Nigeria Nationwide League

Nigeria Nationwide League Division One

Founded	2001
Country	Nigeria
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	91 (80 on 2017)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Nigeria National League
Relegation to	Nigeria Amateur League Division Two
Domestic cup(s)	Nigerian FA Cup
Website	nigerianationwideleague.com

National Nationwide League Division One (formerly known as Nigerian Amateur League) is the third level of club football in Nigeria. Every year, up to eight teams are promoted to the Professional Division One.

Starting in 2012, the league changed its name from the Amateur League and will promote three teams per division instead of two. This was after a long delay in confirming promotions from the prior year due to teams' protests. ^{[1] [2]}

As the "largest grassroots league in the world", promotion and relegation are not guaranteed. Most of the teams are sponsored by private citizens or Local Govt. Areas and funding at this level is minimal. Any team eligible to move to the National Division 1 must qualify for a Professional League license and commit to the increased spending. After the 2007/08 season Dankalat FC of Kano won promotion, but instead sold their slot in Division 1A to Calabar Rovers. (Dankalat would eventually sell their slot in the 2012 Professional League to Nembe City FC). For the 2013 season, FC Ebedei and Makwada remained in the Nationwide league and sold their promotion slots after winning their divisions. Bolowotan, who also won promotion, sold their slot after 9 games in the professional level.

After the 2016 season, the league doubled in size to 80 teams. Teams will play in five-team divisions, with the winner of each division playing the corresponding Group for the one promotion slot.

The 2019/20 season was cancelled and affected by the COVID-19 that forced all activities to a stop. Hence, no promotion or relegation of teams.

2021-22

The 2021-22 season had 132 teams playing in sixteen groups in sixteen venues (originally eight) and began the first weekend of March. ^[3]

Ikenne Group 1 Buruj FC, Lagos State FC Bulmaro, Lagos State Gbagada FC, Lagos State Iganmu FC, Lagos State Destiny Boys FC, Lagos State AS Racine FC, Lagos State BYT (Best Young Talents) FC, Lagos State Emmydinho FC, Lagos State Magate FC, Lagos State Zenith Emperor FC, Lagos State Ikenne Group 2 Spartans FC, Lagos State Jossy FC, Lagos State Messiah FC, Lagos State Collins Edwin FC, Lagos State Valiant FC, Lagos State Cincinnati FC, Lagos State Tradesafe Sports FC, Lagos State First Bank F.C., Lagos State Madiba FC, Lagos State Ado Ekiti Group 1 (Kayode Olufemi Stadium) Ijebu United, Ogun State Olumo United, Ogun State Dino SC, Ogun State Pacesetters FC, Oyo State Easy-Well FC, Ogun State OSOPADEC (Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission,) FC, Ondo State Offa FC, Kwara State Imperial FC, Ogun State Ado Ekiti Group 2 (Federal Polytechnic Stadium) Olisa FC, Ogun State Juvenile FC, Ogun State Almar FC, Ogun State Akure City FC, Ondo State Abray Sports FC, Kwara State SGFC Athletics SC, Kwara State Estate FC, Ogun State Gidado FC, Kwara State Positive Football Academy, Oyo State

Ilorin Group 1 (Kwara FA Stadium) Kaduna United F.C. Ilorin Group 1 (Ilorin Stadium) Univ. of Port Harcourt Calabar (Esuene Stadium)

Jos Group 1 (Rwang Pam Stadium) Jos Group 2 (Zaria Road Stadium) Ngor-Okpala Stadium Okigwe Stadium

Bauchi Group 1 (AT Bello Stadium) Bauchi Group 2 (Federal Polytechnic Stadium) Zaria Group Kaduna Group (Ranchers Bees Stadium) ASDC FC, ABuja Supreme Court FC, Abuja Police Machine FC, Abuja FC Chika Malami, Kebbi State Zoo United, Kano State Ramcy United, Kano State Katsina Juniors, Katsina State

2023-24

Venue 1 - Lagos Centre (Legacy Pitch)

Club	State
FC Robo	Lagos
Synergy Ultimate SC	Lagos
Magic Stars FC	Lagos
Gbagada FC	Lagos
Broad City FC	Lagos
Dannaz FC	Lagos
Ablaze FC	Lagos
Allifey FC	Lagos
Lekki United	Lagos
TCCG FC	Lagos

Delta Centre

Club	State
Holly Arrows FC	Delta
OYC FC	Delta
Ughelli Rovers FC	Delta
Isoko United	Delta
Delta Marines FC	Delta
Rolly FC	Edo
FC Deltra	Edo
Junosa United FC	Edo
Living Vioice Fc	Edo
Morsko Int. Fc	Edo

