Final Table: 1.Dolphin (Port Harcourt) 34 19 5 10 44-30 62 Champions 2.Enyimba (Aba) 34 18 6 10 44-24 60 3.Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 34 17 5 12 45-29 56 4.Kano Pillars 34 17 5 12 43-27 56 5.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 34 17 5 12 31-23 56 6.Enugu Rangers 34 14 10 10 28-21 52 7.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 34 15 5 14 44-34 50 8.Gombe United (Bauchi) 34 15 3 16 30-40 48 9.Gabros International (Nnewi) 34 14 5 15 23-27 47 10.Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 34 14 5 15 39-47 47 11.Nigerian Ports Authority (Warri) 34 14 4 16 35-35 46 [aka NPA] 12.Julius Berger (Lagos) 34 13 7 14 36-37 46 13.Niger Tornadoes (Minna) 34 14 4 16 27-32 46 14.El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 34 14 4 16 25-37 46 ----------------------------------------------------------- 15.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 34 14 3 17 36-42 45 Relegation Playoff 16.Kwara United (Ilorin) 34 12 6 16 37-43 42 Relegation Playoff 17.Plateau United (Jos) 34 8 11 15 26-36 35 Relegation Playoff 18.Mighty Jets (Jos) 34 7 7 20 20-49 28 Relegation Playoff Round 1 [Feb 28] Shooting 2-0 Enyimba [Seyi Ogunsanya 1, Lukman Ijaya 7] Tornadoes 2-0 Insurance [Ali Haruna 60, David Solomon 75] Jets 0-0 Lobi Berger 2-0 Wikki [Endurance Idahor 38pen, Odili Iyasile 52] El-Kanemi 0-0 Pillars [Feb 29] Rangers 1-0 Kwara [Igho Otegheri 78] Gabros 1-0 Dolphin [Ndubuisi Okonkwo 77] Nationale 1-0 Plateau [Onyeka Uche 78pen] Gombe 1-0 NPA Round 2 [Mar 3] Plateau 2-1 Tornadoes [Stanley Ihugba 36, Imadu Telumun 89pen; Abdulrazak Wuraola 54] Pillars 1-1 Rangers [Clement Ogidi; ? 90] Insurance 2-2 Gabros [Ifeanyi Obidiah 65, Eguatu Collins 75; ?] Kwara 3-1 Shooting [Chinazor Okeke 9, Emeka Ekwueme 36, Daniel Njoku 88; Lasisi Kehinde 26] Wikki 1-0 El-Kanemi Dolphin 2-1 Gombe [Kelechi Osunwa 43, Uwazuoke Wobo; Kennedy Chinwo 3og] Enyimba 2-0 Jets [Seyi Ogunsanya 85, Abdulazeez Umar 90] Lobi 1-0 Nationale [Kelechi Okoye] [May 9] NPA 2-1 Berger Round 3 [Mar 6] Tornadoes 1-1 Lobi [?; Iliya Yahaya 55] El-Kanemi 1-0 NPA [Benedict Ime 82] Jets 1-1 Nationale [Nura Nakargo 43pen; Uzoma Igwe 50] Shooting 2-1 Pillars [Abiodun Sampson 19, Rafiu Fadaiya 77; ?] [Mar 7] Gabros 2-0 Plateau [Chukwuma Ezeagu 50, Kingsley Eleta 80] Rangers 2-0 Wikki Enyimba 1-0 Kwara [Benedict Ime 82] Gombe 1-0 Insurance [May 6] Berger 1-0 Dolphin Round 4 [Mar 10] Dolphin 1-0 El-Kanemi Kwara 2-0 Jets Pillars 1-1 Enyimba Nationale 1-0 Tornadoes NPA 0-0 Rangers Lobi 0-2 Gabros Wikki 2-3 Shooting