Nigeria Nationwide League

Nigeria Nationwide League Division One
Country	Nigeria
Confederation	CAF
Founded	2001
Number of teams	40
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Nigeria National League
Relegation to	Nigeria Amateur League Division Two
Domestic cup(s)	Nigerian FA Cup
Website	NLO

National Nationwide League Division One (formerly called Nigerian Amateur League) is the third level of club football in Nigeria. It is divided into four groups by geography with either nine, ten or eleven teams each. 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]

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.

2016

The season started 4 June and finished in October. Teams in bold won their division and are nominally promoted to the National League.

Group A-

Afijio FC of Ilora
Ajiroba Ooni of Ile Ife
FC Ebedei
AC Racine of Lagos
Gray's International FC of Ede.
Rising Stars F.C., Akure

Group B-

Spartan FC Lagos
My People FC Lagos
Teslim Balogun FC Lagos
Akure City FC
Ekiti United.

Group C-

Enyimba Feeders
Ebonyi United
Nembe City F.C.
Bussdor United F.C.

Group D-

Delta Stars
Papilo FC
Ibom Youth FC
Garden City Panthers
T. Akoma

Group E-

Avalon FC
Bida Lions
Niger Tornadoes Feeders
Kwara United Feeders

Group F-

K.J. United of Kaduna
Abuja FC
Kaduna Highlanders FC.
Katsina United Juniors
Samba Kurna FC of Kano
TEAP FC Abuja

Group G-

NAF Rockets F.C.,Abuja
Ranchers Bees FC
Kano Pillars Feeders
Lobi Juniors
Giodano FC, Kano
FRSC FC

Group H-

Doma United
Flash Flamingoes of Gombe
Yankari Babes
Yobe Desert Stars of Damaturu
Zabgai FC of Bauchi.

References

External links

Football in Nigeria

Nigeria Football Federation

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 Nigeria Nationwide League 1, 2

Women	Women's Championship

Domestic cups

Men	Federation Cup Super Cup

Women	Women Federation Cup

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Men's clubs
Women's 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

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