The Nigeria National League’s 2010/2011 season will kick off on Sunday with sixteen matches across the two divisions.
At the Draw ceremony held inside the FIFA Technical Centre, Abuja yesterday, Jimeta FC of Adamawa was pitched against FC Abuja for the Week 1, with Jigawa Golden Stars billed to face former premiership club,Wikki Tourists of Bauchi, while El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri will be up against Ranch Bees of Kaduna.
Before the draw, NFF’s Assistant Secretary General (Competitions), Dr. Mohammed Sanusi delivered a paper on ‘Challenges of Operating Professional League in Nigeria’, and posited that the problems of funding, technical and administrative deficiencies, poor facilities and equipment, interference, win-at-all-cost syndrome, ignorance and hooliganism were the bane of the domestic league.
However, he urged corporate organisations and philanthropists to take over ownership the National League teams, even as he advised teams to strive to win fairly. Further, he dissuaded officials against offering or taking bribes to influence results, while club managers were admonished not only to be honest and accountable in the payment of sign-on fees, allowances and players’ salaries, but pay them when due.
WEEK ONE (DIVISION A)
Jimeta FC vs FC Abuja
Jigawa Stars vs Wikki Tourists
El-Kanemi vs Ranch Bees
Dalkat FC vs Mighty Jets
FRSC FC vs Jarma FC
FC Taraba Vs Nasarawa Utd
Sportlight vs Babanawa FC
Supreme Court vs Adamawa Utd
WEEK ONE (DIVISION B)
First Bank vs OUK FC
UNICEM Rovers vs Gabros fc
Bayelsa Utd Vs Akwa Utd
36 Lions vs Prime FC
Ebedei vs Bridge Boys
Bendel Insurance vs Rising Stars
Enyimba Feeders vs Gateway FC
Okpe Utd vs FC Dender
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