Final Table: 1.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 34 16 9 9 36-22 57 Championship Playoff 2.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 34 18 2 14 39-29 56 Championship Playoff 3.Plateau United (Jos) 34 16 6 12 35-35 54 Championship Playoff 4.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 34 16 4 14 37-31 52 Championship Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Enugu Rangers 34 13 10 11 30-25 49 6.Jasper United (Onitsha) 34 15 4 15 31-31 49 7.Julius Berger (Lagos) 34 13 9 12 40-33 48 [46 pts?] 8.Kwara United (Ilorin) 34 14 5 15 31-27 47 9.Kwara Stars FC (Ilorin) 34 13 8 13 26-27 47 10.Enyimba (Aba) 34 13 8 13 38-40 47 11.Gombe United (Bauchi) 34 13 8 13 33-36 47 12.Katsina United 34 12 10 12 32-37 46 13.Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 34 12 9 13 31-34 45 14.Gabros International 34 13 6 15 29-34 45 -------------------------------------------------------- 15.Eagle Cement (Port Harcourt) 34 13 5 16 35-30 44 Relegated 16.El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 34 12 18 14 24-35 44 Relegated 17.Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 34 12 7 15 28-37 43 Relegated [*] 18.Kano Pillars 34 9 6 19 22-36 33 Relegated [*] first time defending champions were relegated in 27-year history of National League (Stationery Stores went also down in 1993 as defending champions but because of off-the-pitch events) Known Results: Round 1 [Jan 24] Wikki Tourists 2-1 Julius Berger Lobi Stars 1-0 Kano Pillars [inferred] Eagle Cement 0-1 Shooting Stars [inferred, played later] Kwara United 1-0 Nationale [inferred] Rangers 1-0 Plateau United [inferred] Jasper United 0-0 Katsina United [inferred] Enyimba 0-0 Gabros [inferred] El-Kanemi 0-0 Insurance [inferred] Gombe 1-0 Kwara Stars [inferred] Round 2 [Jan 29] Julius Berger 1-1 Jasper United Shooting Stars 1-0 El-Kanemi Plateau United 2-1 Gombe Nationale 2-2 Eagle Cement Kano Pillars 1-1 Rangers Katsina United 2-0 Kwara United [inferred] Insurance 1-1 Lobi Stars [inferred] Gabros 1-0 Wikki Tourists [inferred] Kwara Stars 1-1 Enyimba [inferred] Round 3 [Jan 31] Kwara United 2-0 Jasper United Rangers 1-0 Insurance El-Kanemi 1-0 Nationale Eagle Cement 1-1 Katsina United [inferred] Gabros 0-0 Julius Berger [inferred] Gombe 1-0 Kano Pillars [inferred] Enyimba 0-1 Plateau United [inferred] Wikki 2-0 Kwara Stars [inferred] Lobi Stars 2-0 Shooting Stars [played later] Round 4 [Feb 5] Shooting Stars 2-2 Rangers Nationale 1-0 Lobi Stars Julius Berger 2-1 Kwara United Kwara Stars 2-0 Gabros Jasper United 1-2 Eagle Cement Insurance 1-0 Gombe [inferred] Kano Pillars 1-0 Enyimba [inferred] Katsina United 0-0 El-Kanemi [inferred] Plateau United 2-0 Wikki [inferred] Round 5 [Feb 8] Eagle Cement 0-1 Kwara United Gabros 0-1 Plateau United Rangers 1-1 Nationale Enyimba 1-0 Insurance El-Kanemi 1-0 Jasper United Kwara Stars 1-0 Julius Berger Lobi Stars 3-1 Katsina United Gombe 1-0 Shooting Stars Wikki 1-0 Kano Pillars [GD different from