2024-25

Venue 1 - Abba Bichi Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Kano Ambassadors FC	10	9	0	1	32	16	+16	27
2	Zango	10	6	1	3	20	18	+2	19
3	Hausawa United FC	10	5	2	3	19	20	-1	17
4	ATK FC Kano	10	5	1	4	24	21	+3	16
5	SBS FC (Waliyya)	10	4	2	4	25	24	+1	14
6	Orlu United FC	10	4	1	5	19	23	-4	13
7	Tawiyya FC	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13
8	Kano Travellers	10	3	3	4	19	21	-2	12
9	Ganduje Babes FC	10	2	4	4	14	20	-6	10
10	Funtua Sharks	10	2	3	5	17	22	-5	9
11	Dantata FC	10	2	0	8	20	27	-7	6
12	Funtua FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 2 - ABS Kaduna Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Kaduna United	9	6	3	0	20	7	+13	21
2	Simoiben	9	6	2	1	12	3	+9	20
3	Standard FC	9	5	3	1	16	9	+7	18
4	Future of Africa	9	4	1	4	8	14	-6	13
5	ABU Zaria	9	2	4	2	4	5	-1	10
6	Croc City FC	9	2	3	4	7	9	-2	9
7	Green Beret FC	9	2	3	4	7	10	-3	9
8	Fulfill United	8	1	4	3	3	7	-4	7
9	Kada Warriors	6	2	0	4	12	14	-2	6
10	Seat of God FC	8	0	1	4	4	15	-11	1

Venue 3 - Area 3

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	City Football Club	6	6	0	0	25	5	+20	18
2	Police Machines FC	6	5	0	1	15	3	+12	15
3	FWC Champions FC	5	4	0	1	6	1	+5	12
4	Anglican	6	4	0	2	16	13	+3	12
5	Mailantarki Care	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4	11
6	Bussdors United FC	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	7
7	Derby	5	1	2	2	4	6	-2	5
8	EFCC	5	0	4	1	2	3	-1	4
9	Woodpecker FC	5	1	1	3	6	9	-3	4
10	Black Scorpion FC	6	1	1	4	6	23	-17	4
11	PCC FC	5	0	3	2	5	8	-3	3
12	Paul EFC	6	1	0	5	4	9	-5	3
13	Beautiful Tour FC	6	0	2	4	7	19	-12	2
14	Supreme Court	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 4 - ATBS Bauchi Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Warinijie FC	7	5	2	0	20	3	+17	17
2	Adamu Jumba FC	7	5	1	1	19	7	+12	16
3	Kufca Azare FC	7	5	0	2	8	8	0	15
4	Misau United FC	7	2	2	3	8	14	-6	8
5	Wunti FC	7	2	2	3	13	13	0	8
6	Abj FC Bauchi	7	2	1	4	8	13	-5	7
7	Wikki Tourists Feeder FC	7	1	4	2	11	13	-2	7
8	Zabgai International FC	7	0	0	7	7	23	-16	0

Venue 5 - Awka Centre 1

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Ikukuoma FC	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10	15
2	Oisa FC	6	5	0	1	13	2	+11	15
3	Ingas FC	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
4	Kun Khalifat B	6	3	0	3	7	12	-5	9
5	Ekomzy FC	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3	7
6	Giant Brillars	6	1	1	4	13	14	-1	4
7	Early Star	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Don-Daniel FC	6	0	0	6	6	20	-14	0

Venue 6 - Awka Centre 2

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Campos FC	5	4	0	1	20	6	+14	12
2	Ozalla FC	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12
3	Diana Emi	5	2	2	1	4	3	+1	8
4	Heartland Feeders FC	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
5	St Nwadinso FC	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7
6	Peace FC	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6
7	First Mahi FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	A & A FC	5	0	0	5	7	25	-18	0

Venue 7 - Barau Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Clever Warriors FC	10	8	2	0	31	8	+23	26
2	Kwankwasiyya FC	11	6	4	1	27	12	+15	22
3	Dromeda	11	7	0	4	25	17	+8	21
4	Kano Pillars Feeders	9	6	2	1	24	10	+14	20
5	Dambatta	11	5	1	5	23	20	+3	16
6	Super Stars Sheika	10	4	3	3	21	20	+1	15
7	Shield FC	10	4	2	4	18	17	+1	14
8	Gaida Utd FC	10	3	1	6	17	21	-4	10
9	Kano Stars FC	10	2	2	6	12	22	-10	8
10	Royal FC	10	1	2	7	16	33	-17	5
11	Sky Limit FC	4	1	1	2	2	7	-5	4
12	Goodhope	10	1	0	9	12	41	-29	3