Plateau 1-0 Gombe [Apr 28] Insurance 0-0 Berger Round 5 [Mar 13] El-Kanemi 1-0 Insurance Jets 1-0 Tornadoes Kwara 0-1 Pillars Berger 0-0 Plateau Shooting 3-0 NPA [Mar 14] Rangers 1-1 Dolphin Gabros 1-0 Nationale Enyimba 1-1 Wikki Gombe 0-0 Lobi Round 6 [Mar 17] Wikki 2-1 Kwara Plateau 1-0 El-Kanemi Insurance 2-0 Rangers Tornadoes 1-0 Gabros Pillars 1-0 Jets Dolphin 3-1 Shooting NPA 1-2 Enyimba Nationale 1-0 Gombe [Jun 9] Lobi 3-0 Berger Round 7 [Mar 20] Jets 1-0 Gabros Pillars 2-2 Wikki Kwara 1-1 NPA El-Kanemi 3-0 Lobi Shooting 0-0 Insurance [Mar 21] Rangers 1-0 Plateau Gombe 2-1 Tornadoes Enyimba 0-1 Dolphin [Jun 2] Berger 1-0 Nationale Round 8 [Mar 24] Lobi 2-0 Rangers Insurance 1-0 Enyimba Nationale 4-0 El-Kanemi [Uzoma Igwe (2), ?, ?] Plateau 4-0 Shooting [Timzing Nims 11, Richard Salami 33, Gregory Peters, Manu Garba] Tornadoes 1-0 Berger [Kelvin Njoku 12pen] Dolphin 1-0 Kwara Gabros 0-2 Gombe Wikki 0-1 Jets NPA 1-0 Pillars Round 9 [Mar 31] El-Kanemi 2-0 Tornadoes Shooting 1-1 Lobi Kwara 3-0 Insurance Jets 3-1 Gombe Pillars 3-0 Dolphin Rangers 0-0 Nationale Enyimba 1-0 Plateau Berger 1-0 Gabros [Usman Mohammed 86] [Apr 1] Wikki 2-1 NPA Round 10 [Apr 3] Plateau 1-1 Kwara Insurance 1-0 Pillars Tornadoes 1-1 Rangers [Apr 4] NPA 2-1 Jets Lobi 1-0 Enyimba Gombe 1-1 Berger Nationale 1-0 Shooting Gabros 0-0 El-Kanemi Dolphin 2-0 Wikki Round 11 [Apr 7] Pillars 4-0 Plateau El-Kanemi 1-0 Gombe Shooting 0-0 Tornadoes NPA 0-1 Dolphin [Bola Bello 35] Jets 1-0 Berger Wikki 0-3 Insurance [Apr 28] Kwara 2-0 Lobi Rangers 1-0 Gabros [Jun 9] Enyimba 2-1 Nationale Round 12 [Apr 10] Insurance 3-0 NPA Plateau 2-1 Wikki Berger 3-0 El-Kanemi [Apr 11] Dolphins 2-0 Jets Nationale 4-0 Kwara Gabros 2-0 Shooting [May 5] Tornadoes 1-0 Enyimba Gombe 2-0 Rangers Lobi 0-1 Pillars Round 13 [Apr 14] Shooting 1-0 Gombe NPA 1-1 Plateau Enyimba 3-0 Gabros Dolphin 1-0 Insurance Pillars 2-1 Nationale Kwara 1-0 Tornadoes [Daniel Njoku 5pen] Jets 1-0 El-Kanemi [Apr 15] Wikki 2-0 Lobi [Iliya Yahaya 33, Yakubu Yankari 86] Rangers 0-0 Berger Round 14 [Apr 17] Insurance 2-1 Jets Tornadoes 2-1 Pillars [Jibrin Yakubu 72, Ali Haruna 76; Ibrahim Ibrahim 20] Plateau 0-1 Dolphin [Jide Michael 87; following protest by Plateau and a pitch invasion by their fans, the referee disallowed the goal and let the final minutes be played after a 10-minute interruption; however, in his match report he stated the goal was valid and only said would disallow it in order for the match to continue safely; the NFA homologated the result as 0-1] [Apr 18] El-Kanemi 1-1 Rangers