Gombe United F.C.

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Gombe United F.C.
Gombe United F.C. logo.png
Nickname(s)Savannah scorpions
Founded1990;34 years ago (1990)
Ground Pantami Stadium
Gombe, Nigeria
Capacity12,000
League Nigeria Professional Football League
2022–23 Group A: 7th
Championship Round: did not qualify

Gombe United Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Gombe. They play in the Nigeria Professional Football League. Their home stadium is the new Pantami Stadium, having moved from Abubakar Umar Memorial Stadium in 2010. [1]

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History

They were continuously in the Nigerian top flight since promotion in 1994, the longest tenure of any Northern team. They however were relegated on the last day in the 2014 season to the Nigeria National League for the first time in 20 years. They won promotion back to the top level on the last day of the 2016 season by winning their division. They were relegated back in 2019.

Achievements

2007 Runners-up, Super 4 Playoffs

Performance in CAF competitions

2008  – First Round
2009  – Second Round

Current team

As of 30 January 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Adewale Adeyinka
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sadiq Abdulrazak
5Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ahmad Ibrahim
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Peter Ambrose
8Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mustapha Ibrahim
9Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Adamu Mohammed
12Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Babangida Ibrahim
13Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Usman Suleiman
14Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Joseph Onoja
15Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Umar Faruk
16Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Alhassan Yusuf
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Usman Musa
18Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mohammed Alimanika
20 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Maurice Chigozie
21 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ibrahim Muhammad
22 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Emmanuel Daniel
24Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ola Ogundele
28Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Saleh Mohammed
30Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Uche Owasanya
32Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sadiq Shuaibu
34Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Bolaji Adeyemo
35Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ganda Samuel
MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mathias Samuel

Notes

2. Gombe United Results - current results of Gombe United matches


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