Venue 8 - Bwari Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Fosla FC	11	8	2	1	13	8	+5	26
2	Campro	11	8	1	2	28	8	+20	25
3	N-Youth Sports Academy	11	6	3	2	17	10	+7	21
4	Legacy Stars	11	6	3	2	18	11	+7	21
5	Hypebuzz FA	11	5	2	4	25	20	+5	17
6	Likeminds FC	11	4	4	3	17	14	+3	16
7	Rmb Sports	11	4	1	6	14	17	-3	13
8	Daniel FA	11	2	5	4	14	20	-6	11
9	Planet Futsal	11	2	4	5	15	18	-3	10
10	De-Royal Galaxy	11	2	2	7	12	24	-12	8
11	Galadima FC	11	1	4	6	13	23	-10	7
12	Total Dazzlers	11	1	3	7	8	21	-13	6
13	NYSC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue9 - Ebedei Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	FC Ebedei	11	9	2	0	24	9	+15	29
2	Ijebu Athletic	11	6	2	3	22	16	+6	20
3	Imperial FC	11	5	3	3	26	22	+4	18
4	VOE FC	11	5	2	4	28	18	+10	17
5	Grassrunners FC	11	5	1	5	23	12	+11	16
6	Atlantic Business FC	12	5	1	6	22	26	-4	16
7	Star Builders FC	11	5	1	5	21	26	-5	16
8	Green Lock FC	11	4	2	5	13	14	-1	14
9	Ladegbuwa FC	11	4	1	6	17	18	-1	13
10	Sagamu Rovers	11	3	3	5	12	19	-7	12
11	SGFC Ath SC	10	3	2	5	10	23	-13	11
12	Almar FC	11	1	2	8	14	29	-15	5

Venue 10- Gombe Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	FC Yarmalight	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	12
2	Zaki Mairiga FC	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
3	El-Shamah Sport FC	4	1	0	3	5	9	-4	3
4	Police Baretta FC	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4	3
5	Future Hope	4	1	0	3	6	11	-5	3

Venue 11- Gumel Centre Jigawa

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	AVM Football Club	5	5	0	0	19	8	+11	15
2	Gimzsoca FC	5	3	1	1	10	9	+1	10
3	Jigawa Golden Stars	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
4	Halfa FC	5	2	0	3	14	11	+3	6
5	Rising Stars FC	5	1	0	4	8	18	-10	3
6	Dutse Strikers	5	1	0	4	9	14	-5	3

Venue 12- Ijebu-Ode Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Ekiti United	6	5	1	0	13	0	+13	16
2	Adamimogo FC	6	5	0	1	11	7	+4	15
3	Living Voices FC	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	11
4	Bendel Insurance Feeder	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	10
5	Olukismet FC Ikere	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
6	Big 100 FC	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
7	Emalex FC Owo	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	9
8	Wonder Xchange	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8
9	Rolly FC	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	3
10	Choice FC Int	6	1	0	5	7	12	-5	3
11	FC Deltra	4	1	0	3	2	7	-5	3
12	Junosa United	4	0	1	3	1	14	-13	1
13	Ablegod FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Esan Olika Uromi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Reignz FC Owo	6	0	0	6	4	19	-15	0

Venue 13- Ikorodu A Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Sapphire FC	7	6	1	0	22	7	+15	19
2	Toma	7	5	0	2	13	9	+4	15
3	Ooim FC	7	4	2	1	16	8	+8	14
4	Crowned Academy	7	3	0	4	18	18	0	9
5	Zenith Emperor FC	7	3	0	4	19	18	+1	9
6	FC Athletic	7	2	2	3	15	13	+2	8
7	Alimcity FA	7	2	0	5	10	20	-10	6
8	Buruj FC	7	0	1	6	3	23	-20	1
9	Byt FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 14- Ikorodu B Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Joy Cometh FC	8	7	0	1	23	10	+13	21
2	Tonic	8	6	1	1	20	10	+10	19
3	Brighton FA	7	4	0	3	19	14	+5	12
4	Valiant FC	8	4	0	4	18	14	+4	12
5	Ablaze FC	8	3	3	2	18	16	+2	12
6	TCCG FC	8	3	2	3	13	13	0	11
7	Comfortedge	8	3	2	3	15	17	-2	11
8	Daja United	7	1	0	6	8	17	-9	3
9	Emerald FC	8	0	0	8	6	29	-23	0