table: Gombe 4-3 (3-3), Katsina 4-4 (4-5), Julius 4-5 (4-4), Gabros 1-3 (2-3)] Round 6 [Feb 10] Shooting Stars awd Enyimba [awarded 0-3] Jasper United 3-0 Lobi Stars [inferred] Plateau United 2-1 Kwara Stars [inferred] Nationale 1-0 Gombe [inferred] Julius Berger 0-0 Eagle Cement [inferred] Insurance 2-0 Wikki [inferred] Kwara United 2-0 El-Kanemi [inferred] Kano Pillars 2-0 Gabros [inferred] Katsina United 1-0 Rangers [played later] Round 7 [Feb 15] Wikki 2-0 Shooting Stars Lobi Stars 2-1 Kwara United Kwara Stars 2-1 Kano Pillars Gabros 1-0 Insurance El-Kanemi 1-0 Eagle Cement Rangers 1-1 Jasper United Enyimba 1-1 Nationale Gombe 0-0 Katsina Plateau United 1-1 Julius Berger [played later, inferred] Round 8 [Feb 22] Nationale 3-0 Wikki Tourists Julius Berger 2-1 El-Kanemi Katsina United 1-0 Enyimba Kwara United 1-0 Rangers Jasper United 1-0 Gombe Eagle Cement 1-0 Lobi Stars Insurance 1-0 Kwara Stars Kano Pillars 0-1 Plateau United Shooting Stars 1-0 Gabros Round 9 [Feb 28/Mar 1?] Rangers 0-0 Eagle Cement Gombe 3-1 Kwara United Gabros 1-1 Nationale Enyimba 0-1 Jasper United Kano Pillars 3-1 Julius Berger Plateau United 1-0 Insurance Wikki Tourists 2-0 Katsina United Lobi Stars 1-0 El-Kanemi Kwara Stars 2-0 Shooting Stars Table given: Plateau 22 9 7 1 1 11 4 +7 Lobi Stars 16 9 5 1 3 10 8 +2 Kwara Utd 15 9 5 0 4 10 9 +1 Wikki 15 9 5 0 4 9 9 0 Nationale 13 9 3 4 2 10 7 +3 Kwara Stars 13 9 4 1 4 9 8 +1 Gombe 13 9 4 1 4 6 6 0 Katsina Utd. 13 9 3 4 2 6 7 -1 Jasper Utd. 12 9 3 3 3 8 7 +1 Rangers 11 9 2 5 2 7 7 0 Insurance 11 9 3 2 4 5 5 0 El-Kanemi 11 9 3 2 4 4 6 -2 Kano Pillars 10 9 3 1 5 8 8 0 Julius Berger 10 9 2 4 3 8 9 -1 Eagle Cement 10 9 2 4 3 6 7 -1 Shoot. Stars 10 9 3 1 5 5 12 -7 Enyimba 9 9 2 3 4 7 7 0 Gabros 9 9 2 3 4 4 7 -3 Round 10 [Mar 3] Katsina United - Gabros Jasper United - Wikki Tourists Kwara United - Enyimba Eagle Cement - Gombe El-Kanemi - Rangers Insurance - Kano Pillars Shooting Stars bt Plateau United Nationale - Kwara Stars Julius Berger 1-1 Lobi Stars [inferred] Round 11 [Mar 6] Plateau United - Nationale Insurance 0-1 Julius Berger Rangers - Lobi Stars Gombe - El-Kanemi Enyimba - Eagle Cement Wikki Tourists - Kwara United Kwara Stars - Katsina United Kano Pillars - Shooting Stars Gabros - Jasper United Round 12 [Mar 10] Julius Berger 1-1 Rangers Kwara United 3-0 Gabros Nationale 1-0 Kano Pillars Shooting Stars - Insurance Katsina United - Plateau United Jasper United - Kwara Stars Eagle Cement - Wikki Tourists Lobi Stars - Gombe El-Kanemi - Enyimba Round 13 [Mar 13] Plateau United 1-0 Jasper United Shooting Stars 0-0 Julius Berger Insurance 0-0 Nationale Wikki Tourists - El-Kanemi Gabros - Eagle Cement Kwara Stars - Kwara United Enyimba - Lobi Stars Gombe - Rangers Kano Pillars - Katsina United Round 14 [Mar 17] Nationale 3-0 Shooting Stars Rangers 3-2 Enyimba Kwara United 2-0 Plateau United Eagle Cement 1-0 Kwara Stars Jasper United 1-0 Kano Pillars Katsina United 2-2 Insurance Lobi Stars 0-0 Wikki Tourists El-Kanemi 