Berger 2-1 Shooting Gabros 1-0 Kwara Nationale 1-0 Wikki Lobi 3-1 NPA Gombe 1-1 Enyimba Round 15 [Apr 21] NPA 1-0 Nationale [Godwin Umukoro 11] Shooting 2-0 El-Kanemi Kwara 3-0 Gombe [Daniel Njoku (2), Sunday Okoh] Pillars 2-0 Gabros [Promise Chinecherem, Yakubu Ibrahim 70] Wikki 2-1 Tornadoes [Johnson Chidozie 30pen, Iliya Yahaya 72; Isa Mohammed 67] Insurance 1-1 Plateau [May 19] Dolphin 3-1 Lobi Enyimba 2-0 Berger [Jun 9] Jets 0-0 Rangers Round 16 [Apr 24] Tornadoes 1-0 NPA Plateau 0-1 Jets [Felix Orode 42] Berger 3-2 Kwara [Apr 25] Gombe 1-0 Pillars Gabros 1-0 Wikki Nationale 2-0 Dolphin [Uche Onyeka 40, Ikedinachi 63] [May 8] El-Kanemi 1-0 Enyimba [May 9] Lobi 2-1 Insurance Rangers 2-0 Shooting Round 17 [May 1] Shooting 4-0 Jets Plateau 0-0 Lobi NPA 2-0 Gabros Pillars 2-0 Berger Insurance 2-0 Nationale Kwara 1-0 El-Kanemi [May 2] Enyimba 1-0 Rangers Wikki 1-0 Gombe Dolphin 3-0 Tornadoes Round 18 [May 26] Jets 1-1 Shooting Gabros 1-0 NPA El-Kanemi 2-0 Kwara Gombe 1-0 Wikki Tornadoes 1-0 Dolphin Nationale 2-0 Insurance [Jun 23] Lobi 2-0 Plateau Rangers 2-0 Enyimba [later] Berger awd Pillars [0-3 awarded] [The organizing and disciplinary committee of the NFA had ordered a replay of the match after the MKO Abiola Stadium, venue for the game, was unavailable at the time of the game; but Pillars appealed against this decision and were awarded the match] Round 19 [May 29] Insurance 1-0 Tornadoes Pillars 1-1 El-Kanemi Plateau 0-0 Nationale NPA 2-0 Gombe [May 30] Wikki 0-0 Berger Dolphin 1-1 Gabros [Jun 2] Kwara 1-0 Rangers [Jun 16] Enyimba 3-1 Shooting [Jun 17] Lobi 3-0 Jets Round 20 [Jun 5] Shooting 3-1 Kwara Jets 2-2 Enyimba Berger 1-0 NPA El-Kanemi awd Wikki [0-3 awarded; abandoned at 1-1 around 75' when [Jun 6] home fans stormed the pitch attacking match Tornadoes 1-0 Plateau officials and the visiting team, who had at least Rangers 2-0 Pillars five players injured; match was played at Damataru] Gabros 0-0 Insurance Gombe 2-1 Dolphin Nationale 1-0 Lobi Round 21 [Jun 12] NPA 2-1 El-Kanemi Pillars 1-0 Shooting Plateau 2-0 Gabros Wikki 1-0 Rangers Kwara 2-1 Enyimba Insurance 1-0 Gombe [Jun 13] Lobi 2-0 Tornadoes Dolphin 2-1 Berger [Jun 14] Nationale 2-0 Jets Round 22 [Jun 19] El-Kanemi 3-1 Dolphin Tornadoes 0-1 Nationale Shooting 2-1 Wikki Berger 2-1 Insurance [Jun 20] Jets 1-1 Kwara Enyimba 1-0 Pillars Rangers 2-0 NPA Gabros 1-0 Lobi Gombe awd Plateau [3-0 awarded; abandoned at 0-1] [the appeal committee of NFA have awarded Gombe United the match 3-0 after Plateau United abandoned it while leading by one goal