The 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League was the 29th season of the Nigeria Professional Football League, the top-tier football league in Nigeria, since the rebranding of the league as the "Professional League", and the 48th season of top-division football in Nigeria since its establishment in 1972. The season started on 13 January 2019.Nigeria 2019, RSSSF.com
Teams The league consisted of 24 teams. Four were promoted from the Nigeria National League. Twenty teams remain from the previous season which was not completed. They are divided into two groups of 12 teams. The draw was held on 20 November 2018.LMC conducts 2018-19 NPFL draw in Asaba Gombe, Kada, Remo join Insurance in NPFL (The Punch, 10 Jan. 2019)
Group A Wikki Tourists Rivers United Enugu Rangers Niger Tornadoes Lobi Stars Katsina United Kwara United Sunshine Stars Enyimba MFM Remo Stars Bendel Insurance
Group B Yobe Desert Stars Go Round Nasarawa United Abia Warriors Plateau United FC Ifeanyi Ubah Kano Pillars Heartland Akwa United El Kanemi Warriors Delta Force F.C.Delta Force bought the Slot of Kada City FC eleven games into the Season Gombe United
Blue= Group A. Red= Group B
First stage Group A
Group B
Championship playoff
Attendances
The clubs in the championship phase by average home league attendance:
No. Club Average 1 Kano Pillars 11,463 2 Rangers International 9,712 3 Enyimba 3,687 4 Ifeanyi Ubah 1,834 5 Akwa United 472 6 Lobi Stars 351
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