1-1 Gabros [Aug] Gombe abd Julius Berger [abd at 1-1] Gombe 1-2 Julius Berger Round 15 [Mar 20] Nationale 2-0 Julius Berger Plateau United 1-0 Eagle Cement Insurance 2-1 Jasper United Kwara Stars 2-1 El-Kanemi Gabros 1-0 Lobi Stars Wikki Tourists 2-0 Rangers Shooting Stars 1-1 Katsina United Enyimba 2-0 Gombe Kano Pillars - Kwara United Top of Table: Plateau 32 15 10 2 3 16 7 +9 Nationale 24 15 6 6 3 16 9 +7 Jasper Utd. 24 15 7 3 5 14 10 +4 Kwara Utd 22 13 7 1 5 15 10 +5 Wikki 22 13 7 1 5 12 11 +1 Lobi Stars 21 15 6 3 6 14 13 +1 Enyimba 20 15 5 5 5 17 14 +3 Round 16 [Mar 24,25] Julius Berger 4-1 Enyimba El-Kanemi 2-0 Plateau United Rangers 1-0 Gabros Gombe 1-0 Wikki Tourists Jasper United 1-0 Shooting Stars Katsina United 1-0 Nationale Kwara United 0-2 Insurance [inferred] Lobi Stars 1-3 Kwara Stars [inferred] Eagle Cement - Kano Pillars Round 17 [Mar 27] Nationale 1-0 Jasper United Plateau United 0-1 Lobi Stars Julius Berger 2-0 Katsina United Kwara Stars 1-1 Rangers Kano Pillars - El-Kanemi Gabros - Gombe Insurance - Eagle Cement Enyimba ppd Wikki Tourists Shooting Stars ppd Kwara United Round 18 [May 1,2] Katsina United 1-1 Julius Berger Eagle Cement 3-0 Insurance El-Kanemi ppd Kano Pillars Rangers 0-0 Kwara Stars Gombe 1-0 Gabros Jasper United 0-0 Nationale Lobi Stars 1-0 Plateau United [inferred] Wikki ppd Enyimba Kwara United 0-0 Shooting Stars Round 19 [May 8,9] Nationale 3-0 Kwara United Gabros 3-3 Enyimba Insurance 3-2 El-Kanemi Kano Pillars 1-1 Lobi Stars Katsina United 1-0 Jasper United Kwara Stars 1-0 Gombe Plateau United 0-0 Rangers [inferred] Julius Berger ppd Wikki Shooting Stars 1-0 Eagle Cement Round 20 [May 15,16] Eagle Cement 0-1 Nationale [inferred] Gombe - Plateau United Rangers - Kano Pillars Lobi Stars 2-0 Insurance [inferred] Jasper United - Julius Berger El-Kanemi - Shooting Stars Kwara United - Katsina United Wikki - Gabros Enyimba - Kwara Stars Round 21 Katsina United - Eagle Cement Nationale 1-0 El-Kanemi [inferred] Insurance - Rangers Kano Pillars 0-0 Gombe Plateau United - Enyimba Kwara Stars - Wikki Julius Berger - Gabros Jasper United - Kwara United Shooting Stars 1-0 Lobi Stars Round 22 [May 29,30] Rangers 2-0 Shooting Stars [played later] Lobi Stars 2-0 Nationale Kwara United - Julius Berger Gabros - Kwara Stars Eagle Cement - Jasper United Gombe - Insurance Enyimba - Kano Pillars El-Kanemi - Katsina United Wikki - Plateau United Round 23 [Jun 9] Kwara United 1-0 Eagle Cement Plateau United 0-0 Gabros Nationale 2-0 Rangers Insurance 1-0 Enyimba Jasper United 2-0 El-Kanemi Julius Berger 1-0 Kwara Stars Katsina United - Lobi Stars Shooting Stars - Gombe Kano Pillars - Wikki Round 24 Enyimba 2-1 Shooting Stars Lobi Stars 3-1 Jasper United Kwara Stars 3-1 Plateau United Gombe 3-2 Nationale Eagle Cement 2-1 Julius Berger Wikki 3-1 Insurance El-Kanemi 1-1 Kwara United Gabros ppd Kano Pillars Rangers awd Katsina United [awarded 3-0] Round 25 [Jun 19,20] Julius Berger 5-0 Plateau United Nationale - Enyimba