but refusing to continue alleging that their lives were in danger after some crowd trouble during the encounter] Round 23 [Jun 26] Insurance awd El-Kanemi [3-0 awarded; originally abandoned at Pillars 1-0 Kwara 4-0 (!); El-Kanemi walked off] Plateau 2-2 Berger NPA 4-1 Shooting Wikki 2-0 Enyimba [Jun 27] Tornadoes awd Jets [3-0 awarded; Jets dns] Dolphin 1-1 Rangers Nationale 1-0 Gabros Lobi 4-0 Gombe Round 24 [Jul 3] Kwara 3-1 Wikki [Daniel Njoku 15, 60pen, 88; Chidozie Ngom 32pen] El-Kanemi 1-0 Plateau Shooting 2-0 Dolphin Berger 3-2 Lobi [Jul 4] Jets 0-1 Pillars Rangers 1-0 Insurance Gabros 0-0 Tornadoes Enyimba 2-0 NPA Gombe 1-0 Nationale Round 25 [Jul 10] Wikki 1-0 Pillars NPA 2-0 Kwara Insurance 4-1 Shooting Tornadoes 2-1 Gombe [Jul 11] Gabros 2-0 Jets Lobi 4-0 El-Kanemi Nationale 1-0 Berger [Aug 18] Dolphin 1-1 Enyimba [Aug 19] Plateau 2-0 Rangers Round 26 [Jul 17] El-Kanemi 1-0 Nationale Shooting 1-1 Plateau Berger 2-1 Tornadoes Kwara 2-2 Dolphin Pillars 1-0 NPA [Jul 18] Jets 1-2 Wikki Rangers 1-0 Lobi Enyimba 5-0 Insurance Gombe 1-0 Gabros Round 27 [Jul 24] Tornadoes 2-0 El-Kanemi NPA 4-1 Wikki Insurance awd Kwara [3-0 awarded; abandoned at 2-0] [Jul 25] Lobi 4-0 Shooting Gombe 1-0 Jets Dolphin 2-0 Pillars Gabros 2-1 Berger [Jul 28] Plateau 0-2 Enyimba [Jul 29] Nationale 1-0 Rangers Round 28 [Jul 31] Kwara 0-0 Plateau Pillars 2-1 Insurance Berger 3-0 Gombe Shooting 2-0 Nationale El-Kanemi 1-0 Gabros Wikki 1-2 Dolphin [Aug 1] Jets 0-2 NPA Rangers 2-0 Tornadoes Enyimba 3-0 Lobi Round 29 [Aug 7] Plateau 3-0 Pillars Berger 3-1 Jets Insurance 1-0 Wikki [Aug 8] Gombe 2-0 El-Kanemi Dolphin 1-0 NPA Lobi 4-1 Kwara [Aug 25] Tornadoes 1-0 Shooting Nationale 0-0 Enyimba [Aug 26] Gabros 1-0 Rangers Round 30 [Aug 14] NPA 1-0 Insurance Wikki 2-1 Plateau El-Kanemi 1-0 Berger Jets 1-2 Dolphins Kwara 2-2 Nationale Shooting 1-0 Gabros Pillars 1-0 Lobi [Aug 15] Enyimba 1-0 Tornadoes Rangers 2-0 Gombe Round 31 [Aug 21] Plateau 1-1 NPA Insurance 2-1 Dolphin Tornadoes 1-0 Kwara El-Kanemi 2-0 Jets Berger 1-1 Rangers [Aug 22] Gombe 2-0 Shooting Nationale 1-0 Pillars Lobi 2-0 Wikki Gabros 1-0 Enyimba Round 32 [Aug 28] Pillars 3-0 Tornadoes Shooting 1-0 Berger Wikki 2-0 Nationale NPA 2-1 Lobi [Aug 29] Jets awd Insurance [awarded 0-3; Jets refused to play its home game Kwara 1-0 Gabros at the Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos] Dolphin 1-0 Plateau Rangers 1-0 El-Kanemi Enyimba 1-0 Gombe Round 33 [Sep 5] Nationale 1-0 NPA El-Kanemi 2-0 Shooting Gombe 2-1 Kwara Gabros 2-0 Pillars Tornadoes 2-0 Wikki Plateau 0-3 