillars came into the season as defending champions of the 2014 season. Shooting Stars, Gabros, Wikki Tourists and Kwara United entered as the four promoted teams.

Clubs

A total of 20 teams will contest the league including 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Nigeria National League. The four promoted teams replace Gombe United, Crown, Kaduna United and Nembe City who were all relegated to the National League at the end of the previous season

Team name Home city Home venue First year of current stint in League
Akwa United Uyo Uyo Township Stadium 2011
Bayelsa United F.C. Yenegoa Sapele Stadium/Samson Siasia Stadium 2012
Dolphins Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium 2009
Wikki Tourists Bauchi Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium 2014-15
Heartland Owerri Dan Anyiam Stadium 1975
Gabros Nnewi Gabros Stadium 2014-15
Lobi Stars Makurdi Emmanuel Atongo Stadium, Katsina-Ala/Aper Aku Stadium 1999
Nasarawa United Lafia Lafia Township Stadium 2012
Kwara United F.C. Ilorin Kwara Stadium 2014-15
Sunshine Stars Akure Akure Township Stadium 2007
El-Kanemi Warriors Maiduguri Pillars Stadium(Kano) 2012
Enugu Rangers Enugu Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium 1973
Enyimba Aba Enyimba International Stadium 1994
Kano Pillars Kano Sani Abacha Stadium/Pillars Stadium 2001
Sharks Port Harcourt Sharks Stadium 2008
Warri Wolves Warri Warri Township Stadium 2008
Abia Warriors F.C. Umuahia Umuahia Township Stadium 2013
Giwa FC Jos Rwang Pam Stadium 2013
Shooting Stars F.C. Ibadan Lekan Salami Stadium 2014-15
Taraba F.C. Jalingo Jalingo City Stadium 2013

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Heartland 3 3 0 0 10 4+6 9 Qualification to 2015 CAF Champions League
2 Gabros International 4 3 0 1 5 2+3 9
3 Wikki Tourists 4 2 1 1 5 4+1 7 Qualification to 2015 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Taraba 4 2 1 1 4 3+1 7
5 Giwa 4 2 1 1 2 31 7
6 Kano Pillars 2 2 0 0 3 0+3 6
7 El-Kanemi Warriors 3 2 0 1 5 3+2 6
8 Sharks 4 1 2 1 4 40 5
9 Enyimba 4 1 2 1 2 20 5
10 Kwara United 4 1 2 1 4 51 5
11 Lobi Stars 4 0 4 0 4 40 4
12 Sunshine Stars 4 1 1 2 3 41 4
13 Akwa United 4 1 1 2 1 21 4
14 Nasarawa United 4 1 1 2 4 62 4
15 Bayelsa United 4 1 1 2 2 42 4
16 Warri Wolves 2 1 0 1 3 2+1 3
17 Enugu Rangers 4 1 0 3 4 62 3 Relegation to Nigeria National League
18 Dolphins 2 0 1 1 1 21 1
19 Abia Warriors 3 0 1 2 2 53 1
20 Shooting Stars 3 0 1 2 1 43 1

Updated to games played on 20 Apr. 2015.
Source: Nigeria Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


News

Five Kano Pillars players were injured during an armed robbery as the club was heading south for their opener against Heartland FC.[1] Their opening game was postponed indefinitely.

References