TVCE [SOCCER] – The 2015/16 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season will commence on February 2, and end on October 2, the League Management of Nigeria has announced.
According to LMC, the new calendar provides two rounds of Super 4 tournaments and a start date of February 21 for the regular season which will end on October 2.
Other core activities such as the LMC Annual General Meeting (AGM) with participating clubs, pre-season and mid-season seminars/capacity development programmes, stadium inspections and club licensing core processes have all been detailed in the calendar.
In releasing the calendar of activities, the LMC said it has been drawn up based on usual consultations with our participating clubs and proposed fixtures of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Federation Cup.
“We have, following various consultations, been properly guided to streamline the activities of the NPFL, NFF Federations Cup as well as CAF competition dates” the LMC stated.
It further explained that “provision has been made for the NFF Club Licensing compliance and cut-off dates inserted to ensure compliance by clubs as required by CAF.”
The first round of the NPFL Super 4 will hold in Kaduna from January 20 to 24 while the second round will be played in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State from February 1 to 5.