Insurance Lobi 1-0 Dolphin Rangers 1-0 Jets Berger 1-2 Enyimba Round 34 [Sep 22] NPA 2-0 Tornadoes Jets 1-1 Plateau Pillars 7-1 Gombe Wikki 3-0 Gabros Dolphin 4-0 Nationale Insurance 4-0 Lobi [protest Lobi against margin of defeat; they Kwara 2-1 Berger said they walked out at 0-3 and were forced Enyimba 3-0 El-Kanemi back on the pitch by guns for Insurance to Shooting 2-1 Rangers score the extra goal qualifying them to the Pillars 7-1 Gombe Confederations Cup; a 3-0 award would give Wikki 3-0 Gabros Kano Pillars third place] Final Table: 1.Dolphin (Port Harcourt) 34 19 5 10 44-30 62 Champions 2.Enyimba (Aba) 34 18 6 10 44-24 60 3.Bendel Insurance (Benin City) 34 17 5 12 45-29 56 4.Kano Pillars 34 17 5 12 43-27 56 5.Iwuanyanwu Nationale (Owerri) 34 17 5 12 31-23 56 6.Enugu Rangers 34 14 10 10 28-21 52 7.Lobi Stars FC (Makurdi) 34 15 5 14 44-34 50 8.Gombe United (Bauchi) 34 15 3 16 30-40 48 9.Gabros International (Nnewi) 34 14 5 15 23-27 47 10.Shooting Stars (Ibadan) 34 14 5 15 39-47 47 11.Nigerian Ports Authority (Warri) 34 14 4 16 35-35 46 [aka NPA] 12.Julius Berger (Lagos) 34 13 7 14 36-37 46 13.Niger Tornadoes (Minna) 34 14 4 16 27-32 46 14.El-Kanemi Warriors (Maiduguri) 34 14 4 16 25-37 46 ----------------------------------------------------------- 15.Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) 34 14 3 17 36-42 45 Relegation Playoff 16.Kwara United (Ilorin) 34 12 6 16 37-43 42 Relegation Playoff 17.Plateau United (Jos) 34 8 11 15 26-36 35 Relegation Playoff 18.Mighty Jets (Jos) 34 7 7 20 20-49 28 Relegation Playoff Top scorers: 1. Kabiru Alausa (Berger) 13 goals 2. Daniel Njoku (Kwara) 12 3. Chidoze Johnson (Wikki) 12 Promoted: Gateway FC (Abeokuta), Sharks (Port Harcourt), Nasarawa United (Lafia) and Zamfara United (Gusau). 2005 season starts on Feb 12 (postponed from Jan 15) due to a decision to extend the top level to 20 clubs; the 2 remaining places will be decided in a play-off between the originally relegated teams from the top level and the 3rd placed teams from both second level groups. Promotion/Relegation Playoffs [Jan 28-30, 2005] Group A (in Kaduna) Wikki Tourists (Bauchi) - winners Mighty Jets (Jos) Adamawa United NB: Adamawa announced they will not enter claiming they should have obtained automatic promotion Group B (in Benin City) Kwara United (Ilorin) - winners Plateau United (Jos) Ebonyi Angels FC Authors: José Batalha (jose.batalha@netvisao.pt) and Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) Last updated: 20 Feb 2005 (C) Copyright José Batalha, Hans Schöggl and RSSSF 2004/05