Venue 15- Ilaro Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Stormers	8	7	2	1	19	3	+16	22
2	Juvenile FC	8	6	1	1	13	5	+8	19
3	Dino Sporting Club	8	4	2	2	17	12	+5	14
4	Lasegski FC	8	3	2	3	13	10	+3	11
5	Customs FC	8	3	1	4	7	8	-1	10
6	BTFC	8	3	1	4	10	11	-1	10
7	H2U	8	3	0	5	10	17	-7	9
8	Ramond	8	2	1	5	10	17	-7	7
9	Life Christ Outreach	8	0	1	7	2	18	-16	1
10	Ottasolo FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ijebu United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 16- Ile Ogbo Osun Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Ejigbo FC	8	7	0	1	13	7	+6	21
2	All Stars FC	8	5	1	2	10	6	+4	16
3	Hammola FC	7	4	3	0	11	4	+7	15
4	Aayk FC	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2	11
5	Telu	7	3	1	3	10	9	+1	10
6	Ijesa Warriors FC	7	3	0	4	7	11	-4	9
7	Victory Police FC	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
8	Oriade FC	7	2	2	3	8	9	-1	8
9	Akoment FC Ede	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1	8
10	Karamba FC	7	2	1	4	7	6	+1	7
11	Alaska FC	7	1	4	2	7	7	0	7
12	Ase Ridyem FC	6	2	0	4	9	13	-4	6
13	Ile Ogbo United	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
14	Fehinty	7	1	1	5	6	13	-7	4
15	HKM FC	5	1	0	4	4	9	-5	3

Venue 17- Jos Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Vet Rovers FC	9	6	3	0	14	3	+11	21
2	Mighty Jets Feeders	8	5	3	0	13	6	+7	18
3	Ben Akwuegbu FC	9	4	4	1	13	4	+9	16
4	Maichibi United	8	3	3	2	8	7	+1	12
5	Plateau Jets FC	9	4	0	5	8	8	0	12
6	Atharah FA	8	3	2	3	7	8	-1	11
7	Midlands FC	9	2	3	4	9	11	-2	9
8	Mafeng FC	8	1	4	3	7	12	-5	7
9	Global Peace FC	9	1	3	5	6	13	-7	6
10	Jos Dream Big	9	0	3	6	4	17	-13	3
11	Deluxe FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 18- Kwara 1 Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Na Royal FC	7	5	1	1	17	3	+14	16
2	La Planet FA	7	4	1	2	10	5	+5	13
3	Offa FC	7	3	1	3	12	14	-2	10
4	Ka'ah	7	2	3	2	7	14	-7	9
5	Barrier FC	7	3	0	4	8	9	-1	9
6	Abs FC	7	1	4	2	6	7	-1	7
7	GAA Akanbi	7	1	3	3	8	11	-3	6
8	Dohz FC	7	1	3	3	5	10	-5	6

Venue 19- Kwara 2 Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Hop FA	7	5	1	1	16	8	+8	16
2	Laycon FA	7	5	1	1	13	6	+7	16
3	Sunrise FA	6	3	1	2	6	8	-2	10
4	Araba	8	2	3	3	11	12	-1	9
5	Abray Sports FC	7	2	2	3	11	9	-2	8
6	KFA FC	7	2	1	4	8	14	-6	7
7	Kasam FA	7	1	3	3	9	16	-7	6
8	Unicorn FC	7	1	2	4	11	12	-1	5
9	Abs FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Venue 20- Lafia Centre

	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Zeal Minds FC	7	5	2	0	12	2	+10	17
2	Wan Agara FC	7	4	2	1	13	5	+8	14
3	Kogi United FC	7	3	2	2	9	5	+4	11
4	Amazing Grace	7	2	4	1	14	9	+5	10
5	Flight FC	7	2	1	4	9	13	-4	7
6	Sl.14	7	1	3	3	6	10	-4	6
7	Confluences Star FC	7	1	2	4	10	22	-12	5
8	FRSC FC	7	1	2	4	8	15	-7	5

Source: Sofascore

Sponsors

In 2023 the NLO signed a deal with New Year Mega Lottery

Period	Sponsor	Brand
2024–present	New Year Mega Lottery	New Year Mega Lottery Nationwide League League

References

1. http://allafrica.com/stories/201112300719.html
2. Abia State condemns NFF devilish act
3. NLO LIST VENUES FOR 2020/2021 ZONAL LEAGUE (https://nigerianationwideleague.com)