Jasper United 1-0 Rangers Kwara United - Lobi Stars Shooting Stars - Wikki Kano Pillars - Kwara Stars Insurance - Gabros Eagle Cement - El-Kanemi Katsina United - Gombe Round 26 [Jun 26,27] Gombe - Jasper United Rangers - Kwara United Lobi Stars - Eagle Cement Plateau United - Kano Pillars Kwara Stars 1-1 Insurance Wikki Tourists 1-0 Nationale El-Kanemi - Julius Berger Enyimba - Katsina United Gabros - Shooting Stars Round 27 [Jul 3,4] El-Kanemi - Lobi Stars Eagle Cement 0-0 Rangers Kwara United 0-0 Gombe Katsina United - Wikki Nationale 1-0 Gabros Insurance - Plateau United Julius Berger 2-0 Kano Pillars Jasper United - Enyimba Shooting Stars - Kwara Stars Round 28 [Jul 10,11] Kwara Stars 1-1 Nationale Plateau United 3-1 Shooting Stars Gombe 3-0 Eagle Cement Kano Pillars 1-1 Insurance Gabros 3-0 Katsina United Enyimba 1-0 Kwara United Rangers 3-0 El-Kanemi Lobi Stars 2-1 Julius Berger [Jul 28] Wikki Tourists - Jasper United Table [Jul 14]: Nationale 47 28 13 8 7 30 17 +13 Plateau 47 28 14 5 9 27 27 0 Wikki 44 25 14 2 9 24 18 +6 Lobi Stars 43 27 13 4 10 29 24 +5 Jasper Utd. 43 27 13 4 10 25 20 +5 Kwara Utd 41 28 12 5 11 24 21 +3 Rangers 40 28 10 10 8 26 20 +6 Julius Berger 39 28 10 9 9 31 25 +6 Gombe 39 28 11 6 10 27 25 +2 Insurance 39 28 11 6 11 26 29 -3 El-Kanemi 36 28 10 6 12 26 32 -6 Eagle Cement 35 28 10 5 13 29 26 +3 Kwara Stars 34 26 9 7 10 20 21 -1 Enyimba 34 28 9 7 12 29 32 -3 Gabros 33 28 9 6 13 20 27 -7 Katsina Utd. 30 26 7 9 10 21 30 -9 Shoot. Stars 29 26 8 5 13 19 30 -11 Kano Pillars 28 27 7 7 13 19 28 -9 Round 29 [Jul 17] Lobi Stars - Rangers El-Kanemi - Gombe Eagle Cement - Enyimba Kwara United 3-0 Wikki Tourists [inferred] Katsina United - Kwara Stars Nationale 3-2 Plateau United Shooting Stars - Kano Pillars Julius Berger 3-2 Insurance Jasper United - Gabros Round 30 [Jul 24] Kano Pillars 1-0 Nationale [Aug 4] Insurance 2-2 Shooting Stars Plateau United awd Katsina United [awarded 3-0] Kwara Stars - Jasper United Wikki Tourists - Eagle Cement Rangers - Julius Berger Gombe - Lobi Stars Gabros - Kwara United Enyimba - El-Kamemi Round 31 [Jul 31] Jasper United - Plateau United Julius Berger 1-0 Shooting Stars Nationale 1-1 Insurance El-Kanemi - Wikki Tourists Eagle Cement - Gabros Kwara United - Kwara Stars Lobi Stars - Enyimba Rangers - Gombe Katsina United - Kano Pillars Round 32 Shooting Stars - Nationale Julius Berger - Gombe Enyimba - Rangers Plateau United - Kwara United Kwara Stars - Eagle Cement Kano Pillars - Jasper United Insurance - Katsina United Wikki Tourists - Lobi Stars Gabros - El-Kanemi Round 33 Julius Berger - Nationale Eagle Cement - Plateau United Jasper United - Insurance El-Kanemi - Kwara Stars Lobi Stars - Gabros Rangers - Wikki Tourists Katsina United - Shooting Stars Gombe - Enyimba Kwara United - Kano Pillars Round 34 Enyimba - Julius Berger Plateau United - El-Kanemi Gabros - Rangers Wikki Tourists - Gombe Shooting Stars - Jasper United Nationale - Katsina United Insurance - Kwara United Kwara Stars - Lobi Stars Kano Pillars - Eagle Cement Final Table: 1.