Nigeria 2000

Table [from Nando 7/7/00]:

 1.Katsina United                 32  14 10  8  32-27  52
 2.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)        32  15  6 11  34-24  51
 3.Julius Berger (Lagos)          32  14  8 10  28-24  50
 4.Plateau United (Jos)           32  15  4 13  33-26  49 [14-5-13-40-26-47]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi)        32  14  6 12  33-32  48
 6.Gabros International           32  13  8 11  31-25  47 [13-9-10-31-22-45]
 7.Port Harcourt Sharks           32  13  5 14  41-39  44 [13-6-13-41-34-45]
 8.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri)  32  12  8 12  29-28  44
 9.Gombe United (Bauchi)          32  14  2 16  35-35  44 [13-3-16-32-35-42]
10.Enyimba (Aba)                  32  13  5 14  39-42  44
11.Jasper United (Onitsha)        32  12  8 12  22-27  44 [12-8-12-20-27-44]
12.Jigawa Golden Stars            32  13  4 15  32-28  43
13.Enugu Rangers                  32  12  7 13  32-32  43 [12-8-12-32-32-44]
14.Bendel Insurance (Benin City)  32  11  9 12  27-25  42 [11-9-12-37-35-42]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15.Udoji United (Akwa)            32  11  8 13  34-34  41
16.Kwara United (Ilorin)          32  11  8 13  25-30  41
17.Kwara Stars FC (Ilorin)        32   8  8 16  27-40  32

1) Table goal difference is off (+16); brackets indicate standings that
   are different when compared to a table in Post Express (7/6/00)
2) Top four teams qualify for Super League; bottom three teams are
   relegated

Round 1 [Dec 18]
Nationale          1-1 Kwara United
Kwara Stars        3-1 Enyimba
Plateau United     0-0 Lobi Stars
Katsina United     1-0 Jigawa          [inferred]
Wikki Tourists     1-0 Rangers
Gombe United       2-1 Gabros          [inferred]
Udoji United       0-1 Insurance
Jasper United      1-0 Julius Berger
Sharks             bye

Round 2 [Dec 22]
Insurance          2-1 Kwara Stars     [inferred]
Gabros             1-0 Sharks
Kwara United       2-0 Gombe United    [inferred]
Julius Berger      1-1 Nationale
Jigawa             1-2 Jasper United
Lobi Stars         1-2 Katsina United
Rangers            1-0 Plateau United  [inferred]
Enyimba            3-2 Wikki Tourists  [inferred]
Udoji United       bye

Round 3 [Dec 29-30]
Gombe United       2-0 Julius Berger
Plateau United     3-1 Enyimba
Nationale          0-0 Jigawa
Katsina United     2-0 Rangers
Kwara Stars        0-0 Udoji United
Wikki Tourists     0-0 Insurance
Jasper United      0-0 Lobi Stars
Sharks             1-1 Kwara United
Gabros             bye

Round 4 [Jan 1]
Insurance          1-0 Plateau United
Rangers            2-0 Jasper United
Julius Berger      1-1 Sharks
Lobi Stars         1-0 Nationale       [inferred]
Enyimba            1-2 Katsina United  [inferred]
Jigawa             2-0 Gombe United    [inferred]
Udoji United       2-1 Wikki Tourists  [inferred]
Kwara United       0-0 Gabros
Kwara Stars        bye

Round 5 [Jan 5]
Gabros             0-0 Julius Berger
Sharks             1-0 Jigawa
Nationale          2-1 Rangers
Katsina United     0-0 Insurance
Gombe United       0-0 Lobi Stars      [inferred]
Plateau United     1-0 Udoji United    [inferred]
Jasper United      3-1 Enyimba         [inferred]
Wikki Tourists     3-2 Kwara Stars     [inferred]
Kwara United       bye

Round 6 [Jan 8-9]
Kwara Stars        0-0 Plateau United
Udoji United       4-0 Katsina United  [abd. midway thru 2nd half]
Insurance          0-0 Jasper United
Jigawa             2-0 Gabros
Julius Berger      0-0 Kwara United
Lobi Stars         3-2 Sharks
Rangers            1-0 Gombe United    [inferred]
Enyimba            2-1 Nationale
Wikki Tourists     bye

