Sporting Lagos F.C.

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Sporting Lagos
Sporting Lagos logo.svg
Full nameSporting Lagos Football Club
Nickname(s)"The Noisy Lagosians"
"Blue and Yellow"
Founded2022;2 years ago (2022)
Stadium Mobolaji Johnson Arena
Capacity10,000
Owner Shola Akinlade
ChairmanGodwin Enakhena
ManagerShola Adegun
League Nigeria National League
2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League, 17th (relegated)
Website https://sportinglagos.com

Sporting Lagos Football Club is a professional football club from Lagos, Nigeria founded in 2022. [1] [2] [3] The club currently competes in the Nigeria National League. the second tier of Nigeria's football league system, [4] following relegation from the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier League. [5] [6] Nicknamed "The Tech Boys", Sporting Lagos played their home games at Mobolaji Johnson Arena also known as Onika Stadium. [7]

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History

Early beginnings

The club was founded on February 3, 2022, in Lagos, Nigeria by Shola Akinlade, [8] [9] Before this there were many clubs in the city, the most popular of which were Ikorodu United FC and Julius Berger FC. [10] [11]

Sporting Lagos played their first match on February 13, 2022, a match against Go Round FC of Rivers State, which ended in a 1–1. [12] The team finished second in their group in the (NNL) Super Eight playoff in its second season and joined the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the start of the 2023–24 season. In 2022 Paul Offor was appointed manager. He led Sporting Lagos to its first Cup title in 2023 and promotion to the NPFL, before been sacked in April 2024. [13] and was replaced by Ibrahim Biffo who was also a coach at Kwara United, Katsina United, and Niger Tornadoes. [14]

From NNL to Nigeria Football League (NPFL) (2022 – present)

Sporting secured promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) for the 2023/24 season. [15] after a 2-0 victory over Stormers SC in their second game of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super Eight playoff. [16] before winning the Championship title of the maiden edition of the Naija Super 8 pre-season tournament following a 4–2 victory at local rivals Remo Stars F.C. [17] [18]

In 2023–24, Sporting Lagos were relegated back to the NNL after they lost on the final matchday and finished in 17th place [7] in June 2024, with a low tally of 46 points. Sporting Lagos drew an average home attendance of 1,180 in the 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League.

Sponsorship

PeriodBrandShirt Sponsor (chest)Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)
2023– Umbro KlashaChopLife

In 2023, the club revealed a new partnership with Klasha, a cross-border payments, and commerce platform in Africa, as its headline sponsor. [19] At the start of the 2023-24 season, it also unveiled a new club logo and brand launch. [20]

Colours and badge

Its home colours have been neon blue and pantone blue. When the club was founded in 2022, blue shirts were used until the club adopted its new colour of neon blue and Pantone blue in 2023. The city's symbol was adopted as the club's badge (or crest), and was incorporated into the kit in 2023 during the start of the 2023-24 season.[ citation needed ]

The Sporting Lagos away jersey has been all yellow shirts and yellow shorts. [21]

Squad

First-team squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Clinton Lawani
30 GK Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ifeanyi Nchekwube
3 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ibrahim Bature
5 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Aliu Salawudeen
20 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Oluwafemi Ladeinde
36 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Odinaka Okoro
33 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sodiq Yusuf
2 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Uloko Solomn
14 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Abraham Idakwo
24 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Chiemeka Nwokeji
15 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Patrick Egeonu
No.Pos.NationPlayer
4 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Sodiq Oshidero
8 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Abdulraheem Suleiman
18 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Kingsley Godday
19 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Kelvin Unenge
37 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Samuel Victor
35 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Muhammad Jamil
10 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Monday Iyobosa
23 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Lasisi Alabi
11 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Abdullahi Usman
17 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Oluwafemi Oladimeji
24 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Oluwaseun Akanji
25 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Yusuf Abdullahi
21 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Junior Lokosa

Club Staff

PositionStaff
Head Coach Flag of Nigeria.svg Shola Adegun
Team Manager Flag of Nigeria.svg Yemisi Cole

Managerial history

DatesNameNotes
2022 Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Okagbue
2022 Flag of Nigeria.svg Sanjo Olutayo
2023 – 2024 Flag of Nigeria.svg Paul Offor
2024 Flag of Nigeria.svg Abdullahi Biffo
2024 Flag of Nigeria.svg Shola Adegun

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