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 34 16 9 9 36-22 57 Championship Playoff 2.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 34 18 2 14 39-29 56 Championship Playoff 3.Plateau United (Jos) 34 16 6 12 35-35 54 Championship Playoff 4.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 34 16 4 14 37-31 52 Championship Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.Enugu Rangers 34 13 10 11 30-25 49 6.Jasper United (Onitsha) 34 15 4 15 31-31 49 7.Julius Berger (Lagos) 34 13 9 12 40-33 48 [46 pts?] 8.Kwara United (Ilorin) 34 14 5 15 31-27 47 9.Kwara Stars FC (Ilorin) 34 13 8 13 26-27 47 10.Enyimba (Aba) 34 13 8 13 38-40 47 11.Gombe United (Bauchi) 34 13 8 13 33-36 47 12.Katsina United 34 12 10 12 32-37 46 13.Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 34 12 9 13 31-34 45 14.Gabros International 34 13 6 15 29-34 45 -------------------------------------------------------- 15.Eagle Cement (Port Harcourt) 34 13 5 16 35-30 44 Relegated 16.El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 34 12 18 14 24-35 44 Relegated 17.Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 34 12 7 15 28-37 43 Relegated [*] 18.Kano Pillars 34 9 6 19 22-36 33 Relegated [*] first time defending champions were relegated in 27-year history of National League (Stationery Stores went also down in 1993 as defending champions but because of off-the-pitch events) Championship Playoff Round 1 [Sep 2] Lobi Stars 0-0 Plateau U. Iwuanyanwu 1-1 Wikki Tourists Round 2 Lobi Stars 3-0 Wikki Tourists Iwuanyanwu 1-0 Plateau U. Round 3 Lobi Stars 1-1 Iwuanyanwu Plateau U. 3-1 Wikki Tourists [3-2?] Final Table: 1.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 3 1 2 0 4- 1 5 Champions 2.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 3 1 2 0 3- 2 5 3.Plateau United (Jos) 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4 4.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 3 0 1 2 2- 7 1 Lobi Stars win the title as newly-promoted team! Promoted: Jigawa Golden Stars from Division Two A Udoji United (Awka) from Division Two B [2nd Mobil Pegasus (Eket); other clubs NEPA, Nigerdock (both Lagos)] Second level champions: Udoji United (beating Jigawa in playoff) Cup 1999 Preliminary Round FC Arugo bt Nihort FC (Ibadan) [in Ogbe] Lafia Ambassadors FC bt Railways FC (Bauchi) [in Jos] Fika FC lt Sparrows FC (Bayelsa) [in Makurdi] Arcade FC (Sokoto) bt Works Rangers FC (Ekiti St.) [in Minna] White Angels (Abakaliki) bt Young Planners FC [in Lokoja] Aba NLG FC (Abia) lt Works Rangers FC (Ondo) [in Asaba] Yerima Strikers FC (Gusau) bt Caliphate FC (Sokoto) [in Katsina] De Law FC (Bayelsa) lt Kankan FC (Abia) [in Port Harcourt] Police Machines (FC (Ebonyi) lt Peace FC (Enugu) [in Enyimba] Mutab FC (Ogun) lt Golden Vipers FC (Osun) [in Ibadan] First Round Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) bt Lafia Ambassadors FC (Nassarawa) Zamfara United - Globe Stars [in Kaduna or Ilorin] NEPA Egbin - Lafia Scorpion [in Onitsha] Sparrows FC (Bayelsa) lt Lobi Stars (Makurdi) [in Jalingo] Nationale (Owerri) bt Gateway [in Benin Stadium] Mobil Pegasus (Port Harct.) - Hilltop FC [in Owerri] NEPA FC (Abuja) - Jimeta United [in Bauchi] Nihort FC (Ibadan) [*] bt Katsina United [in Birini-Kebbi] El-Kanemi Warriors (Borno) - Arcade FC (Sokoto) [in Abakaliki] Udoji United (Awka) bt Kebbi United [in Katsina] Niger Tornadoes bt Goffi Babes [in Makurdi] Kwara United - Nasara FC (Katsina) [in Minna] Insurance (Benin) bt Super Rocks (Birnin Kudu) [in Jos] Yobe Stars - JUTH FC (Jos) [in Gombe] Dantata FC (Kano) lt NAFCON FC (Port Harcourt) [in Ekiti] Kwara Stars - White Angels (Abakaliki) [in Lagos] Jasper United - Works Rangers FC (Ondo) [in Aba] Ibom Stars - Gwandu United [in Osogbo] Kogi Teachers - Taraba United [in Gboko] Kano Pillars bt Bida Lions [in Gusau] Gombe United - Jalingo United [in Maiduguri] Pitch Osun United - Industrial Promoters (Abuja) [in Bida] BCC Lions (Gboko) bt National Steel [in Lokoja] Shooting Stars FC - Yerima Strikers (Gusau) [in Yola] Julius Berger - Kogi United [in Akura] El-Kanemi Babes (Maiduguri) lt Sunshine Stars (Akure) [in Sokoto] Adamawa United - N.U.B. [in Damaturu] Rangers Internatnl. (Enugu) bt Kankan FC (Abia) [in Asaba] Eagle Cement bt Peace FC (Enugu) [in Calabar] Jigawa Stars - Okomu Oil [in Abuja] Frangers FC - Black Stars Plateau United bt Golden Vipers FC (Osun) [*] place apparently later taken by Arugo FC 1/8 Finals Benin Group Arugo 1-0 Wikki Tourists Nationale - Lobi Stars Arugo 1-1 Lobi Stars Nationale - Wikki Tourists Arugo 1-1 Nationale Wikki Tourists 1-0 Lobi Stars Arugo and Nationale qualified Lobi Stars and Wikki Tourists eliminated Bauchi Group NAFCON 1-0 Insurance Niger Tornadoes - Udoji United Udoji United bt NAFCON Insurance - Niger Tornadoes NAFCON 2-1 Niger Tornadoes Insurance 1-1 Udoji United NAFCON and Niger Tornadoes qualified Insurance and Udoji United eliminated Kaduna Group Eagle Cement 1-1 Plateau United Rangers 1-0 Sunshine Plateau United 2-0 Sunshine Eagle Cement 1-0 Rangers Rangers - Plateau United Eagle Cement - Sunshine Eagle Cement and Plateau United qualified Rangers and Sunshine eliminated Fourth Group Kano Pillars and BCC Lions qualified Jasper United and [unknown team] eliminated Quarterfinals [Sep 25,26] Arugo [Owerri] 2-2 Eagle Cement [Port Harcourt] NAFCON [Port Harcourt] 1-4 Nationale [Owerri] Niger Tornadoes bt Kano Pillars Plateau United 2-1 BCC Lions Semifinals [Oct 14 and 16] Arugo [Owerri] lt Nationale [Owerri] Plateau United 1-0 Niger Tornadoes Third Place Match [Nov 7] Niger Tornadoes (Minna) 1-0 Arugo FC (Owerri) FA Cup Final [Lagos, Nov 7] Plateau United (Jos) 1-0 Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) [Donatus Iloka (34')] Charity Cup ("Super Cup") [ca. Dec 11] Lobi Stars 2-1 Plateau United
Sources: Abuja Today, Post Express Wired and African Soccer
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