Round 7 [Jan 12]   
Kwara United       1-0 Jigawa
Katsina United     1-0 Kwara Stars
Udoji United       1-1 Jasper United
Nationale          1-0 Insurance
Gabros             2-0 Lobi Stars
Plateau United     4-0 Wikki Tourists  [inferred]
Sharks             0-0 Rangers
Gombe United        -  Enyimba
Julius Berger      bye

Round 8 [Jan 16-17]
Insurance          1-0 Gombe United  
Kwara Stars        1-1 Jasper United 
Wikki Tourists     3-0 Katsina United
Jigawa             1-1 Julius Berger  
Lobi Stars         0-0 Kwara United  
Rangers            1-1 Gabros 
Enyimba            1-1 Sharks  
Udoji United       2-2 Nationale
Plateau United     bye

Round 9 [Jan 19]
Katsina United     1-1 Plateau United  [inferred]
Kwara United       2-2 Rangers
Jasper United      1-1 Wikki Tourists
Julius Berger      1-0 Lobi Stars
Nationale          0-0 Kwara Stars     [inferred]
Sharks             2-2 Insurance
Gabros             2-0 Enyimba
Gombe United       1-0 Udoji United    [inferred]
Jigawa             bye

Round 10 [Feb 19-20]
Rangers            2-0 Julius Berger
Insurance          0-0 Gabros
Wikki Tourists     1-0 Nationale
Kwara Stars        1-1 Gombe United
Plateau United     1-0 Jasper United
Enyimba            2-0 Kwara United
Udoji United       2-1 Sharks           [inferred]
Lobi Stars         2-1 Jigawa           [inferred]
Katsina United     bye

Round 11 [Feb 26-27]
Nationale          1-1 Plateau United
Jasper United      0-0 Katsina United   [inferred]
Kwara United       1-0 Insurance        [inferred]
Julius Berger      2-1 Enyimba
Gabros             0-0 Udoji United
Sharks             4-0 Kwara Stars
Gombe United       2-0 Wikki Tourists
Jigawa              -  Rangers
Lobi Stars         bye

Round 12
Insurance          0-0 Julius Berger
Rangers            1-1 Lobi Stars       [inferred]
Plateau United     1-0 Gombe United     [inferred]
Kwara Stars        1-0 Gabros           [inferred]
Udoji United       1-0 Kwara United     [inferred]
Wikki Tourists     2-0 Sharks           [played later; inferred;
                                         could also be 1-0]
Enyimba             -  Jigawa
Katsina United      -  Nationale
Jasper United      bye

Round 13 [Mar 8]
Julius Berger      2-0 Udoji United
Kwara United       1-0 Kwara Stars
Lobi Stars         2-1 Enyimba
Gombe United       1-0 Katsina United
Sharks             2-0 Plateau United
Nationale          2-0 Jasper United
Gabros              -  Wikki Tourists
Jigawa              -  Insurance
Rangers            bye

Round 14 [Mar 11-12]
Kwara Stars        1-3 Julius Berger
Katsina United     3-0 Sharks          [inferred]
Plateau United     2-0 Gabros          [inferred]
Jasper United      0-2 Gombe United    [inferred]
Wikki Tourists     0-1 Kwara United
Udoji United       1-1 Jigawa          [inferred]
Insurance          0-0 Lobi Stars      [inferred]
Enyimba            1-0 Rangers         [played later; inferred]
Nationale          bye

Round 15 [Mar 18-19]
Jigawa             1-0 Kwara Stars     [inferred]
Julius Berger      1-0 Wikki Tourists
Sharks             0-1 Jasper United   [inferred]
Rangers            2-1 Insurance
Gabros             3-1 Katsina United  [inferred]
Lobi Stars         1-0 Udoji United    [played later; inferred]
Kwara United       2-0 Plateau United  [played later; inferred]
Gombe United        -  Nationale       [played later]
Enyimba            bye

