Football Clubs In Nigeria: See The Detailed List (2021)

I was in search of a comprehensive list of football clubs in Nigeria on the internet to buttress a point I was trying to make on another article, but none of the results Google search returned gave me what I wanted.

What did I do?

I knew if I was finding it difficult to get a list of Nigerian football teams then someone else could just be experiencing the same thing!

So I dug more into researching, made a couple of calls and came up with my own complete list of football clubs in Nigeria.

See the Nigerian football teams I came up with below:

Names of Football Clubs in Nigeria

Abia Comets
Abia Warriors F.C.
Abiola Babes
ABS F.C.
Abuja F.C.
ACB Lagos
Adamawa United F.C.
Akpor United F.C.
Akwa Starlets FC
Akwa United F.C.
Anambra Pillars F.C.
Anambra United F.C.
Apa United FC
Babanawa F.C.
Bayelsa United F.C.
BCC Lions
Bendel Insurance F.C.
Bridge Boys F.C.
Bussdor United F.C.
bravos knights F.C
C.O.D United football club of Lagos
Calabar Rovers
Crown F.C.
Cynosure FC of Ebonyi state
Dalhatu United
DSS FC
DaltaForce fc
El-Kanemi Warriors
Enugu Rangers
Enyimba International F.C.
Esan F.C.
First Bank F.C.
Fountain FC
Gateway United F.C.
Giwa FC
Go Round F.C.
Gombe United F.C.
Heartland F.C.
Ifeanyi Ubah F.C
Ikorodu United F.C.
Ilesa Dynamos F.C.
FC Inter Enugu
Jasper United
Jigawa Golden Stars F.C.
JUTH F.C.
Kada City F.C.
Kaduna United F.C.
Kano Pillars F.C.
Kogi United
Kwara United F.C.
Knights F.C. Ife
Leventis United
Lobi Stars F.C.
MFM FC
Mighty Jets F.C.
My People FC
MILARS F.C
NAF Rockets F.C.
Nasarawa United F.C.
Nembe City F.C.
NEPA Lagos
New Nigeria Bank F.C.
Niger Tornadoes F.C.
NITEL Vasco Da Gama F.C.
Oasis Football Club
Ocean Boys F.C.
Owazi F.C
Plateau United F.C.
Prime F.C.
Racca Rovers
Ranchers Bees FC
Remo FC
Rising Stars F.C.
Rivers United F.C.
Sharks F.C.
Shooting Stars SC
Sokoto United
Spotlight F.C.
Stationery Stores F.C.
Sunshine Stars F.C.
Super 11 F.C.
Taraba F.C.
TEAP FC
Udoji United F.C.
Union Bank F.C.
Warri Wolves F.C.
Westside F.C.
Wikki Tourists F.C.
Wolonso United F.C.
Yankari Babes FC
Zabgai Fc of bauchi
Zamfara United F.C.

Although not all the football clubs in Nigeria that I listed above plays in the Nigerian Premier League.

As you’d expect, some of them play in the lower divisions.

Let me give you a breakdown.

Football clubs in Nigeria are divided into 4 different divisions, depending on their performances.

The first one is the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) AKA 1st league.

The second one is the Nigerian National League (NNL) AKA 2nd league.

The third one is the Nigeria Division 1 AKA 3rd League.

The last one is the Nigeria Division 2 AKAK League 4.

Up to 19 different clubs make up the NPL while 16 clubs make up the NNL.

Only 6 clubs are in the Nigeria Division 1 and only 2 teams are in the Nigeria Division 2.

NPL teams

The Nigeria premier league was founded in 2003 and is managed by the League Management Company (LMC).

Football clubs in Nigeria that make the first three slots in the NNL are fed into the NPL, while the last three clubs on the premier league table are relegated to the NNL.

Lobi Stars are currently champions of the 2017-18 Nigeria Professional Football League season.

Though Enugu Rangers and Enyimba International FC are the two football clubs in Nigeria that have won the NPL title the most times.