{"id":167159,"date":"2025-06-16T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams"},"modified":"2025-06-16T21:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:29:13","slug":"nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams","title":{"rendered":"NNL confirms relegation of eight teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria National League, NNL, has officially confirmed the relegation of eight clubs following the conclusion of the 2024\/25 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The affected clubs are Abakaliki FC, Adamawa United, Zamfara United, Madiba FC, Gateway United, Igbajo United FC, 1472 FC, and Ijele FC.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the NNL, George Aluo, stated that the relegations were executed by resolutions reached during the last NNL Congress held in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the AGM before the start of the season, it was unanimously agreed that eight teams would be relegated at the end of the season,\u201d Aluo told NNL Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree from Conference A, three from Conference B, and one each from Conferences C and D.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the demotion of these teams, the league will retain a total of 36 clubs for the next campaign.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that four clubs\u2014Lobi Stars, Heartland FC, Sunshine Stars, and Akwa United\u2014will compete in the NNL next season, having been relegated from the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria National League, NNL, has officially confirmed the relegation of eight clubs following the conclusion of the 2024\/25 regular season. The affected clubs are Abakaliki FC, Adamawa United, Zamfara United, Madiba FC, Gateway United, Igbajo United FC, 1472 FC, and Ijele FC. Chairman of the NNL, George Aluo, stated that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254,9886],"class_list":["post-167159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria","tag-nnl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NNL confirms relegation of eight teams - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria National League, NNL, has officially confirmed the relegation of eight clubs following the conclusion of the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NNL confirms relegation of eight teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria National League, NNL, has officially confirmed the relegation of eight clubs following the conclusion of the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T19:10:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750093228.93205.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NNL confirms relegation of eight teams\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-16T19:10:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-16T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750093228.93205.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"NNL\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nnl-confirms-relegation-of-eight-teams\",\"name\":\"NNL confirms relegation of eight teams - 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