Round 16 [Mar 25-26]
Plateau United     2-0 Julius Berger
Kwara Stars        1-0 Lobi Stars
Wikki Tourists     1-0 Jigawa
Insurance           -  Enyimba
Udoji United       1-1 Rangers
Nationale           -  Sharks
Jasper United      0-0 Gabros          [inferred]
Katsina United     1-1 Kwara United    [inferred]
Gombe United       bye

Round 17 [Mar 29]
Kwara United       2-0 Jasper United
Julius Berger      3-1 Katsina United  [inferred]
Lobi Stars          -  Wikki Tourists
Rangers            1-0 Kwara Stars     [inferred]
Sharks              -  Gombe United
Enyimba             -  Udoji United
Gabros              -  Nationale
Jigawa             2-3 Plateau United  [played later]
Insurance          bye

Round 18 [Apr 1-2]
Kwara Stars        2-0 Rangers
Katsina United     1-0 Julius Berger
Gombe United       0-0 Sharks

Round 19 [Apr 8-9]
Lobi Stars         1-0 Plateau United
Rangers            2-2 Wikki Tourists
Kwara United       1-0 Nationale
Insurance          2-0 Udoji United
Julius Berger      1-0 Jasper United
Enyimba            3-1 Kwara Stars
Jigawa              -  Katsina United
Gabros              -  Gombe United
Sharks             bye

Round 20 [Apr 15-16]
Nationale          2-0 Julius Berger
Katsina United     1-0 Lobi Stars
Plateau United     2-1 Rangers
Wikki Tourists     1-0 Enyimba
Gombe United       1-3 Kwara United
Jasper United       -  Jigawa
Sharks             2-0 Gabros
Kwara Stars        3-2 Insurance
Udoji United       bye

Round 21 [Apr 18-19]
Udoji United        -  Kwara Stars
Jigawa             2-0 Nationale
Kwara United        -  Sharks
Julius Berger      3-1 Gombe United    [May 24]
Enyimba            1-0 Plateau United
Rangers            2-0 Katsina United
Insurance          3-1 Wikki Tourists
Lobi Stars          -  Jasper United
Gabros             bye

Round 22 [Apr 22-23]
Plateau United     2-1 Insurance
Jasper United       -  Rangers         [May 24]
Sharks             2-0 Julius Berger
Nationale          2-0 Lobi Stars      [inferred]
Katsina United      -  Enyimba
Gombe United        -  Jigawa
Wikki Tourists      -  Udoji United
Gabros             2-0 Kwara United
Kwara Stars        bye

Round 23 [Apr 29-30]
Julius Berger      0-0 Gabros          [also reported as 1-0]
Jigawa             3-0 Sharks
Rangers            1-0 Nationale
Insurance          1-1 Katsina United
Lobi Stars         1-0 Gombe United
Udoji United        -  Plateau United
Enyimba            1-0 Jasper United
Kwara Stars        0-0 Wikki Tourists
Kwara United       bye

Round 24 [May 3-4]
Katsina United      -  Udoji United
Kwara United       1-0 Julius Berger
Sharks              -  Lobi Stars
Nationale          1-0 Enyimba         [played later]
Jasper United       -  Insurance
Plateau United      -  Kwara Stars
Gabros              -  Jigawa
Gombe United       2-0 Rangers
Wikki Tourists     bye

Round 25 [May 6-7]
Jigawa             2-0 Kwara United
Kwara Stars        1-1 Katsina United
Jasper United      2-1 Udoji United
Wikki Tourists     1-0 Plateau United
Rangers            3-0 Sharks
Enyimba            2-1 Gombe United
Insurance           -  Nationale
Lobi Stars         2-1 Gabros           [played later]
Julius Berger      bye

Round 26 [May 13-14]
Gombe United        -  Insurance
Jasper United       -  Kwara Stars
Katsina United      -  Wikki Tourists
Julius Berger      ppd Jigawa
Kwara United       0-1 Lobi Stars
Gabros             1-0 Rangers
Sharks             1-0 Enyimba          [replay June 14]
Nationale           -  Udoji United
Plateau United     bye

Round 27 [May 17]
Plateau United      -  Katsina United
Rangers            1-0 Kwara United
Wikki Tourists      -  Jasper United
Lobi Stars          -  Julius Berger
Kwara Stars        2-3 Nationale        [June 25]
Insurance          2-0 Sharks
Enyimba             -  Gabros
Udoji United        -  Gombe United
Jigawa             bye

Round 28 [May 20-21]
Julius Berger      2-1 Rangers
Gabros             2-0 Insurance
Nationale          1-0 Wikki Tourists
Gombe United        -  Kwara Stars
Jasper United      1-0 Plateau United
Kwara United       1-2 Enyimba          [May 24]
Sharks             1-0 Udoji United
Jigawa             1-0 Lobi Stars
Katsina United     bye

Round 29 [May 27-28]
Plateau United     2-0 Nationale
Katsina United      -  Jasper United
Insurance          1-0 Kwara United    [played later]
Enyimba            0-3 Julius Berger   [awarded; originally 0-0]
Udoji United       2-1 Gabros
Kwara Stars        4-2 Sharks
Wikki Tourists      -  Gombe United
Rangers             -  Jigawa
Lobi Stars         bye

Round 30 [May 31]
Julius Berger       -  Insurance
Kwara United       1-2 Udoji United
Lobi Stars          -  Rangers
Gombe United        -  Plateau United
Gabros              -  Kwara Stars
Sharks              -  Wikki Tourists
Jigawa             3-0 Enyimba          [June 28]
Nationale           -  Katsina United
Jasper United      bye

Round 31 [Jun 3-4]
Udoji United        -  Julius Berger
Kwara Stars        1-0 Kwara United
Enyimba             -  Lobi Stars
Katsina United      -  Gombe United
Plateau United      -  Sharks
Jasper United       -  Nationale
Wikki Tourists      -  Gabros
Insurance           -  Jigawa
Rangers            bye

Round 32 [June 14]
Julius Berger       -  Kwara Stars
Sharks              -  Katsina United
Gabros             awd Plateau United  [awarded 0-3; originally 0-0 on June 7; Ejide Austin
Gombe United        -  Jasper United    and Ereku David not considered eligible for Gabro]
Kwara United       0-1 Wikki Tourists
Jigawa              -  Udoji United
Lobi Stars         3-0 Insurance
Rangers            2-2 Enyimba
Nationale          bye

Round 33 [June 28]
Kwara Stars        2-0 Jigawa          [June 13]
Wikki Tourists     0-0 Julius Berger
Jasper United       -  Sharks
Insurance          2-0 Rangers
Katsina United     1-0 Gabros
Udoji United        -  Lobi Stars
Plateau United     1-0 Kwara United
Nationale          3-2 Gombe United
Enyimba            bye

Round 34 [July 6]
Julius Berger      1-0 Plateau United
Lobi Stars         3-0 Kwara Stars
Jigawwa            2-0 Wikki Tourists
Enyimba            1-0 Insurance
Rangers            2-0 Udoji United
Sharks             1-0 Nationale
Gabros             3-0 Jasper United
Kwara United       2-2 Katsina United
Gombe United       bye

Table [from Nando 7/7/00]:

 1.Katsina United                 32  14 10  8  32-27  52
 2.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)        32  15  6 11  34-24  51
 3.Julius Berger (Lagos)          32  14  8 10  28-24  50
 4.Plateau United (Jos)           32  15  4 13  33-26  49 [14-5-13-430-26-47]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi)        32  14  6 12  33-32  48
 6.Gabros International           32  13  8 11  31-25  47 [13-9-10-31-22-45]
 7.Port Harcourt Sharks           32  13  5 14  41-39  44 [13-6-13-41-34-45]
 8.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri)  32  12  8 12  29-28  44
 9.Gombe United (Bauchi)          32  14  2 16  35-35  44 [13-3-16-32-35-42]
10.Enyimba (Aba)                  32  13  5 14  39-42  44
11.Jasper United (Onitsha)        32  12  8 12  22-27  44 [12-8-12-20-27-44]
12.Jigawa Golden Stars            32  13  4 15  32-28  43
13.Enugu Rangers                  32  12  7 13  32-32  43 [12-8-12-32-32-44]
14.Bendel Insurance (Benin City)  32  11  9 12  27-25  42 [11-9-12-37-35-42]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15.Udoji United (Akwa)            32  11  8 13  34-34  41
16.Kwara United (Ilorin)          32  11  8 13  25-30  41
17.Kwara Stars FC (Ilorin)        32   8  8 16  27-40  32

1) Table goal difference is off (+16); brackets indicate standings that
   are different when compared to a table in Post Express (7/6/00)
2) Top four teams qualify for Super League; bottom three teams are
   relegated


Championship Playoff ("Pepsi Super Four League")

Final Table:

 1.Julius Berger (Lagos)           3   2  1  0   2- 0   7  Champions
 2.Katsina United                  3   2  0  1   3- 1   6
 3.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)         3   1  0  2   1- 2   3
 4.Plateau United (Jos)            3   0  1  2   0- 3   1

Round 1 [Jul 12]
Katsina United     2-0 Plateau United
  [Thomas Ekoja 50,Justice Christopher 52
Julius Berger      1-0 Lobi Stars

Round 2 [Jul 14]
Katsina United     1-0 Lobi Stars
Plateau United     0-0 Julius Berger 
 
Round 3 [Jul 16]
Lobi Stars         1-0 Plateau United
  [Robert Akaruye 46]
Julius Berger      1-0 Katsina United
  [Ambrose Duru 90]
 
Final Table:

 1.Julius Berger (Lagos)           3   2  1  0   2- 0   7  Champions
 2.Katsina United                  3   2  0  1   3- 1   6
 3.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi)         3   1  0  2   1- 2   3
 4.Plateau United (Jos)            3   0  1  2   0- 3   1


Cup 2000

NB: at the Kwara regional FA Cup tournament, the results of both semifinals
    were anniulled

Third Round [Aug]
Sunshine Stars      1-1 Plateau United        [aet, 4-3 pen]

Fourth Round 

Teams play in groups of 4; top-2 qualify

Known scores
[Sep 4]
Niger Tornadoes     2-0 Wikki Tourists 
Jigawa Golden Stars 2-0 Jimeta United
Lobi Stars          1-0 Custom  
Shooting Stars      4-1 Iwuanyanwu Nationale  
Enyimba             4-0 El-Kanemi Warriors 
Enugu Rangers       0-0 Julius Berger  
Kano Pillars        2-1 Sunshine Stars 
Lafia               0-0 Bendel Insurance 
[Sep 6]
Lobi Stars          2-0 Shooting Stars


Quarterfinals [Sep 16]
Enugu Rangers       bt  Wikki Tourists 
Niger Tornadoes     bt  Julius Berger 
Shooting Stars      bt  El-Kanemi Warriors
Enyimba             lt  Iwuanyanwu Nationale 

Semifinals [Sep 30]
Niger Tornadoes     bt  Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Enugu Rangers       bt  Shooting Stars

Third Place Match [Oct 7]
Shooting Stars      4-2 Iwuanyanwu Nationale
  Shooting Stars qualify for WAFU Cup 2001.
 
Final [Lagos, Oct 7]
Niger Tornadoes     1-0 Enugu Rangers
  [Akin Ademofe 83og]


SuperCup 2000

[Feb 18, 2001]
Played in the southeast city of Aba
Julius Berger	    2-1 Niger Tornadoes
  [Shuaibu 13, Skinn 55; Peters 66]


Second Level 

 1.El-Kanemi Warriors (Maidaguri)
 2.NPA (Warri)


1999

2001

list of champions

list of cup winners


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Prepared and maintained by Eric Boesenberg for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Eric Boesenberg
Last updated: 27 Sep 2018

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